Baseball may be over, but check out our Football, Basketball, and Hockey Sites.
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Players > Don Sutton

Don Sutton
Donald Howard Sutton (Black & Decker)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 14, 1966
  vs. HOU 7.0 IP, 7 H, 7 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER, L
Final Game August 9, 1988
Born April 2, 1945 in Clio, AL

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1998.

Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)

 About biographical information

BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this person (what's this?)
Oracle: Find all of this player's teammates.

Steve Frediani sponsor(s) this page.

You can sponsor a page.
Page Expires: 2009-08-24 Alert Me!
        A tribute to my all-time favorite player! Don never lost a home game that I attended! Who could forget games 1 & 4 of the 1974 NLCS! Sutton's 58 shutouts rank 10th all time! One of the smartest pitchers to ever take the mound. Should have won Cy in 72!

Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1966 21 LAD NL  12  12  37  35   6   2   0  0  225.7  192   82   75  19   52  209   3   5   916   6   0  2.99  3.28  110 1.081
 1967 22 LAD NL  11  15  37  34  11   3   2  1  232.7  223  106  102  18   57  169   6   3   962   9   0  3.95  3.07   78 1.203
 1968 23 LAD NL  11  15  35  27   7   2   6  1  207.7  179   64   60   6   59  162   2   4   847  14   3  2.60  2.75  106 1.146
 1969 24 LAD NL  17  18  41  41  11   4   0  0  293.3  269  123  113  25   91  217   3   9  1226   6   1  3.47  3.31   95 1.227
 1970 25 LAD NL  15  13  38  38  10   4   0  0  260.3  251  127  118  38   78  201  10   9  1109   7   2  4.08  3.81   93 1.264
 1971 26 LAD NL  17  12  38  37  12   4   1  1  265.3  231   85   75  10   55  194   5   5  1059   5   0  2.54  3.23  127 1.078
 1972 27 LAD NL  19   9  33  33  18   9   0  0  272.7  186   78   63  13   63  207   4   9  1061   1   1  2.08  3.35  161 0.913 CYA-5,AS
 1973 28 LAD NL  18  10  33  33  14   3   0  0  256.3  196   78   69  18   56  200   5  10  1006   4   0  2.42  3.49  144 0.983 CYA-5,AS
 1974 29 LAD NL  19   9  40  40  10   5   0  0  276.0  241  111   99  23   80  179   6   4  1148   2   2  3.23  3.41  106 1.163 CYA-4
 1975 30 LAD NL  16  13  35  35  11   4   0  0  254.3  202   87   81  17   62  175   3   7  1031   5   0  2.87  3.41  119 1.038 CYA-5,AS
 1976 31 LAD NL  21  10  35  34  15   4   1  0  267.7  231   98   91  22   82  161   3   4  1093   6   1  3.06  3.40  111 1.169 MVP-22,CYA-3
 1977 32 LAD NL  14   8  33  33   9   3   0  0  240.3  207   93   85  23   69  150   3   5   979   2   1  3.18  3.84  121 1.148 AS
 1978 33 LAD NL  15  11  34  34  12   2   0  0  238.3  228  109   94  29   54  154   5   6   990   7   0  3.55  3.51   99 1.183
 1979 34 LAD NL  12  15  33  32   6   1   1  1  226.0  201  109   96  21   61  146   1   4   927   6   1  3.82  3.67   96 1.159
 1980 35 LAD NL  13   5  32  31   4   2   1  1  212.3  163   56   52  20   47  128   2   0   833   5   1  2.20  3.54  160 0.989
 1981 36 HOU NL  11   9  23  23   6   3   0  0  158.7  132   51   46   6   29  104   1   0   624   3   1  2.61  3.28  126 1.015
 1982 37 TOT     17   9  34  34   6   1   0  0  249.7  224   96   85  18   64  175   1   3  1012   2   1  3.06  3.42  112 1.154
         HOU NL  13   8  27  27   4   0   0  0  195.0  169   75   65  10   46  139   1   3   784   2   1  3.00  3.32  111 1.103
         MIL AL   4   1   7   7   2   1   0  0   54.7   55   21   20   8   18   36   0   0   228   0   0  3.29  3.80  115 1.335
