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: 21-20 / in Starts: 21-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1969 Pitching Game Log

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1969 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	110	2	Apr 9	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	7	3	3	2	5	1	1	3.86	4.22	31	12	4	0	1	7	54			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.128	2.10	-0.13%	0.33	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
2	111	6	Apr 14	LAD	@	HOU	L,5-11	GS-3	L(0-2)	4	2.1	7	7	7	1	2	0	0	9.64	3.69	15	3	2	0	1	7	16			2	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.317	1.62	-0.31%	-5.14	1b start tie	3b 1-- 1 out d6
3	112	10	Apr 19	LAD		HOU	W,5-4	GS-6		4	6.0	7	2	2	3	4	0	0	7.04	3.29	28	8	6	0	2	7	51			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.06	-0.014	1.87	-0.02%	0.53	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
4	113	14	Apr 23	LAD		CIN	W,6-3	CG	W(1-2)	3	9.0	6	3	3	4	9	0	0	5.55	2.76	36	8	10	1	2	5	68			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.176	2.49	0.23%	0.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
5	114	18	Apr 27	LAD		ATL	W,10-0	SHO	W(2-2)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	0	4.05	2.45	33	9	11	2	4	4	84			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.104	.47	0.14%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
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
6	115	22	May 1	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-0	SHO	W(3-2)	3	9.0	1	0	0	2	8	0	0	3.19	2.23	30	7	12	0	0	1	91			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	.63	0.343	1.57	0.52%	4.04	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
7	116	26	May 6	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-7	GS-6	L(3-3)	4	5.2	5	4	4	2	5	1	0	3.56	2.45	25	6	7	1	2	5	46			0	0	0	22	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.11	-0.175	1.91	-0.18%	-1.54	1b start tie	6b -23 2 out d3
8	117	29	May 10	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-1	GS-9	W(4-3)	3	8.2	7	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.18	2.49	34	10	13	1	3	7	66			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	0	.80	0.294	1.47	0.32%	2.53	1b start tie	9b 1-3 2 out a3
9	118	32	May 16	LAD		PIT	W,4-3	GS-9		5	8.1	3	1	1	3	6	0	0	2.91	2.45	30	5	13	1	2	3	76			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.532	1.87	0.52%	3.33	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a2
10	119	35	May 20	LAD		CHC	L,0-7	GS-7	L(4-4)	3	6.1	9	4	2	0	8	0	0	2.90	2.23	30	7	7	0	1	8	51			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.17	-0.140	2.18	-0.16%	-1.94	1t start tie	7t --3 1 out d4
11	120	39	May 24	LAD		STL	W,5-0	SHO	W(5-4)	3	9.0	9	0	0	1	3	0	1	2.58	2.26	37	9	14	1	4	9	71			2	0	0	35	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.447	1.95	0.44%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
12	121	42	May 28	LAD	@	MON	W,6-0	SHO	W(6-4)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.32	2.18	33	13	8	0	0	5	82			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.57	0.287	.93	0.28%	4.08	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
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
13	122	46	Jun 1	LAD	@	PHI	W,12-4	GS-7	W(7-4)	3	7.0	12	4	4	2	2	1	0	2.52	2.36	34	8	11	4	1	11	37			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	1	0	.50	0.019	1.00	0.02%	-0.89	1b start tie	7b 3 out a6
14	123	50	Jun 6	LAD		MON	W,4-2	GS-8	W(8-4)	4	8.0	7	2	2	4	8	0	0	2.50	2.34	35	5	11	0	2	7	64			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.59	0.134	3.06	0.16%	1.37	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
15	124	53	Jun 10	LAD		PHI	W,2-1	CG	W(9-4)	3	9.0	7	1	1	0	7	0	0	2.38	2.23	31	9	9	2	2	6	76			0	3	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.10	0.404	2.06	0.45%	2.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
16	125	57	Jun 14	LAD		NYM	L,1-3	GS-8	L(9-5)	3	8.0	5	3	3	3	8	1	0	2.45	2.29	30	9	6	1	1	4	65			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.088	1.68	-0.11%	0.37	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
17	126	62	Jun 18	LAD		SDP	W,10-1	CG	W(10-5)	3	9.0	3	1	1	2	7	0	0	2.35	2.25	32	13	7	0	3	3	82			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	.30	0.180	.61	0.22%	2.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
18	127	66	Jun 23	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-2	GS-6	W(11-5)	4	6.0	4	2	1	3	0	1	0	2.31	2.42	25	11	7	0	1	4	55			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.14	0.048	4.17	0.11%	0.74	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
19	128	70	Jun 27	LAD	@	SDP	L,0-5	GS-6	L(11-6)	3	5.2	6	5	5	5	6	2	0	2.54	2.63	27	4	6	1	0	6	38			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.257	1.06	-0.40%	-2.79	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d5
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
20	129	75	Jul 2	LAD		HOU	L,2-8	GS-7	L(11-7)	4	6.0	7	5	5	5	2	1	0	2.74	2.79	29	12	3	0	1	7	35			2	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.170	2.94	-0.29%	-1.80	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out d2
