This card is part of the 2013 Panini Cooperstown 100 card Green Cystal parallel set. Each card features a green prismed surface and was inserted randomly into packs of 2013 Panini Cooperstown Baseball.
- From the 2013 Panini Cooperstown Green Cystal 100 Card parallel set
- Randomly inserted into packs of 2013 Panini Cooperstown Baseball
Player Biography
Responsible for popularizing the split-finger fastball, Bruce Sutter inspired manager Whitey Herzog to declare him “the most dominating relief pitcher I’ve ever seen.” Playing with the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves, Sutter saved 300 games in his career, five times leading the National League, and was named the 1979 Cy Young Award winner. Regularly recording multi-inning saves – Sutter pitched 80 innings or more 10 times in 12 seasons – he baffled hitters with his late-breaking splitter. While recovering from surgery on his pitching elbow in 1973, Sutter learned the pitch from Cubs minor league pitching instructor Fred Martin, and claimed it saved his career.
This card is part of the 2013 Panini Cooperstown 100 card Green Cystal parallel set. Each card features a green prismed surface and was inserted randomly into packs of 2013 Panini Cooperstown Baseball.
- From the 2013 Panini Cooperstown Green Cystal 100 Card parallel set
- Randomly inserted into packs of 2013 Panini Cooperstown Baseball
Player Biography
Responsible for popularizing the split-finger fastball, Bruce Sutter inspired manager Whitey Herzog to declare him “the most dominating relief pitcher I’ve ever seen.” Playing with the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves, Sutter saved 300 games in his career, five times leading the National League, and was named the 1979 Cy Young Award winner. Regularly recording multi-inning saves – Sutter pitched 80 innings or more 10 times in 12 seasons – he baffled hitters with his late-breaking splitter. While recovering from surgery on his pitching elbow in 1973, Sutter learned the pitch from Cubs minor league pitching instructor Fred Martin, and claimed it saved his career.