 1983 38 MIL AL   8  13  31  31   4   0   0  0  220.3  209  109  100  21   54  134   5   2   925   2   0  4.08  3.75   92 1.194
 1984 39 MIL AL  14  12  33  33   1   0   0  0  212.7  224  103   89  24   51  143   3   4   912   2   1  3.77  3.88  103 1.293
 1985 40 TOT AL  15  10  34  34   1   1   0  0  226.0  221  101   97  25   59  107   0   6   943   0   0  3.86  3.86  100 1.239
         OAK AL  13   8  29  29   1   1   0  0  194.3  194   88   84  19   51   91   0   6   819   0   0  3.89  3.82   98 1.261
         CAL AL   2   2   5   5   0   0   0  0   31.7   27   13   13   6    8   16   0   0   124   0   0  3.69  4.15  112 1.105
 1986 41 CAL AL  15  11  34  34   3   1   0  0  207.0  192   93   86  31   49  116   3   4   853   2   1  3.74  4.14  111 1.164
 1987 42 CAL AL  11  11  35  34   1   0   0  0  191.7  199  101  100  38   41   99   7   7   795   0   0  4.70  4.34   92 1.252
 1988 43 LAD NL   3   6  16  16   0   0   0  0   87.3   91   44   38   7   30   44   1   2   380   6   4  3.92  3.35   86 1.385
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 23 Yr WL% .559 324 256 774 756 178  58  12  5 5282.3 4692 2104 1914 472 1343 3574  82 112 21631 102  21  3.26  3.52  108 1.142
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  11  34  33   7   2   0  0  234.7  208   93   85  20   59  158   3   4   961   4   0  3.26  3.52  108 1.142
 Career High     21  18  41  41  18   9   6  1  293.3  269  127  118  38   91  217  10  10  1226  14   4  2.08  4.34  161 0.913
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1966 21 LAD NL  38   82    4   15   2  0   0    2   0  0   1  27  .183  .202  .207   19   17   2   0   0   1   1
 1967 22 LAD NL  43   75    4   10   2  0   0    4   0  0   2  24  .133  .156  .160   -5   12   7   0   0   0   0
 1968 23 LAD NL  36   62    3   11   0  0   0    3   0  0   2  22  .177  .197  .177   17   11   6   2   0   0   1
 1969 24 LAD NL  41   98    6   15   0  0   0    3   0  0   0  28  .153  .162  .153   -8   15   9   0   0   1   5
 1970 25 LAD NL  40   84    6   13   2  1   0    6   1  0  10  22  .155  .253  .202   27   17   5   0   0   1   1
 1971 26 LAD NL  39   88    4   19   2  0   0    7   0  0   3  18  .216  .242  .239   41   21   4   0   0   0   0
 1972 27 LAD NL  33   91    4   13   0  0   0    1   0  0   2  24  .143  .170  .143   -9   13  11   0   0   1   0 AS
 1973 28 LAD NL  33   84    6   10   1  0   0    5   0  0   5  17  .119  .167  .131  -15   11   7   1   0   0   3 AS
 1974 29 LAD NL  40   98    7   18   2  0   0    7   0  0   3  22  .184  .216  .204   20   20   9   0   0   1   3
 1975 30 LAD NL  35   80    4   11   1  0   0    3   0  0   4  20  .138  .179  .150   -6   12  12   0   0   0   3 AS
 1976 31 LAD NL  35   84    2    7   1  0   0    3   0  0   6  19  .083  .144  .095  -30    8   9   0   0   0   3 MVP-22
 1977 32 LAD NL  33   73    3   11   2  0   0    8   0  0   8  21  .151  .235  .178   13   13  10   0   0   0   2 AS
 1978 33 LAD NL  34   72    1    6   0  0   0    3   0  0   4  22  .083  .132  .083  -38    6  14   0   0   0   0
 1979 34 LAD NL  33   77    2   11   0  0   0    3   0  0   1  17  .143  .154  .143  -18   11   8   0   0   0   1
 1980 35 LAD NL  32   64    3    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  19  .078  .092  .078  -52    5   8   0   0   0   4
 1981 36 HOU NL  23   51    1    7   0  0   0    3   0  0   5  12  .137  .228  .137    8    7   5   0   0   1   2
