Bruce Sutter, a Hall of Fame reliever who helped change baseball as teams embraced the role of hard-throwing closers, died Oct. 13 at a hospice in Cartersville, Ga. He was 69.
“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,” Major League Baseball’s commissioner, Robert Manfred, said in a statement.
Mr. Sutter’s right arm and shoulder took a beating, leading to surgeries and stretches on the disabled list. But it also gave him his signature pitch. He said he learned the split-finger technique from a minor league Cubs pitching coach while recovering from elbow surgery at age 20, years before his Major League debut in 1976.Gary Matthews, a National League journeyman player who often faced Mr. Sutter, described Mr. Sutter’s splitter as “devastating.
In 1982, the Cardinals took the National League East pennant by 3 games and Mr. Sutter led the league with 36 saves. The Cards swept the Braves to face the Milwaukee Brewers in the World Series. “Sutter from the belt, to the plate,” said Buck as Mr. Sutter went with a high fastball. “A swing and a miss! And that’s a winner!”Mr. Sutter jogged from the mound with his right hand thrust high. The team mobbed him. Fans stormed onto the field.
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