Al Baker vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Al Baker
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Bruce Sutter posted a stronger line than Al Baker. Bruce Sutter posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.83 vs 9.39) and WHIP (1.220 vs 1.957). By the career numbers, Bruce Sutter had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Al Baker and Bruce Sutter

Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.52
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.92
48.92
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
9.39
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.86
9.86
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.04
7.04
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.371
0.371
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
15.26
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.26
15.26
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.35
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.67
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.35
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
2.67
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.35
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.3
1.3
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.522
0.522
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.17
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
44.61
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.17
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
9.39
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.957
1.957
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
41.09
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.355
0.355
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.61
44.61
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Al Baker and Bruce Sutter

Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3126
27
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
9
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.25
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
2.11
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.03
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.667
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.356
0.356
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Baker and Bruce Sutter

Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
600
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
44.63
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
44.63
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
7.22
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
44.63
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
84.3
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
59.5
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-60
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.85
-9.17
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.42
2.42
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Al Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Al Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100