Bruce Sutter
Howard Bruce Sutter
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 8, 1953 in Lancaster, PA
High School: Donegal (Mt. Joy, PA)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 9, 1976
Final Game: September 9, 1988
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2006 (400/520 ballots).
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1976 23 CHC NL 6 3 .667 2.70 52 0 28 0 0 10 83.1 63 27 25 4 26 8 73 0 0 2 332 142 1.068 6.8 0.4 2.8 7.9 2.81
1977 24 CHC NL 7 3 .700 1.34 62 0 48 0 0 31 107.1 69 21 16 5 23 7 129 1 0 7 411 327 0.857 5.8 0.4 1.9 10.8 5.61 AS,CYA-6,MVP-7
1978 25 CHC NL 8 10 .444 3.18 64 0 47 0 0 27 99.0 82 44 35 10 34 7 106 1 1 8 414 126 1.172 7.5 0.9 3.1 9.6 3.12 AS,MVP-20
1979 26 CHC NL 6 6 .500 2.22 62 0 56 0 0 37 101.1 67 29 25 3 32 5 110 0 0 9 403 187 0.977 6.0 0.3 2.8 9.8 3.44 AS,CYA-1,MVP-7
1980 27 CHC NL 5 8 .385 2.64 60 0 43 0 0 28 102.1 90 35 30 5 34 8 76 1 4 2 423 149 1.212 7.9 0.4 3.0 6.7 2.24 AS
1981 28 STL NL 3 5 .375 2.62 48 0 36 0 0 25 82.1 64 24 24 5 24 8 57 1 1 0 328 136 1.069 7.0 0.5 2.6 6.2 2.38 AS,CYA-5,MVP-8
1982 29 STL NL 9 8 .529 2.90 70 0 58 0 0 36 102.1 88 38 33 8 34 13 61 3 0 5 424 126 1.192 7.7 0.7 3.0 5.4 1.79 CYA-3,MVP-5
1983 30 STL NL 9 10 .474 4.23 60 0 46 0 0 21 89.1 90 45 42 8 30 14 64 1 2 2 384 86 1.343 9.1 0.8 3.0 6.4 2.13
1984 31 STL NL 5 7 .417 1.54 71 0 63 0 0 45 122.2 109 26 21 9 23 4 77 1 0 2 477 229 1.076 8.0 0.7 1.7 5.6 3.35 AS,CYA-3,MVP-6
1985 32 ATL NL 7 7 .500 4.48 58 0 50 0 0 23 88.1 91 46 44 13 29 4 52 3 0 0 382 85 1.358 9.3 1.3 3.0 5.3 1.79
1986 33 ATL NL 2 0 1.000 4.34 16 0 11 0 0 3 18.2 17 9 9 3 9 2 16 0 0 0 80 91 1.393 8.2 1.4 4.3 7.7 1.78
1988 35 ATL NL 1 4 .200 4.76 38 0 26 0 0 14 45.1 49 26 24 4 11 3 40 1 0 0 193 77 1.324 9.7 0.8 2.2 7.9 3.64
12 Seasons 68 71 .489 2.83 661 0 512 0 0 300 1042.1 879 370 328 77 309 83 861 13 8 37 4251 136 1.140 7.6 0.7 2.7 7.4 2.79
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .489 2.83 68 0 53 0 0 31 107 90 38 34 8 32 9 89 1 1 4 437 136 1.140 7.6 0.7 2.7 7.4 2.79
CHC (5 yrs) 32 30 .516 2.39 300 0 222 0 0 133 493.1 371 156 131 27 149 35 494 3 5 28 1983 170 1.054 6.8 0.5 2.7 9.0 3.32
STL (4 yrs) 26 30 .464 2.72 249 0 203 0 0 127 396.2 351 133 120 30 111 39 259 6 3 9 1613 132 1.165 8.0 0.7 2.5 5.9 2.33
ATL (3 yrs) 10 11 .476 4.55 112 0 87 0 0 40 152.1 157 81 77 20 49 9 108 4 0 0 655 83 1.352 9.3 1.2 2.9 6.4 2.20

