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Bruce Sutter
Howard Bruce Sutter

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.

MLB Debut May 9, 1976
Final Game September 9, 1988
Born January 8, 1953 in Lancaster, PA
Died October 13, 2022 (age 69)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1976 23 CHN NL   8   7  .533  57   0   0  25   4   0   87.1   77   363   27   22   5   27   2   0   84   2  0  2.27  
 1977 24 CHN NL   3   4  .429  48   0   0  38  26   0   74.1   57   291   22   20   8   16   0   3   95   2  0  2.42  
 1978 25 CHN NL   9   2  .818  44   0   0  37  18   0   75.1   56   313   20   18   3   34   5   1   76   5  0  2.15  CY-9
 1979 26 CHN NL   4   3  .571  58   0   0  51  41   0   99.2   72   395   25   18   3   32   3   1  101   8  0  1.63  CY-3
 1980 27 CHN NL   2   7  .222  53   0   0  44  24   0   67.1   74   311   35   33   4   37   7   4   54   0  8  4.41  
         SLN NL   1   1  .500  10   0   0   7   5   0   12.1   15    56    9    9   3    5   0   1   16   0  0  6.57  
         TOT      3   8  .273  63   0   0  51  29   0   79.2   89   367   44   42   7   42   7   5   70   0  8  4.74 
 1981 28 SLN NL   4   6  .400  59   0   0  55  37   0   64.1   77   283   37   34   8   19   3   0   48   1  1  4.76  
 1982 29 SLN NL   2   9  .182  64   0   0  57  37   0   77.1   82   326   33   26   9   18   2   1   40   3  0  3.03  
 1983 30 SLN NL   2   7  .222  60   0   0  28   1   0   80.1   72   327   33   29   7   22   3   1   49   1  2  3.25  
 1984 31 SLN NL   2   7  .222  77   0   0  69  45   0  109.0  109   444   46   38  10   15   1   1   70   4  0  3.14  CY-6
 1985 32 PIN NL   2   8  .200  66   0   0  50  30   0   79.1   84   341   42   35  10   25   5   0   48   1  0  3.97  
 1986 33 PIN NL   1   2  .333   8   0   0   3   0   0   11.2   14    51   11   11   7    2   1   0    8   0  0  8.49  
 1987           [Did not play]
 1988 35 ATN NL   3   1  .750  40   0   0  21   5   0   59.2   70   266   26   26   5   17   0   1   62   0  0  3.92  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 12 Seasons      43  64  .402 644   0   0 485 273   0  898.0  859  3767  366  319  82  269  32  14  751  27 11  3.20
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With CHN      26  23  .531 260   0   0 195 113   0  404.0  336  1673  129  111  23  146  17   9  410  17  8  2.47
   With SLN      11  30  .268 270   0   0 216 125   0  343.1  355  1436  158  136  37   79   9   4  223   9  3  3.57
   With PIN       3  10  .231  74   0   0  53  30   0   91.0   98   392   53   46  17   27   6   0   56   1  0  4.55
   With ATN       3   1  .750  40   0   0  21   5   0   59.2   70   266   26   26   5   17   0   1   62   0  0  3.92
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals      68  71  .489 661   0   0 512 300   0 1042.0  879  4251  370  328  77  309  83  13  861  37  8  2.83
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1976 23 CHN NL  45   32   3.3   7          8   0   0  .000   0    3    2  .667    4    3  .571    8   
 1977 24 CHN NL  41   24   3.0  35          9   2   0  .222   0    2    2 1.000    2    1  .667   76   
 1978 25 CHN NL  40   26   3.1  23         13   1   0  .077   0    5    5 1.000    9    2  .818  -84   
 1979 26 CHN NL  42   24   2.2  52         12   3   0  .250   4    7    2  .286   12    5  .706   -8   
 1980 27 CHN NL  44   37   5.0  34          8   1   0  .125   0    5    5 1.000    8    2  .800   59   
         SLN NL  44    9   7.0   8          1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  237   
         TOT          47   5.3  42          9   1   0  .111   0    5    5 1.000    8    2  .800
 1981 28 SLN NL  51   44   6.3  49          4   2   0  .500   0    1    0  .000   11    2  .846  158   
 1982 29 SLN NL  48   37   4.2  45          6   2   0  .333   1    1    0  .000    2    3  .400   38   
 1983 30 SLN NL  48   30   3.4   6          5   1   0  .200   1    1    0  .000    4    4  .500  -74   
 1984 31 SLN NL  48   43   3.5  48          9   1   0  .111   0    1    1 1.000    6    3  .667   31   
 1985 32 PIN NL  53   40   4.5  40          8   1   0  .125   0    5    5 1.000    0    0  .000  -65   
 1986 33 PIN NL  49   10   8.0   1          0   0   0  .000   0    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  268   
 1987           [Did not play]
 1988 35 ATN NL  47   32   4.8   8          2   0   0  .000   2    1    0  .000    5    2  .714   -1   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 12 Seasons          393   3.9 356         85  14   0  .165   8   33   22  .667   63   27  .700   16   3
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 13.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 51.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1976  CHN   85-77   Alan Bosslet
 1977  CHN   59-103  Alan Bosslet
 1978  CHN   54-108  Alan Bosslet
 1979  CHN   70-92   Alan Bosslet
 1980  CHN   57-105  Alan Bosslet
 1980  SLN   88-74   Rob Tomlinson
 1981  SLN   74-88   Rob Tomlinson
 1982  SLN   86-76   Rob Tomlinson, Mike Rescigno
 1983  SLN   68-94   Mike Rescigno
 1984  SLN   68-94   Mike Rescigno
 1985  PIN   67-95   Mike Mashanic
 1986  PIN   75-87   Mike Mashanic
 1988  ATN   63-99   Rick Field

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