Bruce Sutter

2022 - 10 - 14

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Hall of Fame pitcher Bruce Sutter dies at 69 (MLB.com)

The St. Louis Cardinals organization, and baseball fans everywhere, were saddened today to learn of the passing of Hall of Famer Howard “Bruce” Sutter at ...

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Bruce Sutter, Hall of Famer and Cy Young winner, dies at 69 (The Seattle Times)

Sutter was recently diagnosed with cancer and died Thursday night in hospice, surrounded by his family, one of Sutter's three sons, Chad, told The Associated ...

The Baseball Hall of Fame said in a release that he learned the split-finger fastball from a Cubs minor-league pitching instructor while recovering from surgery on his right elbow. Sutter was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006. “Bruce will be remembered as one of the best pitchers in the histories of two of our most historic franchises.” “Being a St Louis Cardinal was an honor he cherished deeply,” the Sutter family’s statement said. “He was also a great husband to our mother for 50 (years), he was a great father and grandfather and he was a great friend. Sutter is considered one of the first pitchers to throw a split-finger fastball.

Bruce Sutter Passes Away (MLB Trade Rumors)

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred released a statement in regards to Sutter's passing: “I am deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Bruce Sutter, whose career ...

After lingering on the Hall of Fame ballot for over a decade, Sutter was eventually elected in 2006, his 13th year on the ballot. They swept the Braves 3-0 in the NLCS, with Sutter earning the win in Game 2 and the save in Game 3. Sutter reached free agency and signed with Atlanta prior to the 1985 season, though his effectiveness started to wane as he got into his 30s. He made the All-Star team that year, the first of six teams he would eventually make in his career. He made his MLB debut with the Cubs in 1976. He underwent surgery in the minors but found his pitches to be less effective after returning to action.

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Hall of Fame closer Bruce Sutter, World Series champion, dead at 69 (CBS sports.com)

"On behalf of the Cardinals organization and baseball fans everywhere, I would like to express our deepest condolences to the Sutter family," Cardinals ...

He was the fourth reliever inducted and has a Cardinals cap on his plaque despite playing more years and making more career appearances with the Cubs. "I am deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Bruce Sutter, whose career was an incredible baseball success story," commissioner Rob Manfred added in a statement. Louis, he closed out the 1982 World Series and finished in the top five of the Cy Young voting three times in his four years with the Cardinals. He finished his career with the Louis, before being elected to the Hall of Fame in 2006 as the first pitcher inducted without ever starting a game. [MLB](/mlb/) debut May 1976 and immediately became one of the best relievers in baseball.

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Bruce Sutter, Baseball Hall of Famer and Cardinals Great, Has Died (Sports Illustrated)

Sutter spent 12 total years in the league with the Cubs, Cardinals and Braves from 1976 to '88. The relief pitcher came out of the bullpen for his entire career ...

The former closer was inducted into Cooperstown in his 13th year of eligibility as part of the 18-person class of 2006. Sutter was a key part of the Cardinals 1982 World Series Championship team, recording 36 saves in 102.1 innings. Between 1977 and ’85, Sutter produced nine straight seasons with at least 20 saves, including a career-high 45 for the Cardinals in 1984.

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Former Braves pitcher Bruce Sutter passes away (Battery Power)

Sutter was a six-time All-Star and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2006. He signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves after the 1984 season. He appeared ...

Bruce was the first pitcher to reach the Hall of Fame without starting a game, and he was one of the key figures who foreshadowed how the use of relievers would evolve. On behalf of Major League Baseball, I extend my condolences to Bruce’s family, his friends and his fans in Chicago, St. Sutter is remembered as one of the pioneers of the split finger fastball. “I am deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Bruce Sutter, whose career was an incredible baseball success story. He appeared in 58 games with Atlanta in 1985, but was then limited by injuries. Louis Cardinals](https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/), with whom Sutter spent four seasons with, confirmed his passing with a tweet Friday morning.