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1982 29 STL NL NLCS W ATL 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.1
1982 29 STL NL WS W MIL 1 0 1.000 4.70 4 0 4 0 0 2 7.2 6 4 4 1 3 1 6 0 0 0 32 1.174 7.0 1.2 3.5 7.0 2.00
1 Season (2 Series) 2 0 1.000 3.00 6 0 6 0 0 3 12.0 6 4 4 1 3 1 7 0 0 0 44 0.750 4.5 0.8 2.3 5.3 2.33
1 NLCS 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.1
1 WS 1 0 1.000 4.70 4 0 4 0 0 2 7.2 6 4 4 1 3 1 6 0 0 0 32 1.174 7.0 1.2 3.5 7.0 2.00

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1977 CHC NL 24
1978 CHC NL 25 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.8
1979 CHC NL 26 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 9 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 13.5 1.50
1980 CHC NL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1981 STL NL 28 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1984 STL NL 31
6 Seasons (4 Appearances) 0 2 0 1.000 0.00 0 3 0 0 2 6.2 2 0 0 0 3 1 7 0 0 0 24 0.750 2.7 0.0 4.1 9.5 2.33

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1976 23 CHC NL 52 332 301 27 63 9 5 4 7 4 26 73 .209 .271 .312 .584 .262 94 5 0 4 1 8
1977 24 CHC NL 62 411 377 21 69 14 2 5 7 4 23 129 .183 .231 .271 .502 .262 102 5 1 9 1 7
1978 25 CHC NL 64 414 373 44 82 16 0 10 12 5 34 106 .220 .285 .343 .628 .277 128 3 1 3 3 7
1979 26 CHC NL 62 403 361 29 67 8 2 3 8 2 32 110 .186 .249 .244 .493 .254 88 5 0 6 4 5
1980 27 CHC NL 60 422 371 35 90 14 1 5 13 5 34 76 .243 .306 .326 .633 .291 121 12 1 14 2 8
1981 28 STL NL 48 328 293 24 64 14 5 5 11 3 24 57 .218 .277 .352 .629 .252 103 6 1 7 3 8
1982 29 STL NL 70 424 375 38 88 16 5 8 6 1 34 61 .235 .302 .368 .670 .260 138 12 3 10 2 13
1983 30 STL NL 60 384 343 45 90 8 3 8 12 4 30 64 .262 .321 .373 .694 .299 128 8 1 7 3 14
1984 31 STL NL 71 477 445 26 109 15 1 9 9 3 23 77 .245 .281 .344 .625 .275 153 18 1 4 4 4
1985 32 ATL NL 58 382 341 46 91 15 2 13 0 2 29 52 .267 .328 .437 .765 .281 149 4 3 7 2 4
1986 33 ATL NL 16 80 70 9 17 4 0 3 6 1 9 16 .243 .329 .429 .758 .275 30 2 0 1 0 2
1988 35 ATL NL 38 193 178 26 49 5 1 4 6 2 11 40 .275 .321 .382 .703 .336 68 5 1 3 0 3
12 Seasons 661 4250 3828 370 879 138 27 77 97 36 309 861 .230 .288 .340 .628 .275 1302 85 13 75 25 83
162 Game Avg. 68 437 394 38 90 14 3 8 10 4 32 89 .230 .288 .340 .628 .275 134 9 1 8 3 9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1976 23 CHC NL 52 52 28 6 3 12 10 2 83% 14 2 32 7 22% 8 1.327 24 11 15 15 14 23 18 34 33 12 35 19 4.8
1977 24 CHC NL 62 62 48 7 3 40 31 9 78% 40 0 50 14 28% 7 2.062 42 14 6 44 12 6 33 29 36 9 37 17 5.2
1978 25 CHC NL 64 64 47 8 10 41 27 14 66% 43 2 58 18 31% 8 2.182 54 6 4 46 16 2 40 24 40 10 41 21 4.6
1979 26 CHC NL 62 62 56 6 6 47 37 10 79% 47 0 55 13 24% 8 2.268 49 11 2 49 9 4 36 26 41 7 41 22 4.9
1980 27 CHC NL 60 60 43 5 8 37 28 9 76% 39 2 38 9 24% 8 2.223 46 10 4 39 14 7 22 38 39 8 42 15 5.1
1981 28 STL NL 48 48 36 3 5 32 25 7 78% 32 0 32 11 34% 8 2.034 37 8 3 34 12 2 17 31 32 7 32 16 5.1
1982 29 STL NL 70 70 58 9 8 45 36 9 80% 47 2 54 14 26% 8 2.174 49 15 6 51 14 5 38 32 43 12 44 24 4.4
1983 30 STL NL 60 60 46 9 10 30 21 9 70% 30 0 43 20 47% 8 2.346 49 4 7 35 21 4 29 31 35 11 36 14 4.5
1984 31 STL NL 71 71 63 5 7 53 45 8 85% 53 0 48 12 25% 8 1.928 53 13 5 55 9 7 34 37 51 5 51 20 5.2
1985 32 ATL NL 58 58 50 7 7 35 23 12 66% 35 0 17 10 59% 8 1.830 36 7 15 46 8 4 10 48 31 4 31 14 4.6
1986 33 ATL NL 16 16 11 2 0 6 3 3 50% 7 1 10 4 40% 8 1.625 8 5 3 7 2 7 6 10 5 5 6 1 3.5
1988 35 ATL NL 38 38 26 1 4 23 14 9 61% 25 2 8 5 63% 9 2.059 25 2 11 29 1 8 6 32 11 4 11 2 3.6 18
12 Seasons 661 661 512 68 71 401 300 101 75% 412 11 445 137 31% 2.042 472 106 81 450 132 79 289 372 397 94 407 185 4.7 18

