Clay Christiansen vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Clay Christiansen
Baby BoomersKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican 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 Clay Christiansen. Bruce Sutter posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.83 vs 6.05) and WHIP (1.220 vs 1.603). 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 Clay Christiansen and Bruce Sutter

Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
5.59
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.93
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.61
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.92
48.92
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
6.05
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
11.64
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.64
11.64
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.93
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.67
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
2.79
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
6.28
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.3
1.3
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.009
1.009
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.32
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
41.43
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.79
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.52
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.52
6.52
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.22
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.603
1.603
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
37.71
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.351
0.351
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.43
41.43
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Clay Christiansen and Bruce Sutter

Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
5.59
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.16
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.78
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.25
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.09
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
2.11
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.86
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.03
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.356
0.356
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clay Christiansen and Bruce Sutter

Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
24
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
600
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
505.79
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
44.63
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
44.63
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
7.22
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
44.63
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
84.3
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
59.5
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.85
-9.17
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.42
2.42
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Clay Christiansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Clay Christiansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100