Bruce Sutter vs. Greg Swindell — Career Comparison

Bruce Sutter
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Greg Swindell
Gen XTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Greg Swindell 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 run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 93), home run suppression (HR9+ 81 vs 76), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 103 vs 100). Greg Swindell held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 150 vs 136). Role difference aside, Bruce Sutter holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Bruce Sutter and Greg Swindell

Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
2.68
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.08
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.59
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
0.5
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.61
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.49
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.92
48.92
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.2
50.2
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.51
40.51
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.16
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.59
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
2.83
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Innings
957
3.86
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6700
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2233.1
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
879
7.59
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2313
9.32
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.32
9.32
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.67
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Innings
262
1.06
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
2.67
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
501
2.02
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.72
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.14
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.02
2.02
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
7.44
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1542
6.21
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.123
1.123
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.915
0.915
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.12
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.11
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.08
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4251
36.72
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9301
37.48
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
4.42
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.37
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
3.2
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1053
4.24
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.65
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.38
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.22
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.26
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.73
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
0.55
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3829
33.07
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8620
34.74
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.72
36.72
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.48
37.48

Fielding Stats for Bruce Sutter and Greg Swindell

Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
5.71
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
2.68
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.08
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3126
27
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6700
27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1042
9
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2233.1
9
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.78
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.35
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.25
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.2
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.04
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
2.11
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392
1.58
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.03
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
383
1.54
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.31
96.31
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.7
97.7
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.577
0.577
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.51
40.51
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bruce Sutter and Greg Swindell

Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
661
3277.69
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
665
1395.1
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
121
600
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
286
600
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
505.79
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
513.99
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.507
0.507
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
96.5
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
75.52
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
20.98
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
20.98
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
7.22
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.64
22.32
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
9
44.63
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
117.48
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
17
84.3
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
104.9
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
20.98
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.75
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
27.27
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
59.5
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
48.25
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.85
-9.17
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.94
20.84
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.71
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.39
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
247.93
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
119.58
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.42
2.42
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.02
5.02
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
10
49.59
Greg Swindell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
75.52
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.1
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.2
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Sutter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Greg Swindell
Career
Per 600 PA