Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Home runs per season
| Season | Home runs per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 10 | |
| 1977 | 31 | |
| 1978 | 27 | |
| 1979 | 37 | |
| 1980 | 28 | |
| 1981 | 25 | |
| 1982 | 36 | |
| 1983 | 21 | |
| 1984 | 45 | |
| 1985 | 23 | |
| 1986 | 3 | |
| 1987 | 0 | |
| 1988 | 14 |
Data sources
- MLB.com
- Baseball Reference
- National Baseball Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bruce Sutter ranks #149 in Baseball
Bruce Sutter ranks 149th among Baseball athletes on GOAT Rank and 1453rd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 94, Longevity 76, Honours 86, Statistics 90. Those categories are normalised against the full Baseball reference universe of 262 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1976–1988 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1984, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes cy young awards 1, career saves 300, save titles 5, all-star selections 6.
Immediately ahead sits Waite Hoyt on 86.2, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Bill Freehan on 86.2. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Bruce Sutter GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Sutter stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Baseball cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1984. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 12 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Sutter comparisons
Bruce Sutter — frequently asked
- Is Bruce Sutter the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bruce Sutter ranks 149th in Baseball with a GOAT Score of 86.2, behind Babe Ruth on 94.6.
- What is Bruce Sutter's GOAT Score?
- 86.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bruce Sutter rank all time?
- 1453rd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 149th within Baseball.
- Bruce Sutter vs Waite Hoyt: who ranks higher?
- Bruce Sutter, on 86.2 against Waite Hoyt's 86.2 — a margin of 0.0 points.