.mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-side__nav-item .icon__subnav-arrow{-webkit-transform:rotate(-90deg);-ms-transform:rotate(-90deg);transform:rotate(-90deg);margin-right:0;width:11px;height:11px;float:none;}/*!sc*/ The splitter received a great deal of recognition thanks to Hall of Fame reliever Bruce Sutter, who threw the pitch with regularity. Same arm speed. When Craig was teaching it to anyone who would listen in the 80s, the splitter was billed as a safe off-speed alternative for those who struggled to master the nuances of the changeup. @media only screen and (min-width:568px){.hYmwpY{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;}}/*!sc*/ sub,sup{font-size:75%;line-height:0;position:relative;vertical-align:baseline;}/*!sc*/ After his retirement, he focused on raising his family. Even though hitters knew it was coming, they still werent able to hit it. Show your love of the game and play a part in preserving past and ensuring the future of the Baseball Hall of Fame. details{display:block;}/*!sc*/ Reserve your tickets, map your route, and work out all the details for your arrival in Cooperstown. I teach a beginners curveball grip to younger pitchers who are learning a curveball for the first time because I feel that it's the easiest way to correctly learn proper spin. Odds & lines subject to change. Long before Bobby Bonilla famously deferred much of his contract with the Mets to make additional millions in salary, Sutter pulled off a financial move for the ages. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__subnav{text-align:left;background-color:#ffffff;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header.mlb-header--side-nav-open .header__nav-side__nav-item--inner{opacity:1;}/*!sc*/ They both had that same calm demeanor and could handle ninth innings. His split-finger pitch was almost unhittable for a while. Great Split Finger Pitchers Tim Hudson and Carlos Zambrano throw splitters. .blUWSx .share-button__link--message{position:absolute;display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-box-pack:center;-webkit-justify-content:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;justify-content:center;-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;height:100%;left:-105px;bottom:2px;padding:0 5px;border-radius:5px;background:#041E42;color:#ffffff;font-family:"proxima-nova","open Sans","Helvetica","Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12px;}/*!sc*/ In 1979, Sutter returned to near his 1977 level, posting a 2.22 ERA and 0.977 WHIP, led the major leagues with 37 saves and won the Cy Young Award. Penny accounted for nearly half the time missed, and his injury was an oblique strain. Typically, it's only a good pitch if you've got bigger hands. The thumb rotates up while your middle and index fingers rotate down. abbr[title]{border-bottom:none;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration:underline dotted;text-decoration:underline dotted;}/*!sc*/ .blUWSx .share-list__item{position:absolute;}/*!sc*/ I LOVE NEW YORK is a registered trademark and service mark of the New York State Department of Economic Development; used with permission. fieldset{padding:0.35em 0.75em 0.625em;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header.mlb-header .header__nav-side__nav-item--parent[aria-expanded='true'] .header__nav-side__nav-item--inner::after{display:inline-block;}/*!sc*/ St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bruce Sutter delivers the ball to the plate en route to his record setting 38th save of the season against the New York Mets in this Sept. 4, 1984 file photo. code,kbd,samp{font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:1em;}/*!sc*/ Sutter's splitter reason for Fame. I feel like people didnt realize how good he was until you managed him, Herzog raved. He didnt sign, and eventually signed with the Cubs the next year as an amateur free agent. .fuMUTu path{fill:#ffffff;}/*!sc*/ A six-time All-Star, Sutter led the National League in saves for five years and won the 1979 Cy Young Award. article ul{list-style:disc;}/*!sc*/ Sutter, though, helped lead the Cardinals to a World Series championship in 1982. Pitch counts and five-man rotations are recent developments aimed at preserving those valuable commodities. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__subnav__content,.mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__subnav--teams{padding:8px;}/*!sc*/ One thing I did with this pitch in college and in professional baseball was to always throw my two-seam fastball to the throwing-hand side of the plate and my four seam fastball to the glove-hand side of the plate. Like a lot of things in sports, youre desperate and you try a lot of different things and it turned out to work. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__button.account{-webkit-box-pack:end;-webkit-justify-content:flex-end;-ms-flex-pack:end;justify-content:flex-end;padding:0 0 0 4px;white-space:nowrap;-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;}/*!sc*/ The circle changeup and the four-seam fastball are what got me to professional baseball. @media (min-width:768px){.mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__logo img{min-height:40px;max-height:40px;}}/*!sc*/ .eJdqRG a:hover{color:#0048AB;}/*!sc*/ When Bruce would get a little off kilter mechanically, hed bring in Mike to help him and hed get it back.\n\nSutter failed to convert a save in his final outing of the 1984 season, leaving him tied with Royals closer Dan Quisenberry for the then-MLB record of 45 saves. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__nav-item--spotlight:hover{background-color:lighten;}/*!sc*/ (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum), I tried to bunt on him because I cant hit him, Reds catcher Johnny Bench said of Sutter in the Los Angeles Times in 1977. I never adjusted my grip after the first day.. This, of course, is the reason this pitch is great for beginners: the ball goes where your index finger points. The first day I threw it Id get it to break, not every time, but you [could] see the signs of it that it was going to be something special. