The six-time All-Star, who had more than 300 saves, was one of the first pitchers to throw a split-finger fastball.
Bruce Sutter, a Hall of Fame reliever and the 1979 Cy Young winner, has died. He was 69.
Sutter is considered one of the first pitchers to throw a split-finger fastball. The right-hander played 12 seasons in the major leagues, was a six-time All-Star and ended up with 300 saves over his career.Sutter was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006. “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,” MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said in tribute.
He joined the St. Louis Cardinals and played with them from 1981 to 1984. There, he won a World Series in 1982, ending Game 7 against the Brewers with a strikeout.
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