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

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Team Record in Appearances: 25-27

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 18

1976 Pitching Game Log

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1976 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	27	May 9	CHC		CIN	L,2-14	9-GF		99	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.63	6	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d12	9t end d12
2	2	30	May 13	CHC		SFG	L,5-9	8-9	L(0-1)	3	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.00	3.13	5	1	4	3	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.69	-0.343	2.86	-0.16%	-0.56	8t 12- 1 out tie	9t --3 1 out tie
3	3	31	May 14	CHC		SDP	L,4-7	8-GF		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	2.38	7	3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.007	.03	0.00%	0.96	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 4
4	4	35	May 22	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	10-12		7	2.2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	2.70	3.53	10	4	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.23	0.248	1.65	0.11%	0.77	10b --- 0 out tie	12b -23 2 out tie
5	5	36	May 23(1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-5	9-GF	S(1)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	3.42	3	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	0.181	1.72	0.08%	0.44	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
6	6	37	May 23(2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-9	8-GF(8)		-1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.08	3.67	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 8
7	7	43	May 31(1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-5	9-GF	S(2)	7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	3.60	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	0.097	1.56	0.05%	0.49	9b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	8	51	Jun 6(2)	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-5	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.38	3.25	7	5	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.018	.06	-0.01%	-0.19	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
9	9	52	Jun 8	CHC		ATL	L,3-7	8-GF		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.03	3.16	7	2	4	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.005	.01	0.00%	0.96	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
10	10	54	Jun 10	CHC		ATL	W,7-6	7-7	H(1)	1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	3.15	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.97	-0.018	.53	0.00%	-0.08	7t 1-- 1 out a1	7t -23 2 out a1
11	11	59	Jun 15	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-6	8-GF(8)		4	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.88	3.19	4	0	2	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.008	.12	0.00%	0.14	8b 1-3 1 out d2	8b end d 3
12	12	63	Jun 19(2)	CHC	@	ATL	L,5-12	5-6		3	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.65	3.18	8	4	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.94	5b --- 0 out d9	6b 3 out d9
13	13	64	Jun 20	CHC	@	ATL	L,0-5	5-7		0	2.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.45	2.79	7	3	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.015	.01	0.00%	1.52	5b -23 2 out d5	7b 3 out d5
14	14	65	Jun 22	CHC		PIT	L,7-10	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	2.79	4	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
15	15	66	Jun 23	CHC		PIT	W,6-5	8-8		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	2.68	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.025	.11	0.00%	0.10	8t --- 2 out tie	8t 3 out tie
16	16	67	Jun 24	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	9-10		0	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.23	2.54	8	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.14	0.169	.16	0.01%	0.96	9t --- 0 out d1	10t 3 out tie
17	17	68	Jun 25	CHC		NYM	L,4-7	7-7		0	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	2.54	3	3	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.35	-0.046	.04	0.00%	-1.08	7t 1-- 1 out d3	7t -23 2 out d4
18	18	69	Jun 26	CHC		NYM	L,2-10	5-6		0	1.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.13	2.51	7	3	1	1	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	.14	-0.014	.01	0.00%	0.03	5t 123 1 out d5	6t 3 out d7
19	19	70	Jun 27	CHC		NYM	L,3-13	6-7		0	2.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	2.08	2.44	10	4	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-2.04	6t --- 0 out d10	7t 3 out d12
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	20	76	Jul 4(1)	CHC	@	NYM	L,4-9	8-GF(8)		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.03	2.37	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.002	.00	0.00%	1.31	8b -23 1 out d5	8b end d 5
21	21	79	Jul 6	CHC		SDP	W,4-0	7-GF	S(3)	1	3.0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	1.82	2.16	10	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.062	.00	0.00%	1.44	7t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
22	22	82	Jul 9	CHC		SFG	W,5-3	6-GF	W(1-1)	2	4.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.60	1.92	13	4	4	3	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	0.397	.03	0.00%	3.26	6t 1-3 0 out d1	9t end a 2
23	23	84	Jul 11	CHC		SFG	L,0-2	7-9		1	2.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.75	2.05	9	3	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	.74	0.052	.02	0.00%	0.27	7t --- 0 out d1	9t 1-3 1 out d1
24	24	86	Jul 16	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-4	8-8		4	0.2	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	2.21	2.50	5	1	2	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-1.90	8b --- 0 out d1	8b --3 2 out d3
25	25	91	Jul 21	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-2	8-9	L(1-2)	4	1.0	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.63	2.39	5	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	-0.217	.00	0.00%	-0.52	8b --- 0 out tie	9b 12- 0 out a1
26	26	93	Jul 23	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	7-GF	S(4)	1	3.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.43	2.39	12	4	2	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.54	0.418	.01	0.00%	1.34	7b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
