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  Bruce Sutter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Howard Bruce Sutter (born January 8, 1953 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is a former right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who became possibly the first pitcher to make effective use of the split-finger fastball.
Sutter was a member of three different teams during his career from 1976 to 1988.
Sutter's number was not retired by the Cardinals or Cubs ;; however, no other player is allowed to wear it as his number (42) was retired from all MLB teams in honor of Jackie Robinson in 1997.
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 Encyclopedia: Bruce Sutter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bruce Sutter waves to the crowd as he is introduced during a ceremony honoring the 1982 World Series champion Cardinals on Sept. 22, 2002.
Sutter made his Major League debut with the Cubs in 1976, and in '77 he turned in one of the greatest relief seasons in history: 107 1/3 innings, 31 saves, a 1.34 ERA, 129 strikeouts, 69 hits and five homers allowed.
Howard Bruce Sutter debuted with the Cubs in 1976.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bruce-Sutter   (2376 words)

  
 Bruce Sutter: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Sutter won the National League (additional info and facts about National League) Cy Young Award (additional info and facts about Cy Young Award) in 1979 and the Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award (additional info and facts about Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award) in 1979, 1981, 1982 and 1984.
He was a member of the Cardinals team which won the 1982 World Series (Series that constitutes the playoff for the baseball championship) and is credited with two save ((sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring) s in that series.
Bruce Sutter is Tom Sutter (additional info and facts about Tom Sutter) 's cousin.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/br/bruce_sutter.htm   (205 words)

  
 CBC Sports: Bruce Sutter makes baseball Hall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Sutter was selected on 400 of the 520 ballots cast by the members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Bruce Sutter played for the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs during his 12-year career.
Sutter, who played for the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs, was also an innovator, popularizing the split-finger fastball.
www.cbc.ca /story/sports/national/2006/01/10/Sports/suter_hall060110.html   (398 words)

  
 Bruce Sutter | BaseballLibrary.com
Arm surgery in 1973 nearly ended Sutter's career, but, with the help of Cub pitching coach Mike Roarke, he developed a split-finger fastball.
Sutter signed a six-year, eight-digit contract with the Braves in December 1984.
It is the first time Sutter has given up two home runs to the same batter in the same game.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/S/Sutter_Bruce.stm   (1288 words)

  
 WHIOTV.com - Sports - Relief Ace Bruce Sutter Gets Hall Call   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Sutter, who popularized the split-fingered fastball as a relief ace in the late 1970s and early 1980s, was the only player elected by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Sutter was elected on his 13th try, becoming the first player since Ralph Kiner in 1975 to be chosen for the Hall of Fame in his 13th attempt or later.
Sutter's election brings the number of elected members in the Hall of Fame to 261.
www.whiotv.com /sports/5980443/detail.html?rss=day&psp=sports   (585 words)

  
 SITT - Bruce Sutter
In addition to his impressive numbers as a closer, Bruce Sutter pioneered the split-fingered fastball, a pitch which is still both controversial and dreaded.
He won a Cy Young award in 1979 and finished in the top 10 in MVP balloting six times in eight years--no one, not Eckersley, nor Lee Smith, neither Rob Nenn nor John Wetteland, has come even close to that.
He was one of the first to file for arbitration, an act considered poor form for a player with only three full seasons in.
www.thediamondangle.com /sitt/sutter.html   (492 words)

  
 SI.com - MLB - Hall of Fame selections for 2006 - Tuesday January 10, 2006 11:36PM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bruce Sutter began his career with the Cubs in 1976 and joined the Cardinals in 1981.
Sutter was the first player elected on the 13th try or later since Ralph Kiner in 1975.
Sutter was a six-time All-Star and the 1979 NL Cy Young Award winner, compiling 300 saves during a 12-season major league career with the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis and Atlanta that ended in 1988.
www.cnn.com /si/2006/baseball/mlb/01/10/hof.2006.ap/index.html?cnn=yes   (1007 words)

