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: 14-21 / in Starts: 12-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 2

1968 Pitching Game Log

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1968 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	75	17	Apr 29	LAD		STL	W,3-2	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.2	6	2	2	3	5	0	0	2.70	2.24	29	9	6	0	1	6	56			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.082	2.45	0.12%	0.19	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 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
2	76	21	May 3	LAD		CIN	W,4-3	GS-7	W(2-0)	3	6.1	6	3	2	1	2	1	0	2.77	3.23	26	5	12	0	2	6	52			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	1	1	.97	-0.204	2.03	-0.26%	-0.95	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a1
3	77	25	May 8	LAD	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS-3	L(2-1)	4	2.1	6	4	4	2	2	2	0	4.70	4.93	15	4	5	4	1	2	29			0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.317	1.83	-0.42%	-3.24	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out d1
4	78	29	May 12	LAD	@	ATL	W,1-0	GS-9		3	9.0	5	0	0	5	8	0	0	2.96	3.95	36	9	9	2	1	5	80			2	0	0	30	0	0	3	0	0	0	1.73	0.596	3.05	0.63%	3.45	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
5	79	33	May 16	LAD		CHC	L,0-1	GS-7	L(2-2)	3	7.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.59	3.44	30	14	4	0	2	7	62			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	1	.85	0.139	1.36	0.13%	1.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
6	80	38	May 20	LAD	@	STL	L,1-2	GS-8	L(2-3)	3	7.2	8	2	2	0	3	0	0	2.54	3.08	30	8	11	0	4	8	58			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	-0.022	2.13	-0.02%	0.83	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 2 out d1
7	81	42	May 24	LAD	@	HOU	W,9-7	GS-6		3	5.2	4	2	2	2	5	1	0	2.62	3.19	23	4	8	2	0	4	56			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.015	1.71	0.02%	-0.15	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a1
8	82	46	May 28	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-7	GS-7	L(2-4)	3	7.0	11	6	6	2	6	0	0	3.31	2.97	34	9	6	1	1	11	35			1	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	1	1	.46	-0.260	.93	-0.32%	-3.18	1b start tie	7b 3 out d6
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
9	83	51	Jun 2	LAD		SFG	L,1-5	GS-4	L(2-5)	4	3.2	6	3	3	0	1	0	0	3.58	2.89	16	6	3	0	0	6	38			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.236	2.37	-0.33%	-2.00	1t start tie	4t 1-3 2 out d3
10	84	55	Jun 6	LAD		PIT	W,4-2	CG	W(3-5)	3	9.0	6	2	2	5	8	1	0	3.36	3.01	37	10	8	1	0	6	70			1	0	0	32	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.05	0.243	2.46	0.34%	1.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
11	85	59	Jun 10	LAD		NYM	L,0-1	CG(10)	L(3-6)	3	10.0	5	1	1	3	10	0	0	3.03	2.78	38	15	7	1	1	3	85			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.214	4.82	0.44%	2.50	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
12	86	64	Jun 15	LAD	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS-6		4	5.2	6	4	4	0	7	0	1	3.26	2.61	23	4	6	2	2	5	48			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.10	-0.086	3.03	-0.14%	-0.14	1b start a 1	6b 1-3 2 out d1
13	87	68	Jun 20(1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-7	GS-4	L(3-7)	4	3.0	6	4	4	3	0	0	0	3.58	2.71	17	4	4	1	0	6	28			1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.216	2.26	-0.26%	-2.65	1b start tie	4b 123 0 out d2
14	88	71	Jun 22	LAD	@	NYM	W,5-1	7-GF	S(1)	1	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.48	2.70	7	2	5	0	2	0		3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.084	.74	0.07%	1.45	7b 123 2 out a4	9b end a 4
15	89	75	Jun 27	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-5	8-GF(11)	W(4-7)	4	4.0	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.32	2.70	17	3	4	0	1	3		0	0	0	1	0	13	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.57	0.473	6.33	0.50%	1.53	8b --- 0 out tie	11b end a 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
16	90	81	Jul 3	LAD		STL	L,1-2	9-GF		5	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.29	2.71	5	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.022	1.04	0.03%	0.35	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
17	91	82	Jul 4	LAD		STL	L,2-3	9-GF		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.28	2.70	1	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.020	1.34	0.02%	0.35	9t 12- 2 out d1	9t end d 1
18	92	83	Jul 5	LAD		CIN	L,0-2	11-GF(12)	L(4-8)	0	2.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.40	2.71	8	1	3	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.11	-0.337	1.60	-0.15%	-1.30	11t --- 0 out tie	12t end d 2
