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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

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1976 23 CHC NL 52 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .111 .000 .111 -67 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 24 CHC NL 62 22 20 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .150 .227 .150 .377 -0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-6,MVP-7
1978 25 CHC NL 64 19 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .077 .200 .077 .277 -23 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 AS,MVP-20
1979 26 CHC NL 62 15 12 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 5 .250 .308 .250 .558 49 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-7
1980 27 CHC NL 60 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .111 .111 .111 .222 -39 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 AS
1981 28 STL NL 48 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 .100 .000 .100 -70 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-8
1982 29 STL NL 70 11 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .125 .111 .125 .236 -34 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 CYA-3,MVP-5
1983 30 STL NL 60 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1984 31 STL NL 71 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-6
1985 32 ATL NL 58 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 33 ATL NL 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 35 ATL NL 38 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Seasons 661 121 102 6 9 0 0 0 6 1 0 7 50 .088 .153 .088 .241 -33 9 1 1 10 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 30 25 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12 .088 .153 .088 .241 -33 2 0 0 2 0 0
CHC (5 yrs) 300 75 62 5 8 0 0 0 4 1 0 6 35 .129 .206 .129 .335 -9 8 1 0 7 0 0
STL (4 yrs) 249 39 34 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 .029 .056 .029 .085 -76 1 0 1 3 1 0
ATL (3 yrs) 112 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .143 .000 .143 -57 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1982 29 STL NL NLCS ATL W 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1976 CHC NL 23 P 52 0 83.1 16 6 9 1 1 .938 1.62 0.29 .950 1.88 0.72
1977 CHC NL 24 P 62 0 107.1 25 11 14 0 0 1.000 2.10 0.40 .948 1.85 0.67 AS,CYA-6,MVP-7
1978 CHC NL 25 P 64 0 98.2 21 12 9 0 0 1.000 1.92 0.33 .948 1.91 0.72 AS,MVP-20
1979 CHC NL 26 P 62 0 101.1 27 9 15 3 0 .889 2.13 0.39 .956 1.80 0.66 AS,CYA-1,MVP-7
1980 CHC NL 27 P 60 0 102.1 20 6 14 0 0 1.000 1.76 0.33 .950 1.91 0.69 AS
1981 STL NL 28 P 48 0 82.1 15 7 8 0 0 1.000 1.64 0.31 .960 1.97 0.68 AS,CYA-5,MVP-8
1982 STL NL 29 P 70 0 102.1 22 6 15 1 5 .955 1.85 0.30 .950 1.96 0.70 CYA-3,MVP-5
1983 STL NL 30 P 60 0 89.1 32 11 19 2 1 .938 3.02 0.50 .953 1.92 0.68
1984 STL NL 31 P 71 0 122.2 33 14 19 0 2 1.000 2.42 0.46 .952 1.88 0.67 AS,CYA-3,MVP-6
1985 ATL NL 32 P 58 0 88.1 18 5 13 0 0 1.000 1.83 0.31 .950 1.92 0.68
1986 ATL NL 33 P 16 0 18.2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.93 0.25 .950 1.93 0.66
1988 ATL NL 35 P 38 0 45.1 11 2 7 2 0 .818 1.79 0.24 .964 1.97 0.69
12 Seasons P 661 0 1042.0 244 90 145 9 9 .963 2.03 0.36 .952 1.90 0.69
12 Seasons TOT 661 0 1042.0 244 90 145 9 9 .963 2.03 0.36 .915 1.90 0.69

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 (40th)

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 (90), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 30 (541), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 91 (113), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (393), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 21st round of the 1970 amateur draft, but did not sign.

September 9, 1971: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

December 9, 1980: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later, Leon Durham and Ken Reitz. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Ty Waller (December 22, 1980) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

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Salaries

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1985Atlanta Braves$1,354,167
1986Atlanta Braves$1,729,167
1987Atlanta Braves$1,729,167
1988Atlanta Braves$1,729,167
1989Atlanta Braves$1,729,167
1990Atlanta Braves$1,729,167
Career (may be incomplete)$10,000,002
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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