 1982 37 TOT     27   68    3   11   0  0   0    1   0  0   2  25  .162  .186  .162    2   11   4   0   0   0   0
         HOU NL  27   68    3   11   0  0   0    1   0  0   2  25  .162  .186  .162    2   11   4   0   0   0   0
 1988 43 LAD NL  16   23    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   6  .087  .125  .087  -37    2   6   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 23 Seasons     611 1354   64  195  15  1   0   64   1  0  60 365  .144  .183  .157   -2  212 136   3   0   6  29
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        359   17   52   4  0   0   17   0  0  16  97  .144  .183  .157   -2   56  36   1   0   2   8
 Career High     43   98    7   19   2  1   0    8   1  0  10  28                          21  14   2   0   1   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1966 21 LAD NL   86   70    3   1.2    89| .183  .255| .202  .312| .207  .384| .409  .697|  19  .086  -8.7  -0.9   0%
 1967 22 LAD NL   84   72    2   0.8    83| .133  .247| .156  .308| .160  .363| .316  .671|  -5  .045  -9.8  -1.1   0%
 1968 23 LAD NL   72   60    3   1.4    75| .177  .243| .197  .300| .177  .342| .374  .642|  17  .144  -5.9  -0.7   0%
 1969 24 LAD NL  108   97    2   0.6    89| .153  .251| .162  .320| .153  .372| .315  .692|  -8  .024 -14.0  -1.5   0%
 1970 25 LAD NL  100   77    5   1.8    99| .155  .261| .253  .333| .202  .399| .455  .732|  27  .143  -8.6  -0.9 100%
 1971 26 LAD NL   95   73    6   2.2    87| .216  .253| .242  .318| .239  .370| .481  .688|  41  .247  -6.8  -0.7   0%
 1972 27 LAD NL  105   89    3   0.9    90| .143  .254| .170  .322| .143  .376| .313  .698|  -9  .061 -13.2  -1.4   0%
 1973 28 LAD NL   97   85    2   0.6    94| .119  .259| .167  .328| .131  .385| .298  .713| -15  .030 -13.1  -1.4   0%
 1974 29 LAD NL  111   92    4   1.2    91| .184  .258| .216  .329| .204  .372| .420  .701|  20  .086 -10.5  -1.1   0%
 1975 30 LAD NL   96   84    2   0.6    93| .138  .261| .179  .331| .150  .376| .329  .707|  -6  .029 -11.5  -1.2   0%
 1976 31 LAD NL   99   89    1   0.3    90| .083  .260| .144  .326| .095  .371| .239  .697| -30  .008 -14.4  -1.6   0%
 1977 32 LAD NL   91   74    4   1.5   103| .151  .269| .235  .337| .178  .410| .413  .747|  13  .108  -9.1  -0.9   0%
 1978 33 LAD NL   90   80    2   0.7    95| .083  .262| .132  .330| .083  .385| .215  .715| -38  .034 -13.6  -1.4   0%
 1979 34 LAD NL   86   75    2   0.7    99| .143  .268| .154  .333| .143  .397| .297  .730| -18  .035 -12.8  -1.3   0%
 1980 35 LAD NL   73   71    0   0.0    94| .078  .266| .092  .328| .078  .386| .170  .713| -52  .000 -13.1  -1.4   0%
 1981 36 HOU NL   62   51    2   1.1    88| .137  .257| .228  .321| .137  .368| .365  .689|   8  .077  -6.0  -0.6   0%
 1982 37 TOT      74   61    2   0.9    88| .162  .256| .186  .318| .162  .372| .348  .690|   2  .055  -8.7  -0.9   0%
         HOU NL   74   61    2   0.9    88| .162  .256| .186  .318| .162  .372| .348  .690|   2  .055  -8.7  -0.9   0%
 1988 43 LAD NL   30   27    1   1.0    88| .087  .254| .125  .317| .087  .373| .212  .690| -37  .073  -4.1  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 23 Seasons     1559 1327   46   0.9    91| .144  .257| .183  .323| .157  .378| .340  .702|  -2  .059 -184.0 -19.