Norm Brown vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Norm Brown
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Bruce Sutter posted a stronger line than Norm Brown. Bruce Sutter posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.83 vs 3.14) and WHIP (1.220 vs 1.326). By the career numbers, Bruce Sutter had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Norm Brown and Bruce Sutter

Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.14
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.63
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.63
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.61
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.92
48.92
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
3.14
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.224
0.224
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.1
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
8.16
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.16
8.16
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.26
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.67
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.77
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.51
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.51
2.51
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.3
1.3
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.11
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
40.19
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.63
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
7.53
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.53
7.53
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.326
1.326
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
36.42
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.212
0.212
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.19
40.19
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Norm Brown and Bruce Sutter

Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3126
27
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
9
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.25
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
2.11
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.03
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.356
0.356
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Norm Brown and Bruce Sutter

Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
5
1000
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
600
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
44.63
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
44.63
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
7.22
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
44.63
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
84.3
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-62.13
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.85
-9.17
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Norm Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Norm Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100