Zane Smith vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Zane Smith
Baby BoomersWisconsinThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Zane Smith 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 98), strikeout rate (K%+ 105 vs 80), and run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 99). Zane Smith held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 176 vs 81). Role difference aside, Bruce Sutter holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Zane Smith and Bruce Sutter

Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
1.69
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.36
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.47
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.54
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.51
46.51
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.92
48.92
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.83
80.83
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.16
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
798
3.74
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5758
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1919.1
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1980
9.28
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.57
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.67
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
583
2.73
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.26
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1011
4.74
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.831
0.831
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.13
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.15
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8077
37.87
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.08
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
933
4.37
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.52
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.2
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
1.23
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.73
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.335
1.335
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7311
34.28
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.87
37.87
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Zane Smith and Bruce Sutter

Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
1.69
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
1.36
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5758
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1919.1
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.49
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
380
1.78
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
1.25
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.08
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
501
2.35
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
2.11
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
2.27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
2.03
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.61
96.61
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.31
96.31
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.344
1.344
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.83
80.83
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.16
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Zane Smith and Bruce Sutter

Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
386
362.44
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
639
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
551
517.37
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
81.69
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
68.54
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
11.27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.88
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
13.15
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.3
17.18
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
96.71
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
95.77
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
25.35
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
30.05
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
55.4
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
59.5
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.18
12.38
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.88
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
12.21
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
101.41
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.92
5.92
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Zane Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
67.61
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
10
49.59
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.94
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.88
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.94
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.94
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Zane Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100