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: 20-14 / in Starts: 20-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1982 Pitching Game Log

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1982 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	558	4	Apr 9	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-6	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	4.0	5	5	3	1	3	1	0	6.75	5.22	19	3	7	2	0	5	38			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	1	.46	-0.326	.77	-0.33%	-3.12	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
2	559	9	Apr 14	HOU		LAD	W,2-1	GS-8	W(1-1)	4	7.0	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.27	3.72	27	7	13	1	0	5	63			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.068	1.51	0.05%	0.96	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a1
3	560	13	Apr 19	HOU	@	LAD	W,6-4	GS-7	W(2-1)	4	7.0	5	4	3	1	3	1	0	3.50	3.88	27	8	10	2	1	5	55			2	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.121	.74	-0.06%	-0.89	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
4	561	18	Apr 25	HOU		CIN	L,3-4	GS-8		5	7.1	7	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.84	3.23	28	12	5	0	1	7	64			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.06	0.269	.79	0.12%	1.88	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a2
5	562	23	Apr 30	HOU	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS-8	W(3-1)	4	8.0	5	3	2	1	7	2	0	2.70	3.56	30	8	9	1	1	5	68			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	.94	0.223	.57	0.08%	0.77	1b start a 1	8b 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
6	563	27	May 5	HOU	@	CIN	W,8-7	GS-5	W(4-1)	4	5.0	7	3	2	0	5	0	1	2.82	3.26	23	4	6	0	1	7	48			0	1	0	20	0	1	0	0	2	1	1.37	-0.132	1.22	-0.07%	-0.69	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
7	564	31	May 10	HOU		PIT	W,7-3	CG	W(5-1)	4	9.0	9	3	2	0	6	0	0	2.66	2.91	34	11	8	2	1	9	65			0	1	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	.58	0.054	.37	0.02%	0.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
8	565	35	May 15	HOU		CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(6-1)	4	9.0	3	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.40	2.77	32	10	11	1	0	3	81			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.360	.69	0.15%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
9	566	40	May 21	HOU		NYM	W,5-1	GS-8	W(7-1)	5	8.0	6	1	1	3	7	0	0	2.24	2.69	30	8	6	0	1	6	70			1	1	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	0	.93	0.205	.83	0.11%	2.33	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
10	567	45	May 26	HOU		MON	L,0-4	GS-9		4	9.0	5	0	0	1	8	0	0	1.96	2.51	32	8	10	1	0	5	84			1	0	0	31	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.39	0.625	.96	0.26%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
11	568	49	May 31	HOU	@	MON	L,0-10	GS-2	L(7-2)	4	1.0	5	6	6	3	1	2	0	2.66	2.96	11	0	2	1	0	5	17			2	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.390	.52	-0.20%	-5.91	1b start tie	2b 1-- 0 out d6
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	569	53	Jun 6	HOU		PHI	W,7-6	GS-8		5	7.2	9	6	5	3	5	0	0	2.96	2.92	35	8	10	2	0	9	41			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.391	.93	-0.15%	-2.22	1t start tie	8t -23 2 out d1
13	570	57	Jun 11	HOU	@	SDP	L,2-6	GS-7	L(7-3)	4	6.0	5	6	6	4	5	1	0	3.38	3.08	25	6	5	0	1	5	39			1	1	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.318	.78	-0.15%	-2.72	1b start tie	7b 1-3 0 out d2
14	571	62	Jun 16	HOU		ATL	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	3	2	1	2	7	0	0	3.22	2.97	27	7	8	1	0	3	70			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.209	.44	0.05%	0.92	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
15	572	66	Jun 21	HOU		SDP	L,4-7	GS-8		4	7.0	8	3	2	1	5	0	0	3.18	2.88	30	6	10	0	1	8	55			1	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	1	0	.86	0.135	.28	0.03%	0.96	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a3
16	573	71	Jun 26	HOU		LAD	L,1-4	GS-7	L(7-4)	4	6.1	10	4	4	5	8	0	0	3.32	2.86	34	6	5	0	1	10	40			4	0	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.22	-0.180	.22	-0.02%	-1.91	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d3
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
17	574	76	Jul 2	HOU	@	LAD	W,4-1	GS-9	W(8-4)	5	8.1	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.16	2.82	32	9	10	1	0	6	70			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.415	.07	0.02%	2.15	1b start a 1	9b 12- 1 out a3
