How Bruce Sutter's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players
Bruce Sutter posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 7.44, above the relief pitcher average of 6.36 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 1977, posting 10.82, well above the relief pitcher average of 5.47 that year. The lowest point came in 1985 at 5.3, near the relief pitcher average of 5.77 that year. The Strikeouts Per 9 Innings trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.3 in 1985 to 7.71 in 1986 and 7.94 in 1988. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 12 seasons.
Bruce Sutter Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
Stats similar to Strikeouts Per 9 Innings for Bruce Sutter
| Bruce Sutter
Strikeouts Per 9 Innings |
|---|
| Career | 7.44 |
| Season Avg. | 7.44 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 7.44 |
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Bruce Sutter Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season
Bruce Sutter's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings 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 Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team
Bruce Sutter's career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bruce Sutter Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bruce Sutter's career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings 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 Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bruce Sutter's seasonal Strikeouts Per 9 Innings 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 Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bruce Sutter's MLB career with Strikeouts Per 9 Innings 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.
