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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Team Record in Appearances: 20-17 / in Starts: 20-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 0

1966 Pitching Game Log

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1966 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	3	Apr 14	LAD		HOU	L,2-4	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	7.0	7	3	2	1	7	0	0	2.57	0.98	30	8	7	2	0	7	59			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.47	-0.106	2.99	-0.13%	0.33	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out tie
2	2	7	Apr 18	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-3	GS-8	W(1-1)	3	8.0	8	3	3	1	5	0	0	3.00	1.35	34	11	10	0	1	7	58			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	2	.99	0.154	2.32	0.22%	0.39	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a2
3	3	11	Apr 23	LAD	@	CHC	L,0-2	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	7.0	7	2	2	1	5	1	0	2.86	2.01	28	6	9	1	5	7	59			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.065	2.24	0.11%	1.22	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
4	4	15	Apr 27	LAD		ATL	W,4-1	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	10	1	1	2.32	2.13	34	7	10	0	2	5	82			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.329	2.01	0.50%	2.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	5	19	May 1	LAD		CIN	W,3-0	GS-9	W(3-2)	3	8.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.85	2.09	30	9	12	1	3	4	75			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.294	2.09	0.46%	2.74	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out a3
6	6	23	May 6	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-7	GS-6	L(3-3)	4	6.0	8	6	6	2	5	2	0	2.80	2.64	28	8	5	1	0	8	35			0	0	0	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	.56	-0.260	1.26	-0.35%	-2.99	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
7	7	27	May 11	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-0	SHO	W(4-3)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	8	0	0	2.33	2.39	31	9	8	1	3	5	82			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.94	0.438	2.18	0.61%	4.10	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
8	8	31	May 15	LAD	@	PIT	W,3-1	GS-7	W(5-3)	3	7.0	5	1	1	0	6	0	1	2.21	2.26	27	8	8	3	1	4	69			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.27	0.323	2.85	0.44%	2.19	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
9	9	35	May 20	LAD		PIT	L,3-7	GS-1	L(5-4)	4	0.1	5	5	5	1	0	0	0	2.93	2.31	7	0	1	0	0	5	20			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.386	3.12	-0.63%	-4.69	1t start tie	1t 1-3 1 out d4
10	10	39	May 24	LAD		PHI	W,3-2	GS-7	W(6-4)	3	7.0	7	1	1	0	9	0	0	2.77	2.07	28	6	6	1	3	7	68			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.04	0.193	2.92	0.33%	1.93	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
11	11	43	May 29	LAD		NYM	L,6-7	GS-6		4	5.0	7	3	2	2	3	1	0	2.82	2.28	25	6	7	0	0	7	44			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.44	-0.295	5.07	-0.63%	-1.86	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	12	47	Jun 2	LAD	@	STL	W,2-0	GS-7	W(7-4)	3	6.2	6	0	0	1	8	0	0	2.59	2.14	27	8	4	1	1	6	69			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.374	4.91	0.83%	2.78	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a1
13	13	52	Jun 7	LAD	@	CHC	W,8-6	GS-6		4	5.1	7	6	5	4	5	2	0	2.95	2.50	28	8	5	0	1	6	33			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.54	-0.551	5.93	-1.28%	-3.48	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out d1
14	14	57	Jun 13	LAD		HOU	L,6-9	GS-8		5	7.0	4	2	2	1	5	0	0	2.92	2.42	26	12	4	0	0	4	65			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.183	2.99	0.55%	1.60	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a4
15	15	61	Jun 17	LAD		SFG	L,1-4	GS-8	L(7-5)	3	8.0	6	4	4	1	8	1	0	3.05	2.43	32	10	7	0	0	6	61			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.21	-0.188	6.13	-0.57%	-0.65	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
16	16	65	Jun 21	LAD	@	HOU	L,4-7	GS-6	L(7-6)	3	5.1	6	4	3	0	2	1	1	3.15	2.55	23	10	4	0	0	6	44			2	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	.83	-0.156	3.18	-0.36%	-0.92	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d2
17	17	68	Jun 25(1)	LAD	@	ATL	L,4-5	GS-6	L(7-7)	3	5.0	7	4	4	2	2	2	0	3.33	2.81	21	5	5	0	4	7	37			0	1	0	19	2	0	0	2	0	0	.79	-0.300	2.81	-0.64%	-1.27	1b start tie	6b -2- 0 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	18	77	Jul 4	LAD		CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(8-7)	8	9.0	5	1	1	1	10	0	0	3.16	2.65	32	8	8	3	0	5	82			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.51	0.514	3.57	0.73%	2.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
