Bruce Sutter, #42
Date: 4/10/2012 Album ID: 1448738
Photos by St. Louis Post-Dispatch staff and the Associated Press
Bruce Sutter was the closer for the Cardinals from 1981 until 1984. He got two saves in the 1982 World Series, and finished his career in 1988 with exactly 300 saves. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2006, and his number was retired in a ceremony at the New Busch Stadium that year.
St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Bruce Sutter is seen warming up in a photo from early in the 1981 baseball season in St. Louis. Sutter was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006, finally gaining the sport's most cherished honor after being denied a dozen times. He was only the fourth relief pitcher to get into the Hall, and the first one ever elected without making even one major league start. The right-hander appeared in 661 games, all of them out of the bullpen. Sutter had a secret. Sutter's career spanned 12 years with the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis and Atlanta Braves. (AP Photo/The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Scott Dine) ** MAGS OUT, NO SALES, TV OUT, NO ARCHIVING **
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WED OCTOBER 20, 1982-----1982 World Series MVP Darrell Porter leaps into the arms of Cardinals reliever Bruce Sutter after the reliever struck out Gorman Thomas to win the Series.  The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Milwaukee Brewers in seven games to win the 1982 World Series.  PHOTO COURTESY ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
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ST. LOUIS - OCTOBER 1982: Bruce Sutter #42 of the St. Louis Cardinals reacts after one of his two saves against Milwaukee Brewers during the World Series at Busch Stadium in October of 1982 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)
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wed 10/20/1982- Relief pitcher Bruce Sutter after the final out in the World Series. Sutter had a win and two saves in the Series
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OCT. 21, 1982 -- Ecstatic Cardinals fans reach out to touch the hand of Bruce Sutter, right, in a World Series victory parade Thursday. The size of the crowd, estimated at more than 100,000 slowed the parade to a crawl as it moved south along Broadway near the Old Courthouse.
Photo by Larry Williams / Post-Dispatch
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MARCH 1982- Bruce Sutter, the Cards' saving grace is in the bullpen.

photo by J.B. Forbes | St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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FILE PHOTO April 1982 -- St. Louis Cardinals' Pitcher Bruce Sutter.
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8/5/81 -- St. Louis Cardinals reliever Bruce Sutter.
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SUNDAY, SEPT. 17, 2006 - Bruce Sutter throws out the first pitch during a ceremony retiring his #42 with the Cardinals. Sutter was best known in the 1982 world series which the Cardinals won. The pre-game ceremony was before the Cardinal-Giants game. Sam leone | Post-Dispatch
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National Baseball Hall of Fame's latest inductee Bruce Sutter, the split-finger pioneer, poses with a poster of himself in action, at a New York news conference, Wednesday Jan. 11, 2006. Sutter was a six-time All-Star and the 1979 NL Cy Young Award winner, compiling 300 saves during a 12-season major league career with the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis and Atlanta that ended in 1988. He had a 68-71 record with a 2.83 ERA and was third on the saves list when his career was cut short by a torn rotator cuff . (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Hall of Famers Ozzie Smith, left, and Johnny Bench, right, help Bruce Sutter  during his induction on Sunday, July 30, 2006, at the Baseball Hall of Fame Induction in Cooperstown, N.Y.   (AP Photo/ Jim McKnight)
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COOPERSTOWN, NY - JULY 30:  2006 inductee Bruce Sutter wipes away a tear during his acceptance speech at Clark Sports Center during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony on July 30, 2006 in Cooperstown, New York.  (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Bruce Sutter
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