Russ Bauers vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Russ Bauers
Greatest GenerationWisconsinThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Russ Bauers 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 3.53 and 1.391 for Russ Bauers. By the career numbers, Bruce Sutter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Russ Bauers and Bruce Sutter

Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.94
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.07
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.47
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.45
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.82
50.82
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.92
48.92
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.04
55.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.41
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
3.53
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1797
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
599
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
562
8.44
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.26
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.67
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
4.07
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
300
4.51
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.953
0.953
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.26
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.21
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2581
38.78
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.45
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
4.24
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.391
1.391
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2296
34.5
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.78
38.78
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Russ Bauers and Bruce Sutter

Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3126
27
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
9
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.25
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
2.11
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.03
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.55
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.008
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.356
0.356
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Russ Bauers and Bruce Sutter

Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
129
351.82
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
220
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
207
564.55
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.568
0.568
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
136.36
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
120
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.91
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.45
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
16.36
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.22
41.51
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
158.18
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
158.18
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.418
0.418
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
35.45
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
35.45
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
70.91
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.96
48.98
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
21.82
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
111.82
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.37
5.37
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Russ Bauers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
13.64
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.73
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Russ Bauers
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100