Nate Andrews vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Nate Andrews
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Nate Andrews 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 3.46 and 1.337 for Nate Andrews. By the career numbers, Bruce Sutter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Nate Andrews and Bruce Sutter

Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
1.48
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.13
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.48
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.63
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.61
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.16
43.16
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.92
48.92
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.38
76.38
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.58
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
3.46
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2320
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
773.1
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
798
9.29
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.29
9.29
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.47
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.67
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
2.75
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
2.51
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.585
0.585
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.2
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.11
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3307
38.49
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.15
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
350
4.07
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.337
1.337
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3062
35.64
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Nate Andrews and Bruce Sutter

Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3126
27
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
9
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.25
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
2.11
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
213
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.03
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.71
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.677
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.356
0.356
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nate Andrews and Bruce Sutter

Nate Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
128
272.34
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
282
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
240
510.64
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.456
0.456
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
74.47
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
63.83
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.64
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.64
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.21
19.59
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
85.11
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
123.4
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
17.02
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
34.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
51.06
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
59.5
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.6
16.16
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
48.94
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
7
34.71
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
140.43
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.27
4.27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Nate Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
40.43
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.26
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Nate Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100