Bruce Sutter
Given Name: Howard Bruce
Born: 1/8/1953 in Lancaster, PA US
Died: 10/13/2022 in Cartersville, GA USA
First Game: Sunday May 9, 1976
Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006
Received 400.0 of 520 votes (390 required)
Voted in by BBWAA
Awards:
1977 - Pitcher of the Month - NL (May)
1977 - Player of the Week - NL (Week of 1977-05-13)
1978 - Player of the Week - NL (Week of 1978-07-08)
1979 - Cy Young Award - NL
1979 - Player of the Week - NL (Week of 1979-04-20)
1979 - Reliever of the Year Award - NL
1979 - TSN Fireman of the Year - NL
1981 - Reliever of the Year Award - NL
1981 - TSN Fireman of the Year - NL
1982 - Babe Ruth Award - NL (RP)
1982 - Player of the Week - NL (Week of 1982-08-27)
1982 - Reliever of the Year Award - NL
1982 - TSN Fireman of the Year - NL
1984 - Player of the Week - NL (Week of 1984-04-13)
1984 - Reliever of the Year Award - NL
1984 - TSN Fireman of the Year - NL
Bruce Sutter's Batting Statistics
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | Avg | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | CHN | 52 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 |
| 1977 | CHN | 62 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .150 | .227 | .150 | .377 |
| 1978 | CHN | 64 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .077 | .200 | .077 | .277 |
| 1979 | CHN | 62 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .250 | .308 | .250 | .558 |
| 1980 | CHN | 60 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 |
| 1981 | SLN | 48 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 |
| 1982 | SLN | 70 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .111 | .125 | .236 |
| 1983 | SLN | 60 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1984 | SLN | 71 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1985 | ATL | 58 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1986 | ATL | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1988 | ATL | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 |
| Career | 661 | 102 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 50 | .088 | .153 | .088 | .241 | |
| Max | 71 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .558 | |
Bruce Sutter's World Series and Playoffs Batting Statistics
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | IBB | HBP | SH | SF | GIDP | Avg | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | NLCS | SLN | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Bruce Sutter's Pitching Statistics
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | ERA | WHIP | HR | BB | SO | IBB | WP | HBP | BK | BFP | GF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | CHN | 6 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 83.1 | 63 | 27 | 25 | 2.70 | 1.07 | 4 | 26 | 73 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 332 | 28 |
| 1977 | CHN | 7 | 3 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 107.1 | 69 | 21 | 16 | 1.34 | 0.86 | 5 | 23 | 129 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 411 | 48 |
| 1978 | CHN | 8 | 10 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 98.2 | 82 | 44 | 35 | 3.19 | 1.18 | 10 | 34 | 106 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 414 | 47 |
| 1979 | CHN | 6 | 6 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 101.1 | 67 | 29 | 25 | 2.22 | 0.98 | 3 | 32 | 110 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 403 | 56 |
| 1980 | CHN | 5 | 8 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 102.1 | 90 | 35 | 30 | 2.64 | 1.21 | 5 | 34 | 76 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 423 | 43 |
| 1981 | SLN | 3 | 5 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 82.1 | 64 | 24 | 24 | 2.62 | 1.07 | 5 | 24 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 328 | 36 |
| 1982 | SLN | 9 | 8 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 102.1 | 88 | 38 | 33 | 2.90 | 1.19 | 8 | 34 | 61 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 424 | 58 |
| 1983 | SLN | 9 | 10 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 89.1 | 90 | 45 | 42 | 4.23 | 1.34 | 8 | 30 | 64 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 384 | 46 |
| 1984 | SLN | 5 | 7 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 122.2 | 109 | 26 | 21 | 1.54 | 1.08 | 9 | 23 | 77 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 477 | 63 |
| 1985 | ATL | 7 | 7 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 88.1 | 91 | 46 | 44 | 4.48 | 1.36 | 13 | 29 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 382 | 50 |
| 1986 | ATL | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18.2 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 4.34 | 1.39 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 11 |
| 1988 | ATL | 1 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 45.1 | 49 | 26 | 24 | 4.76 | 1.32 | 4 | 11 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 193 | 26 |
| Career | 68 | 71 | 661 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 300 | 1042.0 | 879 | 370 | 328 | 0.00 | 1.14 | 77 | 309 | 861 | 83 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 4251 | 512 | |
| 'Best' | 9 | 10 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 122.2 | 109 | 46 | 44 | 1.34 | 0.86 | 13 | 34 | 129 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 477 | 63 | |
Bruce Sutter's World Series and Playoffs Pitching Statistics
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | ERA | WHIP | HR | BB | SO | IBB | WP | HBP | BK | BFP | GF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | NLCS | SLN | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| 1982 | WS | SLN | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4.70 | 1.17 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3.00 | 0.75 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 6 | |||
Bruce Sutter's Fielding Statistics
| Year | Team | Pos | G | GS | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | PB |
| 1976 | CHN | P | 52 | 0 | 83.1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | CHN | P | 62 | 0 | 107.1 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | CHN | P | 64 | 0 | 98.2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | CHN | P | 62 | 0 | 101.1 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | CHN | P | 60 | 0 | 102.1 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | SLN | P | 48 | 0 | 82.1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | SLN | P | 70 | 0 | 102.1 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | SLN | P | 60 | 0 | 89.1 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | SLN | P | 71 | 0 | 122.2 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | ATL | P | 58 | 0 | 88.1 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | ATL | P | 16 | 0 | 18.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | ATL | P | 38 | 0 | 45.1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | P | 661 | 0 | 1042.0 | 90 | 145 | 9 | 9 | 0 | |
Bruce Sutter's Known Salary Information
| Year | Salary |
| 1985 | $1,354,167.00 |
| 1986 | $1,729,167.00 |
| 1987 | $1,729,167.00 |
| 1988 | $1,729,167.00 |
| 1989 | $1,729,167.00 |
| 1990 | $1,729,167.00 |
| $10,000,002.00 |