Mike Scott vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Mike Scott
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Mike Scott 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 led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 136 vs 106), run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 94), and strikeout rate (K%+ 105 vs 86). Mike Scott held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 94 vs 81). Role difference aside, Bruce Sutter holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Mike Scott and Bruce Sutter

Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
1.51
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
1.39
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.54
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.47
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.45
53.45
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.92
48.92
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.93
91.93
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.2
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.1
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
813
3.54
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6206
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068.2
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1858
8.08
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.08
8.08
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
0.75
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.67
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
627
2.73
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.23
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1469
6.39
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.39
6.39
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.013
1.013
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.17
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.14
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8571
37.29
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
908
3.95
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.44
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.28
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.22
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.53
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.201
1.201
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7746
33.7
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.29
37.29
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Mike Scott and Bruce Sutter

Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
1.51
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
319
1.39
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6206
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068.2
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
0.68
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.3
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
1.25
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
478
2.08
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
2.11
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.98
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.03
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.19
95.19
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.311
1.311
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.93
91.93
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Scott and Bruce Sutter

Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
348
281.02
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
743
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
653
527.32
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
65.41
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
52.49
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
11.31
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.62
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
12.92
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.27
13.14
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
81.56
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
87.21
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
26.65
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
36.34
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
61.37
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.96
-1.58
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
21.8
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
279
225.3
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.66
2.66
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
47.64
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
3.23
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
9
7.27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.62
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.81
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
2.42
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Mike Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100