How Bruce Sutter's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Bruce Sutter posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .230, near the relief pitcher average of .255 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1977, posting .183, well below the relief pitcher average of .261 that year. The highest point came in 1988 at .275, near the relief pitcher average of .254 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .267 in 1985 to .243 in 1986 and .275 in 1988. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 12 seasons.
Bruce Sutter Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Bruce Sutter
| Bruce Sutter
Opposing Batting Average | Bruce Sutter
Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play |
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| Career | 0.23 | 0.277 |
| Season Avg. | 0.23 | 0.277 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.23 | 0.277 |
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Bruce Sutter Opposing Batting Average Per Season
Bruce Sutter's Opposing 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 Opposing Batting Average by Team
Bruce Sutter's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bruce Sutter Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bruce Sutter's career Opposing 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 Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bruce Sutter's seasonal Opposing 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 Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bruce Sutter's MLB career with Opposing 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.
