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.

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	ATL	@	PHI	W,6-0	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
2	2	Apr 11	ATL	@	PHI	W,6-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	4 (1)	Apr 13	ATL		SDP	W,7-5	GF	5	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
4	5	Apr 14	ATL		SDP	W,3-1	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	9 (3)	Apr 19	ATL		HOU	W,9-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	13 (3)	Apr 23	ATL	@	SDP	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	15 (1)	Apr 25	ATL	@	HOU	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	17 (1)	Apr 27	ATL	@	HOU	W,8-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	19 (1)	Apr 30	ATL	@	CIN	W,8-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	23 (3)	May 5	ATL		MON	W,6-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	24	May 7	ATL	@	NYM	L,3-5	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	27 (2)	May 11	ATL	@	MON	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	29 (1)	May 13	ATL		NYM	W,1-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	31 (1)	May 15	ATL		PHI	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	32	May 16	ATL		PHI	W,6-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	33	May 17	ATL		CHC	L,5-7	GF	9	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	34	May 18	ATL		CHC	W,4-3	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	35	May 19	ATL		CHC	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
19	41 (5)	May 26	ATL		PIT	W,5-4		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	43 (1)	May 29	ATL		STL	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	45 (1)	May 31	ATL	@	PIT	W,8-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	49 (3)	Jun 5	ATL	@	CHC	W,4-2		9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	51 (1)	Jun 8	ATL		LAD	W,7-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
24	54 (2)	Jun 11	ATL		SFG	L,4-5		14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	57 (2)	Jun 14	ATL		CIN	W,6-4	GF	10	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
26	59 (1)	Jun 16	ATL		CIN	L,5-6	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	61 (1)	Jun 18	ATL		HOU	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	65 (3)	Jun 21 (2)	ATL	@	CIN	W,5-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	67 (1)	Jun 23	ATL	@	CIN	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
30	68	Jun 25	ATL	@	HOU	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	69	Jun 26	ATL	@	HOU	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	70	Jun 27	ATL	@	HOU	W,4-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	73 (2)	Jun 30	ATL	@	LAD	L,3-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	74	Jul 1	ATL	@	SFG	W,4-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	76 (1)	Jul 4	ATL		NYM	L,13-16		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	82 (5)	Jul 10	ATL		MON	L,5-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	83	Jul 11	ATL		PHI	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	88 (4)	Jul 19	ATL	@	NYM	W,1-0	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	94 (5)	Jul 25	ATL	@	PHI	W,3-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	95	Jul 26	ATL	@	PHI	W,6-4	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	98 (2)	Jul 30	ATL		SDP	L,4-5		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	99	Jul 31	ATL		SDP	W,5-4	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	101 (1)	Aug 2	ATL		SFG	W,12-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	103 (1)	Aug 4	ATL		SFG	W,5-4		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	106 (2)	Aug 9	ATL	@	SFG	W,6-5	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	108 (1)	Aug 11	ATL	@	SFG	W,7-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	112 (3)	Aug 15	ATL	@	LAD	L,4-5	GF	8	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
48	115 (2)	Aug 18 (2)	ATL	@	SDP	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	116	Aug 20	ATL		CHC	L,2-5	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
50	125 (8)	Aug 29	ATL	@	CHC	W,9-6		11	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	130 (4)	Sep 3	ATL	@	PIT	W,2-0	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
52	133 (2)	Sep 7	ATL	@	STL	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	134	Sep 8	ATL	@	STL	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
54	135	Sep 9	ATL		LAD	L,7-9		7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	139 (3)	Sep 12	ATL		LAD	W,11-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	142 (2)	Sep 15	ATL		SFG	W,4-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	145 (2)	Sep 18	ATL		CIN	L,3-7	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
58	146	Sep 19	ATL		CIN	L,5-15	GF	7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
							58gm		88.1	5	13	0	18	0