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Muere Bruce Sutter, relevista del Salón de la Fama y ganador del ... (ESPN Deportes)

Bruce Sutter, quien ingresó al Salón de la Fama después de 300 salvamentos con los Cachorros, Cardenales y Bravos, murió a los 69 años.

"Fue un verdadero pionero en el juego, cambiando el papel del relevista de la última entrada". Sutter fue incluido en el Salón de la Fama del Béisbol en 2006. El relevista ganó el Cy Young en 1979 en una temporada en la que tuvo 37 salvamentos, 2.22 de efectividad y 110 ponches. Louis Cardinals](/beisbol/mlb/equipo/_/nombre/stl/st-louis-cardenals) y jugó con ellos de 1981 a 1984. "Bruce será recordado como uno de los mejores lanzadores en la historia de dos de nuestras franquicias más históricas". La familia Sutter no proporcionó una causa de muerte en su comunicado, que se publicó el viernes.

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Muere Bruce Sutter, histórico relevista de Cardenales (San Diego Union-Tribune en Español)

Bruce Sutter, relevista miembro del Salón de la Fama y ganador del Cy Young de 1979, muere a los 69 años.

“Bruce fue uno de los favoritos de los fanáticos durante sus años en San Luis y en los años posteriores y siempre será recordado por su salvamento decisivo en la Serie Mundial de 1982 y su característico lanzamiento con los dedos separados”, dijo el dueño y director ejecutivo de los Cardenales, Bill DeWitt Jr. “Ser miembro de los Cardenales de San Luis era un honor que él apreciaba profundamente”, indicó la familia Sutter en su comunicado. Sutter nació en Lancaster, Pensilvania, en enero de 1953. Sutter debutó con los Cachorros de Chicago en 1976. “Bruce será recordado como uno de los mejores lanzadores en la historia de dos de nuestras más históricas franquicias”. El Salón de la Fama del Béisbol informó que Bruce Sutter murió en Cartersville, Georgia.

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Bruce Sutter, Hall of Famer and Cy Young winner, dies at 69 (USA TODAY)

Bruce Sutter, a Baseball Hall of Fame reliever and the 1979 National League Cy Young winner, has died. He was 69.

Sutter was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006. “Bruce was a fan-favorite during his years in St. “Bruce will be remembered as one of the best pitchers in the histories of two of our most historic franchises.” During his career, Sutter totaled 300 saves to rank third on baseball's all-time list at the time of his retirement. "He was also a great husband to our mother for 50 yrs, he was a great father and grandfather and he was a great friend. Sutter was a dominant closer who revolutionized the split-fingered fastball.

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Hall of Fame pitcher Bruce Sutter dies (Reuters)

Hall of Fame reliever Bruce Sutter, considered the pioneer of the split-fingered fastball, has died at the age of 69.

He was a true pioneer in the game, changing the role of the late inning reliever." Louis and in the years to follow, and he will always be remembered for his 1982 World Series clinching save and signature split-fingered pitch. A six-time All-Star and 1979 National League Cy Young Award winner, Sutter was the first player never to have started a game to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006. "I am deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Bruce Sutter, whose career was an incredible baseball success story," MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. "Bruce was a fan-favorite during his years in St. He totaled 37 saves and a 2.22 ERA during his NL Cy Young Award-winning season in 1979.

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Bruce Sutter, Cubs great, Hall of Famer and Cy Young winner, dies ... (Chicago Sun-Times)

Sutter is considered one of the first pitchers to throw a split-finger fastball.

