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: 36-11

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 17

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	301	2	Apr 12	STL		PHI	W,7-3	7-GF	S(1)	99	3.0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.00	0.93	10	3	2	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.172	.72	0.08%	1.70	7t 1-- 0 out a2	9t end a 4
2	302	4	Apr 16	STL	@	NYM	W,5-1	7-GF	S(2)	3	2.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.01	9	2	4	1	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.190	1.07	0.09%	1.46	7b -2- 1 out a2	9b end a 4
3	303	7	Apr 20	STL		CHC	W,6-1	8-GF	S(3)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.90	6	2	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.118	.67	0.06%	0.89	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 5
4	304	10	Apr 25	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	8-GF		4	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.26	6	4	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.038	.26	0.02%	0.90	8b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
5	305	11	Apr 26	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	9-GF	S(4)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	1.66	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	0.183	2.68	0.11%	0.45	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
6	306	13	Apr 29(2)	STL	@	CHC	T,2-2	7-9	BS(1)	2	3.0	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	1.32	3.04	12	7	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	-0.076	1.59	-0.04%	-0.65	7b --- 0 out a2	9b 3 out tie
May				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
7	307	14	May 1	STL		CIN	W,7-6	7-GF	S(5)	1	3.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	1.62	3.08	16	5	3	0	0	4		3	3	1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.67	0.133	2.26	0.07%	-0.85	7t 123 0 out a4	9t end a 1
8	308	17	May 4	STL		ATL	L,6-9	8-8	L(0-1)	2	1.0	2	3	3	3	1	0	0	3.06	3.45	7	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	2.37	-0.428	2.34	-0.25%	-2.56	8t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out d3
9	309	20	May 7	STL		ATL	L,3-4	8-GF		2	1.2	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	2.79	3.53	8	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	2	0	0	5	1	0	2	1	0	0	2.63	-0.116	2.58	-0.07%	0.30	8t 12- 1 out tie	9t end d 1
10	310	24	May 12	STL	@	HOU	W,3-2	8-9	W(1-1)	4	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	2.53	3.63	10	5	0	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.07	0.213	3.09	0.13%	0.82	8b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
11	311	26	May 14	STL	@	HOU	W,7-6	9-GF	S(6)	1	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.42	3.76	5	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.92	0.169	5.22	0.11%	0.41	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
12	312	28	May 16	STL	@	ATL	W,6-2	9-GF	S(7)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.38	3.66	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.018	.59	0.01%	0.56	9b -23 2 out a4	9b end a 4
13	313	29	May 17	STL	@	ATL	W,4-3	8-GF	S(8)	0	2.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	0	2.92	3.53	10	2	2	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.44	0.104	2.73	0.07%	-1.11	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 1
14	314	30	May 19	STL		HOU	W,15-12	8-GF		1	2.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.04	3.31	6	2	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	.44	0.059	.47	0.04%	0.23	8t 1-3 0 out a5	9t end a 3
15	315	31	May 20	STL		HOU	L,3-4	11-GF(11)	L(1-2)	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.25	3.21	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.69	-0.319	1.80	-0.20%	-0.56	11t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
16	316	35	May 24	STL		NYM	L,1-3	9-GF(10)	L(1-3)	3	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.64	3.11	9	3	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.389	.90	-0.26%	-1.11	9t --- 0 out d1	10t end d 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
17	317	42	Jun 1	STL		MON	W,4-2	8-GF	S(9)	7	1.1	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.77	3.37	5	0	2	2	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.065	1.45	0.05%	-0.15	8t 12- 2 out a3	9t end a 2
18	318	44	Jun 3	STL		MON	W,3-2	9-GF(11)	W(2-3)	1	3.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.71	3.31	11	9	0	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	-0.066	2.56	-0.05%	0.34	9t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
19	319	46	Jun 5	STL		SDP	W,2-1	9-11		1	3.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.41	3.09	10	5	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.379	1.85	0.24%	1.34	9t --- 0 out tie	11t 3 out tie
20	320	49	Jun 9	STL		LAD	W,6-1	7-GF	S(10)	3	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.20	3.01	8	3	3	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.048	.27	0.03%	1.35	7t 1-3 2 out a4	9t end a 5
21	321	51	Jun 11	STL		LAD	W,2-1	8-GF	S(11)	1	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.07	2.89	6	1	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.29	0.271	2.34	0.17%	0.92	8t 1-- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
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
22	322	52	Aug 10	STL	@	PHI	W,7-3	8-GF	S(12)	59	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.95	2.88	6	2	3	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.097	1.19	0.08%	0.59	8b 1-3 1 out a3	9b end a 4
23	323	53	Aug 11	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	10-GF(10)		0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.95	2.88	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.83	-0.171	8.60	-0.15%	-1.00	10b 123 1 out tie	10b end d 1
24	324	55	Aug 13	STL	@	PHI	W,5-2	8-GF	S(13)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.82	2.82	6	1	4	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.080	.81	0.07%	0.91	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
