Cy Bentley vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Cy Bentley
Pre-GenerationalConnecticutNorth AmericaMiddletown MansfieldsUnknownStarting Pitcher
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Cy Bentley 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 6.06 and 1.882 for Cy Bentley. By the career numbers, Bruce Sutter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Bentley and Bruce Sutter

Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.13
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.06
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.94
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.61
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.92
48.92
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.44
94.44
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.88
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
6.06
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.96
5.96
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
259
16.19
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.19
16.19
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.25
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.67
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.75
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
309
2.67
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.31
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.3
1.3
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.118
0.118
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.38
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.32
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.11
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
794
49.63
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253
15.81
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.81
15.81
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.882
1.882
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
782
48.88
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.06
14.06
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.63
49.63
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Cy Bentley and Bruce Sutter

Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.07
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.79
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
681
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
227
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.75
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.35
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
1.25
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.44
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
2.54
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
2.11
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
2.03
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.81
82.81
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.963
1.963
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.07
74.07
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Bentley and Bruce Sutter

Cy Bentley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 600 PA
23
120
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 600 PA
115
600
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
600
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
594.78
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
130.43
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
88.7
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.65
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
20.87
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.22
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
41.74
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.17
42.63
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
203.48
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
135.65
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.342
0.342
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.568
0.568
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.441
0.441
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
120
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.39
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
172.17
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.17
42.6
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.22
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.43
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.5
57.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.43
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.22
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.43
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bentley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
15.65
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Cy Bentley
Career
Per 600 PA
33.33
33.33
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100