Sutter was the first Hall of Fame pitcher who never started a game in the majors. “Nobody would talk about my game against him if he wasn’t the best reliever for a long period of time and at that time,” Sandberg said in 2005, leading up to his own Hall of Fame induction. ‘’I feel like a pioneer with the split-finger fastball,’’ Sutter said in 2006, during a conference call with reporters before his Hall of Fame induction. He was also a great husband to our mother for 50 (years), he was a great father and grandfather and he was a great friend. The Cubs expressed their deepest sympathy to the Sutter family in a tweet honoring the reliever who played his first five major-league seasons on the North Side of Chicago and was an All-Star in all but his debut season. The Sutter family said in a statement: “All our father ever wanted to be remembered as was being a great teammate, but he was so much more than that.

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Hall of Fame reliever, Cy Young winner Bruce Sutter dies (ESPN)

Bruce Sutter, who entered the Baseball Hall of Fame after 300 saves with the Cubs, Cardinals and Braves, has died at 69.

The Baseball Hall of Fame said in a release that he learned the split-finger fastball from a Cubs minor league pitching instructor while recovering from surgery on his right elbow. Sutter was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006. There, he won a World Series in 1982, ending Game 7 against the [Brewers](/mlb/team/_/name/mil/milwaukee-brewers) with a strikeout. The reliever won the NL Cy Young in 1979 in a season in which he had 37 saves, a 2.22 ERA and 110 strikeouts. "Bruce will be remembered as one of the best pitchers in the histories of two of our most historic franchises." "He was also a great husband to our mother for 50 [years], he was a great father and grandfather and he was a great friend.

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Bruce Sutter, Hall of Fame pitcher and Cy Young winner, dies at 69 (NBC News)

Sutter debuted with the Chicago Cubs in 1976. The reliever won the Cy Young in 1979 in a season where he had 37 saves, 2.22 ERA and 110 strikeouts.

The Baseball Hall of Fame said in a release that he learned the split-finger fastball from a Cubs minor-league pitching instructor while recovering from surgery on his right elbow. “Being a St Louis Cardinal was an honor he cherished deeply,” the Sutter family’s statement said. “Bruce will be remembered as one of the best pitchers in the histories of two of our most historic franchises.” Sutter debuted with the Chicago Cubs in 1976. “He was also a great husband to our mother for 50 (years), he was a great father and grandfather and he was a great friend. Sutter is considered one of the first pitchers to throw a split-finger fastball.

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Cardinals' relief ace Bruce Sutter, who clinched 1982 World Series ... (STLtoday.com)

Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr., said, in a statement, “On behalf of the Cardinals organization and baseball fans everywhere, I would like to express our ...

He was acquired from the Cubs on Dec. The clues are in the data.](/news/local/metro/which-st-louis-area-catholic-parishes-will-close-the-clues-are-in-the-data/article_b2fc26b7-4d3d-5cb9-927a-eb3619445718.html#tracking-source=mp-in-article) [BenFred: Cardinals went from too optimistic on Ryan Helsley's finger, to too slow to react](/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-cardinals-went-from-too-optimistic-on-ryan-helsleys-finger-to-too-slow-to-react/article_a3a4288c-1873-5217-8be6-8babb3189783.html#tracking-source=mp-in-article) He had been living in suburban Atlanta for nearly 40 years after signing with the Braves as a free agent following the 1984 season.

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Former Cubs closer and Hall of Famer Bruce Sutter has died (bleedcubbieblue.com)

Sutter was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2006 after several good years with the Cardinals and Braves, with a total of 300 career saves that now ranks tied ...

