Lum Harris vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Lum Harris
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Lum Harris 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 4.16 and 1.389 for Lum Harris. By the career numbers, Bruce Sutter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lum Harris and Bruce Sutter

Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
1.66
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.38
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.69
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.61
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.71
35.71
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.92
48.92
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.26
60.26
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
379
4.16
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2460
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
820
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
874
9.59
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.72
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.67
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
2.91
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
2.55
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.606
0.606
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.24
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.11
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3530
38.74
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.42
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
429
4.71
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.389
1.389
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3259
35.77
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.74
38.74
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Lum Harris and Bruce Sutter

Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3126
27
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
9
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.25
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
2.11
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.03
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.21
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.384
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.356
0.356
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lum Harris and Bruce Sutter

Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
151
311.34
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
268
552.58
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.474
0.474
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
105.15
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
92.78
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.31
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.06
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
12.37
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.16
23.02
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
121.65
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
125.77
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.305
0.305
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
18.56
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
32.99
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
49.48
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
59.5
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.78
20.17
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
20.62
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
129.9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.62
4.62
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Lum Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
26.8
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
9
18.56
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Lum Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100