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1966 21 LAD NL P 37 8 32 2 3 .952 .948 1.08 0.74 1.60 1.96 35 225.7 1967 22 LAD NL P 37 7 31 1 2 .974 .960 1.03 0.78 1.47 2.00 34 232.7 1968 23 LAD NL P 35 12 25 1 0 .974 .959 1.06 0.85 1.60 2.01 27 207.7 1969 24 LAD NL P 41 19 43 1 3 .984 .958 1.51 0.78 1.90 1.95 41 293.3 1970 25 LAD NL P 38 21 28 3 1 .942 .951 1.29 0.71 1.69 1.85 38 260.3 1971 26 LAD NL P 38 27 26 2 5 .964 .953 1.39 0.78 1.80 1.90 37 265.3 1972 27 LAD NL P 33 18 34 1 2 .981 .951 1.58 0.73 1.72 1.78 33 272.7 AS 1973 28 LAD NL P 33 12 34 1 2 .979 .950 1.39 0.73 1.62 1.88 33 256.3 AS 1974 29 LAD NL P 40 17 33 0 1 1.000 .943 1.25 0.71 1.63 1.88 40 276.0 1975 30 LAD NL P 35 24 25 2 0 .961 .946 1.40 0.72 1.73 1.86 35 254.3 AS 1976 31 LAD NL P 35 5 31 1 2 .973 .950 1.03 0.72 1.21 1.88 34 267.7 1977 32 LAD NL P 33 15 29 1 3 .978 .950 1.33 0.67 1.65 1.85 33 240.3 AS 1978 33 LAD NL P 34 13 23 0 2 1.000 .950 1.06 0.72 1.36 1.91 34 238.3 1979 34 LAD NL P 33 16 24 1 2 .976 .950 1.21 0.66 1.59 1.80 32 226.0 1980 35 LAD NL P 32 24 25 2 3 .961 .951 1.53 0.69 2.08 1.91 31 212.3 1981 36 HOU NL P 23 11 24 2 3 .946 .959 1.52 0.68 1.98 1.97 23 158.7 1982 37 TOT P 34 22 28 1 3 .980 .954 1.47 0.71 1.80 1.92 34 249.7 HOU NL P 27 16 20 1 2 .973 .952 1.33 0.70 1.66 1.96 27 195.0 MIL AL P 7 6 8 0 1 1.000 .959 2.00 0.73 2.30 1.79 7 54.7 1983 38 MIL AL P 31 13 23 1 1 .973 .957 1.16 0.73 1.47 1.80 31 220.3 1984 39 MIL AL P 33 11 19 1 1 .968 .958 0.91 0.70 1.27 1.79 33 212.7 1985 40 TOT AL P 34 8 32 4 1 .909 .952 1.18 0.70 1.59 1.86 34 226.0 OAK AL P 29 7 31 4 1 .905 .952 1.31 0.70 1.76 1.86 29 194.3 CAL AL P 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.70 0.57 1.87 5 31.7 1986 41 CAL AL P 34 18 14 2 1 .941 .958 0.94 0.68 1.39 1.83 34 207.0 1987 42 CAL AL P 35 8 18 0 1 1.000 .956 0.74 0.67 1.22 1.84 34 191.7 1988 43 LAD NL P 16 5 12 1 0 .944 .955 1.06 0.69 1.75 1.96 16 87.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1966 21 LAD NL P 37 8 32 2 3 .952 .948 1.08 0.74 1.60 1.96 35 225.7 1967 22 LAD NL P 37 7 31 1 2 .974 .960 1.03 0.78 1.47 2.00 34 232.7 1968 23 LAD NL P 35 12 25 1 0 .974 .959 1.06 0.85 1.60 2.01 27 207.7 1969 24 LAD NL P 41 19 43 1 3 .984 .958 1.51 0.78 1.90 1.95 41 293.3 1970 25 LAD NL P 38 21 28 3 1 .942 .951 1.29 0.71 1.69 1.85 38 260.3 1971 26 LAD NL P 38 27 26 2 5 .964 .953 1.39 0.78 1.80 1.90 37 265.3 1972 27 LAD NL P 33 18 34 1 2 .981 .951 1.58 0.73 1.72 1.78 33 272.7 1973 28 LAD NL P 33 12 34 1 2 .979 .950 1.39 0.73 1.62 1.88 33 256.3 1974 29 LAD NL P 40 17 33 0 1 1.000 .943 1.25 0.71 1.63 1.88 40 276.0 1975 30 LAD NL P 35 24 25 2 0 .961 .946 1.40 0.72 1.73 1.86 35 254.3 1976 31 LAD NL P 35 5 31 1 2 .973 .950 1.03 0.72 1.21 1.88 34 267.7 1977 32 LAD NL P 33 15 29 1 3 .978 .950 1.33 0.67 1.65 1.85 33 240.3 1978 33 LAD NL P 34 13 23 0 2 1.000 .950 1.06 0.72 1.36 1.91 34 238.3 1979 34 LAD NL P 33 16 24 1 2 .976 .950 1.21 0.66 1.59 1.80 32 226.0 1980 35 LAD NL P 32 24 25 2 3 .961 .951 1.53 0.69 2.08 1.91 31 212.3 1981 36 HOU NL P 23 11 24 2 3 .946 .959 1.52 0.68 1.98 1.97 23 158.7 1982 37 TOT P 34 22 28 1 3 .980 .954 1.47 0.71 1.80 1.92 34 249.7 HOU NL P 27 16 20 1 2 .973 .952 1.33 0.70 1.66 1.96 27 195.0 MIL AL P 7 6 8 0 1 1.000 .959 2.00 0.73 2.30 1.79 7 54.7 1983 38 MIL AL P 31 13 23 1 1 .973 .957 1.16 0.73 1.47 1.80 31 220.3 1984 39 MIL AL P 33 11 19 1 1 .968 .958 0.91 0.70 1.27 1.79 33 212.7 1985 40 TOT AL P 34 8 32 4 1 .909 .952 1.18 0.70 1.59 1.86 34 226.0 OAK AL P 29 7 31 4 1 .905 .952 1.31 0.70 1.76 1.86 29 194.3 CAL AL P 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 0.70 0.57 1.87 5 31.7 1986 41 CAL AL P 34 18 14 2 1 .941 .958 0.94 0.68 1.39 1.83 34 207.0 1987 42 CAL AL P 35 8 18 0 1 1.000 .956 0.74 0.67 1.22 1.84 34 191.7 1988 43 LAD NL P 16 5 12 1 0 .944 .955 1.06 0.69 1.75 1.96 16 87.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 774 334 613 31 42 .968 .953 1.22 0.72 1.61 1.88 756 5282.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 774 334 613 31 42 .968 .953 1.22 0.72 1.61 1.88 756 5282
