Al Hollingsworth vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Al Hollingsworth
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Al Hollingsworth 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 3.99 and 1.466 for Al Hollingsworth. By the career numbers, Bruce Sutter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Hollingsworth and Bruce Sutter

Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
315
1.86
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
1.1
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.41
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.62
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.61
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.23
40.23
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.92
48.92
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.73
58.73
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.46
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.09
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
674
3.99
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4561
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1520.1
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1642
9.72
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.72
9.72
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.28
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.67
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
587
3.47
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
608
3.6
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.23
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.11
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6703
39.68
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.46
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
788
4.66
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6102
36.12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.68
39.68
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Al Hollingsworth and Bruce Sutter

Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
315
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3126
27
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
9
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.25
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
2.11
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.03
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.55
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.156
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.356
0.356
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Hollingsworth and Bruce Sutter

Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
331
352.75
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
563
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
525
559.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
109.77
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
93.78
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12.79
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.07
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.13
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15.99
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.94
25.51
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
131.08
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
135.35
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
56.48
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
34.1
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
88.45
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.08
23.53
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.07
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
24.51
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
60
63.94
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.38
9.38
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Al Hollingsworth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
14.92
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
23
24.51
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Al Hollingsworth
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100