Don Sutton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: April 2, 1945 in Clio, AL us

Died: January 18, 2021 in Rancho Mirage, CA

High School: Gonzalez Tate HS (Pensacola, FL)

Schools: Gulf Coast State College (Panama City, FL), Mississippi College (Clinton, MS), University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA), Whittier College (Whittier, CA)

Debut: April 14, 1966 (Age 21-012d, 12,452nd in major league history)
vs. HOU 7.0 IP, 7 H, 7 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: August 9, 1988 (Age 43-129d)
vs. CIN 7.0 IP, 7 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 5 ER, L

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1998. (Voted by BBWAA on 386/473 ballots)
View Don Sutton's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1966 season

Agents: Lonnie Cooper • Previously: LaRue Harcourt

Full Name: Donald Howard Sutton

Nicknames: Black & Decker or The Mechanic

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

66.7

324

256

ERA

3.26

774

756

5282.1

3574

WHIP

1.142

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-14 / in Starts: 26-14
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	39 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 111 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	80 (42-24-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 111 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	69 (35-22-11)

Most Driven In
S Yeager	3
R Cey	2
W Crawford	2
B Russell	0
V Joshua	0

Most Driven In By
B Buckner	3
J Wynn	2
D Lopes	1
S Garvey	1

1974 Batting Game Log

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1974 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	304	1	Apr 5	LAD		SDP	W,8-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.44	-0.025	.68	-0.02%	-0.54	P
2	305	5 (3)	Apr 9	LAD	@	ATL	W,9-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.40	-0.014	.73	-0.02%	-0.74	P
3	306	9 (3)	Apr 13	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.16	-0.123	2.12	-0.14%	-1.33	P
4	307	13 (3)	Apr 19	LAD		SFG	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.79	-0.037	1.87	-0.05%	-0.36	P
5	308	17 (3)	Apr 24	LAD		PHI	W,6-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	9	.69	-0.063	1.30	-0.07%	-1.09	P
6	309	22 (4)	Apr 29	LAD		NYM	W,8-7	GS-5	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.235	.412	9	.16	0.021	.34	0.03%	0.47	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	310	26 (3)	May 4	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.158	.158	.211	.368	9	1.87	-0.183	4.07	-0.24%	-1.77	P
8	311	29 (2)	May 9	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.130	.174	.304	9	.55	-0.054	1.28	-0.08%	-1.33	P
9	312	34 (4)	May 14	LAD		HOU	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.192	.231	.423	9	1.47	0.109	4.34	0.19%	1.03	P
10	313	39 (4)	May 19	LAD		ATL	L,2-4	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.185	.222	.407	9	1.59	-0.055	4.19	-0.09%	-0.39	P
11	314	44 (4)	May 24	LAD	@	SFG	L,7-9	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.250	.464	9	.97	0.041	2.72	0.07%	0.38	P
12	315	48 (3)	May 28	LAD	@	STL	W,11-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.233	.433	9	.62	-0.040	1.38	-0.05%	-0.64	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	316	52 (3)	Jun 2	LAD	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS-6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.281	.531	9	1.52	0.077	3.14	0.10%	0.71	P
14	317	56 (3)	Jun 7	LAD		CHC	W,6-5	GS-8	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.229	.257	.486	9	.86	-0.060	1.65	-0.07%	-0.75	P
15	318	61 (4)	Jun 12	LAD		STL	L,3-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.250	.472	9	1.92	-0.048	3.92	-0.06%	-0.40	P
16	319	65 (3)	Jun 17	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.211	.237	.447	9	1.23	-0.068	2.56	-0.09%	-0.77	P
17	320	69 (3)	Jun 22	LAD		SFG	W,3-2	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.205	.231	.436	9	1.39	-0.047	3.54	-0.07%	-0.38	P
18	321	73 (3)	Jun 26	LAD		ATL	W,5-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.195	.195	.220	.415	9	.95	-0.106	2.92	-0.20%	-1.22	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	322	77 (3)	Jul 2	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.186	.209	.395	9	2.21	-0.104	6.34	-0.18%	-0.86	P
20	323	83 (5)	Jul 6	LAD	@	MON	L,1-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.178	.200	.378	9	1.10	-0.058	1.19	-0.04%	-0.58	P
21	324	88 (4)	Jul 10	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.170	.191	.362	9	1.07	-0.057	.87	-0.03%	-0.52	P
22	325	92 (3)	Jul 16	LAD		MON	L,7-8	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.170	.170	.191	.362	9						P
23	326	96 (3)	Jul 20	LAD		PHI	L,2-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.180	.200	.380	9	.94	0.012	1.63	0.01%	-0.02	P
24	327	98 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	LAD	@	HOU	W,11-3	GS-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.173	.189	.192	.381	9	.26	0.008	.53	0.01%	-0.05	P
25	328	103 (4)	Jul 29	LAD	@	ATL	W,10-2	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.224	.228	.452	9	.44	0.015	1.07	0.02%	0.98	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	329	107 (3)	Aug 2	LAD		SDP	W,2-1	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.217	.220	.437	9	.83	-0.050	1.49	-0.05%	-0.60	P
27	330	111 (3)	Aug 6	LAD		CIN	L,3-6	GS-10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.222	.226	.448	9	1.40	0.059	3.35	0.08%	0.49	P
28	331	115 (3)	Aug 11	LAD	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.239	.242	.481	9	.70	0.102	1.31	0.12%	0.88	P
29	332	119 (3)	Aug 16	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS-8	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.246	.250	.496	9	.64	0.008	1.41	0.01%	0.10	P
30	333	123 (3)	Aug 20	LAD	@	CHC	W,18-8	GS-8	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.219	.230	.233	.463	9	.16	-0.027	.47	-0.05%	-1.41	P
31	334	126 (2)	Aug 24	LAD		STL	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.218	.221	.439	9	.47	-0.049	1.36	-0.09%	-0.77	P
32	335	129 (2)	Aug 28	LAD		CHC	W,7-6	GS-8	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.222	.215	.437	9	.70	-0.046	2.04	-0.08%	-0.30	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	336	133 (3)	Sep 1	LAD		PIT	W,6-2	GS-9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.224	.207	.431	9	.70	-0.083	2.33	-0.17%	-1.10	P
34	337	137 (3)	Sep 6	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-1	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.218	.202	.421	9	.41	-0.020	2.86	-0.08%	-0.50	P
35	338	141 (3)	Sep 10	LAD	@	ATL	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.211	.195	.407	9	1.25	-0.088	3.38	-0.14%	-0.93	P
36	339	146 (4)	Sep 15	LAD		CIN	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.204	.189	.393	9	.68	-0.048	6.50	-0.28%	-0.57	P
37	340	150 (3)	Sep 19	LAD		SDP	W,11-2	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.200	.185	.385	9	.34	-0.021	1.35	-0.05%	-0.46	P
38	341	154 (3)	Sep 23	LAD		ATL	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.214	.211	.425	9	1.19	0.176	1.23	0.11%	1.79	P
39	342	158 (3)	Sep 27	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.210	.206	.416	9	1.04	-0.054	.54	-0.02%	-0.42	P
40	343	161 (2)	Oct 1	LAD	@	HOU	W,8-5	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.216	.204	.420	9	.63	-0.013	1.48	-0.02%	-0.09	P
							26-14		111	98	7	18	2	0	0	7	3	0	22	1	9	0	0	3	0	0	.184	.216	.204	.420		.83	-1.013	2.06	-1.75%	-14.05

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