Doc Crandall vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Doc Crandall
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Doc Crandall 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 2.92 and 1.239 for Doc Crandall. By the career numbers, Bruce Sutter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doc Crandall and Bruce Sutter

Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
1.76
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
0.79
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
0.59
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.59
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.36
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.2
62.2
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.92
48.92
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.7
44.7
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.53
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.15
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
502
2.92
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4640
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1546.2
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1538
8.95
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.95
8.95
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.3
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.67
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
2.21
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
2.67
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
606
3.53
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.637
0.637
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.29
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6355
36.98
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
0.85
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
669
3.89
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.239
1.239
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5927
34.49
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.98
36.98
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Doc Crandall and Bruce Sutter

Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
386
6.35
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
661
5.71
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.82
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1641
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
547
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
3.21
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.78
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
609
10.02
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
1.25
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.72
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
13.95
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
2.11
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
804
13.23
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
2.03
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.81
94.81
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.083
2.083
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.95
12.95
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.48
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Crandall and Bruce Sutter

Doc Crandall
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 600 PA
500
290.42
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1033
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
887
515.2
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.793
0.793
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
253
146.95
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
110.36
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
20.33
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
11.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.23
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
36.59
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143.71
83.47
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
353
205.03
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
375
217.81
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.398
0.398
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.77
0.77
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.763
0.763
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
63.31
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
73.18
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
226
131.27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155.16
90.12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.32
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
68.54
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
7
34.71
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
112
65.05
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.22
9.22
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
1.05
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
13.94
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.23
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Crandall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.23
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Doc Crandall
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100