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

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 77 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 10 walk-off, 18 tying, 26 go ahead

3 Tms
STL	30
CHC	27
ATL	20

Platoon
vs RHB	42
vs LHB	35

Home/Road
Home	42
Away	35

Outs
1	31
2	24
0	22

12 Opps
MON	11
CIN	10
CHC	9
NYM	8
LAD	7
PHI	6
SDP	6
PIT	5
ATL	5
STL	4
SFG	3
HOU	3

59 Batters
Ryne Sandberg	4
Steve Henderson	3
Leon Durham	3
Gary Carter	3
Mike Schmidt	2
Dave Parker	2
Willie Stargell	2
Phil Garner	2
Dale Murphy	2
Darryl Strawberry	2
Richie Hebner	2
Dave Concepción	2
Nick Esasky	2
Bill Russell	1
Jim Wohlford	1
John Stearns	1
Steve Garvey	1
Joe Lefebvre	1
Tony Pérez	1
Joe Ferguson	1
Johnny Ray	1
Tom Foley	1
Dusty Baker	1
Jack Clark	1
Chris Chambliss	1
Ken Henderson	1
Barry Foote	1
Terry Whitfield	1
George Foster	1
Ken Landreaux	1
Mike Lum	1
Len Matuszek	1
Sam Mejías	1
Claudell Washington	1
Joel Youngblood	1
Terry Kennedy	1
Willie Montañez	1
Jerry Turner	1
Paul Householder	1
Terry Francona	1
Bill Doran	1
Johnny Bench	1
Warren Cromartie	1
Davey Lopes	1
Héctor Cruz	1
Lance Parrish	1
Pedro Guerrero	1
Mookie Wilson	1
Mike Fitzgerald	1
Graig Nettles	1
Ruppert Jones	1
Ted Simmons	1
Jody Davis	1
Jerry White	1
Ken Griffey	1
Mike Phillips	1
Bill Robinson	1
Andrés Galarraga	1
Ken Reitz	1

12 Parks
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	19
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	18
Busch Stad (STL)	16
Dodger Stad (LOS)	6
Shea Stad (NYC)	4
Stade Olymp. (MON)	4
VeteransStad (PHI)	3
Qualcomm St (SAN)	3
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1

Where Hit
7	20
9	19
8	10
89	3
78	3

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	68
6	2
1	2
3	2
4	1
7+	1
2	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	71
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	39
1--	13
-2-	8
12-	7
123	4
1-3	3
-23	2
--3	1

135 Runs
RISP	25
0 on	39
1 on	22
2 on	12
3 on	4
Any on	38

Inning
7	2
8	31
9	34
Extra	10

7-end	77

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	3
+2	6
+1	3
Tied	16
-1	18
-2	14
-3	7
-4..	9

Ahead	13
Tied	16
Behind	48

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	68
0-0	2
1-1	2
2-2	2
0-1	1
3-2	1
1-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	14
PH	11
1B	9
2B	9
C	9
LF	8
3B	8
CF	6
SS	3

