Bruce Sutter career saves
300Career Regular Season
Bruce Sutter has recorded 300 saves over 12 regular seasons, 29th among 4,427 MLB players on file.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 |  CHC | 52 | 6 | 3 | 2.70 | 83.1 | 73 | 26 | 1.07 | 10 |
| 1977 | CHC | 62 | 7 | 3 | 1.34 | 107.1 | 129 | 23 | 0.86 | 31 |
| 1978 | CHC | 64 | 8 | 10 | 3.18 | 99.0 | 106 | 34 | 1.17 | 27 |
| 1979 | CHC | 62 | 6 | 6 | 2.22 | 101.1 | 110 | 32 | 0.98 | 37 |
| 1980 | CHC | 60 | 5 | 8 | 2.64 | 102.1 | 76 | 34 | 1.21 | 28 |
| 1981 |  STL | 48 | 3 | 5 | 2.62 | 82.1 | 57 | 24 | 1.07 | 25 |
| 1982 | STL | 70 | 9 | 8 | 2.90 | 102.1 | 61 | 34 | 1.19 | 36 |
| 1983 | STL | 60 | 9 | 10 | 4.23 | 89.1 | 64 | 30 | 1.34 | 21 |
| 1984 | STL | 71 | 5 | 7 | 1.54 | 122.2 | 77 | 23 | 1.08 | 45 |
| 1985 |  ATL | 58 | 7 | 7 | 4.48 | 88.1 | 52 | 29 | 1.36 | 23 |
| 1986 | ATL | 16 | 2 | 0 | 4.34 | 18.2 | 16 | 9 | 1.39 | 3 |
| 1988 | ATL | 38 | 1 | 4 | 4.76 | 45.1 | 40 | 11 | 1.32 | 14 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV
- Best season on file: 45 in 1984.
- Most recent: 14 in 1988.
Sum of 12 regular seasons, 1976 through 1988. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on October 25, 2026.