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

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Team Record in Appearances: 24-14

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 11, Entered with runners on base: 6

1988 Pitching Game Log

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1988 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	624	1	Apr 5	ATL		CHC	L,9-10	9-9	BS(1)	99	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	18.00	5.77	5	13	8	1	1	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.24	-0.308	4.43	-0.25%	-1.55	9t --- 0 out a2	9t 3 out tie
2	625	4	Apr 8	ATL		LAD	L,3-6	8-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9.00	3.27	3	13	9	2	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.012	.19	0.01%	0.45	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
3	626	6	Apr 10	ATL		LAD	L,1-3	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.00	3.10	4	17	13	1	2	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.006	.11	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
4	627	8	Apr 13	ATL		HOU	L,0-4	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	2.52	3	13	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.03	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
5	628	12	Apr 19	ATL	@	HOU	W,5-4	7-8	W(1-0)	5	1.1	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	5.06	1.83	7	32	23	4	4	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.301	1.04	-0.12%	-1.28	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 1-3 1 out a1
6	629	16	Apr 24	ATL		CIN	W,4-1	7-8	H(1)	4	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.68	1.27	6	19	14	3	5	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.218	.65	0.06%	1.50	7t -2- 0 out a2	8t 3 out a2
7	630	18	Apr 27	ATL		NYM	L,2-5	8-8	H(2)	2	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.24	1.57	4	17	9	2	3	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.75	0.067	.68	0.02%	0.45	8t --- 0 out a2	8t 3 out a2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	631	20	May 1	ATL	@	PHI	W,9-5	8-GF		3	2.0	3	2	2	1	2	1	0	4.35	2.96	9	35	23	11	2	2	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	.22	0.010	.06	0.00%	-1.13	8b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 4
9	632	23	May 4	ATL	@	MON	W,7-5	8-GF	S(1)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.65	2.61	6	20	17	5	1	2	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.158	.41	0.04%	0.89	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
10	633	26	May 7	ATL		PHI	W,6-5	8-8	BS(2)	2	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.15	2.69	5	20	10	2	1	1	2	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.05	-0.292	1.29	-0.06%	-2.15	8t 12- 1 out a3	8t 3 out tie
11	634	28	May 9	ATL		MON	W,9-8	8-GF	S(2)	1	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.60	2.44	7					3	2	1	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.22	0.228	1.01	0.04%	0.23	8t 1-3 0 out a3	9t end a 1
12	635	30	May 11	ATL		MON	W,3-2	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.38	2.33	3	9	6	1	2	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	0.150	.61	0.03%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
13	636	33	May 15	ATL	@	STL	L,6-7	9-GF	BL(1-1)	3	0.2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.24	2.71	7	23	10	1	2	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	1	4.98	-0.823	1.83	-0.18%	-2.29	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
14	637	35	May 17	ATL	@	CIN	W,6-2	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.06	2.71	3	8	6	2	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.015	.06	0.00%	0.45	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
15	638	39	May 22	ATL	@	PIT	W,6-4	8-GF	S(4)	4	1.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.79	2.51	7	25	20	1	6	5	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.96	0.160	.38	0.02%	0.88	8b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
16	639	40	May 24(1)	ATL	@	CHC	W,3-0	10-GF(10)	S(5)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.66	2.42	5	14	12	2	2	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.00	0.035	.41	0.00%	0.45	10b --- 0 out a3	10b end a 3
17	640	42	May 25	ATL	@	CHC	W,2-1	9-GF	S(6)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.53	2.35	4	12	9	1	2	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.54	0.183	.95	0.02%	0.45	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
18	641	44	May 28	ATL		STL	W,2-1	8-GF	S(7)	2	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.31	2.34	6	23	13	3	2	3	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.51	0.352	.56	0.05%	1.26	8t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	642	51	Jun 5	ATL	@	SDP	W,3-1	8-GF	S(8)	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.13	2.30	6	18	14	5	1	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.150	.23	0.02%	0.85	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