OrderPos
4th	14
3rd	12
5th	10
6th	10
7th	8
9th	8
2nd	6
1st	5
8th	4

Leverage
High Lev	38
Medium Lev	15
Low Lev	24

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1976-07-16	Bill Russell	LAD		CHC	ahead 2-1	b 8	0	---		1	6	6	7%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1976-07-30	Joe Ferguson	STL	@	CHC	behind 5-7	t 9	1	---		1	9	PH	5%	9%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1976-08-12	George Foster	CIN	@	CHC	behind 2-3	t 8	0	---		1	4	7	25%	50%		Home Run (Deep CF)
4	4	4	1	1976-09-01	Ken Henderson	ATL		CHC	behind 2-4	b 9	1	1--		2	5	9	48%	58%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); W. Montañez Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1977-05-24	Barry Foote	MON	@	CHC	behind 3-4	t 8	2	---	6,(2-2) BBSSFX	1	8	2	25%	42%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
6	6	2	1	1977-05-28	Willie Stargell	PIT	@	CHC	behind 2-6	t 9	0	---		1	5	3	2%	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
7	7	3	1	1977-07-04 (2)	Sam Mejías	MON	@	CHC	ahead 6-4	t 9	0	---		1	2	9	4%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
8	8	4	1	1977-07-12	Steve Henderson	NYM		CHC	tied 2-2	b 8	1	-2-		2	3	7	29%	94%		Home Run (Deep CF); L. Randle Scores
9	9	5	1	1977-09-12	Ken Reitz	STL		CHC	tied 9-9	b 9	2	1--		2	6	5	44%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); K. Hernandez Scores
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1978-04-23	Steve Henderson	NYM	@	CHC	behind 1-2	t 9	1	---		1	9	PH	35%	44%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
11	11	2	1	1978-05-27	Ted Simmons	STL		CHC	behind 1-2	b 9	0	---		1	4	2	45%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	3	1	1978-06-28	John Stearns	NYM	@	CHC	behind 4-5	t 8	1	---		1	6	2	26%	45%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	4	1	1978-06-30 (2)	Richie Hebner	PHI	@	CHC	behind 2-3	t 8	1	---		1	5	5	26%	45%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
14	14	5	1	1978-07-19 (2)	Héctor Cruz	SFG	@	CHC	behind 4-7	t 9	1	---		1	4	5	2%	4%		Home Run (LF-CF)
15	15	6	1	1978-07-22	Jerry Turner	SDP		CHC	behind 1-2	b 9	1	1-3		3	9	PH	56%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); G. Tenace Scores; F. González Scores
16	16	7	1	1978-08-19	Ken Griffey	CIN	@	CHC	behind 4-6	t 9	2	1--		2	3	9	36%	40%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Morgan Scores
17	17	8	1	1978-08-26	Mike Lum	CIN		CHC	behind 5-8	b 9	1	---		1	9	PH	2%	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
18	18	9	1	1978-09-15	Mike Phillips	STL	@	CHC	ahead 3-1	t 12	2	-23		3	8	4	6%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Hernandez Scores; K. Reitz Scores
19	19	10	1	1978-09-19	Dave Parker	PIT	@	CHC	tied 11-11	t 11	0	---		1	3	9	34%	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1979-05-10	Dave Concepción	CIN	@	CHC	behind 5-6	t 7	0	-2-		2	3	6	27%	69%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Kennedy Scores
21	21	2	1	1979-05-17	Mike Schmidt	PHI	@	CHC	tied 22-22	t 10	2	---	6,(3-2) BBCBSX	1	4	5	41%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
22	22	3	1	1979-09-02	Davey Lopes	LAD		CHC	tied 2-2	b 9	2	123		4	1	4	35%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); B. Russell Scores; G. Thomasson Scores; S. Yeager Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1980-04-14	Bill Robinson	PIT		CHC	tied 4-4	b 10	1	---		1	5	7	43%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep CF)
24	24	2	1	1980-06-02	Jerry White	MON		CHC	behind 4-6	b 8	1	1--		2	9	9	40%	56%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Macha Scores
25	25	3	1	1980-07-30	Willie Montañez	SDP		CHC	ahead 3-2	b 8	2	1--		2	5	3	11%	97%		Home Run; D. Winfield Scores/unER; W. Montañez Scores/unER