Sutter settled in the Atlanta area after retirement and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2006 in his 13th year on the ballot. But Sutter’s performance declined in 1985 and after the season he had shoulder surgery. Another somewhat lesser-known bit of Cubs revenge against Sutter came in the final game of the 1984 season, after the Cubs had clinched the NL East title. They were facing the Cardinals at Wrigley Field, trailing 1-0 entering the bottom of the ninth, and Sutter, who had posted a then record-tying 45 saves, entered to try to wrap up the game for St. Sutter, though, helped lead the Cardinals to a World Series championship in 1982. The Cubs offered Sutter $350,000, about a 50 percent increase from his $225,000 salary in 1979. It was the first of four straight seasons Sutter led MLB in saves. There’s not much video of Sutter that survives from that time, but here he is striking out Jim Rice in the 1979 All-Star Game. Sutter eventually got hurt in August, and perhaps not coincidentally, the Cubs started losing games. His first couple of minor league seasons didn’t go well and then he landed with the Key West Conchs, a Class A affiliate of the Cubs in the Florida State League in 1974. During the Cubs’ great 40-15 May and June 1977 that put them in first place by as many as eight games, Sutter posted an 0.60 ERA and 0.763 WHIP, with 66 strikeouts and only 10 walks in 56⅓ innings, with 18 saves (and five blown saves, though the Cubs won two of those games anyway). Sutter began closing games late in the 1976 season and posted 10 saves.

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Bruce Sutter, Split-Finger Ace and Hall of Famer, Dies at 69 (U.S. News & World Report)

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Bruce Sutter, a Hall of Fame reliever and the 1979 Cy Young winner, has died. He was 69.

“He was also a great husband to our mother for 50 (years), he was a great father and grandfather and he was a great friend. “Being a St Louis Cardinal was an honor he cherished deeply,” the Sutter family's statement said. Everybody who throws the split-fingered fastball owes a great deal of thanks to Fred Martin (who died in 1979) because he was the first one to teach it.” “All our father ever wanted to be remembered as was being a great teammate, but he was so much more than that,” the Sutter family said in a statement Friday. Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 21st round in 1970, he was only 17 and too young to sign. Sutter debuted with the Cubs in 1976. Afraid the Cubs would cut him if they knew he was injured, Sutter scheduled his own surgery and used his bonus money to pay for the operation. 300, came with the Braves in 1988. “Bruce will be remembered as one of the best pitchers in the histories of two of our most historic franchises.” That was his whole motivation,” Chad Sutter told the AP by phone on Friday. He posted 300 saves in a 12-year career with the Chicago Cubs, St. “I wouldn’t be here without that pitch,” Sutter said shortly before his Hall of Fame induction in 2006.

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Former Braves pitcher Bruce Sutter dies (Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Bruce Sutter, a Hall of Fame reliever and the 1979 Cy Young winner, died. He was 69.

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Bruce Sutter, Hall of Fame pitcher and Cy Young winner, dies (Los Angeles Times)

Sutter, the full-bearded closer who pioneered the split-fingered fastball that came to dominate big league hitters for decades, died Thursday. He was 69.

Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 21st round in 1970, he was only 17 and too young to sign. 300, came with the Braves in 1988. said in a statement. Afraid the Cubs would cut him if they knew he was injured, Sutter scheduled his own surgery and used his bonus money to pay for the operation. Sutter finished with three seasons in Atlanta. “Bruce will be remembered as one of the best pitchers in the histories of two of our most historic franchises.” Sutter was 68-71 with a 2.83 ERA overall. He posted 300 saves in a 12-year career with the Chicago Cubs, St. I mean, I was wild.” That was his whole motivation,” Chad Sutter said. Sutter played in an era when closers routinely got more than three outs. A six-time all-star, Sutter led the National League in saves for five years and won the 1979 Cy Young Award.

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Bruce Sutter, former Cardinals pitcher and Hall of Famer, dies at 69 (The Athletic)

Bruce Sutter, a dominant relief pitcher whose mastery of the split-fingered fastball launched a career that culminated with induction into the National ...

League commissioner Rob Manfred also [ released a statement](https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-commissioner-s-statement-on-bruce-sutter-s-death) in which he said Sutter “will be remembered as one of the best pitchers in the histories of two of our most historic franchises.” Sutter played for the Chicago Cubs for five seasons before being traded to the Cardinals in December 1980. To the Cardinals, his teammates and most importantly to the greatest fans in all of sports, we thank you for all of the love and support over the years,” the family said. His future in the game appeared bleak until he was offered a second chance by a minor-league coach, Fred Martin, who had once been a practitioner of a controversial pitch that endures to this day. Sutter took to the job somewhere in the middle of that evolution. From 1977 to 1984, his last as an All-Star, he averaged 31 saves and 101 innings per season, a heavy workload by today’s standards.

