Born on January 8, 1953 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Bruce Sutter (Howard Bruce Sutter) played for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 12 year career. Sutter broke into the bigs on May 9, 1976 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 2.70 ERA in 83.1 innings pitched in 1976, his rookie year.
There is some disagreement on what was Bruce Sutter's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1984, when he posted a 1.54 ERA, notched 45 saves and struck out 77 batters. However, others believe that it was 1977, when he posted a 1.34 ERA, notched 31 saves and struck out 129 batters.
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1976
CHI
N
52
0
6
3
2.70
73
27
25
0
0
10
83.1
63
4
26
8
2
0
1977
CHI
N
62
0
7
3
1.34
129
21
16
0
0
31
107.1
69
5
23
7
7
1
1978
CHI
N
64
0
8
10
3.18
106
44
35
0
0
27
99
82
10
34
7
8
1
1979
CHI
N
62
0
6
6
2.22
110
29
25
0
0
37
101.1
67
3
32
5
9
0
1980
CHI
N
60
0
5
8
2.64
76
35
30
0
0
28
102.1
90
5
34
8
2
1
1981
STL
N
48
0
3
5
2.62
57
24
24
0
0
25
82.1
64
5
24
8
0
1
1982
STL
N
70
0
9
8
2.90
61
38
33
0
0
36
102.1
88
8
34
13
5
3
1983
STL
N
60
0
9
10
4.23
64
45
42
0
0
21
89.1
90
8
30
14
2
1
1984
STL
N
71
0
5
7
1.54
77
26
21
0
0
45
122.2
109
9
23
4
2
1
1985
ATL
N
58
0
7
7
4.48
52
46
44
0
0
23
88.1
91
13
29
4
0
3
1986
ATL
N
16
0
2
0
4.34
16
9
9
0
0
3
18.2
17
3
9
2
0
0
1988
ATL
N
38
0
1
4
4.76
40
26
24
0
0
14
45.1
49
4
11
3
0
1
Total
661
0
68
71
2.83
861
370
328
0
0
300
1042.1
879
77
309
83
37
13
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1976
CHI
N
P
52
0
83.1
6
9
1
1
0
0
7
4
0
.938
1977
CHI
N
P
62
0
107.1
11
14
0
0
0
0
7
4
0
1.000
1978
CHI
N
P
64
0
98.2
12
9
0
0
0
0
12
5
0
1.000
1979
CHI
N
P
62
0
101.1
9
15
3
0
0
0
8
2
1
.889
1980
CHI
N
P
60
0
102.1
6
14
0
0
0
0
13
5
0
1.000
1981
STL
N
P
48
0
82.1
7
8
0
0
0
0
11
3
0
1.000
1982
STL
N
P
70
0
102.1
6
15
1
5
0
0
6
1
0
.955
1983
STL
N
P
60
0
89.1
11
19
2
1
0
0
12
4
0
.938
1984
STL
N
P
71
0
122.2
14
19
0
2
0
0
9
3
0
1.000
1985
ATL
N
P
58
0
88.1
5
13
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1.000
1986
ATL
N
P
16
0
18.2
1
3
0
0
0
0
6
1
0
1.000
1988
ATL
N
P
38
0
45.1
2
7
2
0
0
0
6
2
0
.818
Total
P
661
0
1042
90
145
9
9
0
0
97
36
1
.963
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1976
CHI
N
52
8
0
0
0
0
.000
.111
.000
0
0
1
6
0
0
0
0
0
1977
CHI
N
62
20
4
3
0
0
.150
.227
.150
0
0
2
10
0
0
0
0
1
1978
CHI
N
64
13
1
1
0
0
.077
.200
.077
0
0
2
8
0
4
0
0
0
1979
CHI
N
62
12
0
3
0
3
.250
.308
.250
0
0
1
5
0
2
1
0
0
1980
CHI
N
60
9
0
1
0
1
.111
.111
.111
0
0
0
6
0
1
0
0
0
1981
STL
N
48
9
0
0
0
1
.000
.100
.000
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
0
0
1982
STL
N
70
8
1
1
0
1
.125
.111
.125
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
1983
STL
N
60
7
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
4
0
1
0
0
0
1984
STL
N
71
10
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1985
ATL
N
58
4
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1986
ATL
N
16
1
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1988
ATL
N
38
1
0
0
0
0
.000
.500
.000
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Total
661
102
6
9
0
6
.088
.153
.088
0
0
7
50
1
10
1
0
1
Transactions[]
Selected by Washington Senators in the 21st round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 4, 1970).
Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Chicago Cubs (September 9, 1971).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Leon Durham, Ken Reitz and a player to be named later (December 9, 1980); Chicago Cubs received Ty Waller (December 22, 1980).