26	26	4	1	1980-08-06 (1)	Willie Stargell	PIT	@	CHC	tied 5-5	t 8	1	---		1	4	3	28%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	5	1	1980-09-14	Steve Henderson	NYM		CHC	tied 7-7	b 9	1	12-		3	5	7	30%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; L. Mazzilli Scores; J. Youngblood Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1981-04-29 (2)	Leon Durham	CHC		STL	behind 0-2	b 7	1	1--		2	5	9	34%	55%		Home Run (Deep CF); S. Henderson Scores
29	29	2	1	1981-06-01	Gary Carter	MON	@	STL	behind 1-4	t 9	0	---		1	4	2	4%	7%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	3	1	1981-08-19	Joe Lefebvre	SDP	@	STL	behind 5-6	t 8	2	---		1	7	PH	28%	42%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	4	1	1981-09-16 (2)	Terry Francona	MON		STL	behind 1-3	b 8	0	---		1	2	7	14%	28%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	5	1	1981-09-20	Mookie Wilson	NYM		STL	behind 5-6	b 9	2	-2-		2	1	8	87%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); F. Taveras Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1982-05-13	Claudell Washington	ATL		STL	behind 6-10	b 9	1	---		1	1	9	1%	2%		Home Run (CF-RF)
34	34	2	2	1982-05-13	Dale Murphy	ATL		STL	behind 7-10	b 9	2	1--		2	4	8	3%	4%		Home Run (Deep CF); G. Hubbard Scores
35	35	3	1	1982-05-15	Chris Chambliss	ATL		STL	behind 3-7	b 10	1	1-3		3	7	PH	6%	11%		Home Run (CF-RF); B. Horner Scores; B. Watson Scores
36	36	4	1	1982-05-20	Terry Kennedy	SDP		STL	behind 2-6	b 9	0	---		1	6	3	2%	3%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	5	1	1982-06-07	Warren Cromartie	MON		STL	tied 2-2	b 9	0	---		1	6	9	37%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (CF-RF)
38	38	6	1	1982-07-18	Paul Householder	CIN	@	STL	behind 4-6	t 8	0	---		1	7	9	12%	24%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	7	1	1982-08-30	Steve Garvey	LAD		STL	behind 1-3	b 9	0	---		1	6	3	10%	18%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	8	1	1982-09-04	Jack Clark	SFG		STL	behind 2-4	b 9	2	-23		3	4	9	87%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (LF-CF); J. Leonard Scores; J. Morgan Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1983-05-18	Phil Garner	HOU	@	STL	behind 3-9	t 8	1	---		1	4	5	0%	1%		Home Run
42	42	2	1	1983-06-08	Tony Pérez	PHI		STL	tied 4-4	b 9	2	12-		3	4	3	39%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep CF); J. Morgan Scores; G. Matthews Scores
43	43	3	1	1983-07-11	Dusty Baker	LAD		STL	behind 5-6	b 9	1	-2-		2	3	7	73%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); K. Landreaux Scores
44	44	4	1	1983-07-20	Ruppert Jones	SDP	@	STL	behind 2-3	t 9	1	12-		3	7	8	65%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Richards Scores; G. Templeton Scores
45	45	5	1	1983-07-23	Ken Landreaux	LAD	@	STL	ahead 6-3	t 8	2	123		4	2	8	5%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Russell Scores/Team unER; G. Brock Scores/Team unER; S. Sax Scores/Team unER; K. Landreaux Scores/Team unER
46	46	6	1	1983-08-15	Gary Carter	MON	@	STL	ahead 3-1	t 9	0	1--		2	5	2	5%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Oliver Scores
47	47	7	1	1983-09-04	Johnny Bench	CIN	@	STL	behind 1-4	t 8	2	12-		3	3	PH	36%	42%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Householder Scores; E. Milner Scores
48	48	8	1	1983-09-24	Mike Schmidt	PHI	@	STL	ahead 7-5	t 9	1	1--		2	3	5	5%	99%		Home Run; P. Rose Scores
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	1984-04-24	Richie Hebner	CHC	@	STL	tied 2-2	t 9	1	---		1	9	9	39%	84%		Home Run
50	50	2	1	1984-05-27	Dale Murphy	ATL		STL	behind 8-12	b 8	0	---		1	3	8	4%	8%		Home Run (Deep CF)
