Bill Dailey vs. Rick Sutcliffe — Career Comparison

Bill Dailey
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rick Sutcliffe
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardRookie of the YearAll-Star

Rick Sutcliffe built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Dailey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Dailey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.76 and WHIP 1.255 compared to 4.08 and 1.415 for Rick Sutcliffe. By the career numbers, Bill Dailey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Dailey and Rick Sutcliffe

Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.77
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
1.52
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
1.31
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.48
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.57
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.34
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
0.46
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.82
58.82
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.16
55.16
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.78
85.78
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.24
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.06
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.07
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.76
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1223
4.08
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.233
0.233
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
557
27
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8093
27
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
185.2
9
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2697.2
9
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
7.85
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2662
8.88
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.58
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
0.79
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
2.86
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1081
3.61
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.25
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
5.28
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1679
5.6
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.905
0.905
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.023
1.023
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.33
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.15
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.13
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
760
36.84
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11548
38.53
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
3.64
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.1
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.1
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1324
4.42
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
0.37
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.3
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
0.62
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.388
1.388
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
695
33.69
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10222
34.1
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.9
2.9
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Bill Dailey and Rick Sutcliffe

Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
5.77
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
1.52
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
1.31
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
557
27
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8093
27
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
185.2
9
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2697.2
9
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.48
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
0.7
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.28
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
404
1.35
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.06
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.01
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
632
2.11
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
2.76
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
615
2.05
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.94
91.94
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.31
97.31
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.479
0.479
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.346
1.346
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.78
85.78
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Dailey and Rick Sutcliffe

Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
119
2462.07
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
466
425.57
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
657
600
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
537.93
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
562
513.24
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.586
0.586
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.542
0.542
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
93.15
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
68.49
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
20.09
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.91
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
3.65
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
24.66
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.1
43.49
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31.93
29.16
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
165.52
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
126.03
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
144.83
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
126.03
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.558
0.558
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
38.36
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
50.23
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
84.93
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.79
37.01
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28.36
25.9
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.83
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
31.05
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
268.97
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
143
130.59
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
2.23
2.23
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.59
4.59
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
49.32
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.57
Bill Dailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
13.7
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.65
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.65
Bill Dailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Rick Sutcliffe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100