Career
Ruffin is a 1982 graduate of J. M. Hanks High School. 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 European Research Area. He was promoted from the minor leagues to replace Steve Carlton in the Phillies" rotation after Carlton"s release.
