Rollie Fingers vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Rollie Fingers
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

The numbers give Bruce Sutter a clear advantage over Rollie Fingers across the core pitching metrics. Bruce Sutter led in run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 93), walk avoidance (BB%+ 136 vs 126), and strikeout rate (K%+ 105 vs 97). Rollie Fingers held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 81 vs 81). Bruce Sutter was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Rollie Fingers and Bruce Sutter

Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
944
4.99
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.6
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.59
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
0.62
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.61
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.14
49.14
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.92
48.92
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
1.8
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
549
2.9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.9
2.9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.235
0.235
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5104
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1701.1
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1474
7.8
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.8
7.8
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.65
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.67
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
2.6
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
2.67
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.58
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1299
6.87
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.87
6.87
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.053
1.053
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.21
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.21
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6942
36.72
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
709
3.75
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
615
3.25
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.41
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.34
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.22
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.4
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.156
1.156
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6269
33.16
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Rollie Fingers and Bruce Sutter

Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
944
5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.2
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5102
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1700.2
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
0.57
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
1.34
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
1.25
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
375
1.98
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
2.11
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
1.91
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.03
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.27
96.27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.382
0.382
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rollie Fingers and Bruce Sutter

Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
945
2820.9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
201
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
537.31
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.465
0.465
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
92.54
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
77.61
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.96
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.97
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.93
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.72
23.06
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
119.4
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
101.49
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.408
0.408
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
29.85
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
26.87
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
50.75
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
59.5
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.63
16.79
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.96
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
134.33
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.47
4.47
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Rollie Fingers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
53.73
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
10
49.59
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.97
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Rollie Fingers
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100