Kid Nichols vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Kid Nichols
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueHall of FameRelief Pitcher
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Kid Nichols and Bruce Sutter are fairly close on the surface numbers. Kid Nichols carried a career ERA of 2.96 against Bruce Sutter's 2.83. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Kid Nichols and Bruce Sutter — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kid Nichols and Bruce Sutter

Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
621
1.1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
562
1
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
0.64
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.59
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
0.37
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.51
63.51
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.92
48.92
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.5
90.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
532
0.94
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.09
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.03
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
1664
2.96
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15202
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5067.1
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
4929
8.75
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.75
8.75
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.28
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.67
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
2.26
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
2.67
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1881
3.34
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.622
0.622
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
0.3
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.23
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21082
37.44
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
2480
4.4
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.224
1.224
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19681
34.96
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.44
37.44
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Kid Nichols and Bruce Sutter

Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
647
1.11
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.1
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15753
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5251
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
384
0.66
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1034
1.77
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
1.25
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.14
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1497
2.57
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
2.11
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1418
2.43
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
2.03
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.72
94.72
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.192
2.192
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.27
9.27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.06
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kid Nichols and Bruce Sutter

Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
650
172.26
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2264
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2090
553.89
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.602
0.602
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
125.09
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
374
99.12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
15.37
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
6.36
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
4.24
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
25.97
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
186.5
49.43
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
626
165.9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
621
164.58
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.577
0.577
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.491
0.491
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
273
72.35
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
278
73.67
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
535
141.78
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203.11
53.83
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
3.18
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
137
36.31
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
7
34.71
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PAverified
343
90.9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.6
6.6
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
6.63
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
5.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
5.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100