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Bruce Sutter played 12 major-league seasons (1976-1988) as a P (661). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 12 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 23 | CHN | 52 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .111 | -65 |
| 1977 | 24 | CHN | 62 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .150 | .377 | 7 |
| 1978 | 25 | CHN | 64 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .077 | .277 | -17 |
| 1979 | 26 | CHN | 62 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .250 | .558 | 60 |
| 1980 | 27 | CHN | 60 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .111 | .222 | -36 |
| 1981 | 28 | SLN | 48 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .100 | -69 |
| 1982 | 29 | SLN | 70 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .236 | -32 |
| 1983 | 30 | SLN | 60 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1984 | 31 | SLN | 71 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1985 | 32 | ATL | 58 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1986 | 33 | ATL | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1988 | 35 | ATL | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | 61 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 23 | CHN | 52 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 83.1 | 73 | 26 | 2.70 | 130 |
| 1977 | 24 | CHN | 62 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 107.1 | 129 | 23 | 1.34 | 291 |
| 1978 | 25 | CHN | 64 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 98.2 | 106 | 34 | 3.19 | 112 |
| 1979 | 26 | CHN | 62 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 101.1 | 110 | 32 | 2.22 | 168 |
| 1980 | 27 | CHN | 60 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 102.1 | 76 | 34 | 2.64 | 136 |
| 1981 | 28 | SLN | 48 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 82.1 | 57 | 24 | 2.62 | 133 |
| 1982 | 29 | SLN | 70 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 102.1 | 61 | 34 | 2.90 | 124 |
| 1983 | 30 | SLN | 60 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 89.1 | 64 | 30 | 4.23 | 86 |
| 1984 | 31 | SLN | 71 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 122.2 | 77 | 23 | 1.54 | 233 |
| 1985 | 32 | ATL | 58 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 88.1 | 52 | 29 | 4.48 | 80 |
| 1986 | 33 | ATL | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18.2 | 16 | 9 | 4.34 | 86 |
| 1988 | 35 | ATL | 38 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 45.1 | 40 | 11 | 4.76 | 72 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | P | 52 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 1977 | P | 62 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | P | 64 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | P | 62 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | P | 60 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | P | 48 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | P | 70 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 5 |
| 1983 | P | 60 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 1 |
| 1984 | P | 71 | 0 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| 1985 | P | 58 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | P | 38 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Bruce Sutter won: Cy Young Award 1979 (NL), Babe Ruth Award 1982 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (11 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1984, 1982, 1981, 1979, 1978, 1977.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Cy Young Award | NL | 6 | 5 / 120 | 0 |
| 1977 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 7 | 68 / 336 | 0 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 20 | 5 / 336 | 0 |
| 1979 | Cy Young Award (winner) | NL | 1 | 72 / 120 | 10 |
| 1979 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 7 | 69 / 336 | 0 |
| 1981 | Cy Young Award | NL | 5 | 1 / 120 | 0 |
| 1981 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 8 | 59 / 336 | 0 |
| 1982 | Cy Young Award | NL | 3 | 25 / 120 | 2 |
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 5 | 134 / 336 | 2 |
| 1984 | Cy Young Award | NL | 3 | 33 / 120 | 0 |
| 1984 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 6 | 67 / 336 | 0 |
Bruce Sutter ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #47 | closers | 1977 | 291 ERA+ |
| #65 | relief pitchers | 1977 | 291 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.