Jake Arrieta vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Jake Arrieta
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardSilver SluggerAll-Star
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Jake Arrieta 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 led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 136 vs 89), run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 87), and strikeout rate (K%+ 105 vs 91). Jake Arrieta held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 95 vs 81). Role difference aside, Bruce Sutter holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jake Arrieta and Bruce Sutter

Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
1.59
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.56
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.64
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.59
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.52
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.29
55.29
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.92
48.92
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.89
97.89
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
713
3.98
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4837
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612.1
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1450
8.09
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.09
8.09
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.01
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.67
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
3.19
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.13
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1433
8
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
861
7.44
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.44
7.44
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.123
1.123
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.44
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.32
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.36
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6755
37.71
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
787
4.39
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.18
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.22
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
0.75
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.73
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.254
1.254
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6047
33.75
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.71
37.71
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Jake Arrieta and Bruce Sutter

Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
1.59
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.56
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4837
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1612.1
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
0.76
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
1.42
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
1.25
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.17
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
2.35
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
2.11
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
2.18
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
2.03
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.64
92.64
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.89
97.89
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.13
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Arrieta and Bruce Sutter

Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
289
407.04
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
426
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
382
538.03
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
88.73
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
66.2
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.45
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.63
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.45
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
22.54
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.92
29.47
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
133.8
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
112.68
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.084
0.084
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
35.21
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
38.03
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
64.79
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.94
21.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.41
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
22.54
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
197
277.46
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
247.93
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
2.16
2.16
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.42
2.42
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jake Arrieta
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
38.03
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.04
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Jake Arrieta
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100