Max Scherzer vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Max Scherzer
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Max Scherzer 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. Max Scherzer led in strikeout rate (K%+ 135 vs 105), home run suppression (HR9+ 93 vs 81), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 111 vs 103). Bruce Sutter held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 136 vs 102). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Max Scherzer.

Pitching Stats for Max Scherzer and Bruce Sutter

Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
483
1.47
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
1.44
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
0.67
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.59
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.36
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.38
65.38
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.92
48.92
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.14
98.14
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1059
3.22
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8889
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2963
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2433
7.39
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
879
7.59
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.39
7.39
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.59
7.59
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
1.08
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.67
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
779
2.37
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
2.67
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.06
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3489
10.6
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
861
7.44
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.6
10.6
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.44
7.44
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.123
1.123
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.24
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
0.35
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.02
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11987
36.41
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4251
36.72
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1132
3.44
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.18
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.18
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
0.45
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.084
1.084
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10977
33.34
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.41
36.41
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Max Scherzer and Bruce Sutter

Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
483
1.47
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
1.44
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8889
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2963
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
0.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
0.65
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.25
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.05
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
1.21
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
2.11
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379
1.15
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.03
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.47
95.47
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.785
0.785
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.14
98.14
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.05
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Max Scherzer and Bruce Sutter

Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
490
555.77
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
529
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
464
526.28
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.454
0.454
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
88.47
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
80.53
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.81
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.13
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7.94
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.44
18.65
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
98.68
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
105.48
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
35.16
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
34.03
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
68.05
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.54
14.22
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2.27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
14.74
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
161
182.61
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
55.58
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
10
49.59
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.13
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5.67
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.4
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Max Scherzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
3.4
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Max Scherzer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100