How Bruce Sutter's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Bruce Sutter posted a career OPS of .241, well below the league average of .719 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best OPS season came in 1979, posting .558, well below the league average of .719 that year. The lowest point came in 1983 at .000, well below the league average of .707 that year. The OPS trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .000 in 1985 to .000 in 1986 and .500 in 1988. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the OPS profile — ranging from .000 to .558 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Bruce Sutter Lifetime OPS

Stats similar to OPS for Bruce Sutter
Bruce Sutter
OPS
Career0.241
Season Avg.0.241
162 Game Avg.0.241
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Bruce Sutter OPS Per Season

Bruce Sutter's OPS 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 OPS per season line chart

Bruce Sutter OPS by Team

Bruce Sutter's career OPS totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bruce Sutter career OPS by team bar chart

Bruce Sutter OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bruce Sutter's career OPS 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 OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Bruce Sutter OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bruce Sutter's seasonal OPS 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 OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bruce Sutter OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bruce Sutter's MLB career with OPS 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 OPS season-by-season breakdown table