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1976 23 CHC NL 332 45% 1.2% 22.0% 7.8% 5.4% 29% 1.37 68% 56 5 9%
1977 24 CHC NL 411 43% 1.2% 31.4% 5.6% 5.1% 30% 1.86 59% 58 5 9%
1978 25 CHC NL 414 49% 2.4% 25.6% 8.2% 6.3% 32% 1.75 63% 88 3 3%
1979 26 CHC NL 403 49% 0.7% 27.3% 7.9% 3.2% 19% 2.47 63% 84 5 6%
1980 27 CHC NL 423 48% 1.2% 18.0% 8.1% 4.7% 22% 2.39 69% 79 12 15%
1981 28 STL NL 328 57% 1.5% 17.4% 7.3% 7.3% 38% 1.78 71% 50 6 12%
1982 29 STL NL 424 52% 1.9% 14.4% 8.0% 6.8% 33% 1.68 73% 98 12 12%
1983 30 STL NL 384 51% 2.1% 16.7% 7.8% 5.0% 21% 2.26 71% 91 8 9%
1984 31 STL NL 477 50% 1.9% 16.1% 4.8% 5.2% 23% 1.85 76% 85 18 21%
1985 32 ATL NL 382 48% 3.4% 13.6% 7.6% 7.9% 33% 1.27 73% 78 4 5%
1986 33 ATL NL 80 58% 3.8% 20.0% 11.3% 8.8% 41% 1.60 64% 15 2 13%
1988 35 ATL NL 193 54% 2.1% 20.7% 5.7% 5.2% 20% 1.09 1.85 69% 15% 10.3% 39% 42 5 12%
12 Seasons 4251 49% 1.8% 20.3% 7.3% 5.7% 28% 1.09 1.82 69% 15% 10.3% 39% 824 85 10%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 35 ATL NL 186 675 3.63 456 68% 19% 18% 34% 30% 81% 5% 55% 78% 62% 5% 9 5 27% 50 28 3 21% 8 1 7 0 0
1 Season 186 675 3.63 456 68% 19% 18% 34% 30% 81% 5% 55% 78% 62% 5% 9 5 27% 50 28 3 21% 8 1 7 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1976 23 CHC NL 332 63 4 0 8 3 1 2 2 19 6 4 32% 3 2 0 117 7 4 64% 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
1977 24 CHC NL 411 69 5 0 15 4 1 3 2 26 9 8 35% 6 7 0 154 7 4 64% 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
1978 25 CHC NL 414 82 10 0 15 3 7 7 3 36 18 6 50% 9 8 0 179 12 5 71% 8 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
1979 26 CHC NL 402 67 3 1 16 3 0 2 1 29 15 4 52% 7 9 0 173 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 1
1980 27 CHC NL 423 90 5 0 16 2 3 1 4 28 15 2 54% 9 2 0 170 13 5 72% 12 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
1981 28 STL NL 328 64 5 0 10 1 4 2 3 21 13 2 62% 2 0 0 114 11 3 79% 9 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 5 0
1982 29 STL NL 424 88 8 0 23 3 5 1 7 46 17 5 37% 8 5 0 173 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1983 30 STL NL 384 90 8 1 16 6 2 6 2 38 21 4 55% 7 2 0 171 12 4 75% 11 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 0
1984 31 STL NL 477 109 9 0 9 4 5 5 4 23 8 3 35% 3 2 0 186 9 3 75% 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1985 32 ATL NL 382 91 13 2 12 8 5 8 5 28 18 2 64% 3 0 0 151 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1986 33 ATL NL 80 17 3 0 2 3 0 3 0 4 1 0 25% 0 0 0 28 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 35 ATL NL 193 49 7 1 4 0 7 2 2 2 2 18 14 2 78% 3 0 0 73 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 4250 879 7 1 77 4 149 42 35 42 35 316 155 42 49% 60 37 0 1689 97 36 73% 86 32 9 2 2 2 2 1 94 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1976 23 6 3 .667 2.70 52 0 28 0 0 10 83.1 63 27 25 4 26 8 73 0 0 2 332 142 1.068 6.8 0.4 2.8 7.9 2.81 142
1977 24 13 6 .684 1.94 114 0 76 0 0 41 190.2 132 48 41 9 49 15 202 1 0 9 743 214 0.949 6.2 0.4 2.3 9.5 4.12 214
1978 25 21 16 .568 2.36 178 0 123 0 0 68 289.2 214 92 76 19 83 22 308 2 1 17 1157 173 1.025 6.6 0.6 2.6 9.6 3.71 173
1979 26 27 22 .551 2.32 240 0 179 0 0 105 391.0 281 121 101 22 115 27 418 2 1 26 1560 177 1.013 6.5 0.5 2.6 9.6 3.63 177
1980 27 32 30 .516 2.39 300 0 222 0 0 133 493.1 371 156 131 27 149 35 494 3 5 28 1983 170 1.054 6.8 0.5 2.7 9.0 3.32 170
1981 28 35 35 .500 2.42 348 0 258 0 0 158 575.2 435 180 155 32 173 43 551 4 6 28 2311 165 1.056 6.8 0.5 2.7 8.6 3.19 165
1982 29 44 43 .506 2.50 418 0 316 0 0 194 678.0 523 218 188 40 207 56 612 7 6 33 2735 158 1.077 6.9 0.5 2.7 8.1 2.96 158
1983 30 53 53 .500 2.70 478 0 362 0 0 215 767.1 613 263 230 48 237 70 676 8 8 35 3119 145 1.108 7.2 0.6 2.8 7.9 2.85 145
1984 31 58 60 .492 2.54 549 0 425 0 0 260 890.0 722 289 251 57 260 74 753 9 8 37 3596 152 1.103 7.3 0.6 2.6 7.6 2.90 152
1985 32 65 67 .492 2.71 607 0 475 0 0 283 978.1 813 335 295 70 289 78 805 12 8 37 3978 142 1.126 7.5 0.6 2.7 7.4 2.79 142
1986 33 67 67 .500 2.74 623 0 486 0 0 286 997.0 830 344 304 73 298 80 821 12 8 37 4058 140 1.131 7.5 0.7 2.7 7.4 2.76 140
1987 34 67 67 .500 2.74 623 0 486 0 0 286 997.0 830 344 304 73 298 80 821 12 8 37 4058 140 1.131 7.5 0.7 2.7 7.4 2.76 140
1988 35 68 71 .489 2.83 661 0 512 0 0 300 1042.1 879 370 328 77 309 83 861 13 8 37 4251 136 1.140 7.6 0.7 2.7 7.4 2.79 136

