Dan Adams vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Dan Adams
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City PackersFederal LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Dan Adams built a career as a starting pitcher and Bruce Sutter as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bruce Sutter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.83 and WHIP 1.220 compared to 3.74 and 1.444 for Dan Adams. By the career numbers, Bruce Sutter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dan Adams and Bruce Sutter

Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
2.47
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.84
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.21
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.58
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.67
26.67
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.92
48.92
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.04
34.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.32
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
3.74
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.362
0.362
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
513
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
9.58
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.58
9.58
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.26
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.67
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
3.42
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
2.84
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.3
1.3
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.696
0.696
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.42
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.32
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.42
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
576
30.32
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4251
36.72
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.26
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
4.58
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.444
1.444
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
26.47
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3829
33.07
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.85
1.85
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.399
0.399
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.32
30.32
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Dan Adams and Bruce Sutter

Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3126
27
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
9
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.25
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
2.11
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.03
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.31
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.298
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.356
0.356
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Adams and Bruce Sutter

Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
47
477.97
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
59
600
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
600
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
559.32
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
81.36
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
71.19
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.56
26.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
111.86
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
111.86
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.17
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
30.51
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
3
30.51
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
59.5
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.54
15.64
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
3
30.51
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
183.05
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
3.28
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.17
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Dan Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Dan Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100