MLB / Players

Gary Sutherland

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 0 in · 185 lb
BornSeptember 27, 1944 · Glendale, CA, USA
MLB debutSeptember 17, 1966
Final gameMay 19, 1978
Seasons13 (1966–1978)

Philadelphia Phillies 1966–1968; Montreal Expos 1969–1971; Houston Astros 1972–1973; Detroit Tigers 1974–1976; Milwaukee Brewers 1976; San Diego Padres 1977; St. Louis Cardinals 1978

Percentile snapshot

1975 season — qualified batters

G
129
7.1
PA
559
33.1
AB
503
34.6
R
51
10.2
H
130
28.3
2B
12
3.1
3B
3
38.6
HR
6
23.6
RBI
39
9.4
BB
45
37.8
SO
41
90.6
SB
0
0
CS
2
77.2
BA
.258
29.9
OBP
.321
27.6
SLG
.330
12.6
OPS
.651
16.5
wRC+
80.6
13.4
OPS+
80.6
14.2
wOBA
.307
16.5
sWAR
0.9
18.1

of 128 qualified 1975 batters (min 492 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+
65.6
1.8
OPS+
68.4
2
sWAR
-0.4
16.3

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19663330000000000.000.000.000.000-126.0-100.0.000-0.1
19671032512312357121119172203.247.298.320.61972.977.0.2840.3
19686714913816387001581500.275.313.326.63994.492.0.3040.5
196914159654463130261335373157.239.289.307.59663.166.3.279-0.3
19701164023593774100326312222.206.271.259.53042.242.4.253-1.3
1971111331304257872426181234.257.302.332.63476.379.1.2940.5
19725880100010000.125.125.125.250-47.4-27.8.117-0.1
197316585481450033500.259.298.352.65081.180.7.3030.1
197414965261960157201549263713.254.282.313.59665.168.8.278-0.1
197512955950351130123639454102.258.321.330.65180.680.6.3070.9
1976101255232194972115151903.211.258.272.52947.954.5.249-0.6
1977801131035253011171500.243.291.301.59267.766.3.2770.0
197810861100000000.167.167.167.333-32.2-11.0.156-0.1

Career totals

G
1,031
PA
3,385
AB
3,104
R
308
H
754
2B
109
3B
10
HR
24
RBI
239
BB
207
SO
219
SB
11
BA
.2429
OBP
.2908
SLG
.3077
OPS
.5985

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1974-05-28DET @ ATH Gameday423002209
1975-05-19DET @ MIN Gameday522002208
1975-09-09DET @ NYY Gameday514001107
1967-08-19CHC @ PHI Gameday313101107
1969-07-05WSH @ PHI Gameday524200106

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.