Rick Sutcliffe

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-7, 215lb (201cm, 97kg)

Born: June 21, 1956 in Independence, MO us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (21st) of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Van Horn HS (Independence, MO).

High School: Van Horn HS (Independence, MO)

Debut: September 29, 1976 (Age 20-100d, 13,836th in major league history)
vs. HOU 5.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 22, 1994 (Age 38-031d)
vs. ATL 5.2 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Agents: Barry Axelrod

Full Name: Richard Lee Sutcliffe

Nicknames: Red Baron

Twitter: @Sut_ESPN

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Cy Young
Rookie of the Year
3x All-Star
ERA Title

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

33.9

171

139

ERA

4.08

457

392

2697.2

1679

WHIP

1.387

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-26 / in Starts: 4-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 12

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	43	2	Apr 11	LAD	@	HOU	L,6-10	GS-7		99	6.1	8	5	5	2	3	0	0	7.11	2.75	26	6	7	0	4	8	38			1	1	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.23	-0.383	1.77	-0.33%	-2.72	1b start a 2	7b -2- 1 out a1
2	44	6	Apr 15	LAD	@	SDP	L,5-9	GS-3	L(0-1)	3	2.0	5	6	6	4	2	0	0	11.88	3.71	14	2	1	0	0	5	20			4	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	-0.494	1.76	-0.38%	-5.12	1b start a 1	3b 12- 0 out d3
3	45	11	Apr 20	LAD		HOU	W,4-2	GS-7		4	6.1	5	2	2	3	1	0	1	7.98	3.98	27	7	10	1	0	5	53			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.003	1.47	0.00%	0.60	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out a1
4	46	16	Apr 25	LAD		SDP	W,6-3	GS-7		4	6.0	10	3	3	2	4	1	0	6.97	4.16	28	6	6	1	2	10	42			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.102	1.39	-0.09%	-0.71	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d1
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	47	21	May 2	LAD	@	PHI	L,5-9	GS-6		6	5.0	6	5	4	2	4	2	0	7.01	4.82	23	4	6	0	1	6	39			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.290	1.02	-0.30%	-2.65	1b start tie	6b --- 0 out d3
6	48	26	May 9	LAD	@	STL	L,7-15	GS-2	L(0-2)	6	1.1	7	5	5	0	1	1	0	8.33	5.12	11	2	1	0	0	7	21			1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.404	1.67	-0.38%	-4.56	1b start a 1	2b 1-- 1 out d4
7	49	31	May 14	LAD		CHC	L,2-5	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.04	4.97	4	0	2	0	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.006	.24	0.01%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
8	50	32	May 16	LAD		PIT	W,8-6	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.94	4.94	1	0	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.034	2.20	0.04%	0.34	9t --3 2 out a2	9t end a 2
9	51	36	May 20	LAD		STL	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.85	4.91	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.82	0.156	12.25	0.20%	0.46	9t 1-3 2 out a1	9t end a 1
10	52	37	May 21	LAD		STL	W,5-3	9-9	H(1)	0	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.76	4.89	3	0	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.89	-0.087	6.11	-0.11%	-0.41	9t --- 0 out a2	9t 12- 1 out a2
11	53	39	May 24	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-2	6-GF	S(3)	2	4.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	6.82	4.69	15	3	6	0	3	2		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.336	3.90	0.45%	1.92	6b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 2
12	54	45	May 30	LAD		ATL	W,8-4	8-GF		5	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.43	4.61	7	2	3	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.052	.81	0.08%	1.25	8t 1-- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
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	55	48	Jun 2	LAD		CIN	W,3-2	8-GF	BW(1-2)	2	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	6.32	4.54	9	2	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.26	-0.039	6.77	-0.07%	-0.11	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end tie
14	56	50	Jun 4	LAD		CIN	L,4-5	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.16	4.44	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.032	1.37	0.06%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
15	57	53	Jun 8	LAD	@	ATL	W,3-1	7-GF	S(4)	3	2.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.80	4.31	8	0	4	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.97	0.236	4.82	0.35%	1.34	7b 12- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
16	58	55	Jun 11	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-6	9-GF(10)	L(1-3)	2	1.2	3	4	4	2	2	1	0	6.43	4.61	9	0	2	1	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.46	-0.253	7.75	-0.34%	-3.22	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 4
17	59	60	Jun 16	LAD		PHI	L,2-3	11-12	L(1-4)	4	1.1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	6.44	4.69	8	0	4	1	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.55	-0.241	5.85	-0.33%	-0.75	11t --- 0 out tie	12t -2- 1 out d1
18	60	62	Jun 18	LAD		MON	W,8-7	1-4		1	3.0	5	5	5	3	2	1	0	6.99	4.95	17	2	5	0	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.236	1.84	-0.29%	-2.78	1t --- 1 out d1	4t -23 1 out d3
19	61	67	Jun 23	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-0	SHO	W(2-4)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	5.86	4.63	31	10	14	1	0	3	81			0	1	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	.81	0.399	3.03	0.89%	3.71	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