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Bruce Sutter, a split-finger ace and Hall of Famer, dies at 69 (NPR)

A six-time All-Star, Sutter won the Cy Young Award in 1979 and posted 300 saves in a 12-year career with the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta ...

"He was also a great husband to our mother for 50 (years), he was a great father and grandfather and he was a great friend. "All our father ever wanted to be remembered as was being a great teammate, but he was so much more than that," the Sutter family said in a statement Friday. "Being a St Louis Cardinal was an honor he cherished deeply," the Sutter family's statement said. Sutter debuted with the Cubs in 1976. "It was a pitch that didn't change how the game was played, but developed a new way to get hitters out. Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 21st round in 1970, he was only 17 and too young to sign. "Nobody was throwing what he called the split-finger," Sutter once said. Afraid the Cubs would cut him if they knew he was injured, Sutter scheduled his own surgery and used his bonus money to pay for the operation. I mean, I was wild." "Bruce will be remembered as one of the best pitchers in the histories of two of our most historic franchises." That was his whole motivation," Chad Sutter told the AP by phone on Friday. He posted 300 saves in a 12-year career with the Chicago Cubs, St.

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Bruce Sutter, ace relief pitcher who pioneered role of closer, dies at 69 (The Washington Post)

Bruce Sutter's split-finger fastball carried the St. Louis Cardinals to a World Series victory in 1982.

During Mr. Mr. During his career, Mr. Sutter, described Mr. “He was a true pioneer in the game,” Cardinals owner and chief executive Bill DeWitt Jr. When the Cardinals acquired Mr. “It’s not good or bad, but closers have changed things,” Mr. Sutter debuted with the Cubs in May 1976 and made the National League’s All-Star team in each of the next five seasons. The crowd started to chant “Sou, Sou,” for Mr. “Who’s in the bullpen? Gary Matthews, a National League journeyman player who often faced Mr. “I didn’t even turn around to look at it,” Mr.

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Cardinals' Bruce Sutter was best closer fellow Hall of Famer Whitey ... (STLtoday.com)

Bruce Sutter, who threw the final pitch of the 1982 World Series to clinch the Cardinals' first championship in 15 years, died at the age of 69.

He returned to Lancaster and worked in a plant that did the printing for cigar boxes and had elbow surgery at his own expense. It was a privilege to be his friend,” Kaat said. “You could hear it pop on the bench, when he threw the damned thing.” “He was a conventional fastball, curveball pitcher back then.” 42 was retired by the Cardinals, who already had done so for [Jackie Robinson](https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/jackie-robinson-museum-opens-after-14-years-of-planning/article_745d42e3-a516-57d4-b668-06e4e554b803.html), as had all other teams, but the Cardinals wanted to make sure Sutter was honored similarly. “To me, Bruce is the best there ever was,” Herzog said. He wanted a partial no-trade contract and that Herzog could draw up the list of teams. “Point blank, if the tying run is on second base or the winning run is on second base, two outs in the ninth inning with a left-handed hitter at the plate and a left-handed hitter following ... “The first thing I wanted to do was get me an outstanding closer,” said Herzog. Howard Bruce Sutter, acquired from the Chicago Cubs after the 1980 season, was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006. [Bob Gibson](https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-hall-of-famer-bob-gibson-dies-at-84-after-bout-with-cancer/article_90a0dff7-bee3-5a81-9eb0-91663f29fb4d.html) in 2020, there were only three living pitchers who had thrown the final pitch in a winning World Series for the Cardinals. As a teammate, you always feel for people for the other things that we have to deal with.”

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