Roy Face vs. Leroy Sutton — Career Comparison

Roy Face
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Leroy Sutton
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Leroy Sutton built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Face as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Leroy Sutton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.77 and WHIP 1.260 compared to 3.48 and 1.320 for Roy Face. By the career numbers, Leroy Sutton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Face and Leroy Sutton

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
5.55
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.66
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.86
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.62
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.49
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.26
52.26
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.85
51.85
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.55
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
1.26
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
531
3.48
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
2.77
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4125
27
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
438
27
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1375
9
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1347
8.82
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
8.88
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
0.92
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
2.37
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
2.47
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.69
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
877
5.74
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
3.14
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.74
5.74
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.901
0.901
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.623
0.623
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.21
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5691
37.25
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
38.53
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
3.76
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
3.87
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
3.76
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.49
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.49
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5315
34.79
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
575
35.45
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Roy Face and Leroy Sutton

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
6.07
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.66
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.92
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3773
27
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
438
27
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1257.2
9
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.74
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.37
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
1.52
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.71
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.49
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
2.36
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
3.58
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
2.26
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
3.08
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.76
95.76
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.21
86.21
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.373
0.373
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.852
1.852
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.65
1.65
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Face and Leroy Sutton

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
853
2391.59
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
27
279.31
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
600
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
58
600
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
194
543.93
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53
548.28
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.402
0.402
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
86.92
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
93.1
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
78.5
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
82.76
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.41
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.41
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.34
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.93
13.82
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.98
20.52
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
95.33
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
103.45
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
92.52
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
113.79
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.23
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.63
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.86
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
10.34
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.04
5.73
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.82
18.85
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.61
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.69
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
47
131.78
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.55
4.55
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
50.47
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
31.03
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.41
Leroy Sutton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
Leroy Sutton
Career
Per 600 PA