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1974   NLCS  LAD PIT     W   2   2   0.53  2  0  0  1  17     7   1   2  13 
        WS    LAD OAK     L   2   2   2.77  1  0  0  0  13     9   4   3  12 
 1977   NLCS  LAD PHI     W   1   1   1.00  1  0  0  1   9     9   1   0   4 
        WS    LAD NYY     L   2   2   3.94  1  0  0  1  16    17   7   1   6 
 1978   NLCS  LAD PHI     W   1   1   6.35  0  1  0  0   5.2   7   4   2   0 
        WS    LAD NYY     L   2   2   7.50  0  2  0  0  12    17  10   4   8 
 1982   ALCS  MIL CAL     W   1   1   3.52  1  0  0  0   7.2   8   3   2   9 
        WS    MIL STL     L   2   2   7.84  0  1  0  0  10.1  12   9   1   5 
 1986   ALCS  CAL BOS     L   2   1   1.86  0  0  0  0   9.2   6   2   1   4 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  5 Lg Champ Series     4-1   7   6   2.02  4  1  0  2  49    37  11   7  30 
  4 World Series        0-4   8   8   5.26  2  3  0  1  51.1  55  30   9  31 
  9 Postseason Ser      4-5  15  14   3.68  6  4  0  3 100.1  92  41  16  61 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1974   NLCS  LAD PIT     W   2   6   0   2  0  0  0   1   1   2  .333  .429  .333   0  0   1   0   0 
        WS    LAD OAK     L   2   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
 1977   NLCS  LAD PHI     W   1   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    LAD NYY     L   2   6   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   4  .000  .143  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1978   NLCS  LAD PHI     W   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    LAD NYY     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1982   ALCS  MIL CAL     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    MIL STL     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1986   ALCS  CAL BOS     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 Lg Champ Series     4-1   7  11   0   2  0  0  0   1   1   4  .182  .250  .182   0  0   1   0   0 
  4 World Series        0-4   8   9   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   6  .000  .100  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
  9 Postseason Series   4-5  15  20   0   2  0  0  0   1   2  10  .100  .182  .100   0  0   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1972   LAD NL      0  0  0   2     1   0   0   0   2  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1973   LAD NL      0  0  0   1     0   0   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1975   LAD NL      0  0  0   2     3   0   0   0   1  0   0  0   1  0  0  0  0 
 1977   LAD NL   *  1  0  0   3     1   0   0   1   4  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 4/4      1  1  0  0   8     5   0   0   1   7  0   0  0   1  0  0  0  0   0.00 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1972   LAD NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1973   LAD NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1975   LAD NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1977   LAD NL   *   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   1   0   0 Starting P 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 4/4      1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   1   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1972 *
1973 *
1975 *
1977 (P)

