Howard Bruce Sutter (born January 8, 1953 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is a former right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who was arguably the first pitcher to make effective use of the split-finger fastball, which he called "The Jewel". One of the sport's dominant relievers in the late 1970s and early 1980s, he became the only pitcher to lead the National League in saves five times (1979-1982, 1984), and retired with 300 saves – at the time, the third highest total in history, behind Rollie Fingers (341) and Rich "Goose" Gossage (302), and an NL record until broken by Lee Smith in 1993; Sutter had set the NL record in 1982 with his 194th save, surpassing the mark held by Roy Face. In his first nine seasons, only Kent Tekulve made more appearances, and he saved 133 of the Chicago Cubs' 379 wins between 1976 and 1980. In 1979, Sutter won the NL's Cy Young Award as the league's top pitcher. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown in 2006.
Atlanta Braves Players
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| Aaron, Hank
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Retired
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| Avery, Steve
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Pitcher
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| Caminiti, Ken
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Third Base
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| Franco, Julio
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Infield
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| Gant, Ron
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Outfield
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| Jones, Chipper
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Left Field
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| Justice, David
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Outfield
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| Maddux, Greg
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Pitcher
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| McCann, Brian
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Catcher
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| Murphy, Dale
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First Base
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| Pendleton, Terry
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Third Base
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| Pendleton, Terry
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Third Base
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| Sheffield, Gary
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Right Field
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| Smoltz, John
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Pitcher
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| Sutter, Bruce
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Pitcher
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