20	643	53	Jun 8	ATL	@	SFG	W,5-4	9-GF	S(9)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	2.31	3	13	9	0	2	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	0.170	.55	0.02%	0.41	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
21	644	55	Jun 10	ATL	@	HOU	W,10-3	13-GF(13)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.98	2.26	3	8	7	1	3	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.41	13b --- 0 out a7	13b end a 7
22	645	60	Jun 15	ATL		LAD	L,5-7	9-GF		4	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.22	2.13	5	17	13	1	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.031	.03	0.00%	-0.55	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
23	646	62	Jun 17(1)	ATL		HOU	W,4-3	9-GF	S(10)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.15	2.16	3	17	9	1	1	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	0.150	.21	0.01%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
24	647	65	Jun 19	ATL		HOU	L,4-6	8-8	BL(1-2)	1	0.0	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.07	2.16	5	19	9	1	0	1	4	3	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.74	-0.721	.38	-0.06%	-3.97	8t --- 0 out a2	8t 12- 0 out d1
25	648	69	Jun 24	ATL		SDP	W,4-3	8-GF	S(11)	4	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.87	2.13	7	26	20	3	2	4	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.55	0.263	.14	0.01%	0.89	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	649	77	Jul 2	ATL	@	MON	W,5-4	9-10	BS(5)	7	2.0	2	2	2	1	4	1	0	3.24	2.41	9	37	25	2	6	1	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	-0.294	.03	0.00%	-1.11	9b --- 0 out a2	10b 3 out tie
27	650	81	Jul 6	ATL		PHI	W,3-2	9-GF	S(12)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.15	2.36	4	17	12	1	2	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.83	0.150	.06	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
28	651	84	Jul 10	ATL		MON	L,2-4	13-GF(13)	L(1-3)	3	1.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.57	2.26	6	20	15	1	3	1	3	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	-0.421	.02	0.00%	-1.55	13t --- 0 out tie	13t end d 2
29	652	86	Jul 15	ATL		NYM	W,4-3	8-9	BS(6)	4	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.62	2.58	7	33	21	6	5	1	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.79	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.11	8t --- 0 out a1	9t 3 out tie
30	653	89	Jul 18(1)	ATL	@	PHI	W,9-8	9-9	BS(7)	2	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	1	3.99	2.61	7	32	22	4	2	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.36	-0.423	.00	0.00%	-1.57	9b --- 0 out a2	9b 3 out tie
31	654	95	Jul 23	ATL	@	NYM	W,6-1	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.89	2.64	4	11	7	1	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.41	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	655	121	Aug 19	ATL	@	CHC	L,7-8	8-8	BS(8)	26	0.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.35	2.64	3	6	4	0	1	1	2	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.96	-0.603	.00	0.00%	-2.73	8b -2- 0 out a2	8b 1-3 0 out tie
33	656	126	Aug 24	ATL	@	STL	L,3-5	8-GF(8)	BL(1-4)	4	1.0	4	3	3	2	1	0	0	4.91	2.74	9	32	16	4	1	4	2	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	2	0	0	0	2.47	-0.660	.00	0.00%	-2.57	8b --- 0 out a1	8b end d 2
34	657	129	Aug 27	ATL		CHC	L,0-5	9-GF		2	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	5.23	3.06	5	18	14	3	0	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-1.55	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 5
35	658	133	Aug 31	ATL		STL	L,4-6	8-8		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.10	3.01	3	14	10	2	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.45	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
36	659	135	Sep 5	ATL		LAD	L,0-3	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.98	3.00	3	5	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
37	660	136	Sep 6	ATL		LAD	W,2-1	9-GF	S(13)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.87	2.99	4	12	8	2	1	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	0.150	.00	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
38	661	139	Sep 9	ATL	@	SDP	W,5-4	11-GF(11)	S(14)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.76	2.95	3	7	6	2	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.41	0.174	.00	0.00%	0.43	11b --- 0 out a1	11b end a 1
							24-14		W-L:1-4,Sv:14,BSv:9,Hld:2	2.6	45.1	49	26	24	11	40	4	1	4.76	2.95	193	675	68%	13%	12%	1.19		15%	6%	1		8	63%	6	2	0	178	5	1	3	5	0	3	1.97	-2.108	.44	-0.32%	-10.13

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