19	19	81	Jul 8	LAD		ATL	W,7-6	GS-3		3	3.0	4	4	4	2	7	0	0	3.38	2.58	15	1	1	0	1	4	40			0	0	0	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.293	2.79	-0.61%	-2.74	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
20	20	83	Jul 10	LAD		ATL	L,0-2	7-8		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.32	2.55	7	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.048	.98	0.08%	0.84	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
21	21	86	Jul 16	LAD	@	NYM	W,7-1	CG	W(9-7)	5	9.0	5	1	1	2	11	0	0	3.16	2.43	34	8	9	0	1	4	82			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	0	.65	0.280	2.05	0.53%	2.98	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
22	22	91	Jul 21	LAD		PIT	W,4-3	GS-8		4	7.1	9	2	2	1	9	0	0	3.13	2.33	30	7	5	2	2	8	60			0	0	1	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.68	-0.112	8.02	-0.32%	0.90	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d1
23	23	96	Jul 25	LAD		PHI	W,6-3	GS-8		3	7.0	5	3	3	3	5	2	0	3.16	2.51	30	10	8	4	0	4	57			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	1	2	1.36	-0.237	6.14	-0.64%	-0.43	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out tie
24	24	100	Jul 30	LAD	@	STL	L,1-3	GS-6	L(9-8)	4	5.0	8	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.24	2.58	24	3	9	1	0	8	41			1	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	1	0	.80	-0.171	4.24	-0.54%	-1.69	1b start a 1	6b 12- 0 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	25	104	Aug 3	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-3	GS-6	L(9-9)	3	6.0	4	2	2	1	6	1	0	3.23	2.60	22	7	4	0	2	4	61			0	1	0	20	0	0	1	0	0	0	.73	0.000	5.58	0.00%	0.73	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
26	26	109	Aug 8	LAD	@	ATL	L,9-10	GS-2		4	1.2	9	6	6	1	2	1	0	3.53	2.68	14	0	2	0	0	9	14			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.413	5.06	-1.58%	-5.54	1b start tie	2b 1-3 2 out d4
27	27	112	Aug 12	LAD		CHC	L,1-2	GS-9	L(9-10)	3	8.1	6	2	2	2	9	0	0	3.46	2.60	31	6	8	1	3	6	70			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.123	6.85	0.36%	2.16	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out tie
28	28	115	Aug 14(2)	LAD		CHC	L,10-12	10-10	L(9-11)	1	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.56	2.62	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.23	-0.194	17.40	-0.63%	-0.69	10t --- 0 out tie	10t 1-3 1 out tie
29	29	117	Aug 16	LAD		CIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(10-11)	1	9.0	2	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.38	2.54	30	10	9	1	0	2	90			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.485	4.71	1.40%	3.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
30	30	121	Aug 20	LAD		STL	L,2-3	GS-8		3	8.0	4	2	2	2	7	2	0	3.33	2.64	30	10	7	0	0	4	71			1	0	0	28	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.05	0.024	5.35	0.07%	1.35	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
31	31	125	Aug 24	LAD		ATL	W,2-1	GS-7		3	7.0	3	0	0	3	9	0	0	3.21	2.59	26	6	5	0	2	3	77			1	1	0	23	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.68	0.418	7.34	1.10%	2.93	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
32	32	128	Aug 28	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	W(11-11)	3	9.0	6	2	2	1	7	0	0	3.16	2.53	35	9	12	0	0	6	73			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	.87	0.311	7.62	1.64%	2.26	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
33	33	132	Sep 1	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS-9	W(12-11)	3	9.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.07	2.50	31	12	9	3	2	4	79			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	0.475	9.12	1.83%	3.10	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
34	34	136	Sep 5	LAD		SFG	W,4-1	GS-3		3	2.1	1	1	1	2	5	1	0	3.07	2.54	10	1	1	0	0	1	54			1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.013	10.92	-0.08%	0.04	1t start tie	3t --- 1 out d1
35	35	143	Sep 12	LAD		NYM	W,3-2	GS-4		6	4.0	4	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.10	2.54	17	4	3	0	1	4	48			2	0	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	.83	-0.073	9.58	-0.51%	-0.33	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
36	36	153	Sep 23(2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-2	GS-4		10	4.0	4	1	0	3	4	0	0	3.05	2.54	20	7	5	0	2	1	53			3	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.39	0.076	13.66	0.45%	0.84	1b start tie	4b 3 out tie
37	37	158	Sep 28	LAD	@	STL	L,0-2	GS-4	L(12-12)	4	4.0	2	2	0	1	3	0	0	2.99	2.53	16	6	4	0	1	2	56			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	-0.062	5.58	-0.18%	-0.18	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
							20-17		W-L:12-12	3.5	225.2	192	82	75	52	209	19	3	2.99	2.53	916	1.11		6%	9%	181	59	0	---%	14	6	1	841	24	3	6	12	6	13	1.09	1.297	4.80	2.55%	17.20

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