Don Sutton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: April 2, 1945 in Clio, AL us

Died: January 18, 2021 in Rancho Mirage, CA

High School: Gonzalez Tate HS (Pensacola, FL)

Schools: Gulf Coast State College (Panama City, FL), Mississippi College (Clinton, MS), University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA), Whittier College (Whittier, CA)

Debut: April 14, 1966 (Age 21-012d, 12,452nd in major league history)
vs. HOU 7.0 IP, 7 H, 7 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: August 9, 1988 (Age 43-129d)
vs. CIN 7.0 IP, 7 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 5 ER, L

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1998. (Voted by BBWAA on 386/473 ballots)
View Don Sutton's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1966 season

Agents: Lonnie Cooper • Previously: LaRue Harcourt

Full Name: Donald Howard Sutton

Nicknames: Black & Decker or The Mechanic

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

66.7

324

256

ERA

3.26

774

756

5282.1

3574

WHIP

1.142

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Team Record in Appearances: 18-19 / in Starts: 16-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 36, Entered with runners on base: 0

1967 Pitching Game Log

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1967 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	38	3	Apr 15	LAD	@	STL	L,4-13	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.1	8	4	3	2	1	0	0	6.23	3.46	23	5	7	0	3	8	32			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.129	2.39	-0.14%	-1.00	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out a1
2	39	6	Apr 19	LAD		CIN	W,3-2	GS-8		3	8.0	5	2	2	2	10	1	0	3.65	2.78	31	8	7	0	2	4	72			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.129	1.72	0.12%	1.10	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
3	40	10	Apr 24	LAD		STL	W,6-5	GS-6		4	5.0	9	4	4	2	2	0	1	4.67	3.00	25	6	5	0	2	9	33			2	1	0	22	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.46	-0.168	2.14	-0.15%	-1.42	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out a1
4	41	14	Apr 28	LAD		SFG	L,4-5	GS-8	L(0-2)	3	7.0	9	5	5	4	7	1	0	5.18	3.32	32	9	3	0	0	9	42			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.368	1.72	-0.35%	-1.75	1t start tie	8t -23 0 out a1
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	42	18	May 3	LAD	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-9		4	8.2	5	3	3	2	5	0	1	4.64	3.08	31	8	10	0	2	5	65			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	3	0	0	.55	0.273	.75	0.22%	3.12	1b start tie	9b 123 2 out a5
6	43	22	May 9	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-5	GS-6	L(0-3)	5	6.0	4	4	4	4	4	1	0	4.85	3.44	25	6	7	1	1	4	48			1	0	0	20	2	1	0	1	1	0	.77	-0.238	.74	-0.14%	-1.54	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
7	44	25	May 13	LAD		CHC	L,3-6	GS-6	L(0-4)	3	6.0	8	6	5	1	5	1	0	5.20	3.45	27	4	9	0	1	8	38			0	0	0	26	3	1	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.291	.61	-0.15%	-3.67	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
8	45	30	May 17	LAD		HOU	W,7-0	SHO	W(1-4)	3	9.0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.33	3.22	32	11	12	1	4	7	75			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	0	.31	0.126	.17	0.04%	3.49	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
9	46	34	May 21(2)	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-8	GS-5	L(1-5)	3	4.0	7	5	3	1	1	0	1	4.50	3.25	22	4	8	2	1	7	32			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.222	.75	-0.10%	-2.82	1b start tie	5b -2- 0 out d4
10	47	38	May 26	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-4	GS-4	L(1-6)	4	4.0	5	4	4	1	3	2	0	4.79	3.57	18	4	5	0	0	5	38			0	0	0	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.231	.47	-0.11%	-2.29	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
11	48	42	May 30	LAD		NYM	W,7-2	CG	W(2-6)	3	9.0	5	2	2	2	8	0	0	4.44	3.30	33	11	7	1	0	5	75			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.045	.37	0.02%	1.49	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
12	49	46	Jun 3	LAD		PIT	W,5-1	CG	W(3-6)	3	9.0	5	1	1	0	6	0	0	4.05	3.06	31	11	10	3	1	4	79			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.87	0.229	.43	0.07%	2.49	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
13	50	50	Jun 7	LAD	@	ATL	L,5-13	GS-3	L(3-7)	3	2.2	5	6	6	2	1	1	0	4.57	3.25	14	2	4	0	1	5	23			1	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.463	.42	-0.13%	-4.82	1b start tie	3b --- 2 out d4
14	51	55	Jun 11(2)	LAD	@	STL	L,5-7	GS-5	L(3-8)	3	5.0	8	6	6	3	2	0	0	4.93	3.27	24	4	7	0	0	8	26			1	0	0	21	4	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.427	.13	-0.04%	-3.89	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
15	52	58	Jun 15	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-0	6-GF	S(1)	3	4.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.71	3.15	13	2	6	0	3	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.118	.05	0.01%	1.79	6b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 5
16	53	62	Jun 19	LAD		ATL	W,3-2	CG	W(4-8)	3	9.0	7	2	2	3	8	0	0	4.47	3.03	38	10	10	0	4	7	70			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.81	0.277	.23	0.02%	1.49	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
