Pat Combs vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Pat Combs
Gen XRhode IslandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Pat Combs 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 4.22 and 1.492 for Pat Combs. By the career numbers, Bruce Sutter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pat Combs and Bruce Sutter

Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.5
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.92
48.92
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.15
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
4.22
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
8.82
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.62
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.67
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
4.34
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
5.61
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.105
1.105
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.65
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.32
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1341
39.57
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
4.63
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.3
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.22
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.71
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.462
1.462
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1165
34.38
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.57
39.57
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Pat Combs and Bruce Sutter

Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.59
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.38
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
1.25
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
2.11
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.65
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.03
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.31
96.31
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pat Combs and Bruce Sutter

Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
56
305.45
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
110
600
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
600
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
95
518.18
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
76.36
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
54.55
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.82
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.2
22.9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
98.18
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
114.55
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
70.91
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
4
21.82
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
92.73
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.99
16.3
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
6
32.73
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
196.36
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.06
3.06
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
8
43.64
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Pat Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Pat Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100