Bruce Sutter Baseball Cards

About Bruce Sutter, Hall of Famer

Bruce Sutter was a dominant closer who pitched 12 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1976 to 1988, primarily for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, and Atlanta Braves. A six-time All-Star, he revolutionized the closer role through his mastery of the split-finger fastball and his specialized use in the eighth and ninth innings. Sutter won the 1979 National League Cy Young Award, claimed four Rolaids Relief Man Awards, and led the league in saves five times. He helped the Cardinals win the 1982 World Series and retired with 300 career saves, then the third-most in history. Sutter was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.

Did you know? On September 8, 1977, Sutter struck out all three batters on nine total pitches in the ninth inning against the Montreal Expos, becoming the 12th National League pitcher and 19th pitcher in major-league history to throw an immaculate inning.

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