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: 20-15 / in Starts: 19-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1989 Pitching Game Log

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1989 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	318	1	Apr 4	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	5.2	5	3	3	3	4	1	0	4.76	5.23	25	92	48	17	6	7	11	4	0	0	48			0	1	0	22	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.14	0.149	1.79	0.14%	1.09	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out a3
2	319	6	Apr 9	CHC		PIT	W,8-3	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	7	3	3	0	11	0	0	3.68	2.22	34	109	82	26	15	16	7	4	0	0	72			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	1	0	.57	0.114	.87	0.11%	1.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
3	320	10	Apr 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-3	GS-9	W(3-0)	6	8.1	6	3	3	5	4	0	0	3.52	2.72	36	144	85	25	7	10	17	9	3	0	58			0	0	0	30	2	0	1	0	0	0	.88	0.185	2.06	0.26%	2.06	1b start a 1	9b 12- 1 out a4
4	321	15	Apr 21	CHC	@	NYM	W,8-4	GS-8	W(4-0)	4	7.1	7	4	4	0	5	2	0	3.86	3.26	29	104	72	21	9	13	11	2	1	0	53			2	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	1	0	.44	0.050	.80	0.06%	-0.89	1b start a 3	8b --- 1 out a3
5	322	19	Apr 26	CHC		LAD	L,1-3	GS-8	L(4-1)	4	8.0	5	3	3	2	10	0	0	3.76	2.79	30	110	73	21	18	9	9	1	0	0	68			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.069	1.00	-0.06%	0.79	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
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
6	323	24	May 1	CHC	@	SFG	W,4-3	GS-8		4	7.1	5	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.74	3.00	29	98	64	18	6	14	11	2	4	0	58			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.46	0.168	2.11	0.15%	0.78	1b start a 2	8b -2- 1 out a1
7	324	29	May 6	CHC	@	LAD	L,0-3	GS-7	L(4-2)	4	7.0	4	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.59	2.97	26	72	49	14	7	15	6	3	1	0	62			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.020	1.64	0.02%	1.03	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
8	325	33	May 12	CHC		HOU	L,1-3	GS-7	L(4-3)	5	7.0	8	3	3	3	1	0	0	3.62	3.06	31	123	75	19	12	20	7	4	1	0	47			3	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.03	-0.072	1.59	-0.07%	0.31	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
9	326	42	May 22	CHC	@	HOU	W,5-3	GS-8	W(5-3)	9	7.1	6	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.63	3.03	28	106	63	12	13	13	10	5	1	0	55			1	0	1	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.252	1.35	0.29%	1.57	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a4
10	327	46	May 27	CHC		CIN	W,5-3	CG	W(6-3)	4	9.0	4	3	2	2	8	2	0	3.43	3.21	34	110	71	18	17	12	12	4	0	0	75			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.60	0.225	1.23	0.28%	1.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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	328	51	Jun 2	CHC	@	STL	W,5-2	GS-8	W(7-3)	5	7.1	7	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.35	3.17	30	89	53	14	4	15	10	6	0	0	57			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.280	2.98	0.47%	1.13	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a3
12	329	56	Jun 7	CHC		NYM	L,5-10	GS-5	L(7-4)	4	4.0	7	7	6	3	2	1	0	3.81	3.36	21	82	48	9	9	8	8	6	0	0	21			1	0	0	17	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.07	-0.615	3.40	-1.17%	-5.11	1t start tie	5t --- 0 out d3
13	330	66	Jun 17	CHC	@	MON	W,3-2	GS-8	W(8-4)	9	7.1	6	2	2	2	7	0	0	3.71	3.23	29	119	73	19	13	10	10	3	1	0	63			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.26	0.125	3.72	0.22%	0.90	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out a1
14	331	70	Jun 22	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-0	SHO	W(9-4)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.39	3.14	32	124	77	22	6	12	15	3	5	0	80			2	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.274	1.49	0.44%	3.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
15	332	75	Jun 27	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	GS-7	L(9-5)	4	7.0	8	4	4	1	6	0	0	3.50	3.03	29	93	62	22	4	7	15	7	1	0	50			1	1	0	28	1	2	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.104	1.50	-0.14%	-0.69	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
16	333	80	Jul 2	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(9-6)	4	8.0	7	4	3	1	6	1	0	3.49	3.05	32	130	80	23	8	10	15	5	4	0	59			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.441	2.47	-0.59%	-0.61	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
17	334	84	Jul 7	CHC		LAD	W,6-4	GS-6	W(10-6)	4	6.0	7	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.54	3.07	25	80	48	11	2	14	8	2	2	0	45			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.000	2.78	0.00%	-0.16	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
