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.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 12	STL		PHI	W,7-3	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	4 (1)	Apr 16	STL	@	NYM	W,5-1	GF	9	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
3	7 (2)	Apr 20	STL		CHC	W,6-1	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
4	10 (2)	Apr 25	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	11	Apr 26	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
6	13 (1)	Apr 29 (2)	STL	@	CHC	T,2-2		12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	14	May 1	STL		CIN	W,7-6	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	17 (2)	May 4	STL		ATL	L,6-9		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	20 (2)	May 7	STL		ATL	L,3-4	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	24 (3)	May 12	STL	@	HOU	W,3-2		10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	26 (1)	May 14	STL	@	HOU	W,7-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	28 (1)	May 16	STL	@	ATL	W,6-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	29	May 17	STL	@	ATL	W,4-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	30	May 19	STL		HOU	W,15-12	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	31	May 20	STL		HOU	L,3-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	35 (3)	May 24	STL		NYM	L,1-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	42 (6)	Jun 1	STL		MON	W,4-2	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	44 (1)	Jun 3	STL		MON	W,3-2	GF	11	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
19	46 (1)	Jun 5	STL		SDP	W,2-1		10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
20	49 (2)	Jun 9	STL		LAD	W,6-1	GF	8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	51 (1)	Jun 11	STL		LAD	W,2-1	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	52	Aug 10	STL	@	PHI	W,7-3	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	53	Aug 11	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	55 (1)	Aug 13	STL	@	PHI	W,5-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	56	Aug 14	STL	@	MON	W,3-1	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
26	57	Aug 17	STL		SDP	W,2-1		9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
27	59 (1)	Aug 19	STL		SDP	W,7-6	GF	11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	62 (2)	Aug 23	STL		LAD	W,11-7	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	63	Aug 24	STL		SFG	W,2-1		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	65 (1)	Aug 26	STL		SFG	W,9-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	66	Aug 27	STL	@	SDP	W,3-2		11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	68 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	STL	@	SDP	W,6-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	71 (2)	Sep 2	STL	@	SFG	W,5-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	72	Sep 3	STL	@	LAD	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	74 (1)	Sep 5	STL	@	LAD	L,3-4		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	79 (4)	Sep 11	STL		NYM	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
37	80	Sep 12	STL		NYM	W,4-2		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
38	81	Sep 13	STL		NYM	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	82	Sep 15 (1)	STL	@	MON	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	85 (2)	Sep 16 (2)	STL	@	MON	L,3-4		11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	89 (3)	Sep 20	STL	@	NYM	L,6-7	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	90	Sep 21	STL	@	CHC	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	94 (3)	Sep 25	STL		PIT	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	95	Sep 26	STL		PIT	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	96	Sep 27	STL		PIT	W,7-5	GF	6	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
46	99 (2)	Sep 30	STL	@	PHI	L,5-8		3	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
47	100	Oct 1	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	101	Oct 2	STL	@	PIT	L,7-8	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
							48gm		82.1	7	8	0	15	0