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Sutter died at the age of 69 while in hospice in Cartersville, Georgia, on October 13, 2022, after a recent diagnosis of cancer. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] Upon the news of his death, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said, "Bruce Sutter was the first pitcher to reach the Hall of Fame without starting a game, and he was one of the key figures who foreshadowed ...
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. Bruce Sutter, Hall of Fame pitcher and Cy ...
When Bruce Sutter began experimenting with the split-fingered fastball, he wasn't looking for a path to Cooperstown. “I wouldn’t be here without that pitch,” Sutter said shortly before his ...
Bruce Sutter spent 12 seasons in the league and helped close out the Cardinals' World Series win in 1982.
In his first season with the club, he easily passed the young franchise's record of 16 career saves, shared by Vicente Romo and Butch Metzger, and in 1978 he tied Clay Carroll's NL single-season record of 37 saves; the mark was again tied the following year by Bruce Sutter, who eventually shattered the record with 45 saves in 1984.
Bruce Sutter, a Hall of Fame inductee, was a dominant closer in the 1970s and '80s and made heavy use of the split-finger pitch. He won the 1979 Cy Young and became the only National League pitcher to lead the league in saves 5 times. The split-finger was a dominant pitch for Ron Darling on the 1986 World Champion New York Mets staff.
The sports world lost the voice of 20 no-hitters and the NBA's most prolific winner in 2022.
2006 BBWAA inductee Bruce Sutter. Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2006 proceeded in keeping with rules enacted in 2001, augmented by a special election; the result was the largest class of inductees (18) in the Hall's history, including the first woman elected, Effa Manley.