Editing Bruce Sutter (section)

==Retirement==
By March 1989, Sutter was dealing with a severely torn [[rotator cuff]] and he admitted that he would be unlikely to return to baseball. "There's probably a 99.9 percent chance I won't be able to pitch again," he said.<ref name=Hopes/> General Manager [[Bobby Cox]] said that "Bruce is not going to retire. We're not going to release him. We'll put him on the 21-day [[disabled list]], then probably move him to the 60-day disabled list later on."<ref name=Hopes/> Sutter planned to reevaluate his condition after resting his arm for three to four months.<ref name=Hopes>{{cite news|title=Sports People: Baseball; Sutter's Hopes Are Dim|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/29/sports/sports-people-baseball-sutter-s-hopes-are-dim.html|access-date=October 31, 2013|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 29, 1989}}</ref> The Braves released him that November.<ref name=Bangor>{{cite news|title=Bruce Sutter Career Ends|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v6tJAAAAIBAJ&pg=3532,198856|access-date=November 1, 2013|newspaper=[[Bangor Daily News]]|date=November 16, 1989}}</ref>

Sutter retired with exactly 300 saves — at the time, the third-highest total in history, behind [[Rollie Fingers]] (341) and [[Goose Gossage]] (302). His career saves total was an NL record until broken by [[Lee Smith (baseball)|Lee Smith]] in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/discover/inside-pitch/smith-reaches-top-of-saves-list-with-no-358|title=Smith reaches top of saves list with No. 358|website=Baseball Hall of Fame}}</ref>