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: 4-10 / in Starts: 2-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 11, Entered with runners on base: 2

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	85	3	Apr 12	LAD		HOU	W,3-2	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.1	6	2	2	0	2	1	0	2.45	3.83	27	12	7	1	0	6	60			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.111	.79	0.06%	1.03	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out a2
2	86	7	Apr 17	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-3	GS-6		4	6.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.03	3.28	24	7	7	0	0	5	59			1	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	0.131	1.65	0.09%	1.44	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
3	87	13	Apr 23	LAD		SDP	W,3-1	GS-9	W(2-0)	5	8.0	5	1	1	3	4	1	0	1.69	3.68	29	9	7	0	2	5	69			1	2	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.11	0.339	1.34	0.25%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a2
4	88	18	Apr 28	LAD		SFG	L,1-6	GS-6	L(2-1)	4	6.0	3	3	3	4	1	1	0	2.30	4.28	25	9	8	0	0	3	51			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.111	.92	-0.08%	-0.49	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
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	89	23	May 4	LAD	@	MON	L,3-4	GS-2	L(2-2)	5	2.0	3	4	1	2	1	0	1	2.45	4.41	12	3	2	1	1	3	39			1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.99	-0.287	1.09	-0.19%	-3.13	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
6	90	28	May 9	LAD	@	NYM	L,4-7	GS-2		4	1.2	5	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.48	4.50	11	2	3	0	1	4	27			2	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.57	-0.348	1.78	-0.24%	-3.24	1b start a 1	2b --- 2 out d3
7	91	42	May 24(2)	LAD	@	CIN	W,10-3	9-GF		14	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.38	4.38	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.44	9b --- 0 out a7	9b end a 7
8	92	45	May 28	LAD	@	ATL	L,4-9	6-GF(8)		3	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.09	4.23	9	4	5	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.002	.01	0.00%	1.34	6b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 5
9	93	48	May 31	LAD		CIN	W,16-4	1-4		2	3.1	5	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.52	4.48	17	3	5	0	2	5		1	1	1	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.303	1.30	-0.31%	-2.78	1t 1-- 0 out tie	4t 12- 1 out a3
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	94	52	Jun 5	LAD	@	CHC	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.43	4.46	5	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.12	0.005	.15	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
11	95	53	Jun 6	LAD	@	CHC	L,5-11	6-7		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.27	4.37	6	3	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.013	.10	0.01%	0.90	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
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
12	96	61	Aug 13	LAD		ATL	L,1-9	6-8		67	2.2	6	6	6	4	1	1	1	4.30	4.85	19	4	3	0	2	6		3	1	0	0	0	13	1	1	1	0	1	0	.30	-0.076	.54	-0.08%	-4.69	6t 123 1 out d2	8t 3 out d9
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
13	97	92	Sep 15	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-8	8-GF(8)		32	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.20	4.80	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.41	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
14	98	96	Sep 19	LAD		CIN	L,3-7	8-GF		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.02	4.71	6	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.08	0.008	.18	0.01%	0.84	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
							4-10		W-L:2-2	3.4	47.0	41	24	21	20	16	5	2	4.02	4.71	197	1.16		3%	9%	39	51	4	50%	8	3	0	171	7	2	2	4	2	1	.83	-0.515	.98	-0.48%	-5.50

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