Al Schulz vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Al Schulz
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBuffalo BluesFederal LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Al Schulz 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 3.32 and 1.367 for Al Schulz. 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 Schulz and Bruce Sutter

Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
1.54
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.06
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.45
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.6
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.12
43.12
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.92
48.92
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.54
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
344
3.32
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2800
27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
933.1
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
867
8.36
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.36
8.36
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.18
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.67
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
409
3.94
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
445
4.29
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.915
0.915
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.21
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.19
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3876
37.38
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.32
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
4.19
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.367
1.367
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3447
33.24
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.38
37.38
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Al Schulz and Bruce Sutter

Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3126
27
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1042
9
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.25
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
2.11
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.03
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.54
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.006
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.356
0.356
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Schulz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Schulz and Bruce Sutter

Al Schulz
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Al Schulz
Career
Per 600 PA
160
294.48
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
326
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
304
559.51
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
86.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
69.94
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
11.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.68
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.84
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
16.56
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.45
22.91
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
110.43
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
112.27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
29.45
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
25.77
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
53.37
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
59.5
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.62
15.86
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Al Schulz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.84
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
23.93
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Al Schulz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Schulz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
81
149.08
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.02
4.02
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Al Schulz
Career
Per 600 PA
8
14.72
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Al Schulz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Al Schulz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Al Schulz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.84
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Al Schulz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Schulz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.84
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Al Schulz
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100