17	54	66	Jun 23	LAD		SFG	L,1-7	GS-3	L(4-9)	3	2.0	6	6	6	0	0	1	1	4.91	3.17	13	3	3	0	0	6	20			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.365	.09	-0.02%	-4.54	1t start tie	3t 1-3 0 out d4
18	55	70	Jun 27	LAD	@	CIN	W,9-0	SHO	W(5-9)	3	9.0	2	0	0	0	11	0	0	4.51	2.92	29	9	7	0	0	2	94			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.158	.03	0.01%	4.30	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a9
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
19	56	74	Jul 1	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-4	GS-6		3	5.2	9	2	2	1	6	1	0	4.45	2.94	27	5	6	1	2	9	48			0	0	0	26	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.35	0.033	.26	0.00%	0.07	1b start a 2	6b 12- 2 out tie
20	57	78	Jul 5	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	W(6-9)	3	9.0	7	3	3	0	7	1	0	4.35	2.90	34	12	8	0	2	7	68			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.232	.05	0.01%	0.84	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
21	58	82	Jul 13	LAD		CHC	L,1-2	GS-8	L(6-10)	7	8.0	8	2	2	1	5	0	0	4.22	2.83	32	12	6	1	0	8	62			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.044	.05	0.00%	1.10	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
22	59	87	Jul 18(1)	LAD	@	PHI	L,0-5	GS-5	L(6-11)	4	5.0	6	3	3	1	2	1	0	4.26	2.91	21	6	7	0	1	5	44			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	1	0	0	.71	-0.140	.02	0.00%	-0.85	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
23	60	92	Jul 22	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-3	GS-5		3	4.1	7	3	3	0	4	1	1	4.32	2.95	21	6	3	0	1	7	41			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.292	.02	0.00%	-1.79	1b start a 1	5b --3 1 out tie
24	61	96	Jul 26	LAD		PIT	L,2-4	GS-7	L(6-12)	3	7.0	5	3	3	3	7	1	0	4.30	2.98	28	9	4	0	0	5	59			0	0	0	25	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.12	-0.137	.04	0.00%	-0.29	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
25	62	100	Jul 30	LAD		PHI	W,1-0	SHO	W(7-12)	3	9.0	8	0	0	2	7	0	0	4.06	2.91	37	9	11	1	3	8	76			0	0	0	35	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.42	0.621	.07	0.02%	3.49	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
26	63	104	Aug 4	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	2	0	4	0	0	4.02	2.85	24	6	9	0	0	5	58			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.010	.01	0.00%	0.56	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
27	64	108	Aug 8	LAD	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	W(8-12)	3	9.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.92	2.79	34	10	12	0	2	6	71			0	0	0	33	2	0	1	0	0	0	.82	0.111	.01	0.00%	1.80	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
28	65	119	Aug 20	LAD		ATL	W,6-1	CG	W(9-12)	11	9.0	9	1	1	1	9	0	0	3.77	2.70	36	12	7	1	0	7	73			0	0	0	35	2	0	1	0	0	0	.63	0.161	.00	0.00%	2.49	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
29	66	123	Aug 24	LAD		CIN	W,4-3	GS-7		3	7.0	5	3	3	3	3	0	0	3.78	2.71	28	10	7	0	0	5	55			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.156	.00	0.00%	-0.29	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
30	67	128	Aug 28	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-7	GS-7	L(9-13)	3	7.0	6	6	6	4	3	0	1	3.92	2.75	33	10	10	0	0	5	40			1	0	0	27	0	0	1	0	1	1	.65	-0.254	.00	0.00%	-3.02	1b start tie	7b 3 out d6
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
31	68	132	Sep 1	LAD	@	ATL	W,6-4	GS-4		3	3.1	7	4	4	0	2	1	0	4.03	2.79	17	1	7	0	0	7	32			1	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.405	.00	0.00%	-3.14	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out tie
32	69	135	Sep 4(1)	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-2	11-GF(11)	L(9-14)	2	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.07	2.85	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	-0.373	.00	0.00%	-1.00	11b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
33	70	136	Sep 4(2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,8-6	5-6		-1	2.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.03	2.85	10	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.16	0.086	.00	0.00%	0.90	5b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d1
34	71	139	Sep 8	LAD		HOU	W,4-2	CG	W(10-14)	3	9.0	7	2	2	3	7	1	0	3.95	2.87	36	8	11	1	0	7	69			0	0	0	33	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.48	0.063	.00	0.00%	1.49	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
35	72	144	Sep 12	LAD		SFG	L,2-4	GS-6	L(10-15)	3	6.0	7	4	4	3	5	1	0	4.00	2.92	27	6	6	0	0	7	44			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	.83	-0.227	.00	0.00%	-1.67	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
36	73	148	Sep 16	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-8	GS-6		3	5.2	7	4	4	2	5	0	0	4.06	2.89	24	4	6	1	1	7	42			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.60	-0.275	.00	0.00%	-1.81	1b start a 1	6b 12- 2 out tie
37	74	153	Sep 22	LAD		PHI	W,7-1	CG	W(11-15)	5	9.0	5	1	1	1	5	1	0	3.95	2.90	31	12	9	1	3	4	77			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	1	.48	0.243	.00	0.00%	2.49	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
							18-19		W-L:11-15,Sv:1	3.2	232.2	223	106	102	57	169	18	6	3.95	2.90	962	0.99		3%	8%	216	54	0	---%	12	2	0	891	37	5	9	18	3	7	.94	-2.222	.39	-0.79%	-7.09

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