Harry Cunningham vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Harry Cunningham
Greatest GenerationIllinoisNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Harry Cunningham 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 4.92 and 1.589 for Harry Cunningham. 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 Cunningham and Bruce Sutter

Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.47
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.43
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.56
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.48
43.48
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.92
48.92
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.59
70.59
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.65
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
4.92
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
625
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
208.1
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
11.15
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.15
11.15
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.48
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.67
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
3.11
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
4.23
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.816
0.816
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.22
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
959
41.43
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
6.22
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.78
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.65
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.39
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.584
1.584
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
864
37.32
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.43
41.43
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Harry Cunningham and Bruce Sutter

Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.59
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.03
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
680
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
226.2
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.56
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.14
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
1.25
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.94
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
2.11
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.7
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
2.03
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.89
91.89
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
65
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Cunningham and Bruce Sutter

Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
38
247.83
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
92
600
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
600
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
554.35
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.505
0.505
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
58.7
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.57
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
32.61
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.75
37.49
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
143.48
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
136.96
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
4
26.09
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
52.17
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
71.74
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.13
33.46
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
45.65
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
7
34.71
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.42
2.42
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Harry Cunningham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Harry Cunningham
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100