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Hall-of-Famers as Seen Through Player Won-Lost Records: Bruce Sutter

Bruce Sutter was elected to the Hall of Fame in his 13th year of eligibility, 2006, with 76.9% of the vote.

Five highlights of Bruce Sutter's career:

Bruce Sutter was named to six All-Star teams, received Cy Young votes five times, and received MVP votes six times.

Bruce Sutter led the National League in saves five times. His 45 saves in 1984 tied the major-league record for saves in a season (since broken).

Sutter was named the NL Rolaids Relief Man of the Year four times, in 1979, 1981, 1982, and 1984.

Sutter won the 1979 Cy Young award. That season, Sutter pitched 101.1 innings in 62 games, all in relief, with 6 wins, 37 saves, 110 strikeouts and a 2.22 ERA.

Bruce Sutter was the first player elected to the Hall of Fame who never started a major-league game. Trevor Hoffman was the second such player.

The first two tables below present Bruce Sutter's career as measured by Player won-lost records, in and out of context.

Season	Team	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWORL	pWOPA

Basic Player Won-Lost Records
						Value Decomposition
1976	CHN	23	52	4.9	2.9	2.6	1.9
1977	CHN	24	62	10.0	4.8	6.3	5.0
1978	CHN	25	64	8.7	6.8	3.2	1.9
1979	CHN	26	62	9.8	6.0	5.0	3.6
1980	CHN	27	60	7.9	6.1	2.9	1.6
1981	SLN	28	48	6.7	4.7	2.8	1.8
1982	SLN	29	70	9.7	6.5	4.3	2.9
1983	SLN	30	60	8.1	7.2	2.1	0.7
1984	SLN	31	71	10.0	6.8	4.5	3.0
1985	ATL	32	58	6.5	6.4	1.0	-0.1
1986	ATL	33	16	0.9	1.1	-0.1	-0.2