20	62	71	Jun 28	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-4	10-GF(11)	BL(2-5)	4	1.1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	5.88	4.69	8	1	3	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.09	-0.563	9.98	-0.83%	-1.13	10b 12- 1 out a1	11b end d 1
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
21	63	76	Jul 2	LAD		SDP	W,10-7	6-GF	W(3-5)	3	4.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.49	4.47	16	5	5	2	1	3		0	0	2	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.39	0.232	3.31	0.33%	1.77	6t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 3
22	64	80	Jul 6	LAD		SFG	L,4-7	8-8		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.43	4.45	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.54	-0.068	7.20	-0.12%	0.13	8t 1-3 1 out tie	8t 3 out d1
23	65	81	Jul 10	LAD		HOU	W,4-3	8-8		3	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.55	4.44	3	0	1	1	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.43	-0.266	10.53	-0.69%	-1.03	8t --- 0 out tie	8t 1-- 1 out d1
24	66	85	Jul 14	LAD	@	SDP	L,3-6	GS-7	L(3-6)	3	7.0	9	6	6	2	5	0	0	5.77	4.21	32	9	7	0	0	9	38			3	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	1	0	.63	-0.352	1.71	-0.58%	-3.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
25	67	90	Jul 19	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-7	GS-4	L(3-7)	4	3.2	8	7	7	4	2	1	0	6.35	4.42	20	1	5	0	0	8	15			1	1	0	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.378	2.38	-0.66%	-4.57	1b start a 1	4b 12- 2 out d5
26	68	93	Jul 21	LAD	@	STL	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.17	4.39	9	2	4	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.17	0.016	.51	0.03%	0.93	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
27	69	96	Jul 25	LAD		CHC	W,7-6	6-6		3	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.09	4.34	5	1	1	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.014	1.27	0.02%	0.78	6t 1-3 0 out d3	6t 3 out d4
28	70	97	Jul 26	LAD		CHC	L,3-5	6-7		0	2.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	6.05	4.25	9	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.038	1.28	-0.06%	-0.11	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
29	71	99	Jul 28	LAD		PIT	L,4-6	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.90	4.20	7	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.018	.33	0.03%	0.89	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
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
30	72	104	Aug 3	LAD		STL	L,1-4	8-GF		5	2.0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	5.75	4.18	8	4	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.44	-0.007	1.37	-0.01%	-0.11	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
31	73	106	Aug 5	LAD	@	ATL	L,4-6	6-9	H(2)	1	3.1	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	5.53	4.17	13	2	8	0	2	0		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.67	0.147	2.09	0.28%	1.46	6b 1-- 1 out a3	9b 12- 2 out a3
32	74	110	Aug 9	LAD	@	CIN	W,9-4	7-GF	S(5)	3	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.34	4.10	10	5	2	0	1	2		3	1	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.51	0.191	2.20	0.50%	2.18	7b 123 0 out a4	9b end a 5
33	75	113	Aug 12	LAD		ATL	L,6-7	8-GF	BL(3-8)	2	2.0	2	3	3	1	1	1	0	5.52	4.22	9	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.79	-0.688	6.20	-1.43%	-2.11	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end d 1
34	76	117	Aug 17	LAD		CIN	L,2-6	9-GF		4	1.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	5.56	4.27	7	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.014	.94	-0.04%	-0.56	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
35	77	125	Aug 26	LAD	@	PHI	W,8-4	GS-4		8	3.2	7	4	4	1	3	0	0	5.72	4.18	18	3	4	1	0	7	33			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.057	3.17	-0.12%	-1.60	1b start tie	4b 1-3 2 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
36	78	138	Sep 9	LAD	@	HOU	L,4-5	6-6		13	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.66	4.15	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.012	2.13	0.05%	0.41	6b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d3
37	79	139	Sep 10	LAD	@	HOU	L,5-6	11-GF(12)	L(3-9)	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.70	4.27	3	1	1	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.25	-0.057	26.08	-0.27%	0.66	11b 123 1 out tie	12b end d 1
38	80	147	Sep 19	LAD		CIN	L,7-10	3-3		8	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.64	4.21	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.012	1.41	0.04%	0.44	3t --- 0 out d5	3t 3 out d5
39	81	148	Sep 20	LAD		CIN	L,2-10	1-7		0	6.2	5	3	3	5	2	1	0	5.54	4.35	30	7	11	2	2	5		1	1	1	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.008	.59	-0.03%	-0.87	1t 1-- 1 out d6	7t 3 out d9
40	82	153	Sep 25	LAD		SFG	L,2-3	8-GF		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.43	4.32	7	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.037	1.93	0.14%	0.89	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
41	83	156	Sep 28	LAD	@	SDP	L,5-7	1-4		2	3.2	4	2	1	4	2	0	0	5.33	4.34	18	4	4	1	1	4		1	1	3	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.112	4.21	-0.34%	-0.86	1b --3 1 out tie	4b 3 out tie
42	84	163	Oct 6	LAD		HOU	L,1-7	4-4		7	0.1	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	5.56	4.39	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.032	16.92	-0.81%	-1.06	4t --- 0 out d4	4t 123 1 out d4
							16-26		W-L:3-9,Sv:5,BSv:3,Hld:2	3.1	110.0	122	73	68	55	59	10	1	5.56	4.39	491	0.79		5%	9%	119	38	21	29%	26	3	1	427	21	1	2	5	3	3	1.04	-3.242	2.84	-5.12%	-19.06

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