Editing Bruce Sutter (section)

===Chicago Cubs (1976–1980)===
Sutter joined the Cubs in May 1976. He pitched in 52 games and finished with a 6–3 [[win–loss record]] and 10 saves. In 1977 he had a 1.34 ERA, earned an [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] selection, and finished sixth and seventh in NL [[Cy Young Award]] and [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|Most Valuable Player Award]] voting, respectively.<ref name=BR/> On September 8, 1977, Sutter struck out all three batters on nine total pitches in the ninth inning of a 10-inning 3–2 win over the [[Montreal Expos]], becoming the 12th NL pitcher and the 19th pitcher in major-league history to achieve an [[immaculate inning]]. Sutter had also struck out the side (although not on nine pitches) upon entering the game in the eighth inning, giving him six consecutive strikeouts, tying the NL record for a reliever.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Madden |first=Bill |date=1977-09-09 |title=Bruce Sutter Ties Strike Out Record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/latrobe-bulletin-bruce-sutter-ties-strik/157962311/ |access-date=2024-10-28 |work=Latrobe Bulletin |page=15 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

Sutter's ERA increased to 3.19 in 1978, but he earned 27 saves.<ref name=BR/> In May 1979, the Cubs acquired relief pitcher [[Dick Tidrow]]. Tidrow would enter the game and pitch a couple of innings before Sutter came in for the save. Sutter credited Tidrow for much of his success.<ref name=Fimaite>{{cite magazine|last1=Fimrite|first1=Ron|title=This pitch in time saves nine|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1979/09/17/this-pitch-in-time-saves-nine-when-chicago-requires-late-inning-help-out-of-the-bullpen-comes-bruce-sutter-whose-unique-quotsplit-fingered-fastballquot-has-made-him-the-most-effective-relief-pitcher-in-the-game|access-date=2024-07-02|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|date=September 17, 1979}}<!-- In 2014, this URL was at https://www.si.com/vault/1979/09/17/823981/this-pitch-in-time-saves-nine-when-chicago-requires-late-inning-help-out-of-the-bullpen-comes-bruce-sutter-whose-unique-quotsplit-fingered-fastballquot-has-made-him-the-most-effective-relief-pitcher-in-the-game--></ref> Sutter saved 37 games for the club, tying the NL record held by [[Clay Carroll]] ({{baseball year|1972}}) and [[Rollie Fingers]] ({{baseball year|1978}}), and won the NL [[Cy Young Award]]. This year also marked the first of five seasons (four consecutive) in which he led the league in saves. Sutter also won the [[Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award]] and [[The Sporting News Reliever of the Year Award|''The Sporting News'' Fireman of the Year Award]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Fireman of the Year Award / Reliever of the Year Award by The Sporting News |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_snfi.shtml |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=Baseball Almanac}}</ref> In addition to a league-leading 28 saves in 1980, Sutter recorded a 2.64 ERA and finished with a 5–8 win–loss record in 60 games. His strikeout total, which had been over 100 the previous three seasons, fell to 76 that year and he never finished with more than 77 strikeouts in any of his remaining seasons.<ref name=BR/>