27	27	99	Jul 28	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-2	10-GF(11)	W(2-2)	4	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.32	2.47	8	5	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.164	.00	0.00%	0.91	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end a 3
28	28	101	Jul 30	CHC		STL	W,7-6	8-9	H(2)	1	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	2.45	2.79	6	0	2	1	1	2		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.86	8t 12- 1 out a2	9t 1-- 2 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	29	106	Aug 3(2)	CHC		PHI	L,5-8	8-GF		3	2.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.35	2.76	8	1	4	3	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.17	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.96	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
30	30	107	Aug 4	CHC		PHI	L,5-7	8-GF		0	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.27	2.72	5	2	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.079	.00	0.00%	1.64	8t 1-3 1 out d2	9t end d 2
31	31	108	Aug 5	CHC	@	MON	W,4-3	8-GF	S(5)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.17	2.59	6	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.18	0.324	.00	0.00%	0.93	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
32	32	109	Aug 6(1)	CHC	@	MON	W,6-5	9-10	BS(1)	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.10	2.52	5	2	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.98	0.081	.00	0.00%	0.62	9b 1-3 1 out a1	10b 3 out tie
33	33	111	Aug 7(1)	CHC	@	MON	W,4-3	8-8		0	0.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.08	2.50	3	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.47	0.276	.00	0.00%	1.36	8b -23 1 out tie	8b 3 out tie
34	34	114	Aug 10	CHC		CIN	W,6-3	8-GF	S(6)	2	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.01	2.52	7	2	3	2	1	0		1	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.083	.00	0.00%	1.14	8t -2- 1 out a3	9t end a 3
35	35	115	Aug 11	CHC		CIN	L,10-13	9-9		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	2.52	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	0.063	.00	0.00%	0.22	9t 1-- 2 out tie	9t 3 out tie
36	36	116	Aug 12	CHC		CIN	L,3-8	8-8	BL(2-3)	0	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	2.33	2.76	2	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	-0.323	.00	0.00%	-1.38	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 1-- 0 out tie
37	37	120	Aug 15	CHC		LAD	L,2-3	8-GF		2	2.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.25	2.69	8	2	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.085	.00	0.00%	0.96	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
38	38	121	Aug 16	CHC	@	HOU	W,5-3	8-GF	W(3-3)	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.17	2.62	8	3	3	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.164	.00	0.00%	0.81	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 2
39	39	124	Aug 21	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-2	8-GF	S(7)	4	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.10	2.55	5	2	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.43	0.538	.00	0.00%	1.72	8b 123 0 out a2	9b end a 1
40	40	129	Aug 27	CHC		ATL	W,9-4	9-GF		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.07	2.49	4	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
41	41	130	Aug 28	CHC		ATL	W,5-2	8-GF	S(8)	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.00	2.43	7	5	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.103	.00	0.00%	0.96	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 3
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
42	42	133	Sep 1	CHC	@	ATL	W,7-5	7-9		3	3.0	2	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.18	2.59	12	3	5	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	-0.247	.00	0.00%	-0.59	7b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
43	43	134	Sep 3	CHC		STL	W,8-5	8-GF	W(4-3)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.12	2.56	7	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.135	.00	0.00%	0.96	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 3
44	44	135	Sep 4	CHC		STL	W,5-1	8-GF	S(9)	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.19	2.55	9	1	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.04	8t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 4
45	45	139	Sep 8	CHC		NYM	L,5-11	8-9		3	1.1	4	5	5	2	2	0	0	2.78	2.58	10	4	2	2	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	.57	-0.097	.00	0.00%	-2.93	8t --- 0 out d1	9t 12- 1 out d4
46	46	142	Sep 11	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-1	10-11	W(5-3)	2	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.71	2.52	5	1	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.71	0.467	.00	0.00%	1.81	10b -23 1 out tie	11b 3 out tie
47	47	147	Sep 16	CHC	@	MON	L,3-4	7-7		4	0.1	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.07	2.56	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.30	-0.179	.00	0.00%	-3.19	7b --- 0 out d1	7b -2- 1 out d4
48	48	148	Sep 17	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	10-GF(12)	W(6-3)	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.95	2.49	9	4	2	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	0.399	.00	0.00%	1.44	10t --- 0 out tie	12t end tie
49	49	152	Sep 21(2)	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	8-10		3	3.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.84	2.39	10	3	4	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.84	0.370	.00	0.00%	1.44	8t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
50	50	154	Sep 23	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	8-9		1	1.1	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.79	2.45	8	2	2	2	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	2	0	0	0	2.53	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.07	8t --- 0 out tie	9t 12- 1 out tie
51	51	156	Sep 25	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	2	2	0	1	2	0	0	2.72	2.44	11	4	4	2	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	.54	-0.133	.00	0.00%	-1.18	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
52	52	160	Oct 1	CHC		MON	W,3-1	9-GF	S(10)	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	2.44	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	0.092	.00	0.00%	0.66	9t -2- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
							25-27		W-L:6-3,Sv:10,BSv:2,Hld:2	1.8	83.1	63	27	25	26	73	4	0	2.70	2.44	332	1.17		19%	5%	17		32	22%	7	4	0	301	9	5	8	5	1	3	1.26	3.503	.13	0.09%	18.86

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