Sonny Siebert vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Sonny Siebert
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Sonny Siebert 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 104), run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 96), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 103 vs 98). Sonny Siebert held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 98 vs 81). Role difference aside, Bruce Sutter holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Sonny Siebert and Bruce Sutter

Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
399
1.67
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
1.28
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.59
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.59
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.48
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.12
55.12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.92
48.92
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.94
76.94
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.28
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.09
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.07
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
767
3.21
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.236
0.236
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6456
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2152
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1919
8.03
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
197
0.82
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.67
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
692
2.89
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.23
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1512
6.32
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.32
6.32
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.024
1.024
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.25
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.23
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.03
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8951
37.43
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.18
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
907
3.79
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.18
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.11
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.213
1.213
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8136
34.03
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.43
37.43
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Sonny Siebert and Bruce Sutter

Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
399
1.67
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
1.28
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6454
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2151.1
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.67
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.38
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
1.25
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.11
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
2.15
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
2.11
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
2.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
2.03
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.94
94.94
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.223
1.223
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.94
76.94
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sonny Siebert and Bruce Sutter

Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
405
335.17
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
725
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
660
546.21
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.511
0.511
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
94.34
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
63.72
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
18.21
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.48
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
9.93
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
30.62
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.94
31.4
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
147.31
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
116.69
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.474
0.474
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.362
0.362
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
43.03
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
47.17
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
80.28
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.73
22.12
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.45
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
14.9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
182
150.62
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.98
3.98
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
28.97
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Sonny Siebert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
2.48
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
20
16.55
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Sonny Siebert
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100