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1976 23 5 3 .625 2.89 81.0 64 29 26 4 26 71 0 1.111 7.1 2.9 7.9 2.73 0.4 52
1977 24 10 1 .909 1.17 108.0 65 16 14 5 22 130 1 0.806 5.4 1.8 10.8 5.91 0.4 62
1978 25 6 4 .600 3.21 98.0 84 39 35 10 35 105 1 1.214 7.7 3.2 9.6 3.00 0.9 64
1979 26 9 2 .818 2.03 102.0 65 26 23 3 31 111 0 0.941 5.7 2.7 9.8 3.58 0.3 62
1980 27 8 3 .727 2.73 99.0 90 33 30 5 34 74 1 1.253 8.2 3.1 6.7 2.18 0.5 60
1981 28 8 5 .615 3.05 118.0 102 44 40 8 38 82 2 1.186 7.8 2.9 6.3 2.16 0.6 48
1982 29 6 4 .600 3.31 98.0 92 40 36 8 36 58 3 1.306 8.4 3.3 5.3 1.61 0.7 70
1983 30 4 5 .444 4.71 86.0 94 50 45 8 31 62 1 1.453 9.8 3.2 6.5 2.00 0.8 60
1984 31 10 2 .833 1.83 113.0 113 26 23 9 24 71 1 1.212 9.0 1.9 5.7 2.96 0.7 71
1985 32 4 5 .444 4.76 85.0 93 50 45 13 30 50 3 1.447 9.8 3.2 5.3 1.67 1.4 58
1986 33 1 1 .500 4.50 18.0 17 10 9 3 9 15 0 1.444 8.5 4.5 7.5 1.67 1.5 16
1988 35 1 3 .250 5.44 43.0 51 29 26 4 11 38 1 1.442 10.7 2.3 8.0 3.45 0.8 38
12 Seasons 72 38 .655 3.02 1049.0 930 392 352 80 327 867 14 1.198 8.0 7.4 2.65 0.7 661

