Grant Balfour vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Grant Balfour
Gen XAustraliaThrows RightBats RightOceaniaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Grant Balfour and Bruce Sutter are about as close as two relievers get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 115 for Grant Balfour and 116 for Bruce Sutter, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 107 and 103 respectively. If forced to pick, Grant Balfour gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Grant Balfour and Bruce Sutter

Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
8.91
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
661
5.71
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.5
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.38
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.6
56.6
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.92
48.92
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.4
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
3.49
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.209
0.209
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1619
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
539.2
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
406
6.77
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
879
7.59
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.77
6.77
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.59
7.59
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.78
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.67
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
4.2
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
9.52
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
861
7.44
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.52
9.52
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.44
7.44
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.3
1.3
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.525
1.525
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.123
1.123
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.32
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2241
37.37
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
203
3.39
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
3.59
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.25
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.32
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.22
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.52
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.219
1.219
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1947
32.47
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3829
33.07
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.37
37.37
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Grant Balfour and Bruce Sutter

Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
8.91
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
661
5.71
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
1619
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
539.2
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.28
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.75
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.25
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.05
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
2.11
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.03
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.03
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.41
98.41
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.31
96.31
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.116
0.116
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.356
0.356
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grant Balfour and Bruce Sutter

Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PAverified
534
160200
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
661
3277.69
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
600
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
44.63
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
44.63
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
7.22
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
44.63
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
84.3
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
59.5
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.85
-9.17
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
247.93
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.42
2.42
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Grant Balfour
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Grant Balfour
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100