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: 22-10 / in Starts: 21-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 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	503	3	Apr 12	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-5	GS-5		99	5.0	6	5	4	2	3	1	0	7.20	5.35	24	9	4	0	1	6	38			2	0	0	22	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.37	-0.431	1.91	-0.36%	-2.94	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
2	504	8	Apr 17	LAD		HOU	W,6-4	GS-6		4	6.0	5	3	3	4	6	1	0	5.73	5.12	25	5	5	0	0	5	52			4	1	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.003	1.33	0.00%	-0.34	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
3	505	13	Apr 22	LAD		SFG	W,6-0	SHO	W(1-0)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.15	3.40	31	7	11	0	3	4	86			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.320	.63	0.22%	3.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
4	506	18	Apr 27	LAD		SDP	W,3-1	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	7.0	4	1	1	1	3	1	0	2.67	3.60	26	11	8	1	3	3	67			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.280	1.91	0.29%	2.10	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
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	507	24	May 6	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS-7		8	7.0	6	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.38	3.60	27	11	14	4	4	0	59			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.265	1.74	0.27%	2.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
6	508	29	May 12	LAD		CHC	W,2-1	GS-6	W(3-0)	5	6.0	8	1	1	2	5	1	0	2.25	3.70	25	6	5	1	0	7	55			2	2	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.224	2.22	0.22%	1.66	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
7	509	33	May 17	LAD		PIT	W,3-1	GS-8	W(4-0)	4	8.0	3	1	1	0	6	1	0	2.06	3.56	27	8	10	1	1	3	78			0	0	1	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	.76	0.298	1.41	0.33%	2.54	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
8	510	38	May 23	LAD	@	CHC	L,0-2	GS-6	L(4-1)	5	6.0	2	1	1	3	3	0	0	2.00	3.53	22	7	7	2	1	2	64			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	.93	0.158	2.04	0.21%	1.87	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
9	511	43	May 27	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-6	GS-4	L(4-2)	3	4.0	3	5	5	3	6	3	0	2.64	4.10	18	1	5	0	1	3	39			1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.279	1.86	-0.49%	-3.19	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
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
10	512	48	Jun 2	LAD		CIN	W,3-2	GS-7		5	7.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.49	3.92	27	5	11	2	2	5	65			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.209	2.88	0.38%	2.10	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
11	513	53	Jun 8	LAD	@	ATL	W,3-1	GS-7	W(5-2)	5	6.2	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.39	3.74	26	11	6	0	0	4	65			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	.97	0.265	2.37	0.39%	1.81	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a2
12	514	57	Jun 13	LAD	@	MON	L,3-4	GS-6		4	6.0	10	3	3	0	5	0	0	2.55	3.54	27	5	7	2	1	10	45			2	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.52	-0.113	3.09	-0.14%	-0.32	1b start a 2	6b 3 out tie
13	515	62	Jun 18	LAD		MON	W,8-7	GS-1		4	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.65	3.70	2	1	0	0	0	1	45			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.087	1.68	-0.11%	-0.79	1t start tie	1t --- 1 out d1
14	516	72	Jun 29(1)	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS-8		10	8.0	6	3	1	1	6	0	1	2.51	3.54	32	8	10	1	0	6	67			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.41	0.069	3.55	0.11%	0.47	1b start a 1	8b 3 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
15	517	78	Jul 4	LAD		SFG	W,4-0	SHO	W(6-2)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.27	3.40	32	10	15	0	1	4	82			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.66	0.332	1.80	0.54%	3.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
16	518	83	Jul 12	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-3	GS-6		7	6.0	8	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.23	3.39	27	7	8	2	0	8	52			1	0	0	25	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.29	0.202	3.66	0.35%	1.53	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
17	519	88	Jul 17	LAD	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	W(7-2)	4	9.0	3	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.13	3.29	30	11	11	4	0	3	80			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.446	2.26	0.76%	3.31	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
18	520	94	Jul 22	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(7-3)	4	8.0	6	3	3	1	3	2	0	2.21	3.45	31	10	11	1	2	6	60			1	0	0	28	3	0	1	0	1	0	1.16	-0.098	3.24	-0.17%	0.72	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
19	521	98	Jul 27	LAD		CHC	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	8	2	2	0	6	0	0	2.23	3.31	29	5	10	1	1	8	59			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.110	3.75	0.17%	1.10	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
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
20	522	102	Aug 1	LAD		STL	W,2-1	GS-8		4	8.0	2	1	1	0	4	1	0	2.17	3.32	26	6	14	2	1	2	78			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.242	1.96	0.41%	2.54	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
21	523	107	Aug 6	LAD	@	ATL	W,6-2	GS-7	W(8-3)	4	7.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.19	3.36	28	9	9	0	2	6	59			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.217	3.92	0.41%	1.23	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
22	524	112	Aug 11	LAD		ATL	L,2-3	GS-8	L(8-4)	4	8.0	8	3	3	0	5	0	0	2.25	3.26	33	9	11	1	0	8	59			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	-0.008	4.23	-0.02%	0.54	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
23	525	116	Aug 16	LAD		CIN	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	4	1	1	2	3	1	0	2.21	3.32	27	6	12	0	1	4	66			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.322	5.83	0.90%	2.10	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
24	526	120	Aug 21	LAD	@	MON	W,5-4	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	2	3	3	1	0	2.24	3.40	26	8	7	0	0	5	54			1	0	0	23	0	1	1	0	0	0	.85	0.024	2.43	0.04%	0.68	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
25	527	130	Aug 31(2)	LAD		MON	W,7-2	GS-7	W(9-4)	9	7.0	7	2	2	2	5	2	0	2.25	3.50	28	9	5	0	0	7	58			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	.75	0.043	2.60	0.09%	1.10	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
Sep/Oct				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
26	528	135	Sep 5	LAD		PHI	W,1-0	GS-8	W(10-4)	4	8.0	3	0	0	2	10	0	0	2.15	3.39	28	7	6	0	1	3	84			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.556	4.95	1.45%	3.54	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
27	529	140	Sep 12	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-2	GS-7	W(11-4)	6	7.0	3	2	2	4	4	1	0	2.16	3.46	27	5	11	2	2	3	63			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.202	6.52	0.74%	1.16	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
28	530	145	Sep 17	LAD		SDP	W,2-1	GS-7	W(12-4)	4	7.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.13	3.40	27	6	9	1	1	7	62			2	0	0	25	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.319	6.00	0.94%	2.10	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
29	531	150	Sep 22	LAD		ATL	L,2-7	GS-7	L(12-5)	4	7.0	10	5	5	2	3	2	1	2.28	3.53	32	6	10	0	2	10	38			2	2	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	.83	-0.154	4.53	-0.51%	-1.90	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
30	532	155	Sep 27	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-4	GS-7	W(13-5)	4	7.0	5	1	0	1	3	0	0	2.21	3.49	27	10	8	2	0	5	67			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	.74	0.183	3.65	0.54%	1.95	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a4
31	533	160	Oct 3	LAD		HOU	W,3-2	GS-8		5	8.0	7	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.21	3.46	35	7	14	0	4	7	61			2	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	1	1	1.39	0.063	9.09	0.25%	1.54	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
32	534	162	Oct 5	LAD		HOU	W,4-3	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	3.46	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.82	0.156	131.89	2.11%	0.46	9t 1-3 2 out a1	9t end a 1
							22-10		W-L:13-5,Sv:1	4.5	212.1	163	56	52	47	128	20	2	2.20	3.46	833	0.83		6%	7%	155	62	2	0%	24	6	1	773	22	5	5	9	3	7	1.06	4.332	3.47	10.30%	38.88

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