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1977
1978 *
1979 *
1980 *
1981 *
1984

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1979-NL-Cy Young
1979-NL-Rolaids Relief
1981-NL-Rolaids Relief
1982-NL-Babe Ruth Award
1982-NL-Rolaids Relief
1984-NL-Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1977-NL-7-20%
1978-NL-20-1%
1979-NL-7-21%
1981-NL-8-18%
1982-NL-5-40%
1984-NL-6-20%
1.20 Career Shares (192nd)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1977-NL--6--4%
1979-NL--1--60%
1981-NL--5--1%
1982-NL--3--21%
1984-NL--3--28%
1 Cy Young
1.14 Career Shares (41st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Career--2.832--110th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
Career--1.140--47th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--7.590--40th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--7.434--56th

Games Played s c a p y
1981 NL--48--6th
1982 NL--70--7th
1984 NL--71--5th
Career--661--118th

Saves s c a p y
1977 NL--31--2nd
1978 NL--27--4th
1979 NL--37--1st
1980 NL--28--1st
1981 NL--25--1st
1982 NL--36--1st
1983 NL--21--4th
1984 NL--45--1st
1985 NL--23--6th
Career--300--21st

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
Career--2.786--51st

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1979 NL--9--7th

Games Finished s c a p y
1977 NL--48--7th
1978 NL--47--6th
1979 NL--56--2nd
1980 NL--43--8th
1981 NL--36--4th
1982 NL--58--3rd
1983 NL--46--7th
1984 NL--63--1st
1985 NL--50--2nd
Career--512--32nd

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Career--136--20th

Salary s c a p y
1985 NL--$1,354,167--10th
1986 NL--$1,729,167--8th
1987 NL--$1,729,167--8th
1988 NL--$1,729,167--10th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 15 (143), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 30 (775), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 91 (117), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (393), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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