Ryan Dempster vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Ryan Dempster
Gen XCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Ryan Dempster 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 73), run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 83), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 103 vs 90). Ryan Dempster held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 90 vs 81). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Bruce Sutter.

Pitching Stats for Ryan Dempster and Bruce Sutter

Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
579
2.18
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
1.32
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
0.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.5
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.81
49.81
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.92
48.92
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.62
60.62
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.33
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1154
4.35
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7161
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2387
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2347
8.85
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.85
8.85
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
267
1.01
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.67
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1071
4.04
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.18
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2075
7.82
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
861
7.44
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.82
7.82
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.44
7.44
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.318
1.318
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.123
1.123
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.3
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.34
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10412
39.26
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.7
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1250
4.71
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.38
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.24
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.22
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.79
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.73
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.432
1.432
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9086
34.26
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.26
39.26
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Ryan Dempster and Bruce Sutter

Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
579
2.18
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
1.32
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7161
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2387
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
0.64
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
1.27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
1.25
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.09
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
530
2
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
2.11
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
506
1.91
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.03
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.47
95.47
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.874
0.874
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.62
60.62
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.14
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ryan Dempster and Bruce Sutter

Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
586
512.54
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
686
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
514.29
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.099
0.099
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
50.73
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
41.11
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
44.63
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.87
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.75
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
9.62
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.19
7.17
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
7.22
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
62.1
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
62.1
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
84.3
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
20.12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
14.87
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
34.99
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
59.5
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
-13.51
-11.82
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.85
-9.17
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
11.37
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
221
193.29
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.1
3.1
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ryan Dempster
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
74.34
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
10
49.59
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.62
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Ryan Dempster
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100