25	325	56	Aug 14	STL	@	MON	W,3-1	8-GF	S(14)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.70	2.77	6	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.154	1.93	0.17%	0.87	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
26	326	57	Aug 17	STL		SDP	W,2-1	8-10		2	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.54	2.68	9	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.04	0.352	3.23	0.33%	1.34	8t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
27	327	59	Aug 19	STL		SDP	W,7-6	7-GF	BW(3-3)	1	2.1	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	2.60	3.00	11	4	3	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.95	0.058	4.60	0.06%	0.35	7t 1-3 2 out a1	9t end tie
28	328	62	Aug 23	STL		LAD	W,11-7	8-GF	S(15)	3	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.50	2.95	7	4	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.049	.46	0.04%	0.89	8t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 4
29	329	63	Aug 24	STL		SFG	W,2-1	8-9	BS(3)	0	2.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	2.57	2.83	9	1	2	0	1	3		0	0	1	0	0	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.72	-0.037	4.37	-0.04%	-0.11	8t --- 0 out a1	9t 3 out tie
30	330	65	Aug 26	STL		SFG	W,9-4	9-GF	S(16)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.56	2.80	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.012	.65	0.01%	0.73	9t 123 2 out a5	9t end a 5
31	331	66	Aug 27	STL	@	SDP	W,3-2	8-10	BS(4)	0	2.1	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.61	2.77	11	4	1	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.20	-0.154	5.65	-0.16%	0.01	8b 1-- 2 out a1	10b 3 out tie
32	332	68	Aug 29(2)	STL	@	SDP	W,6-5	8-GF	S(17)	1	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.67	2.78	8	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.80	0.142	5.50	0.17%	-0.19	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
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
33	333	71	Sep 2	STL	@	SFG	W,5-2	8-GF	S(18)	3	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.59	2.76	9	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.64	0.073	3.32	0.09%	0.85	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
34	334	72	Sep 3	STL	@	LAD	W,5-3	9-GF	S(19)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.54	2.76	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.073	2.40	0.10%	0.42	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
35	335	74	Sep 5	STL	@	LAD	L,3-4	8-9		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.47	2.80	8	4	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.29	0.216	4.68	0.27%	0.84	8b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
36	336	79	Sep 11	STL		NYM	W,4-2	8-GF	S(20)	5	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.39	2.76	8	4	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.132	3.55	0.24%	0.89	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
37	337	80	Sep 12	STL		NYM	W,4-2	11-12		0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.33	2.73	8	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	0.252	8.70	0.49%	0.89	11t --- 0 out tie	12t 3 out tie
38	338	81	Sep 13	STL		NYM	W,4-2	9-GF	S(21)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.29	2.73	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.065	2.86	0.13%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
39	339	82	Sep 15(1)	STL	@	MON	W,3-2	9-GF	S(22)	1	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.39	2.73	4	1	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.21	0.077	8.73	0.18%	-0.56	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
40	340	85	Sep 16(2)	STL	@	MON	L,3-4	8-10	BS(5)	0	3.0	4	2	2	0	4	1	0	2.53	2.79	11	3	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.30	-0.111	8.14	-0.24%	-0.69	8b --- 0 out a2	10b 3 out tie
41	341	89	Sep 20	STL	@	NYM	L,6-7	9-GF	BL(3-4)	3	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	2.75	2.96	4	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.01	-0.827	11.16	-1.84%	-1.66	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
42	342	90	Sep 21	STL	@	CHC	W,2-0	9-GF	S(23)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.71	2.90	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.080	4.14	0.18%	0.45	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
43	343	94	Sep 25	STL		PIT	L,4-5	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.68	2.90	4	2	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.032	1.70	0.06%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
44	344	95	Sep 26	STL		PIT	W,5-3	8-GF	S(24)	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.61	2.90	8	3	2	1	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.132	2.92	0.17%	0.89	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
45	345	96	Sep 27	STL		PIT	W,7-5	8-GF	S(25)	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.56	2.85	6	3	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	0.087	4.13	0.12%	-0.22	8t -23 1 out a3	9t end a 2
46	346	99	Sep 30	STL	@	PHI	L,5-8	7-7		2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	2.84	3	2	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	-0.139	10.40	-0.44%	-0.36	7b -2- 1 out tie	7b 3 out d1
47	347	100	Oct 1	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	8-8	BS(7)	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.52	2.84	2	0	1	1	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.11	-0.230	24.28	-0.82%	-0.59	8b 12- 2 out a1	8b 3 out tie
48	348	101	Oct 2	STL	@	PIT	L,7-8	9-GF	L(3-5)	0	0.1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.62	2.92	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.24	-0.373	21.49	-1.49%	-1.90	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
							36-11		W-L:3-5,Sv:25,BSv:7	1.5	82.1	64	24	24	24	57	5	1	2.62	2.92	328	1.80		7%	3%	61		32	34%	11	3	0	293	14	5	8	6	3	2	1.93	0.887	3.50	-1.82%	9.21

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