Jim Bagby Jr. vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Jim Bagby Jr.
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Jim Bagby Jr. 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 3.96 and 1.454 for Jim Bagby Jr.. By the career numbers, Bruce Sutter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bagby Jr. and Bruce Sutter

Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
1.64
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
1.07
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.52
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.52
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.26
50.26
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.92
48.92
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.35
65.35
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.45
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.07
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
733
3.96
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4999
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1666.1
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1815
9.8
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.53
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.67
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
608
3.28
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
431
2.33
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.624
0.624
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.14
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.15
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7266
39.24
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.35
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
849
4.59
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6630
35.81
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.24
39.24
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Jim Bagby Jr. and Bruce Sutter

Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3126
27
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
9
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.25
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
504
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
2.11
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.03
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.63
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.58
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.356
0.356
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bagby Jr. and Bruce Sutter

Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
322
291.4
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
663
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
620
561.09
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.541
0.541
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
126.7
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
107.69
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
14.48
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.81
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.71
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
19
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36.82
33.32
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
169
152.94
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
136.65
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
53.39
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
50.68
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
101.36
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.11
36.3
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
2.71
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
7.24
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
68
61.54
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.75
9.75
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
28.96
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
14
12.67
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100