Harry Courtney vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Harry Courtney
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Harry Courtney 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 4.91 and 1.648 for Harry Courtney. By the career numbers, Bruce Sutter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Courtney and Bruce Sutter

Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.91
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.08
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.45
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.55
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.9
44.9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.92
48.92
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.38
56.38
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.41
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
4.91
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1331
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
443.2
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
518
10.51
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.51
10.51
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.37
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.67
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
4.32
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
2.27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.3
1.3
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.733
0.733
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.45
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.32
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.37
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2010
40.77
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.65
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
6
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.648
1.648
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1779
36.09
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.77
40.77
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Harry Courtney and Bruce Sutter

Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3126
27
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
9
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.25
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
2.11
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.03
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.3
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.117
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.356
0.356
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Courtney and Bruce Sutter

Harry Courtney
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 600 PA
96
329.14
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
558.86
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.671
0.671
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
140.57
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
89.14
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
37.71
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.29
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.43
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
51.43
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.23
59.07
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
209.14
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
164.57
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.374
0.374
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.657
0.657
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.557
0.557
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
65.14
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
78.86
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
140.57
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.48
63.37
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 600 PA
7
24
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
96
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.25
6.25
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 600 PA
5
17.14
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Harry Courtney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Harry Courtney
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100