Bruce Sutter Obituary

Bruce Sutter was an American professional baseball pitcher who pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 12 seasons between 1976 and 1988.

Sutter was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Howard and Thelma Sutter. In Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, his father ran a Farm Bureau warehouse. Bruce was the fifth of six children.

Sutter attended Donegal High School in Mount Joy, where he participated in baseball, football, and basketball.

He was a dominant reliever in the late 1970s and early 1980s, utilising the split-finger fastball effectively.

Sutter, a six-time All-Star and 1982 World Series champion, retired with a 2.83 career earned run average and 300 saves, the third-most in MLB history.

Sutter was named the National League’s (NL) Cy Young Award winner in 1979, and he also won the NL Rolaids Relief Man Award four times.

Bruce Stutter passed away on October 13, 2022.  He was 69. Sutter was recently diagnosed with cancer and died Thursday night in hospice, surrounded by his family, according to Chad, one of Sutter’s three sons.

Sutter is survived by his wife, three sons, a daughter-in-law and six grandkids.