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: 15-17 / in Starts: 15-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1988 Pitching Game Log

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1988 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	286	1	Apr 5	CHC	@	ATL	W,10-9	GS-4		99	4.0	8	8	8	3	3	3	0	18.00	13.27	22	88	46	8	7	4	12	6	0	0	14			0	1	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.676	1.61	-0.55%	-6.22	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
2	287	5	Apr 10	CHC	@	MON	W,10-7	GS-9		4	8.2	9	5	5	2	7	0	0	9.24	5.45	36	130	87	21	15	16	11	4	2	0	51			2	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.37	-0.034	2.50	-0.04%	-0.19	1b start a 3	9b 1-- 2 out a3
3	288	9	Apr 15	CHC		PIT	W,6-0	SHO	W(1-0)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	5.40	4.02	35	134	85	27	9	12	17	7	1	0	79			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.297	1.30	0.36%	4.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
4	289	13	Apr 20	CHC		MON	L,1-5	GS-8	L(1-1)	4	8.0	8	2	2	4	6	1	0	4.55	4.12	35	127	74	18	11	4	21	8	0	0	60			1	0	0	31	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.53	0.041	2.36	0.04%	1.61	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
5	290	17	Apr 24	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(1-2)	3	8.0	9	4	4	0	3	1	0	4.54	4.02	33	107	72	17	7	13	17	4	2	0	51			0	0	0	33	3	1	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.253	.92	-0.23%	-0.63	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
6	291	21	Apr 29	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(1-3)	4	8.0	11	4	4	3	5	1	0	4.53	4.06	35	129	73	18	14	11	15	4	7	1	46			2	1	0	31	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.18	-0.197	1.15	-0.12%	-0.69	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
7	292	26	May 4	CHC	@	SDP	W,6-3	GS-7	W(2-3)	4	6.2	6	3	3	2	4	2	0	4.47	4.35	28	112	69	17	12	9	11	3	2	2	52			2	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.008	1.04	-0.01%	-0.22	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a2
8	293	30	May 10	CHC		LAD	L,5-6	GS-5		5	5.0	6	5	5	4	4	1	0	4.87	4.51	25	98	55	17	6	7	10	6	0	0	35			2	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.301	1.00	-0.20%	-2.75	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
9	294	35	May 15	CHC	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	W(3-3)	4	9.0	5	1	1	4	5	0	0	4.34	4.31	34	114	69	23	12	14	11	6	2	0	74			1	1	1	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.91	0.622	1.87	0.37%	2.72	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
10	295	39	May 20	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-7	GS-3	L(3-4)	4	2.2	6	6	6	4	2	1	0	4.96	4.55	17	84	45	11	4	3	7	5	0	1	20			0	0	0	12	2	0	1	0	0	0	.84	-0.405	.57	-0.17%	-4.87	1b start tie	3b 1-- 2 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
11	296	59	Jun 11	CHC	@	STL	W,2-0	GS-6	W(4-4)	21	6.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	4.56	4.26	20	75	45	13	10	8	4	2	0	0	74			2	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.334	1.05	0.18%	2.61	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
12	297	64	Jun 17	CHC		MON	W,7-3	GS-7	W(5-4)	5	6.0	7	3	3	4	3	1	0	4.56	4.39	28	103	61	16	5	11	10	2	0	0	45			1	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.116	.82	0.06%	-0.12	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out a6
13	298	69	Jun 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	GS-6	L(5-5)	4	6.0	9	5	5	0	4	0	0	4.76	4.18	25	101	69	12	13	8	13	9	0	0	38			0	1	1	24	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.13	-0.310	1.24	-0.21%	-2.40	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d3
14	299	74	Jun 27	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	GS-7	W(6-5)	4	6.2	9	1	1	3	5	0	0	4.52	4.07	30	103	64	20	8	11	11	6	0	0	54			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	0.206	1.56	0.14%	1.75	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	300	79	Jul 3	CHC	@	LAD	W,2-1	GS-8	W(7-5)	5	7.1	6	1	1	1	9	0	0	4.28	3.83	28	107	76	15	14	8	10	5	0	0	70			2	0	0	27	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.44	0.279	1.58	0.19%	1.91	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a1
16	301	84	Jul 9	CHC	@	SDP	L,2-4	GS-3	L(7-6)	5	2.1	6	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.44	3.86	15	49	29	8	1	7	6	4	0	0	31			1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.235	1.13	-0.16%	-2.55	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d3
