Cloyd Boyer vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Cloyd Boyer
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Cloyd Boyer 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 4.73 and 1.552 for Cloyd Boyer. By the career numbers, Bruce Sutter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cloyd Boyer and Bruce Sutter

Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
2.55
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.09
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.45
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.52
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.51
46.51
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.92
48.92
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.3
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
4.73
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.62
5.62
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1187
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
395.2
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
8.94
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.94
8.94
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
1.27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.67
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
4.96
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
4.5
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.77
1.77
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.051
1.051
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1759
40.01
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.61
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
5.35
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1524
34.67
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.01
40.01
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Cloyd Boyer and Bruce Sutter

Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
10.25
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
661
5.71
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.01
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
295
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.1
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.83
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.78
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
4.67
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
1.25
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.82
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
7.32
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
2.11
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
6.5
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
2.03
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.75
88.75
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.634
0.634
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.82
9.82
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cloyd Boyer and Bruce Sutter

Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
113
517.56
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
549.62
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
91.6
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
64.12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
22.9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.58
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.48
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.05
23.14
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
123.66
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
119.08
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
54.96
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
36.64
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
91.6
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
15.05
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
27.48
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
164.89
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.64
3.64
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Cloyd Boyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
22.9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.32
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Cloyd Boyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100