Awards
1976-ML-Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1977-ML-AS MVP

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1976-NL-22-0.02
Car-1327-0.02 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1972-NL-5-0.05
1973-NL-5-0.06
1974-NL-4-0.10
1975-NL-5-0.01
1976-NL-3-0.21
Car-103-0.43 shares

Sac. Hits
1972 NL-11-9
1978 NL-14-6

ERA
1966 NL-2.99-10
1971 NL-2.54-5
1972 NL-2.08-3
1973 NL-2.42-2
1975 NL-2.87-6
1980 NL-2.20-1
1981 NL-2.61-9
1982 NL-3.00-7

Wins
1971 NL-17-7
1972 NL-19-5
1973 NL-18-4
1974 NL-19-3
1975 NL-16-7
1976 NL-21-2
1981 NL-11-7
Car-324-14

Won-Loss %
1972 NL-.679-7
1973 NL-.643-10
1974 NL-.679-5
1976 NL-.677-8
1977 NL-.636-10
1980 NL-.722-5

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1966 NL-1.081-6
1971 NL-1.078-5
1972 NL-.913-1
1973 NL-.983-2
1974 NL-1.163-9
1975 NL-1.038-1
1976 NL-1.169-9
1977 NL-1.148-5
1979 NL-1.159-4
1980 NL-.989-1
1981 NL-1.015-1
1982 NL-1.103-4
1983 AL-1.194-8
1986 AL-1.164-4
Car-1.142-51

Hits Allowed/9IP
1966 NL-7.66-10
1972 NL-6.14-1
1973 NL-6.88-2
1975 NL-7.15-4
1976 NL-7.77-9
1977 NL-7.75-8
1979 NL-8.00-9
1980 NL-6.91-2
1981 NL-7.49-9
1982 NL-7.80-8

