Sutherland, who originally came up to the Big Leagues in 1966 as a 21-year-old with the Philadelphia Phillies, generally played second base over his career, but was used all over the infield and even some outfield.
In that last season of 1978 he played in 10 games, batting .167 with a single hit over six at-bats, scoring a run, and would finish his career with a batting average at .243 with 754 hits over 3104 at-bats, hitting 24 homers and driving in 239 runs in 1031 games.
His finest season would have to be 1974 when, as a Detroit Tiger, he hit .254 with 157 hits and 60 runs scored, along with 20 doubles and 49 runs batted in during one of the few seasons he played a full year, in this case 149 games and 652 plate appearances.