51	51	3	1	1984-06-17	Darryl Strawberry	NYM	@	STL	behind 2-6	t 8	1	---		1	5	8	2%	4%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run
52	52	4	1	1984-06-23	Ryne Sandberg	CHC		STL	behind 8-9	b 9	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	2	4	44%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
53	53	5	2	1984-06-23	Ryne Sandberg	CHC		STL	behind 9-11	b 10	2	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	2	4	49%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Dernier Scores
54	54	6	1	1984-07-14	Graig Nettles	SDP	@	STL	behind 4-7	t 9	0	1--		2	9	PH	9%	15%		Home Run; B. Brown Scores
55	55	7	1	1984-09-12 (2)	Len Matuszek	PHI		STL	behind 3-5	b 8	1	12-		3	7	PH	62%	86%		Home Run; L. Aguayo Scores; R. Schu Scores
56	56	8	1	1984-09-14	Johnny Ray	PIT	@	STL	tied 7-7	t 12	0	---		1	3	4	35%	85%		Home Run
57	57	9	1	1984-09-20	Jim Wohlford	MON	@	STL	behind 1-3	t 8	2	---		1	3	9	8%	15%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1985-04-25	Phil Garner	HOU		ATL	behind 1-3	b 10	1	---		1	6	5	6%	10%		Home Run
59	59	2	1	1985-05-07	Gary Carter	NYM		ATL	tied 1-1	b 8	1	123		4	4	2	21%	99%		Home Run; M. Wilson Scores; W. Backman Scores/unER; K. Hernandez Scores
60	60	3	1	1985-06-16	Nick Esasky	CIN	@	ATL	tied 5-5	t 10	2	---		1	8	5	42%	82%		Home Run
61	61	4	1	1985-06-18	Bill Doran	HOU	@	ATL	behind 1-2	t 8	1	---		1	1	4	26%	45%		Home Run
62	62	5	1	1985-06-30	Pedro Guerrero	LAD		ATL	behind 2-3	b 8	1	1--		2	4	7	58%	87%		Home Run; K. Landreaux Scores
63	63	6	1	1985-07-10	Mike Fitzgerald	MON	@	ATL	tied 5-5	t 11	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	34%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
64	64	7	1	1985-08-04	Joel Youngblood	SFG	@	ATL	behind 2-3	t 8	2	-2-		2	1	PH	51%	72%		Home Run; B. Brenly Scores
65	65	8	1	1985-08-15	Terry Whitfield	LAD		ATL	behind 3-4	b 8	2	-2-		2	9	PH	62%	86%		Home Run; M. Duncan Scores
66	66	9	1	1985-08-20	Ryne Sandberg	CHC	@	ATL	tied 2-2	t 8	2	-2-		2	3	4	38%	85%		Home Run; B. Dernier Scores
67	67	10	2	1985-08-20	Leon Durham	CHC	@	ATL	ahead 4-2	t 9	0	---		1	6	3	4%	97%		Home Run
68	68	11	1	1985-08-29	Leon Durham	CHC		ATL	behind 2-9	b 8	0	12-		3	6	3	3%	4%		Home Run; K. Moreland Scores; R. Cey Scores/unER
69	69	12	1	1985-09-18	Nick Esasky	CIN	@	ATL	ahead 6-3	t 8	1	---		1	4	7	4%	97%		Home Run
70	70	13	1	1985-09-19	Dave Parker	CIN	@	ATL	ahead 9-4	t 9	1	123		4	3	9	0%	100%		Home Run; W. Krenchicki Scores/unER; E. Milner Scores/unER; P. Rose Scores/unER; D. Parker Scores/Team unER
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
71	71	1	1	1986-04-10	Andrés Galarraga	MON	@	ATL	ahead 3-1	t 8	1	12-		3	7	3	9%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); H. Brooks Scores; M. Webster Scores
72	72	2	1	1986-04-16	Dave Concepción	CIN	@	ATL	ahead 4-3	t 8	2	---		1	6	6	14%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
73	73	3	1	1986-05-21	Jody Davis	CHC	@	ATL	behind 5-8	t 9	2	1-3		3	7	2	36%	40%		Home Run (Deep CF); L. Durham Scores; J. Mumphrey Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
74	74	1	1	1988-05-01	Lance Parrish	PHI		ATL	behind 3-9	b 8	2	--3	2,(0-1) CX	2	5	2	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); P. Bradley Scores
75	75	2	1	1988-07-02	Tom Foley	MON		ATL	behind 2-4	b 9	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	4	48%	57%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Wallach Scores
76	76	3	1	1988-07-15	Darryl Strawberry	NYM	@	ATL	behind 2-3	t 8	0	---	4,(1-2) .SCBX	1	4	9	26%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
77	77	4	1	1988-08-27	Ryne Sandberg	CHC	@	ATL	ahead 3-0	t 9	2	-2-	9,(2-2) CBFFFB.FFX	2	2	4	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Dunston Scores