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.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 11	CHC	@	NYM	W,7-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	3	Apr 12	CHC	@	NYM	W,6-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
3	5 (1)	Apr 14	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	6	Apr 17	CHC		NYM	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	7	Apr 19	CHC		NYM	W,12-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	9 (1)	Apr 22	CHC		STL	W,16-12	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	11 (1)	Apr 25	CHC		PIT	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	13 (1)	Apr 28	CHC	@	STL	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	14	Apr 29	CHC	@	STL	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	16 (1)	May 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,12-4		9	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	21 (4)	May 7	CHC		SDP	W,7-4	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
12	22	May 8	CHC		SDP	L,6-9		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	28 (5)	May 14	CHC	@	LAD	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	30 (1)	May 17	CHC	@	SDP	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	31	May 18	CHC	@	SDP	L,3-4	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	35 (3)	May 24	CHC		LAD	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	36	May 25	CHC		LAD	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	39 (2)	May 28 susp	CHC		MON	W,8-4		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	42 (2)	Jun 1	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	GF	6	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
20	43	Jun 2	CHC	@	MON	L,7-8		11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	49 (5)	Jun 8	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-0	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	55 (5)	Jun 15	CHC		ATL	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	58 (2)	Jun 18	CHC		CIN	W,7-0	GF	9	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
24	59	Jun 19	CHC		CIN	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	60	Jun 20	CHC	@	ATL	W,4-2	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	65 (4)	Jun 25 (2)	CHC		NYM	W,4-1	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	67 (1)	Jun 27	CHC		STL	L,2-3		12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
28	68	Jun 28 (1)	CHC		STL	L,6-8		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	71 (2)	Jul 1	CHC	@	NYM	W,4-3	GF	9	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	74 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	77 (2)	Jul 6	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5		7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
32	81 (3)	Jul 12 (2)	CHC	@	MON	W,8-6	GF	10	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
33	89 (7)	Jul 21 susp	CHC		SFG	L,0-2		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	92 (2)	Jul 25	CHC	@	LAD	L,6-7	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	93	Jul 26	CHC	@	LAD	W,5-3	GF	3	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
36	95 (1)	Jul 28	CHC	@	SDP	L,2-4		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
37	97 (1)	Jul 30	CHC	@	SDP	L,2-5	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	98	Aug 1	CHC	@	SFG	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
39	101 (2)	Aug 3 (2)	CHC	@	SFG	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	103 (1)	Aug 6 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,7-9		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	107 (3)	Aug 9 (1)	CHC		MON	W,3-1	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	108	Aug 9 (2)	CHC		MON	L,3-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	110 (1)	Aug 11 susp	CHC		PHI	L,5-8		20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	114 (3)	Aug 15	CHC	@	STL	W,5-4	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	115	Aug 16	CHC	@	STL	W,9-4	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	117 (1)	Aug 19	CHC	@	ATL	L,4-5		13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
47	120 (2)	Aug 22	CHC	@	HOU	L,2-3		11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	122 (1)	Aug 24	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-2	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	126 (3)	Aug 29	CHC		HOU	L,5-6		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	133 (6)	Sep 6 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	135 (1)	Sep 7	CHC		CIN	W,6-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	137 (1)	Sep 9	CHC	@	STL	L,4-6	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	139 (1)	Sep 11	CHC	@	MON	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	140	Sep 12	CHC	@	NYM	W,10-5		11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
55	142 (1)	Sep 14	CHC	@	NYM	L,7-10	GF	7	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
56	149 (6)	Sep 22	CHC		NYM	W,3-2	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	150	Sep 23	CHC		NYM	W,6-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	152 (1)	Sep 25	CHC		MON	W,5-4		8	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
59	156 (3)	Sep 29	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	159 (2)	Oct 2	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
							60gm		102.1	6	14	0	20	0