Bruce Sutter

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: January 8, 1953 in Lancaster, PA us

Died: October 13, 2022 in Cartersville, GA

Draft: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 21st round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Donegal HS (Mount Joy, PA).

High School: Donegal HS (Mount Joy, PA)

Debut: May 9, 1976 (Age 23-122d, 13,749th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 9, 1988 (Age 35-245d)
vs. SDP 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2006. (Voted by BBWAA on 400/520 ballots)
View Bruce Sutter's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Agents: Bob Gilhooley, Jim Bronner

Full Name: Howard Bruce Sutter

Pronunciation: \SUE-ter\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.0

ERA

2.83

661

300

1042.0

861

WHIP

1.140

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 8	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	GF	5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	3	Apr 9	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	5 (1)	Apr 11	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-2		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	10 (4)	Apr 18	CHC		MON	W,2-1	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	11	Apr 19	CHC		MON	L,6-8	GF	8	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	14 (2)	Apr 23	CHC		NYM	W,3-2		10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	17 (2)	Apr 26	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	18	Apr 28	CHC	@	ATL	W,4-3		5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	20 (1)	Apr 30	CHC	@	ATL	W,7-5	GF	10	2.2	2	0	0	2	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	21	May 2	CHC		LAD	W,5-4	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	24 (2)	May 6	CHC		SFG	L,1-2		9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	26 (1)	May 9	CHC	@	SDP	W,8-5		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
13	28 (1)	May 11	CHC	@	SDP	W,4-3		8	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	29	May 12	CHC	@	LAD	W,9-7	GF	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	31 (1)	May 14	CHC	@	LAD	W,10-7		7	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
16	36 (4)	May 21	CHC		STL	W,3-2	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	37	May 24	CHC		PHI	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	38	May 25	CHC		PHI	W,5-1	GF	11	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
19	40 (1)	May 27	CHC	@	STL	W,3-2		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	45 (4)	Jun 2	CHC		ATL	W,2-1		10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	46	Jun 3	CHC		ATL	W,8-6	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	54 (7)	Jun 11	CHC		SDP	W,7-4	GF	8	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
23	58 (3)	Jun 16	CHC	@	HOU	W,7-6		5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
24	59	Jun 17	CHC	@	HOU	L,4-5	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	61 (1)	Jun 19	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-4		10	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
26	67 (5)	Jun 25	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	68	Jun 26	CHC		NYM	W,10-9	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	70 (1)	Jun 28	CHC		NYM	W,9-8		5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
29	73 (2)	Jun 30 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,5-6	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	76 (2)	Jul 3	CHC	@	STL	W,6-2	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	77	Jul 4	CHC	@	STL	W,7-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	78	Jul 5	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	80 (1)	Jul 7	CHC	@	NYM	W,9-7	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
34	82 (1)	Jul 9	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-1	GF	12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	85 (2)	Jul 15	CHC		SDP	W,3-1	GF	7	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
36	86	Jul 16 (1)	CHC		LAD	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	89 (2)	Jul 18	CHC		SFG	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	91 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	CHC		SFG	W,7-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	92	Jul 20 susp	CHC		SFG	L,8-9	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	93	Jul 21	CHC	@	SDP	W,5-4	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	94	Jul 22	CHC	@	SDP	L,2-4	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	103 (8)	Aug 1	CHC		STL	W,4-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	104	Aug 2	CHC		STL	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	106 (1)	Aug 4	CHC		MON	W,6-4	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	109 (2)	Aug 6 (2)	CHC		MON	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
46	110	Aug 7	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	114 (3)	Aug 12	CHC	@	MON	L,3-4		13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
48	117 (2)	Aug 15	CHC		ATL	W,12-8	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	121 (3)	Aug 19	CHC		CIN	L,7-9		15	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	126 (4)	Aug 25	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	127	Aug 26	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-6	GF	6	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
52	130 (2)	Aug 29	CHC	@	ATL	L,3-4	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	132 (1)	Sep 1	CHC		HOU	W,14-11	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	133	Sep 2	CHC		HOU	L,5-8		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	137 (3)	Sep 4 (2)	CHC		MON	L,5-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	138	Sep 5	CHC		MON	L,8-10		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	140 (1)	Sep 7	CHC		PHI	L,3-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	141	Sep 8	CHC	@	MON	W,4-2	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	142	Sep 9	CHC	@	MON	W,6-3	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	147 (4)	Sep 15	CHC		STL	L,2-6		15	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	150 (2)	Sep 19	CHC		PIT	L,11-12	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
62	152 (1)	Sep 21	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
63	155 (2)	Sep 24	CHC	@	STL	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
64	160 (4)	Sep 29 (2)	CHC		NYM	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
							64gm		98.2	12	9	0	21	0