Bases on Balls/9IP
1971 NL-1.87-5
1972 NL-2.08-10
1973 NL-1.97-4
1974 NL-2.61-9
1975 NL-2.19-6
1978 NL-2.04-5
1980 NL-1.99-5
1981 NL-1.64-3
1983 AL-2.21-9
1984 AL-2.16-7
1985 AL-2.35-8
1986 AL-2.13-5
1987 AL-1.93-3

Strikeouts/9IP
1966 NL-8.34-3
1968 NL-7.02-7
1970 NL-6.95-6
1971 NL-6.58-9
1972 NL-6.83-6
1973 NL-7.02-4
1975 NL-6.19-9
1978 NL-5.82-10
1979 NL-5.81-8
1981 NL-5.90-9
1982 NL-6.42-7
1984 AL-6.05-9

Games
Car-774-47

Innings
1967 NL-232.7-10
1969 NL-293.3-9
1970 NL-260.3-9
1972 NL-272.7-5
1973 NL-256.3-9
1974 NL-276.0-5
1975 NL-254.3-8
1976 NL-267.7-5
1977 NL-240.3-8
1981 NL-158.7-7
Car-5282.3-7

Strikeouts
1966 NL-209-7
1967 NL-169-9
1969 NL-217-7
1970 NL-201-6
1971 NL-194-5
1972 NL-207-4
1973 NL-200-4
1974 NL-179-9
1975 NL-175-6
1976 NL-161-7
1978 NL-154-9
1979 NL-146-6
1981 NL-104-7
Car-3574-7

Games Started
1967 NL-34-8
1969 NL-41-2
1970 NL-38-3
1971 NL-37-4
1972 NL-33-10
1974 NL-40-1
1975 NL-35-10
1981 NL-23-10
1986 AL-34-7
Car-756-3

Comp. Games
1967 NL-11-10
1972 NL-18-5
1973 NL-14-4
1976 NL-15-4
1977 NL-9-8
1978 NL-12-5
1981 NL-6-6

Shutouts
1967 NL-3-6
1969 NL-4-8
1970 NL-4-2
1971 NL-4-5
1972 NL-9-1
1973 NL-3-7
1974 NL-5-3
1975 NL-4-5
1976 NL-4-5
1977 NL-3-4
1981 NL-3-4
Car-58-10

Home Runs Allow.
1969 NL-25-4
1970 NL-38-2
1974 NL-23-3
1976 NL-22-2
1978 NL-29-2
1979 NL-21-10
1980 NL-20-6
1986 AL-31-10
1987 AL-38-3
Car-472-4

Bases On Balls Allow.
1976 NL-82-9
Car-1343-25

Hits Allowed
1969 NL-269-4
1976 NL-231-10
1978 NL-228-10
Car-4692-12

SO to Walk
1966 NL-4.02-5
1967 NL-2.96-9
1970 NL-2.58-7
1971 NL-3.53-3
1972 NL-3.29-2
1973 NL-3.57-2
1974 NL-2.24-5
1975 NL-2.82-1
1978 NL-2.85-1
1979 NL-2.39-7
1980 NL-2.72-4
1981 NL-3.59-1
1982 NL-3.02-5
1983 AL-2.48-6
1984 AL-2.80-3
1986 AL-2.37-9
Car-2.66-53

Losses
1967 NL-15-5
1968 NL-15-7
1969 NL-18-3
1979 NL-15-4
1981 NL-9-6
Car-256-7

Earned Runs Allow.
1967 NL-102-4
1969 NL-113-3
1970 NL-118-1
1976 NL-91-7
1978 NL-94-8
1979 NL-96-8
Car-1914-3

