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: 8-8

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 6, Entered with runners on base: 6

1986 Pitching Game Log

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1986 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	608	2	Apr 10	ATL		MON	L,3-6	8-GF		99	1.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.40	10.57	6	3	3	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.091	.27	-0.08%	-1.62	8t 12- 1 out d2	9t end d 5
2	609	3	Apr 11	ATL	@	HOU	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.38	8.02	5	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.027	1.12	0.03%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
3	610	5	Apr 13	ATL	@	HOU	W,8-7	9-9	H(1)	1	0.1	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	9.00	7.77	4	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.159	1.67	-0.13%	-2.03	9b --- 0 out a3	9b 1-- 1 out a1
4	611	7	Apr 16	ATL		CIN	L,3-5	8-GF		2	2.0	1	1	1	0	5	1	0	7.20	6.37	7	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.074	.57	-0.06%	-0.03	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
5	612	8	Apr 18	ATL		LAD	W,6-3	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.00	5.94	4	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.032	.51	0.02%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
6	613	13	Apr 23	ATL		HOU	L,2-3	9-GF	BS(1)	4	0.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.68	5.93	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.79	-0.643	7.61	-0.51%	-1.51	9t 1-3 2 out a1	9t end d 1
7	614	16	Apr 26	ATL	@	LAD	W,5-4	9-10	W(1-0)	2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.14	5.63	2	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.81	0.064	4.32	0.04%	0.47	9b 12- 1 out tie	10b 1-- 0 out a1
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
8	615	23	May 4	ATL	@	PHI	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	5.27	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.003	.03	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
9	616	25	May 6	ATL	@	CIN	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.00	5.10	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.013	.33	0.01%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
10	617	27	May 9	ATL		PHI	L,6-7	8-GF		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.27	4.77	7	4	1	1	0	0		0	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.90	0.086	1.06	0.06%	0.97	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
11	618	29	May 11	ATL		PHI	L,1-2	9-GF		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.18	4.71	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.037	1.50	0.03%	0.49	9t 1-3 2 out d1	9t end d 1
12	619	31	May 13	ATL	@	NYM	W,6-3	7-GF	S(2)	1	3.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.51	4.10	12	6	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.88	0.191	1.92	0.12%	1.36	7b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 3
13	620	33	May 15	ATL	@	MON	W,7-4	9-9	BW(2-0)	1	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.52	4.01	6	1	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.22	-0.417	3.04	-0.24%	-1.54	9b --- 0 out a2	9b 3 out tie
14	621	35	May 17	ATL		STL	W,2-0	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.31	3.69	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.072	1.10	0.05%	0.49	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
15	622	38	May 21	ATL		CHC	W,9-8	8-9	BS(3)	3	1.2	4	3	3	1	0	1	0	4.50	4.49	10	4	1	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	-0.297	2.58	-0.25%	-1.96	8t 1-- 0 out a2	9t -2- 2 out tie
16	623	44	May 27	ATL	@	PIT	W,6-2	10-10		5	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.34	4.59	3	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.32	0.130	5.24	0.12%	0.50	10b 1-- 1 out tie	10b 3 out tie
							8-8		W-L:2-0,Sv:3,BSv:3,Hld:1	2.1	18.2	17	9	9	9	16	3	0	4.34	4.59	80	1.35		9%	0%	8		10	40%	6	1	0	70	4	0	2	2	0	0	1.54	-1.026	1.90	-0.78%	-2.51

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