Danny Cox vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Danny Cox
Baby BoomersEnglandThrows RightBats RightEuropeSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Danny Cox 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 led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 136 vs 110), strikeout rate (K%+ 105 vs 78), and run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 106). Danny Cox held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 111 vs 81). Role difference aside, Bruce Sutter holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Danny Cox and Bruce Sutter

Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
278
1.93
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.21
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.51
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.52
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.66
49.66
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.92
48.92
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.59
62.59
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.15
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
525
3.64
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3894
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1298
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
1292
8.96
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.96
8.96
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.71
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.67
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
3
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.32
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
723
5.01
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.28
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.13
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5464
37.89
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.24
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
4.17
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.47
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.28
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.22
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.89
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.73
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.328
1.328
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4905
34.01
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.89
37.89
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Danny Cox and Bruce Sutter

Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
278
1.93
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.21
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3894
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1298
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.85
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.78
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
1.05
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.25
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
2.01
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
2.11
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
1.9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.03
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.48
94.48
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.986
0.986
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.59
62.59
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Cox and Bruce Sutter

Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
281
405.29
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
416
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
359
517.79
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
56.25
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
50.48
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.33
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.44
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.77
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.75
8.29
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
63.46
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
77.88
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
84.3
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
24.52
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
17.31
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
41.83
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
59.5
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-5.47
-7.89
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2.88
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
18.75
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PAverified
152
219.23
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.74
2.74
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Danny Cox
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
59.13
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
10
49.59
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.44
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
5
7.21
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Danny Cox
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100