Pete Fries vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Pete Fries
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaColumbus BuckeyesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Pete Fries and Bruce Sutter are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bruce Sutter posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.83 vs 6.48) and WHIP (1.220 vs 1.920). Pete Fries 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 Pete Fries and Bruce Sutter

Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.08
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.08
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.08
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.61
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.92
48.92
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.08
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
6.48
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
12.24
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.24
12.24
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.67
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.52
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
2.88
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.32
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.11
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
45.36
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
11.16
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.16
11.16
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
40.32
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.36
45.36
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Pete Fries and Bruce Sutter

Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.46
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
1.25
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.73
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.43
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
2.11
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.7
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.03
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
70
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pete Fries and Bruce Sutter

Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
4
160
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
600
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
520
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.867
0.867
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.59
103.46
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
240
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
240
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.862
0.862
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.889
0.889
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
59.5
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.51
100.39
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
34.71
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.42
2.42
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100