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Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Pitching Comparison

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Totals

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Ben Rivera	24-26	1992	1994	23	17	.575	4.52	67	49	9	5	2	0	318.1	314	168	160	32	152	8	219	11	0	21	1405	495	85	4.40	1.464	8.9	0.9	4.3	6.2
2	Bruce Ruffin	22-33	1986	1997	60	82	.423	4.19	469	152	160	17	3	63	1268.0	1345	677	591	92	565	50	843	10	3	61	5569	1996	99	3.85	1.506	9.5	0.7	4.0	6.0

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Ben Rivera	25	1993	1993	0	0		13.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	5	5	5	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	18	8		5.39	2.400	13.5	2.7	8.1	13.5
2	Bruce Ruffin	31	1995	1995	0	0		2.70	4	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	3	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	14	5		3.70	1.500	8.1	0.0	5.4	5.4

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Value

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Ben Rivera	24-26	1992	1994	67	49	318.1	2.0	-0.5
2	Bruce Ruffin	22-33	1986	1997	469	152	1268.0	9.8	-1.3

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Totals Against

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Ben Rivera	24-26	1992	1994	67	49	318.1	495	1218	221	45	16	35	10	77.78	2	24	16	8	.258	.343	.400	.743	108	.142	.289	169	487	93	477	495
2	Bruce Ruffin	22-33	1986	1997	469	152	1268.0	1996	4892	969	257	27	94	53	63.95	5	138	58	42	.275	.349	.395	.743	105	.120	.313	682	1932	376	1920	1996

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Ben Rivera	25	1993	1993	2	0	3.1	8	14											.357	.471					.500				8	8
2	Bruce Ruffin	31	1995	1995	4	0	3.1	5	12											.250	.357					.300				5	5

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Starting & Relieving

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ben Rivera	24-26	1992	1994	22	45	49.2	8	4	50	0		9	18
2	Bruce Ruffin	22-33	1986	1997	74	49	46.9	168	63	38	19	76.8	160	317

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ben Rivera	25	1993	1993									0	2
2	Bruce Ruffin	31	1995	1995									1	4

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Ratios

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ben Rivera	24-26	1992	1994	67	49	318.1	15.6	10.8	4.8
2	Bruce Ruffin	22-33	1986	1997	469	152	1268.0	15.1	10.1	5.0

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ben Rivera	25	1993	1993	2	0	3.1	27.8	16.7	11.1
2	Bruce Ruffin	31	1995	1995	4	0	3.1	14.3	14.3	0.0

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Pitch Summary

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ben Rivera	24-26	1992	1994	67	49	318.1		98
2	Bruce Ruffin	22-33	1986	1997	469	152	1268.0		83

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ben Rivera	25	1993	1993	2	0	3.1
2	Bruce Ruffin	31	1995	1995	4	0	3.1

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Head-to-Head Pitching

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Totals

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Bruce Ruffin	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.1	3	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	23	0.789	4.3	0.0	2.8	4.3
2	Ben Rivera	2	0	1.000	5.73	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	15	9	7	0	5	0	3	0	0	2	52	1.818	12.3	0.0	4.1	2.5

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Game Logs

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Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Ben Rivera	PHI	1993-08-17	GS-5, W	5.0	6	3	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	22	8	21	5	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	45	63	42	0.0	-0.09			1.09
2	Bruce Ruffin	COL	1993-08-17	5-7	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	2	7	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		32	19	0.1	1.43	1	0	0.90
3	Ben Rivera	PHI	1993-05-28	GS-7, W	6.0	9	6	5	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	1	30	14	26	7	1	1	2	0	0	12	2	0	0	2	30	107	62	-0.1	-2.01			0.74
4	Bruce Ruffin	COL	1993-05-28	5-8	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	15	3	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		57	34	0.0	2.33	0	0	0.06

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Batter vs. Pitcher

Bruce Ruffin (Pitcher) vs. Ben Rivera (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Bruce Ruffin (Pitcher) vs. Ben Rivera (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1993	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	0	0	0	0

Bruce Ruffin (Pitcher) vs. Ben Rivera (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Bruce Ruffin (Pitcher) vs. Ben Rivera (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1993	1993-05-28	PHI	COL	ahead 4-11	t7	1--	0	2 (0-1)	Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; K. Batiste to 2B

Ben Rivera (Pitcher) vs. Bruce Ruffin (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Ben Rivera (Pitcher) vs. Bruce Ruffin (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1993	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0

Ben Rivera (Pitcher) vs. Bruce Ruffin (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Ben Rivera (Pitcher) vs. Bruce Ruffin (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1993	1993-05-28	COL	PHI	down 11-4	b6	-23	1	6 (3-2)	Walk

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Batting Comparison

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Batting Totals

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Ben Rivera	24-26	1992	1994	67	117	93	5	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	40	.086	.141	.086	.227	-36	8	0	0	18	0	0
2	Bruce Ruffin	22-33	1986	1997	444	341	295	13	24	4	0	0	7	0	0	23	143	.081	.148	.095	.243	-32	28	5	0	23	0	0

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Batting Value

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Ben Rivera	24-26	1992	1994	67	117	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	-18	1	-1	0
2	Bruce Ruffin	22-33	1986	1997	444	341	-1.5	-1.5	-1.6	0.0	-57	0	-1	0

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Batting Sabermetric

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Ben Rivera	24-26	1992	1994	67	117	0	14	17	103	2	.151	7	-18	-1.8	.000	2.3		0
2	Bruce Ruffin	22-33	1986	1997	444	341	4	47	48	299	7	.158	20	-56	-5.7	.014	2.1		0

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Ben Rivera	25	1993	1993	2	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Bruce Ruffin	31	1995	1995	4	0	0	0	0	0			0						0

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Batting Win Probability

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Ben Rivera	24-26	1992	1994	67	117	-1.5	-1.8	-0.1	-19.45		-18.56	0.82
2	Bruce Ruffin	22-33	1986	1997	444	341	-4.8	-5.6	0.2	-59.36		-60.12	0.89

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Head-to-Head Batting

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Totals

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Bruce Ruffin	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Ben Rivera	2	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	2	0	0

Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Game Logs

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Bruce Ruffin vs. Ben Rivera: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Ben Rivera	PHI	1993-08-17	*	6	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.074	0.86	-0.03%	-0.78			P
2	Bruce Ruffin	COL	1993-08-17		3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Ben Rivera	PHI	1993-05-28	*	7	9	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	2	0	0	0.39	0.017	0.93	0.03%	-0.34			P
4	Bruce Ruffin	COL	1993-05-28		4	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0	0.51	0.011	0.02	0.00%	0.17			P

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