Bruce Sutter
Howard Bruce Sutter
Born: January 8, 1953
Lancaster, PA USA
Deceased: 2022
Cartersville, GA USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 190
Career: 1976-1988
Draft: Round 21 (1970 June Amateur Draft, Washington Senators)
School: Donegal HS (Mt. Joy, PA)
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.
Minor League Statistics
Bruce Sutter compiled a career record of 68 wins and 71 losses in his 661-game career with the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves. He began playing during the 1976 season and last took the field during the 1988 campaign. Sutter was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1976 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.70 | 52 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 83.3 | 63 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 26 | 8 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 332 |
1977 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 7 | 3 | .700 | 1.34 | 62 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 107.3 | 69 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 7 | 129 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 411 |
1978 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.19 | 64 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 98.7 | 82 | 44 | 35 | 10 | 34 | 7 | 106 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 414 |
1979 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.22 | 62 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 101.3 | 67 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 32 | 5 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 403 |
1980 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 5 | 8 | .385 | 2.64 | 60 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 102.3 | 90 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 34 | 8 | 76 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 423 |
1981 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.62 | 48 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 82.3 | 64 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 24 | 8 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 328 |
1982 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.90 | 70 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 102.3 | 88 | 38 | 33 | 8 | 34 | 13 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 424 |
1983 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 10 | .474 | 4.23 | 60 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 89.3 | 90 | 45 | 42 | 8 | 30 | 14 | 64 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 384 |
1984 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 7 | .417 | 1.54 | 71 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 122.7 | 109 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 23 | 4 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 477 |
1985 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.48 | 58 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 88.3 | 91 | 46 | 44 | 13 | 29 | 4 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 382 |
1986 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.34 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18.7 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
1988 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.76 | 38 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 45.3 | 49 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 193 |
Totals | 68 | 71 | .489 | 2.83 | 661 | 0 | 512 | 0 | 0 | 300 | 1042.0 | 879 | 370 | 328 | 77 | 309 | 83 | 861 | 13 | 8 | 37 | 4251 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1976 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 52 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1977 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 62 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .150 | .227 | .150 | .377 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1978 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 64 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .077 | .200 | .077 | .277 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1979 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 62 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .250 | .308 | .250 | .558 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1980 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 60 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1981 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 48 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1982 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 70 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .111 | .125 | .236 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
1983 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 60 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1984 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 71 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1985 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 58 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1986 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1988 | NL | Atlanta Braves | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 661 | 121 | 102 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 50 | .088 | .153 | .088 | .241 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1976 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 52 | 0 | 83.3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.620 | .288 |
1977 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 62 | 0 | 107.3 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.096 | .403 |
1978 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 64 | 0 | 98.7 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.916 | .328 |
1979 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 62 | 0 | 101.3 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .889 | 2.132 | .387 |
1980 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 60 | 0 | 102.3 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.759 | .333 |
1981 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 48 | 0 | 82.3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.640 | .313 |
1982 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 70 | 0 | 102.3 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 5 | .955 | 1.847 | .300 |
1983 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 60 | 0 | 89.3 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .938 | 3.022 | .500 |
1984 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 71 | 0 | 122.7 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.421 | .465 |
1985 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 58 | 0 | 88.3 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.834 | .310 |
1986 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 16 | 0 | 18.7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.929 | .250 |
1988 | NL | Atlanta Braves | P | 38 | 0 | 45.3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.787 | .237 |
Totals | 661 | 0 | 1042.0 | 90 | 145 | 9 | 9 | .963 | 2.030 | .356 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1982 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLCS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
1982 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.70 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
Totals | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1982 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLCS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1982 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1982 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLCS | P | 2 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.154 | 1.000 |
1982 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | P | 4 | 0 | 7.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.174 | .250 |
Totals | 6 | 0 | 12.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | .500 |
Awards
1979 - NL Cy Young Award
1979 - NL Reliever of the Year Award
1979 - NL TSN Fireman of the Year
1981 - NL Reliever of the Year Award
1981 - NL TSN Fireman of the Year
1982 - NL TSN Fireman of the Year
1982 - NL Babe Ruth Award RP
1982 - NL Reliever of the Year Award
1984 - NL TSN Fireman of the Year
1984 - NL Reliever of the Year Award
Statistical data from Baseball Databank, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License