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: 21-17 / in Starts: 20-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1971 Pitching Game Log

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1971 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	189	3	Apr 7	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	6	2	1	1	4	0	0	1.13	1.83	32	8	13	0	3	6	67			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	-0.055	2.03	-0.05%	1.37	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
2	190	6	Apr 11	LAD		SDP	L,7-9	GS-3	L(0-2)	3	3.0	5	5	5	2	0	2	0	4.91	4.91	15	7	1	0	0	5	27			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	.55	-0.341	.77	-0.29%	-3.77	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
3	191	14	Apr 19	LAD	@	SDP	W,3-2	GS-6		7	6.0	6	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.24	4.39	25	11	6	0	1	6	50			0	0	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	0	.93	0.002	.91	0.00%	0.43	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
4	192	18	Apr 24	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.1	8	4	4	2	8	1	0	4.44	3.93	32	8	6	1	0	8	52			1	0	0	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.134	1.77	-0.12%	-0.52	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a1
5	193	22	Apr 28	LAD	@	PIT	L,5-7	GS-5		3	4.2	9	5	4	0	4	0	0	4.97	3.42	21	5	3	1	0	9	32			1	1	0	19	2	1	0	1	1	0	.96	-0.317	1.45	-0.29%	-3.08	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d4
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
6	194	26	May 2	LAD	@	ATL	L,1-4	GS-7	L(0-3)	3	7.0	6	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.75	3.51	28	12	6	0	0	6	55			0	0	0	26	2	1	0	0	1	0	.72	-0.067	1.08	-0.06%	0.22	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
7	195	30	May 7	LAD		PIT	L,2-3	GS-7	L(0-4)	4	7.0	7	3	3	2	10	1	0	4.60	3.31	29	4	6	0	0	7	59			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.086	1.13	-0.07%	-0.14	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
8	196	34	May 12	LAD		ATL	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-4)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.81	3.03	32	10	11	0	4	5	81			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.285	.81	0.21%	3.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
9	197	38	May 18	LAD	@	STL	L,5-6	GS-6		5	6.0	7	5	5	2	5	0	1	4.19	2.95	27	4	8	0	1	7	41			4	0	0	23	1	1	1	0	1	0	1.06	-0.266	1.00	-0.15%	-2.29	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
10	198	42	May 22	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-5	GS-5	L(1-5)	3	4.2	9	5	5	2	2	0	0	4.60	2.95	23	9	7	3	1	3	26			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	2	2	0	1.48	-0.365	1.47	-0.22%	-3.04	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out d3
11	199	46	May 27	LAD		SFG	W,5-1	CG	W(2-5)	4	9.0	4	1	1	0	8	1	0	4.14	2.84	31	11	8	0	0	4	83			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.243	.55	0.16%	2.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
12	200	50	May 31	LAD		MON	W,4-0	GS-8	W(3-5)	3	7.2	3	0	0	3	7	0	0	3.74	2.74	27	6	8	2	0	3	77			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	1	.83	0.295	.68	0.15%	2.88	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 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
13	201	54	Jun 5	LAD		NYM	W,3-0	GS-5	W(4-5)	4	5.0	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.52	2.74	21	3	8	0	0	8	51			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.256	1.20	0.14%	2.04	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
14	202	58	Jun 10	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS-4	L(4-6)	4	4.0	7	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.77	2.75	20	6	6	1	1	4	32			2	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.275	1.23	-0.23%	-2.26	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
15	203	62	Jun 14	LAD	@	NYM	W,3-2	GS-7	W(5-6)	3	6.2	7	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.69	2.65	28	7	8	0	0	7	56			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.071	1.80	0.07%	0.58	1b start a 1	7b 12- 2 out a1
16	204	66	Jun 19	LAD		HOU	W,4-0	SHO	W(6-6)	4	9.0	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	3.38	2.69	32	13	11	4	0	1	84			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.375	1.34	0.42%	3.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
17	205	70	Jun 23	LAD		STL	L,1-3	GS-9		3	9.0	3	1	1	4	7	0	0	3.19	2.65	35	9	12	1	2	3	80			1	0	0	30	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.74	0.365	2.26	0.28%	2.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
18	206	75	Jun 27	LAD		SDP	W,7-2	CG	W(7-6)	3	9.0	4	2	1	1	6	0	0	3.02	2.57	30	11	8	1	0	4	78			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	.61	0.119	.80	0.09%	1.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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	207	79	Jul 1	LAD	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	W(8-6)	3	9.0	5	1	0	1	4	0	1	2.82	2.54	32	15	6	0	1	5	78			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	3	0	1	1.60	0.574	2.40	0.52%	2.64	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
