How Bruce Sutter's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Bruce Sutter posted a career Batting Average of .088, well below the league average of .263 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 1979, posting .250, near the league average of .264 that year. The lowest point came in 1976 at .000, well below the league average of .261 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .000 in 1985 to .000 in 1986 and .000 in 1988. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .250 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Bruce Sutter Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Career0.0881211020.17
Season Avg.0.08810.088.50.17
162 Game Avg.0.08829.66250.17
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Bruce Sutter Batting Average Per Season

Bruce Sutter's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bruce Sutter Batting Average per season line chart

Bruce Sutter Batting Average by Team

Bruce Sutter's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Bruce Sutter Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bruce Sutter's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Bruce Sutter Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Bruce Sutter Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bruce Sutter's seasonal Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Bruce Sutter Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bruce Sutter Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bruce Sutter's MLB career with Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Bruce Sutter Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table