21	130	79	Jul 6	LAD		CIN	L,1-8	GS-3	L(11-8)	3	2.2	6	6	6	3	2	1	0	3.05	2.90	17	5	1	0	0	6	21			0	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.05	-0.359	3.11	-0.64%	-5.13	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d6
22	131	84	Jul 10	LAD		SFG	L,0-3	GS-8	L(11-9)	3	8.0	9	3	3	3	6	0	0	3.06	2.86	36	11	8	0	0	8	55			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.099	2.69	-0.21%	0.37	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
23	132	88	Jul 14	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-1	GS-7	W(12-9)	3	6.1	6	1	1	4	5	1	0	3.00	2.94	29	7	7	1	0	6	58			2	1	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.49	0.044	4.26	0.08%	0.61	1b start a 1	7b 123 1 out a1
24	133	93	Jul 19	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	5	4	4	2	3	2	0	3.11	3.08	24	7	7	0	0	5	47			0	1	0	21	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.12	-0.290	4.13	-0.64%	-1.31	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
25	134	95	Jul 24	LAD	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS-6	L(12-10)	4	6.0	7	5	5	2	2	0	0	3.25	3.07	27	7	9	0	4	7	38			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.208	3.02	-0.32%	-1.93	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
26	135	99	Jul 29(1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-4	GS-8		4	7.0	8	2	2	1	1	1	0	3.23	3.12	27	7	14	3	1	4	53			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.042	3.76	0.07%	1.14	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a1
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
27	136	104	Aug 2	LAD	@	STL	L,6-7	GS-6	L(12-11)	3	6.0	9	7	6	2	2	1	0	3.41	3.18	29	10	6	1	0	9	28			0	0	0	26	4	0	0	0	1	0	.82	-0.281	1.82	-0.38%	-4.28	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d6
28	137	108	Aug 6	LAD		PIT	W,7-5	GS-9	W(13-11)	3	8.1	11	5	5	2	8	3	0	3.49	3.30	36	10	5	1	0	11	47			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	1	1	0	.67	0.009	1.07	0.01%	-1.43	1t start tie	9t --- 1 out a2
29	138	112	Aug 10	LAD		CHC	W,4-2	GS-8	W(14-11)	3	8.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.40	3.24	29	8	11	1	1	4	74			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.368	2.53	0.44%	2.37	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
30	139	116	Aug 15	LAD	@	MON	W,9-2	CG	W(15-11)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	8	1	0	3.34	3.21	35	9	10	1	0	7	72			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	1	1	.58	0.182	1.22	0.23%	2.08	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
31	140	120	Aug 20	LAD	@	PHI	W,8-5	GS-5		4	4.1	8	5	5	2	4	1	0	3.48	3.24	23	9	3	0	0	5	29			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.389	3.26	-0.84%	-3.63	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d3
32	141	124	Aug 24	LAD	@	NYM	L,4-7	GS-7	L(15-12)	3	6.0	10	5	3	2	6	0	0	3.51	3.20	31	8	5	0	2	10	40			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.65	-0.203	5.60	-0.42%	-1.20	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a1
33	142	128	Aug 29	LAD		PHI	W,6-5	GS-7		4	7.0	7	4	1	4	7	1	0	3.44	3.22	35	14	3	0	1	7	56			2	0	0	31	0	0	1	0	0	3	.75	-0.169	1.85	-0.25%	-1.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
34	143	132	Sep 2	LAD		NYM	L,4-5	GS-7	L(15-13)	3	7.0	6	4	4	3	7	2	0	3.49	3.29	28	6	11	2	2	1	53			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	1	0	0	.69	-0.141	2.62	-0.32%	-1.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
35	144	136	Sep 6	LAD	@	SDP	L,1-3	GS-7	L(15-14)	3	7.0	8	3	3	0	5	0	0	3.50	3.23	28	6	9	3	0	8	54			0	1	0	26	2	1	0	0	1	0	.97	-0.043	3.29	-0.09%	0.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
36	145	140	Sep 10	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-8	GS-5	L(15-15)	3	4.0	6	6	6	3	6	0	1	3.66	3.22	22	1	5	2	0	6	29			0	0	0	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.338	2.47	-0.65%	-4.56	1b start tie	5b 1-3 0 out d4
37	146	144	Sep 14	LAD		SDP	W,3-1	CG	W(16-15)	3	9.0	4	1	1	1	9	1	0	3.57	3.18	31	11	6	0	0	4	83			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.383	3.57	0.90%	2.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
38	147	149	Sep 18	LAD		ATL	W,5-2	CG	W(17-15)	3	9.0	7	2	2	0	3	1	0	3.52	3.19	34	14	10	2	1	7	68			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	.81	0.125	5.93	0.55%	1.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
39	148	153	Sep 22	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS-9	L(17-16)	3	8.2	5	2	2	5	10	0	0	3.47	3.15	36	7	9	2	0	5	71			2	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	0.629	3.06	0.56%	3.86	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a1
40	149	157	Sep 26	LAD		SFG	L,1-2	CG	L(17-17)	3	9.0	6	2	2	2	8	0	0	3.43	3.09	34	10	8	0	0	6	73			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.082	.00	0.00%	1.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
41	150	160	Sep 30	LAD		HOU	L,3-6	GS-7	L(17-18)	3	7.0	9	5	4	1	5	1	0	3.47	3.10	30	6	12	4	3	6	45			2	0	0	28	1	0	1	0	1	0	.87	-0.324	.00	0.00%	-2.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
							21-20		W-L:17-18	3.4	293.1	269	123	113	91	217	25	3	3.47	3.10	1226	1.05		6%	7%	248	56		---%	21	10	0	1111	42	4	7	12	10	14	.97	0.699	2.30	-0.09%	6.35

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