19	93	89	Jul 14	LAD	@	STL	L,1-5	6-7		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.33	2.66	6	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.004	.01	0.00%	0.75	6b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
20	94	95	Jul 21	LAD		CHC	L,2-7	6-8		6	3.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	3.23	2.62	12	2	4	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.031	.01	0.00%	1.05	6t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
21	95	98	Jul 24	LAD		HOU	L,0-1	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.19	2.61	5	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.76	0.022	.02	0.00%	0.35	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
22	96	102	Jul 28(2)	LAD	@	CHC	L,0-1	GS-7	L(4-9)	3	7.0	6	1	1	0	7	0	0	3.07	2.46	26	9	5	1	1	5	68			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.142	.00	0.00%	1.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
23	97	107	Aug 2	LAD		NYM	L,2-3	GS-8	L(4-10)	4	7.1	7	3	3	1	7	0	0	3.11	2.36	30	8	7	0	2	7	58			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.102	.00	0.00%	1.06	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out tie
24	98	113	Aug 7	LAD		PIT	W,6-2	CG	W(5-10)	4	9.0	8	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.02	2.48	34	8	14	5	0	8	63			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	3	0	1	.71	0.150	.00	0.00%	1.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
25	99	118	Aug 13	LAD	@	NYM	L,0-2	GS-7	L(5-11)	5	7.0	5	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.93	2.43	26	7	6	1	0	5	67			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.115	.00	0.00%	1.66	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
26	100	122	Aug 18	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS-7	L(5-12)	4	7.0	6	3	1	2	6	0	0	2.85	2.39	29	9	6	0	3	6	61			2	1	0	26	1	0	2	0	0	1	1.14	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.40	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
27	101	126	Aug 22	LAD		SFG	L,1-3	CG	L(5-13)	3	9.0	4	3	3	3	9	0	0	2.86	2.32	34	13	5	0	0	4	73			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	-0.199	.00	0.00%	0.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
28	102	130	Aug 26	LAD		HOU	W,4-3	GS-9	W(6-13)	3	8.2	8	3	3	3	11	0	0	2.87	2.24	37	4	11	0	0	8	64			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.23	0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.36	1t start tie	9t -23 2 out a1
29	103	135	Aug 31	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-5	GS-4	L(6-14)	4	3.0	8	5	4	1	0	0	0	3.04	2.26	17	5	3	0	0	8	24			0	1	0	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	.78	-0.307	.00	0.00%	-3.21	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out d4
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
30	104	140	Sep 4	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-0	SHO	W(7-14)	3	9.0	3	0	0	4	12	0	0	2.88	2.20	34	13	4	0	0	1	89			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.532	.00	0.00%	3.42	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
31	105	145	Sep 9	LAD	@	STL	W,10-1	CG	W(8-14)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.78	2.16	34	12	9	1	1	6	76			2	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.057	.00	0.00%	2.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
32	106	149	Sep 14	LAD		ATL	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-14)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.65	2.12	34	4	17	1	2	6	80			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	0	0	0	.80	0.303	.00	0.00%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
33	107	153	Sep 18	LAD		CIN	L,0-2	GS-8	L(9-15)	3	8.0	9	2	2	2	6	0	0	2.63	2.10	34	7	10	0	3	9	60			0	1	0	32	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.18	-0.033	.00	0.00%	0.80	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
34	108	157	Sep 22	LAD		STL	W,3-2	GS-9	W(10-15)	3	8.0	5	2	2	2	6	0	0	2.61	2.08	31	9	9	1	0	5	68			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.048	.00	0.00%	0.45	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a1
35	109	161	Sep 28	LAD	@	ATL	W,4-2	GS-9	W(11-15)	5	8.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.60	2.08	32	12	7	0	0	7	62			2	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.195	.00	0.00%	1.12	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a3
							14-21		W-L:11-15,Sv:1	3.5	207.2	179	64	60	59	162	6	2	2.60	2.08	847	1.06		5%	7%	169	60	5	0%	16	6	0	773	24	3	14	8	3	6	1.10	1.270	1.16	0.41%	15.03

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