Vern Bickford vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Vern Bickford
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Vern Bickford 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 3.71 and 1.400 for Vern Bickford. By the career numbers, Bruce Sutter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Vern Bickford and Bruce Sutter

Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
1.52
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.25
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.55
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.48
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.66
53.66
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.92
48.92
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.87
81.87
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.61
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
444
3.71
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3229
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1076.1
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1040
8.7
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.64
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.67
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
467
3.9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
450
3.76
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.852
0.852
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.21
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4641
38.81
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.19
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
500
4.18
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4149
34.69
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Vern Bickford and Bruce Sutter

Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
409.5
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
661
5.71
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
153
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.78
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
454.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
1.25
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
13.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
621
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
2.11
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
607.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
2.03
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.83
97.83
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.31
96.31
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.484
1.484
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
42.75
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Vern Bickford and Bruce Sutter

Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
182
265.05
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
412
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
365
531.55
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
83.01
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
77.18
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.83
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.83
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.71
12.69
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
88.83
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
97.57
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
33.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
40.78
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
74.27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
4.93
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
14.56
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
123.79
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.85
4.85
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
53.88
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
10
49.59
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
14.56
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100