How fast did Bruce Sutter throw?

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

Bruce Sutter threw a fastball that looked like 100 mph. Sutter pitched over 100 innings in a season five times, topping out with 122 2/3 innings in 1984.

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.

He became the only pitcher in NL history to lead the league in saves five times (1979–1982, 1984).

In his 13th year of eligibility, Sutter was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006. The Cardinals also honoured him by retiring his uniform number 42 in 2006 and inducting him into the Cardinals Hall of Fame in 2014.