Wild Pitches
1972 NL-9-9
1973 NL-10-5
Car-112-58

Hit Batsmen
1967 NL-6-9
1970 NL-10-2
1974 NL-6-9
1987 AL-7-8

Batters Faced
1967 NL-962-10
1969 NL-1226-6
1970 NL-1109-9
1972 NL-1061-7
1974 NL-1148-6
1976 NL-1093-4
1977 NL-979-9
Car-21631-8

Adjusted ERA+
1971 NL-127-6
1972 NL-161-2
1973 NL-144-3
1975 NL-119-9
1977 NL-121-9
1980 NL-160-2
1981 NL-126-10

Oldest Player
1984 AL-39-9
1985 AL-40-5
1986 AL-41-6
1987 AL-42-5
1988 NL-43-2

 

Black Ink: Pitching - 8 (288) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 240 (24) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 58.0 (19) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 149.0 (44) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


Similar Pitchers View in Pop-up

Compare Stats
  1. Gaylord Perry (945) *
  2. Bert Blyleven (914)
  3. Steve Carlton (888) *
  4. Phil Niekro (881) *
  5. Tom Seaver (866) *
  6. Greg Maddux (862)
  7. Tommy John (861)
  8. Warren Spahn (845) *
  9. Fergie Jenkins (840) *
  10. Early Wynn (819) *
Most Similar by Age 
  1. Ray Culp (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Pol Perritt (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Pol Perritt (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Pol Perritt (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dave Stieb (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Rick Wise (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Frank Tanana (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Larry Dierker (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Larry Dierker (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Milt Pappas (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Vida Blue (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Fergie Jenkins (949) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Fergie Jenkins (947) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Fergie Jenkins (936) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Fergie Jenkins (941) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Fergie Jenkins (944) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Fergie Jenkins (949) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Fergie Jenkins (939) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Fergie Jenkins (945) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Gaylord Perry (932) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  21. Gaylord Perry (928) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  22. Gaylord Perry (917) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  23. Gaylord Perry (940) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Similar Batters  View in Pop-up

Compare Stats
  1. Gaylord Perry (967) *
  2. Red Faber (966) *
  3. Earl Moore (962)
  4. Red Ames (961)
  5. Lefty Gomez (961) *
  6. Dennis Martinez (959)
  7. Steve Rogers (955)
  8. Danny MacFayden (955)
  9. Joe Niekro (954)
  10. Woodie Fryman (953)
Most Similar by Age 

Click on C to compare their stats
Mouse over numbers to view names
  1. Dutch Leonard (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Sam McDowell (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Sam McDowell (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Sam McDowell (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Sam McDowell (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Sam McDowell (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Lefty Gomez (984) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Lefty Gomez (982) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Red Ames (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Red Ames (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Red Faber (968) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Red Faber (971) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Red Faber (969) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Red Faber (967) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Red Faber (965) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Gaylord Perry (965) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Gaylord Perry (966) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

September 11, 1964: Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

October 23, 1980: Granted Free Agency.

December 4, 1980: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

August 30, 1982: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Milwaukee Brewers for players to be named later and cash. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Kevin Bass (September 3, 1982), Frank DiPino (September 3, 1982), and Mike Madden (September 3, 1982) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

December 7, 1984: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later, Ray Burris, and Eric Barry (minors). The Oakland Athletics sent Ed Myers (minors) (March 25, 1985) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

September 10, 1985: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the California Angels for players to be named later. The California Angels sent Robert Sharpnack (minors) (September 25, 1985) and Jerome Nelson (minors) (September 25, 1985) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

November 12, 1985: Granted Free Agency.

December 5, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

October 30, 1987: Released by the California Angels.

January 5, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

August 10, 1988: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985California Angels$750,000
1986California Angels$890,000
1987California Angels$890,000
1988Los Angeles Dodgers$350,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,880,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Don Sutton's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

Other References 
Error?     Compare     Search Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Hall of Fame     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Don Sutton    

Viewed 253017 times through December 2, 2008.
Name and misspellings: Black & Donny Donald Donnie howie Howard donald Don Decker dave Sutton

Page