  
 KFFL - Bruce Sutter, CL, Retired Players
Updating a previous item, MLB.com's Mike Bauman reports former CL Bruce Sutter has become the first pitcher elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame that made every single appearance of his Major League career in relief.
ESPNews reports former MLB CL Bruce Sutter was elected into the Hall of Fame.
The Associated Press reports CL Bruce Sutter, appearing on the Hall of Fame ballot for the 12th time, received 344 votes (66.7 percent), up from 301 last year but 43 shy of what was needed this time.
www.kffl.com /player/11211/MLB   (393 words)

  
 Another way to waste a few minutes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
You have to wonder about the voters who thought that Bruce Sutter was a good pick (which, despite my hesitancy, I think is a worthy choice), but that Goose Gossage is undeserving.
Bruce Sutter is championed by many who saw him as the guy who made modern-day closing possible, although when you look at his workload, he had more in common with Rollie Fingers or Goose Gossage.
I saw none of Sutter, but his stats are dynamite and those who saw him continually tout his importance in the rise of the modern closer.
www.homestead.com /jdasilva/blog.html   (3296 words)

  
 Bruce Sutter Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bruce Sutter was born on Thursday, January 8 1953, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Sutter was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 9, 1976, with the Chicago Cubs.
His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bruce Sutter baseball stats page.
www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=suttebr01   (398 words)

  
 SportsFilter | #42 Bruce Sutter HOF Lock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Sutter is the player with the best shot of getting elected, but if I had to guess I still think the odds are slightly against him.
Sutter, Gossage were the primier relievers of their generation and 100 inning season were the norm.
There are other stats screaming for Sutter to be elected to the HOF, lead the NL in saves 5 of 6 years which no other reliever in any league has done, top 4 in saves in his league 8 years in a row only duplicated by Fingers.
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 SOHH.com Global Forum - MLB Insider..Jan 5: Hall awaits for Alomar, Biggio; Bruce Sutter; Wade Boggs; Rumors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It's said that Sutter changed the game in two ways: 1) he was the first "modern" closer, often being used for just one inning; and 2) he popularized the split-fingered fastball.
Sutter's got more saves, but he racked up 40 saves -- most of his edge -- from 1985 through 1987, when he wasn't even an average major league pitcher (Quisenberry, meanwhile, recorded exactly one save in his two bad seasons).
Sutter pitched for only 12 seasons, and in only eight of those was he actually good.
forums.sohh.com /printthread.php?t=533993   (6918 words)

  
 Bloomberg.com: U.S.
Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Bruce Sutter, who led the National League in saves five times, was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame, the first career-long relief pitcher to win the honor.
Sutter was listed on 400 of a record 520 ballots, or 76.9 percent.
Sutter pioneered the split-finger fastball, a pitch that appears to be a fastball as it approaches the plate and then loses speed and darts down just as it reaches the hitter.
www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aWZWpYtmc4JI&refer=us   (378 words)

  
 NetShrine Discussion Forum - Bruce Sutter vs John Hiller
Sutter has more saves, but all that means is getting outs in the 9th inning is more important than getting outs in the other innings to some people.
Hiller is far underappreciated and Sutter is far overappreciated, but I still give Sutter the nod (barely) because he was a better post-season pitcher and fielded his position much better than Hiller.
My first thought was that Sutter was the hands down winner (I grew up in the era that he was pitching but I only saw Hiller at the end).
www.netshrine.com /vbulletin2/showthread.php?t=12453   (1001 words)

  
 Bruce Sutter | The BASEBALL Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
As a 20-year old, Bruce Sutter had arm surgery which placed his pitching career in jeopardy.
Sutter helped make the split-finger fastball the pitch of the late 1970s and 1980s.
Gripped between the index and middle fingers and thrown with a fastball motion, the ball appears to the batter as a fastball until the last few feet, when it tumbles straight down.
www.thebaseballpage.com /players/suttebr01.php   (357 words)

  
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That is, Sutter facing 500 batters is the equivalent of a typical pitcher facing 950 batters.
Here are Bruce Sutter's career stats, along with the "leveraged" line, with all his numbers multiplied by 1.9.
Bruce Sutter is one of those very good pitchers, with a few great years, but whose career was just not long enough.
www.tangotiger.net /HOFrelief.html   (724 words)