18	335	86	Jul 9	CHC		LAD	W,11-4	7-8	H(1)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.50	3.06	5	16	12	5	1	3	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	.95	0.059	2.19	0.08%	0.69	7t 1-- 2 out a3	8t 3 out a3
19	336	90	Jul 16	CHC	@	SDP	L,3-4	GS-6	L(10-7)	6	5.2	7	4	3	3	5	1	0	3.55	3.14	27	85	50	13	5	6	13	4	1	0	43			2	0	1	22	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.14	-0.431	2.37	-0.54%	-1.81	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out d1
20	337	95	Jul 21	CHC		SFG	L,3-4	GS-7	L(10-8)	4	7.0	6	4	4	2	5	0	0	3.63	3.09	30	101	66	17	10	13	10	1	1	0	52			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	0	0	1	.84	-0.162	1.91	-0.22%	-0.69	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
21	338	100	Jul 26	CHC	@	STL	L,0-2	GS-8	L(10-9)	4	7.2	5	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.57	3.05	28	86	58	19	7	13	8	5	1	0	64			2	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.115	2.01	0.17%	1.30	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out d2
22	339	104	Jul 31(1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-2	CG	W(11-9)	4	9.0	3	2	1	3	6	1	0	3.42	3.10	34	125	78	21	8	9	16	5	1	0	78			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	1	1	.61	0.177	1.83	0.32%	1.90	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
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
23	340	110	Aug 5	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-2	GS-6		4	6.0	6	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.40	3.16	23	87	54	17	4	10	10	3	0	0	53			1	0	0	22	2	0	1	2	0	0	.86	-0.007	2.69	-0.01%	0.52	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
24	341	114	Aug 9	CHC		MON	W,3-0	GS-8	W(12-9)	3	7.0	1	0	0	4	5	0	0	3.26	3.16	26	107	60	20	4	8	9	0	3	0	76			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.289	4.47	0.96%	2.94	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a3
25	342	118	Aug 13	CHC		PHI	L,3-5	GS-7		3	7.0	3	3	3	4	4	1	0	3.29	3.24	28	110	66	17	5	9	11	3	3	0	59			1	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.009	3.68	-0.02%	0.31	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
26	343	121	Aug 17	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-8	W(13-9)	3	8.0	5	2	2	3	7	1	0	3.24	3.26	31	109	65	25	11	14	7	3	0	0	68			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	-0.079	5.73	-0.17%	1.64	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
27	344	125	Aug 21	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	GS-7		3	6.1	7	4	4	0	6	1	0	3.32	3.25	25	85	56	16	13	12	7	3	1	0	49			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.099	3.32	0.23%	0.15	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out a3
28	345	129	Aug 26	CHC		ATL	L,3-5	GS-4	L(13-10)	4	3.0	8	4	4	1	3	2	0	3.46	3.36	16	57	37	7	9	5	7	4	0	0	29			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.14	-0.187	4.85	-0.48%	-1.96	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out d3
29	346	133	Aug 30	CHC		HOU	L,4-8	GS-4	L(13-11)	3	3.1	8	5	5	2	1	0	0	3.63	3.37	18	79	49	9	7	5	10	9	0	0	23			0	1	0	15	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.20	-0.315	5.19	-0.82%	-3.27	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out d3
Sep/Oct				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
30	347	137	Sep 4	CHC	@	NYM	W,7-3	GS-5	W(14-11)	4	5.0	7	3	3	5	1	0	1	3.67	3.43	27	98	49	12	6	7	13	5	0	0	37			0	0	0	21	2	0	2	1	0	0	1.71	-0.070	9.55	-0.24%	-0.92	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a1
31	348	142	Sep 9	CHC		STL	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	7	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.63	3.38	28	95	62	11	9	15	7	4	1	0	59			2	1	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.050	11.08	0.24%	1.31	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
32	349	147	Sep 15	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-2	GS-8	W(15-11)	5	8.0	9	2	2	3	10	0	0	3.58	3.30	35	138	78	27	11	8	14	7	1	0	63			2	0	0	30	4	1	1	0	1	0	.84	0.142	1.70	0.17%	1.36	1b start tie	8b 3 out a4
33	350	152	Sep 20	CHC		PHI	L,8-9	GS-2		4	1.2	6	4	4	0	3	1	0	3.72	3.33	11	42	28	8	6	0	8	4	0	0	30			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.351	3.41	-0.59%	-3.48	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d1
34	351	157	Sep 25	CHC	@	MON	L,3-4	GS-6		4	5.1	5	2	2	3	0	1	1	3.71	3.43	24	83	48	17	1	11	9	2	2	0	47			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.023	2.40	-0.02%	0.15	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out a1
35	352	162	Oct 1	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	GS-7	W(16-11)	5	6.0	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.66	3.38	22	80	49	15	2	10	8	4	0	0	64			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.174	.00	0.00%	1.74	1b start a 1	7b 12- 0 out a2
							20-15		W-L:16-11,Hld:1	4.3	229.0	202	98	93	69	153	18	2	3.66	3.38	938	3368	62%	17%	8%	1.03		19%	5%	0	55	1	0%	25	7	2	842	32	5	8	12	10	9	.97	0.012	2.83	-0.53%	10.38

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