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__secondary-logos{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;height:56px;-webkit-box-pack:end;-webkit-justify-content:flex-end;-ms-flex-pack:end;justify-content:flex-end;-webkit-flex:99 1 45%;-ms-flex:99 1 45%;flex:99 1 45%;}/*!sc*/ (Milo Stewart Jr./National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum), Id like to tell you I worked and worked at it but Id be lying to you because it did come to me right away, Sutter said. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-side__main-nav{background-color:#041E42;}/*!sc*/ Call 1-800-GAMBLER. Avoid any twisting of the wrist upon release. Sutter was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2006 as the first pitcher without a single starting assignment to be elected. Rest in peace. .hspSPq:hover svg path{fill:#ffffff;}/*!sc*/ .groqnz .ad-body-container .ad-body-inner-container{margin-bottom:32px;padding:43px 0 16px 0;position:relative;text-align:center;width:343px;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__secondary-logos > *{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-flex:1 1 auto;-ms-flex:1 1 auto;flex:1 1 auto;-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;-webkit-box-pack:center;-webkit-justify-content:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;justify-content:center;}/*!sc*/ We obviously sat in the bullpen together for many, many hours and he was a great teammate and an even greater friend.\n\nHe was one who didnt have any trouble forgetting \\[a bad outing\\]. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. In every year from 1978 through 1981, Sutter either won or saved the All-Star Game for the National League. He was 69 years old. 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Your index and middle fingers should be placed on the outside of the horseshoe seam. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__tagline--no-sponsor{margin-right:0;}/*!sc*/ Note: Advanced pitchers can experiment with "turning the ball over" to create even more movement on the pitch. This is how splitters get their downward movement. .mHQYb .p-search-item__image-selector--active{background-color:#4c8cee;}/*!sc*/ .hspSPq:hover{cursor:pointer;background-color:#0462CC;}/*!sc*/ Once I was done playing, I walked away, Sutter said. data-styled.g114[id="sc-bdfBwQ"]{content:"mHQYb,"}/*!sc*/ Bruce will be remembered as one of the best pitchers in the histories of two of our most historic franchises. .cwEpxl{height:100%;width:100%;border:transparent;background:none;cursor:pointer;-webkit-transition:0.2s;transition:0.2s;padding:0px;}/*!sc*/ Bruce Sutters entire career can be boiled down to about an inch of white leather and red stitching. @font-face{font-family:'proxima-nova';src:url('https://www.mlbstatic.com/mlb.com/fonts/proxima-nova-medium.woff2') format('woff2'), url('https://www.mlbstatic.com/mlb.com/fonts/proxima-nova-medium.woff') format('woff');font-weight:500;font-style:normal;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__secondary-logos img{max-height:56px;max-width:none;}/*!sc*/ Him and Goose Gossage, who I was also teammates with, both had that ability to forget about a blown save. .mHQYb .p-search-item__team-logo--container{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;margin-left:auto;}/*!sc*/ WINNETKA Congratulations to Bruce Sutter on his Hall of Fame induction. window.adobeAnalytics = {"reportingSuiteId":"mlbglobal08,mlbcom08","linkInternalFilters":"mlb"} You can just take your fingers and the more you put them apart, the more you put stress on the elbow, the Twins pitching coach Rick Anderson said. Bruce was a team guy. .fuMUTu rect{fill:#ffffff;stroke:#ffffff;}/*!sc*/ Sutter recently was diagnosed with cancer and died in hospice. Herzog, also a National Baseball Hall of Famer and a Cardinals Hall of Famer, credited the addition of Sutter as being the missing piece of St. Louis championship team. Ive never abused it, Haren said. But Sutters performance declined in 1985 and after the season he had shoulder surgery. He will be greatly missed, but his legacy will live on through his family and through Cardinal Nation!\n\nSutter got to see both sides of the Cubs-Cardinals rivalry, pitching for Chicago from 1976-80 and for St. Louis from 1981-84. If many pitching coaches and executives across the league have their way, it is also a pitch that is seeing its last days. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__url-logo img{height:30px;}/*!sc*/ A split-finger fastball (sometimes called a splitter or splitty) is an advanced pitch. @font-face{font-family:'proxima-nova';src:url('https://www.mlbstatic.com/mlb.com/fonts/proxima-nova-extrabold.woff2') format('woff2'),url('https://www.mlbstatic.com/mlb.com/fonts/proxima-nova-extrabold.woff') format('woff');font-style:normal;font-weight:800;font-display:fallback;}/*!sc*/ There are a lot of good ones -- and Im not knocking \\[Rich\\] Gossage or anybody else -- but when I warmed him up, if I didnt use him that inning, hed still pitch the next inning. .groqnz{margin-bottom:32px;}/*!sc*/ .ihHuHi{font-size:19px;font-weight:700;margin-bottom:8px;}/*!sc*/ main{display:block;}/*!sc*/ data-styled.g11[id="buttonstyle__StyledButton-sc-vlv7w5-1"]{content:"hspSPq,"}/*!sc*/ He. Half of these sixteen pitchers landed on the DL, missing a whopping total of 736 days. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top .header__nav-top__button-menu{cursor:pointer;}/*!sc*/ .hHLkAw input::placeholder{color:#aaaaaa;}/*!sc*/ He was within about 30 minutes of getting released., Bruce Sutter was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2006. But in a Roger Kahn / Bruce Sutter interview in Kahn's book,The Head Game: Baseball Seen from the Pitcher's Mound, he points out that this is not the case. Sutter was killing everybody with the splitter because hitters had never seen anything like it . data-styled.g164[id="Styles__AspectRatioContainer-sc-1t1lmmv-0"]{content:"jiNMQU,"}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__button.account--logged-in::after{background:none;bottom:-17px;content:'';height:22px;left:auto;right:7px;opacity:0;position:absolute;-webkit-transform:rotate(45deg);-ms-transform:rotate(45deg);transform:rotate(45deg);-webkit-transition:opacity 100ms ease 100ms;transition:opacity 100ms ease 100ms;width:22px;}/*!sc*/
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