Victor Schlitzer vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Victor Schlitzer
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Victor Schlitzer 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 3.6 and 1.238 for Victor Schlitzer. By the career numbers, Bruce Sutter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Victor Schlitzer and Bruce Sutter

Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.82
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.2
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.62
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.61
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.92
48.92
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.91
65.91
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.66
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
3.6
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
652
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
217.1
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
8.2
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.17
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.67
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
2.94
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
3.6
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.32
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
889
36.81
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
4.43
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.238
1.238
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
812
33.63
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.81
36.81
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Victor Schlitzer and Bruce Sutter

Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.85
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.22
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
642
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.34
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.73
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
1.25
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.25
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
3.32
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
2.11
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
3.07
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
2.03
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.41
92.41
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.659
1.659
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.91
65.91
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Victor Schlitzer and Bruce Sutter

Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
44
321.95
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
600
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
570.73
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.492
0.492
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
117.07
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
102.44
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.11
30.11
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
139.02
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
124.39
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.459
0.459
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
29.27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
59.5
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.3
31.46
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
160.98
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.73
3.73
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Victor Schlitzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Victor Schlitzer
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100