18	575	81	Jul 7	HOU		CHC	W,5-1	CG	W(9-4)	4	9.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.01	2.80	32	9	17	6	4	0	77			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.372	.03	0.01%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
19	576	86	Jul 15	HOU		PIT	L,1-5	GS-8	L(9-5)	7	8.0	6	2	1	0	5	0	0	2.90	2.72	28	8	9	2	2	6	69			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	.71	0.048	.03	0.00%	1.33	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
20	577	91	Jul 20	HOU	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS-8	L(9-6)	4	7.2	10	5	5	4	1	0	0	3.06	2.79	35	12	8	1	1	10	36			2	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.83	0.168	.08	0.00%	0.95	1b start a 1	8b 123 2 out a1
21	578	95	Jul 25	HOU	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-8	L(9-7)	4	7.2	8	4	4	2	7	1	0	3.14	2.82	31	9	5	0	1	8	52			1	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.313	.02	0.00%	-0.65	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out d1
22	579	99	Jul 30	HOU		SFG	W,3-1	CG	W(10-7)	4	9.0	4	1	1	3	10	1	0	3.02	2.82	33	5	11	2	3	4	82			1	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.375	.02	0.01%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
23	580	105	Aug 4	HOU		SDP	L,2-5	GS-7	L(10-8)	4	6.1	7	4	4	1	8	0	0	3.12	2.74	27	5	6	1	0	7	50			2	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.396	.07	-0.01%	-2.40	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out d2
24	581	111	Aug 9	HOU	@	SDP	W,4-3	GS-8	W(11-8)	4	7.2	5	1	1	3	1	0	0	3.03	2.78	31	12	10	0	1	5	63			0	1	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	1	.98	0.235	.00	0.00%	2.08	1b start a 1	8b 12- 2 out a3
25	582	116	Aug 15	HOU	@	CIN	W,7-3	GS-8	W(12-8)	5	8.0	5	1	1	0	10	0	0	2.95	2.67	28	5	8	1	3	5	78			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.54	0.105	.01	0.00%	2.70	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a6
26	583	121	Aug 20	HOU		MON	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	9	3	3	0	2	1	0	2.98	2.72	29	6	12	0	5	9	49			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	1	.86	-0.066	.02	0.00%	-0.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
27	584	126	Aug 25	HOU		NYM	W,5-4	GS-9	W(13-8)	4	8.0	8	3	3	1	5	0	0	3.00	2.68	34	9	11	0	1	8	58			1	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	1	.72	0.264	.03	0.01%	0.73	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out a3
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
				Player went from Houston Astros to Milwaukee Brewers
28	585	134	Sep 2(2)	MIL		CLE	L,2-4	CG	L(13-9)	7	9.0	8	4	4	2	3	2	0	3.04	2.81	35	11	11	4	0	8	56			1	1	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.57	-0.375	4.47	-0.64%	0.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
29	586	139	Sep 7	MIL		DET	W,4-0	SHO	W(14-9)	4	9.0	7	0	0	0	9	0	0	2.92	2.72	33	9	9	0	0	6	82			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.547	4.20	1.37%	4.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
30	587	144	Sep 12	MIL	@	NYY	L,8-9	GS-7		4	6.2	8	5	5	4	5	2	0	3.03	2.85	31	7	7	1	3	8	39			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.011	2.83	-0.03%	-2.00	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a3
31	588	150	Sep 19	MIL		NYY	W,14-1	GS-8	W(15-9)	6	8.0	8	1	1	3	5	0	0	2.96	2.84	33	9	9	1	0	7	64			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.02	0.216	4.42	0.56%	2.76	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
32	589	154	Sep 24	MIL		BAL	W,15-6	GS-7	W(16-9)	4	7.0	10	6	5	1	4	1	0	3.07	2.87	30	7	8	1	2	10	38			1	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	0	.85	-0.206	6.11	-0.89%	-2.71	1t start tie	7t 3 out a9
33	590	158	Sep 29	MIL	@	BOS	W,6-3	GS-7		4	7.0	6	3	3	3	7	2	0	3.09	2.95	30	5	9	0	0	6	57			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.053	4.48	0.12%	0.71	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
34	591	163	Oct 3	MIL	@	BAL	W,10-2	GS-8	W(17-9)	3	8.0	8	2	2	5	3	1	0	3.06	3.03	36	10	13	0	2	5	56			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.313	49.36	7.83%	2.00	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a3
							20-14		W-L:17-9	4.4	249.2	224	96	85	64	175	18	1	3.06	3.03	1012	0.87		6%	7%	215	58		---%	29	9	0	937	36	5	2	19	5	9	1.02	2.034	2.83	8.25%	15.12

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