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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

Hall of Fame
1994 BBWAA (23.9%)
1995 BBWAA (29.8%)
1996 BBWAA (29.1%)
1997 BBWAA (27.5%)
1998 BBWAA (31.1%)
1999 BBWAA (24.3%)
2000 BBWAA (38.5%)
2001 BBWAA (47.6%)
2002 BBWAA (50.4%)
2003 BBWAA (53.6%)
2004 BBWAA (59.5%)
2005 BBWAA (66.7%)
2006 BBWAA (76.9%)
Selected to HOF in 2006 by BBWAA

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 (194th)

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  2.83 (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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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.
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