Neck Stanley vs. Bruce Sutter — Career Comparison

Neck Stanley
Greatest GenerationMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Neck Stanley 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 4.77 and 1.480 for Neck Stanley. By the career numbers, Bruce Sutter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Neck Stanley and Bruce Sutter

Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
1.74
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.16
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.42
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.68
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.61
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.3
38.3
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.92
48.92
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.82
66.82
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.52
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
611
4.77
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3461
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1153.2
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1314
10.25
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.25
10.25
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.47
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.67
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
385
3
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.67
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
4.43
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.826
0.826
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.2
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5146
40.15
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.36
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
747
5.83
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.76
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.65
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.77
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.73
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.473
1.473
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4637
36.17
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.15
40.15
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72

Fielding Stats for Neck Stanley and Bruce Sutter

Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
1.73
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
1.16
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3502
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1167.1
9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.26
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
2.24
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
1.25
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.12
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
2.62
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
2.11
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
2.51
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
235
2.03
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.59
95.59
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.31
96.31
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.444
1.444
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Neck Stanley and Bruce Sutter

Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
224
301.35
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
446
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
402
540.81
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.371
0.371
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
71.3
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
64.57
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.73
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.73
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.33
13.9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
78.03
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
99.55
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
39.01
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
29.75
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
21.52
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
60.54
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
6.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.35
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
26.91
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.73
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89.2
89.2
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
30.94
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.59
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100