Bruce Sutter

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Bruce Sutter was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball relief pitcher renowned for popularizing the split-finger fastball and dominating as a closer in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball player
closer
human
pitcher
relief pitcher
allStarSelection 6
allStarTeam National League
awardReceived Cy Young Award
surface form: National League Cy Young Award
awardReceivedYear 1979
bats right
careerERA 2.83
careerSaves 300
careerStrikeouts 861
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1953-01-08
dateOfDeath 2022-10-13
familyName Sutter
finalMLBGameDate 1988-09-09
finalMLBTeam Atlanta Braves
fullName Howard Bruce Sutter
givenName Bruce
Howard
hallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
hallOfFameInductionMethod Baseball Writers' Association of America
hallOfFameInductionYear 2006
hallOfFameVotePercentage 76.9
jerseyNumber 42
jerseyNumberRetiredBy St. Louis Cardinals
jerseyNumberTeam St. Louis Cardinals
league Major League Baseball
MLBDebutDate 1976-05-09
MLBDebutTeam Chicago Cubs
notableFor dominant relief pitching in the late 1970s and early 1980s
popularizing the split-finger fastball
notablePitch split-finger fastball
placeOfBirth Lancaster, Pennsylvania
surface form: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath Cartersville, Georgia, United States
playedFor Atlanta Braves
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
primaryPosition pitcher
role closer
savesLeader National League
savesLeaderSeasons 1979
1980
1981
1982
1984
throws right
worldSeriesChampion 1982
worldSeriesTeam St. Louis Cardinals

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