Willis Flournoy vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Willis Flournoy
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Willis Flournoy 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 4.07 and 1.361 for Willis Flournoy. By the career numbers, Bruce Sutter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Willis Flournoy and Bruce Sutter

Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
1.37
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
1.09
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.46
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.54
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
46
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.92
48.92
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.56
79.56
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.75
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
4.07
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2698
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
899.1
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
930
9.31
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.31
9.31
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.36
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.67
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
2.94
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
447
4.47
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
0.824
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.11
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.34
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3601
36.04
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4251
36.72
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.19
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
502
5.02
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
1.08
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.65
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.72
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.361
1.361
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3165
31.67
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3829
33.07
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.04
36.04
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Willis Flournoy and Bruce Sutter

Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
1.49
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
1.16
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2591
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
863.2
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.32
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
2.03
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
1.25
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.18
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
2.53
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
2.11
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
2.36
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
2.03
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
93
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.58
1.58
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.62
77.62
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willis Flournoy and Bruce Sutter

Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 600 PA
151
226.5
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
400
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
353
529.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
124.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
96
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
19.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
28.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.1
49.65
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
165
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
160.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.507
0.507
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
67.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
57
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
121.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.51
56.27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
36
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
7
34.71
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
200
200
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
34.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willis Flournoy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Willis Flournoy
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100