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Historical player · 1976–1988 · ★ Hall of Fame 2006

Bruce Sutter

B/T R/R · HT 74 · WT 190 · Born 1/8/1953 · From Lancaster, PA USA · Debut 1976-05-09 · Final 1988-09-09

Career · batting

661

102

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.088 · 0.241

Career · pitching

661

1,042.0

W-L

68-71

300

861

ERA

2.83

WHIP

1.14

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Chicago Cubs · 1976–1980

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Hits

#1,127 on the Cubs

↑ 1 J. Briggs

↓ 1 S. Wilson

RBI

#1,053 on the Cubs

↑ 1 C. Block

↓ 1 S. Wilson

#648 on the Cubs

↑ 1 B. Adams

Runs

#1,031 on the Cubs

↑ 1 J. Asbell

↓ 1 B. Barberie

#886 on the Cubs

↑ 1 M. Baxter

↓ 1 B. Addy

Career with the St. Louis Cardinals · 1981–1984

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Hits

#1,506 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 H. Atkinson

RBI

#1,144 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 R. Arocha

↓ 1 E. Zmich

Runs

#1,309 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 J. Acevedo

Career with the Atlanta Braves · 1985–1988

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#1,223 on the Braves

↑ 1 J. Acker

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

Hits

#12,091 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Aitchison

↓ 1 E. Zosky

RBI

#10,628 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Adams

↓ 1 N. Young

#7,932 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Abreu

↓ 1 D. Aase

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1976	Cubs	NL	52	8	0	0	0	0	1	6	0.000	0.111	0.000
1977	Cubs	NL	62	20	4	3	0	0	2	10	0.150	0.227	0.150
1978	Cubs	NL	64	13	1	1	0	0	2	8	0.077	0.200	0.077
1979	Cubs	NL	62	12	0	3	3	1	1	5	0.250	0.308	0.250
1980	Cubs	NL	60	9	0	1	1	0	0	6	0.111	0.111	0.111
1981	Cardinals	NL	48	9	0	0	1	0	0	4	0.000	0.100	0.000
1982	Cardinals	NL	70	8	1	1	1	0	0	1	0.125	0.111	0.125
1983	Cardinals	NL	60	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.000	0.000	0.000
1984	Cardinals	NL	71	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000
1985	Braves	NL	58	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
1986	Braves	NL	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
1988	Braves	NL	38	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.000	0.500	0.000
Career			661	102	6	9	6	1	7	50	0.088	0.153	0.088

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1976	Cubs	NL	6	3	52	10	83.3	63	25	26	73	2.70	1.07
1977	Cubs	NL	7	3	62	31	107.3	69	16	23	129	1.34	0.86
1978	Cubs	NL	8	10	64	27	98.7	82	35	34	106	3.19	1.18
1979	Cubs	NL	6	6	62	37	101.3	67	25	32	110	2.22	0.98
1980	Cubs	NL	5	8	60	28	102.3	90	30	34	76	2.64	1.21
1981	Cardinals	NL	3	5	48	25	82.3	64	24	24	57	2.62	1.07
1982	Cardinals	NL	9	8	70	36	102.3	88	33	34	61	2.90	1.19
1983	Cardinals	NL	9	10	60	21	89.3	90	42	30	64	4.23	1.34
1984	Cardinals	NL	5	7	71	45	122.7	109	21	23	77	1.54	1.08
1985	Braves	NL	7	7	58	23	88.3	91	44	29	52	4.48	1.36
1986	Braves	NL	2	0	16	3	18.7	17	9	9	16	4.34	1.39
1988	Braves	NL	1	4	38	14	45.3	49	24	11	40	4.76	1.32
Career			68	71	661	300	1,042.0	879	328	309	861	2.83	1.14

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	661	0	1,042.0	90	145	9	9

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
2006	BBWAA	400	390	Inducted
2005	BBWAA	344	387	Ballot
2004	BBWAA	301	380	Ballot
2003	BBWAA	266	372	Ballot
2002	BBWAA	238	354	Ballot
2001	BBWAA	245	387	Ballot
2000	BBWAA	192	375	Ballot
1999	BBWAA	121	373	Ballot
1998	BBWAA	147	355	Ballot
1997	BBWAA	130	353	Ballot
1996	BBWAA	137	353	Ballot
1995	BBWAA	137	345	Ballot
1994	BBWAA	109	342	Ballot