17	302	86	Jul 14(1)	CHC		LAD	L,0-1	CG	L(7-7)	4	9.0	9	1	1	2	4	0	0	4.17	3.76	38	133	88	18	7	15	17	5	0	0	67			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	1	.90	0.296	.90	0.18%	3.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
18	303	93	Jul 19	CHC		SFG	L,1-3	CG	L(7-8)	4	9.0	7	3	3	4	8	1	0	4.08	3.76	38	127	76	19	14	14	11	5	0	1	65			1	0	1	32	1	0	2	0	0	1	.70	-0.040	.24	-0.01%	1.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
19	304	98	Jul 24	CHC		SDP	L,1-2	GS-8	L(7-9)	4	8.0	5	2	2	3	4	1	0	3.97	3.81	31	117	73	20	9	14	10	2	1	0	65			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.153	.23	0.02%	1.61	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
20	305	102	Jul 29	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-3	GS-7	W(8-9)	4	6.2	10	3	3	3	3	0	1	3.97	3.80	32	110	67	22	4	11	14	8	1	0	42			1	0	1	27	3	1	1	1	0	0	1.08	0.052	.16	0.01%	-0.26	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out a5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	306	106	Aug 3	CHC	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	W(9-9)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	1	3.79	3.72	36	117	79	21	9	15	15	9	1	0	72			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.414	.09	0.02%	2.68	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
22	307	114	Aug 12	CHC		STL	L,0-4	CG	L(9-10)	8	9.0	10	4	4	5	6	1	0	3.80	3.77	43	136	85	21	14	15	17	7	4	0	52			0	1	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	2	.76	-0.046	.06	0.00%	0.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
23	308	118	Aug 17	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-0	SHO	W(10-10)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.59	3.66	31	106	74	23	6	14	13	3	0	0	83			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.264	.03	0.01%	4.02	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
24	309	123	Aug 22	CHC		HOU	L,7-9	GS-7		4	7.0	5	4	4	0	5	0	0	3.65	3.57	25	62	45	11	4	11	9	4	0	0	56			0	1	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.131	.11	-0.01%	-0.85	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
25	310	127	Aug 26	CHC	@	ATL	L,0-4	GS-5	L(10-11)	3	4.2	8	4	4	3	0	0	0	3.76	3.60	24	78	46	15	1	9	12	5	2	0	29			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.185	.05	-0.01%	-2.18	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d4
26	311	132	Aug 31	CHC	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	W(11-11)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.63	3.52	33	117	77	25	6	11	16	7	3	0	75			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.421	.02	0.00%	2.72	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
27	312	136	Sep 5(1)	CHC		PHI	W,14-3	GS-7	W(12-11)	4	7.0	11	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.63	3.48	33	107	75	17	13	18	11	1	0	0	45			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	1	2	.56	-0.074	.00	0.00%	0.16	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
28	313	142	Sep 10	CHC	@	STL	L,3-9	GS-6	L(12-12)	4	6.0	7	4	4	1	4	0	0	3.71	3.43	26	86	53	13	7	8	13	7	1	0	45			2	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.09	-0.314	.00	0.00%	-1.40	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
29	314	147	Sep 15	CHC	@	NYM	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(12-13)	4	8.0	6	4	4	3	5	1	0	3.74	3.46	34	113	67	15	14	12	14	7	3	0	56			2	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	1	.75	-0.155	.00	0.00%	-0.73	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
30	315	151	Sep 20(1)	CHC		MON	W,5-4	CG(11)	W(13-13)	4	11.0	10	4	4	1	11	2	0	3.71	3.46	42	152	89	19	23	17	11	4	0	2	71			0	1	0	41	4	0	1	2	0	1	1.56	0.285	.00	0.00%	0.96	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
31	316	156	Sep 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-7	GS-4	L(13-14)	4	3.1	5	4	4	1	0	1	0	3.82	3.52	16	58	35	8	3	3	12	2	0	0	33			0	0	0	14	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.03	-0.424	.00	0.00%	-2.93	1b start tie	4b -2- 1 out d1
32	317	161	Sep 30	CHC		PIT	L,9-10	GS-7		4	7.0	9	4	4	3	6	0	0	3.86	3.49	30	117	68	20	11	9	12	9	0	0	46			0	1	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.47	-0.174	.00	0.00%	-0.85	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
							15-17		W-L:13-14	4.2	226.0	232	97	97	70	144	18	2	3.86	3.49	958	3397	62%	16%	9%	0.87		23%	4%	7	53		---%	26	11	4	864	45	2	9	12	5	8	1.04	-0.182	.74	-0.12%	1.13

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