  
 JS Online: Last call is a sad one
Sutter had emerged as the best relief pitcher in baseball, maybe because Rollie Fingers' sore arm had left him unable to pitch.
Sutter relieved Andujar at the start of the eighth inning and retired the final six Brewers in order.
As Sutter methodically ended the Brewers' dreams, Simmons sat on the bench, not happy to be in the seventh game of the World Series, but disappointed.
www.jsonline.com /sports/brew/aug02/65191.asp   (1347 words)

  
 Sandberg, Boggs get the call / Bruce Sutter, Jim Rice runners-up   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Wade Boggs and Ryne Sandberg were infielders who played most of their careers for teams that supposedly were cursed.
The required minimum was 75 percent (or 387 votes), and Sandberg made it by six votes.
Bruce Sutter was the first runner-up at 66.7 percent, followed by Jim Rice (59.5), Rich Gossage (55.2) and Andre Dawson (52.3).
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2005/01/05/SPGRRAL59T1.DTL   (688 words)

  
 1970s Bruce Sutter Game Worn Chicago Cubs Cap, Signed.
Lot 210: 1970s Bruce Sutter Game Worn Chicago Cubs Cap, Signed.
The Cy Young Award-winning pitcher put serious use into this Cubbies cap around the time he won baseball's most prestigious prize.
Inscribed in strong vintage ink under visor, "To Paul, Best Wishes, Bruce Sutter." Like Sutter, this is the real deal.
www.americanmemorabilia.com /Auction_Item.asp?auction_id=6800   (78 words)

  
 Bruce Sutter Bibliography | BaseballLibrary.com
Bruce Sutter - 1977 by Wilbert, Warren and William Hageman
Bruce Sutter Is Unswayed By Riches and Loyal To His Past.
Sutter Is Struggling in Roarke's Absence by Fraley, Gerry
baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/sabr/tbi/S/Sutter_Bruce.tbi.stm   (2007 words)

  
 Tom Sutter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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Tom Sutter (born September 25, 1962 in Glendale, California) is a professional baseball player who played for the Atlanta Braves from 1980 -- 1983 as shortstop.
During his career, he only had three at-bats; in one, he hit a home run down the left out-of-bounds line on a pitch from Orel Hershiser.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tom_Sutter   (217 words)

  
 CardinalBoard: Bruce Sutter on UpClose   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
I think Gary Miller was a bit flustered with Bruce's "personality." Kind of quiet, as always.
He mastered the splitter, and changed the game forever.
GREAT highlights on the show as well, back from the 70's and 80's.
www.cardinalboard.com /baseball/messages/29025.html   (143 words)

  
 eBay - bruce sutter, Cards, Autographs-Original items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bruce Sutter Chicago Cubs Signed Baseball 1979 NL CY
Bruce Sutter SP Lengendary Cuts Glory Days Patch 09/50
Bruce Sutter 05 Legendary Cuts Lasting Legends GU Jersy
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 Bruce Sutter Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
View Bruce Sutter's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines, a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org.
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 Baseball Prospectus | Articles | Prospectus Today: Foulkelore
This is Foulke's peer group: the guys who dominated games for five seasons up to age 30.
For the purposes of the study, however, I removed three people: Rich Gossage, Bruce Sutter, and Willie Hernandez.
In looking at their usage patterns, it seems to me that including them in a comparison to Foulke would not be helpful.
www.baseballprospectus.com /article.php?articleid=2531   (929 words)

  
 Chicago Cubs Bruce: Read Reviews, Compare Features & Prices
Chicago Cubs Bruce Sutter "CY" Autographed Baseball - $62 to $79 at 4 sellers
Bruce Sutter Chicago Cubs Autographed Photograph - $77 at 1 seller
Chicago Cubs Bruce Sutter Autographed Photo - $45 at 2 sellers
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 ESPN.com
Sutter elected to baseball Hall of Fame
Bruce Sutter's selection into the Hall of Fame paves the way for more closers, Buster Olney writes.
From the Swoosh to the library bearing his name, Phil Knight's influence at UO is ubiquitous.
sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1957971&type=story   (470 words)

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