20	208	83	Jul 5	LAD	@	SFG	W,7-3	GS-6	W(9-6)	3	6.0	9	3	2	3	5	0	1	2.82	2.55	30	7	5	0	0	9	46			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.033	5.12	-0.08%	-0.42	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
21	209	89	Jul 10	LAD		SFG	L,1-3	GS-7	L(9-7)	4	7.0	7	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.75	2.53	30	9	9	0	0	6	61			1	0	0	28	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.17	0.162	3.55	0.29%	1.86	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
22	210	92	Jul 16	LAD	@	ATL	L,1-3	GS-7	L(9-8)	5	7.0	11	3	3	1	3	0	0	2.80	2.51	31	7	9	0	0	11	45			2	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	2	1	.98	-0.121	1.92	-0.14%	0.22	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
23	211	97	Jul 20	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-7	GS-7	L(9-9)	3	6.0	8	6	6	1	6	1	0	3.04	2.53	26	5	6	0	0	8	37			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.259	1.58	-0.22%	-3.13	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out d4
24	212	102	Jul 25	LAD		ATL	L,1-3	GS-7	L(9-10)	4	7.0	8	3	2	0	3	0	0	3.02	2.49	28	7	10	1	0	8	54			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	1	1	2	.88	-0.084	.98	-0.06%	-0.14	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
25	213	106	Jul 30	LAD		CIN	W,8-2	CG	W(10-10)	4	9.0	6	2	2	1	10	1	0	2.97	2.47	34	7	10	1	0	6	76			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	0.255	.88	0.13%	1.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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	214	114	Aug 8	LAD	@	STL	W,4-2	GS-9	W(11-10)	8	8.2	4	2	1	4	4	0	0	2.87	2.49	32	14	6	1	0	4	70			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.12	0.250	2.12	0.28%	1.66	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a2
27	215	119	Aug 13	LAD		MON	W,2-0	SHO	W(12-10)	4	9.0	6	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.74	2.46	35	8	13	4	1	6	79			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.16	0.495	2.90	0.74%	3.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
28	216	124	Aug 18	LAD		NYM	L,2-3	GS-8		4	8.0	4	2	2	0	6	0	0	2.72	2.40	28	13	6	0	1	3	72			0	0	1	28	0	1	0	0	0	1	.68	0.019	.94	0.02%	1.27	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
29	217	128	Aug 23	LAD	@	MON	L,6-12	GS-2	L(12-11)	4	1.1	6	5	4	0	0	0	1	2.88	2.41	11	3	1	1	0	6	24			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	-0.459	2.37	-0.35%	-4.26	1b start a 1	2b 1-3 1 out d1
30	218	129	Aug 24	LAD	@	MON	W,6-4	8-GF	S(1)	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.86	2.41	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.96	0.089	1.78	0.05%	0.52	8b --- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
31	219	132	Aug 28(2)	LAD	@	NYM	L,1-2	GS-7		3	7.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.76	2.38	22	7	5	2	2	2	75			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.09	0.413	1.11	0.25%	2.98	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
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
32	220	136	Sep 1	LAD	@	HOU	W,9-2	CG	W(13-11)	3	9.0	4	2	2	1	12	0	1	2.73	2.30	33	6	9	0	0	4	82			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	.19	0.071	.12	0.03%	1.79	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
33	221	141	Sep 6	LAD		SFG	W,5-2	GS-7	W(14-11)	4	7.0	4	2	1	3	10	0	0	2.69	2.26	28	5	6	0	0	4	70			2	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.31	0.182	1.19	0.10%	0.86	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
34	222	145	Sep 10	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-2	GS-8		3	7.2	9	2	2	0	7	0	0	2.68	2.21	33	6	11	0	0	9	60			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.74	-0.012	3.66	-0.02%	0.85	1b start a 2	8b 12- 2 out tie
35	223	149	Sep 15	LAD		SDP	L,1-2	CG	L(14-12)	4	9.0	10	2	1	0	10	1	0	2.61	2.19	38	10	8	0	0	10	71			2	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.102	6.79	0.37%	1.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
36	224	154	Sep 19(2)	LAD		ATL	W,4-0	SHO	W(15-12)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.52	2.17	34	6	16	3	0	6	79			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.329	5.09	1.26%	3.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
37	225	158	Sep 25	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-4	GS-7	W(16-12)	5	6.1	9	4	4	0	7	1	0	2.60	2.17	28	4	8	2	0	9	46			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.201	5.94	-0.70%	-1.27	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a1
38	226	162	Sep 30	LAD		HOU	W,2-1	CG	W(17-12)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.54	2.16	34	9	11	1	0	6	75			2	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.471	16.75	3.12%	2.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
							21-17		W-L:17-12,Sv:1	3.8	265.1	231	85	75	55	194	10	5	2.54	2.16	1059	1.00		5%	3%	219	60	0	---%	20	8	1	972	29	10	5	21	9	13	1.06	2.348	2.57	5.66%	25.63

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