Danny Friend vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Danny Friend
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Danny Friend and Bruce Sutter are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bruce Sutter posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.83 vs 4.71) and WHIP (1.220 vs 1.561). Danny Friend had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.36 per nine innings vs 0.67). By the career numbers, Bruce Sutter had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Danny Friend and Bruce Sutter

Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.09
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.52
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.47
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.46
52.46
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.92
48.92
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.52
95.52
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.95
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
4.71
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1655
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
551.2
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
612
9.98
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.98
9.98
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.36
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.67
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
4.06
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
2.58
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.18
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.98
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2506
40.88
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
382
6.23
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.561
1.561
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2197
35.84
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.88
40.88
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Danny Friend and Bruce Sutter

Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
1692
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
564
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.72
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.79
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
1.25
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
2.78
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
2.11
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.51
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
2.03
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.23
90.23
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.275
2.275
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.14
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Friend and Bruce Sutter

Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
69
163.64
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
253
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
564.43
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
144.66
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
113.83
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.34
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.11
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.37
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
30.83
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.86
54.21
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
187.35
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
166.01
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
66.4
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
47.43
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
111.46
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.17
62.06
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
21.34
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
26.09
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
23
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
0.82
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
6
14.23
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.11
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.11
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Danny Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100