finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1997 both lubbock , texas 1986 june 26 60 -- 82 843 4.19 pitcher colorado rockies win -- loss record strikeouts earned run average june 28 4 october 1963 bruce ruffin -lrb- baseball -rrb-
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bruce ruffin -lrb- baseball -rrb-

bruce wayne ruffin -lrb- born october 4 , 1963 -rrb- is an american former professional baseball pitcher who played for the philadelphia phillies -lrb- 1986 -- 91 -rrb- , milwaukee brewers -lrb- 1992 -rrb- and colorado rockies -lrb- 1993 -- 97 -rrb- .
ruffin is a 1982 graduate of j. m. hanks high school .
ruffin later attended the university of texas where he was a member of the 1983 national champional squad .
he was selected in the second round of the 1985 major league baseball draft .
he finished 7th in voting for the 1986 national league rookie of the year with a 9-4 record and a 2.46 era .
he was promoted from the minor leagues to replace steve carlton in the phillies ' rotation after carlton 's release .
his son chance was later a pitcher for the seattle mariners .
