Baseball Hall of Famer Bruce Sutter has died astatine the property of 69.
Sutter was the archetypal pitcher to participate Cooperstown without ever starting a game. Elected to the Hall of Fame connected his 13th ballot successful 2006, Sutter became the 4th reliever to scope the Hall of Fame aft amassing 300 saves with the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves.
A six-time All-Star, Sutter won the Cy Young Award successful 1979 aft signaling a league-best 37 saves implicit 101 1/3 innings of enactment for the Cubs.
He was remembered by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred connected Friday arsenic "one of the cardinal figures who foreshadowed however the usage of relievers would evolve."
After spending the archetypal 5 years of his vocation successful Chicago, helium was traded to the rival Cardinals successful 1981 and won a World Series with St. Louis successful 1982.
"Bruce volition beryllium remembered arsenic 1 of the champion pitchers successful the histories of 2 of our astir historical franchises," Manfred said successful a statement. "On behalf of Major League Baseball, I widen my condolences to Bruce's family, his friends and his fans successful Chicago, St. Louis, Atlanta and passim our game."
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