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: 23-12 / in Starts: 22-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1976 Pitching Game Log

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1976 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	368	1	Apr 9	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-4	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	5	4	4	4	3	2	0	6.00	7.97	25	6	7	0	1	5	45			0	0	0	21	0	0	1	1	0	0	.71	-0.194	1.14	-0.19%	-1.29	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
2	369	4	Apr 14	LAD		SDP	L,1-3	GS-7	L(0-2)	4	7.0	8	2	2	3	4	2	0	4.15	7.17	31	10	6	4	0	8	54			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.041	1.08	0.03%	1.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
3	370	8	Apr 19	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-8	GS-4	L(0-3)	4	3.2	8	8	8	3	2	0	0	7.56	6.47	22	5	4	2	0	8	12			5	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.366	.76	-0.24%	-6.58	1b start tie	4b 1-- 2 out d8
4	371	13	Apr 24	LAD		CHC	W,2-1	CG	W(1-3)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	7	0	0	5.26	4.93	34	11	13	8	2	0	75			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.64	0.529	1.30	0.25%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
5	372	18	Apr 29	LAD		STL	W,4-0	SHO	W(2-3)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.89	4.19	30	8	12	0	7	5	80			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	.78	0.341	1.04	0.27%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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	373	23	May 5	LAD	@	CHC	W,14-12	GS-6	W(3-3)	5	5.2	14	7	6	2	4	1	0	4.69	4.24	31	4	7	1	0	14	17			0	1	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	-0.512	2.68	-0.60%	-4.61	1b start a 1	6b 1-3 2 out a2
7	374	28	May 11	LAD	@	STL	W,4-0	SHO	W(4-3)	5	9.0	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.83	3.83	32	15	9	2	1	5	80			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.446	1.55	0.51%	4.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
8	375	33	May 17	LAD		CIN	L,3-5	GS-7	L(4-4)	5	7.0	5	5	5	3	5	0	1	4.15	3.72	30	13	4	0	0	4	49			2	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.271	2.33	-0.51%	-1.96	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
9	376	38	May 22	LAD		HOU	W,6-5	GS-6		4	6.0	9	5	5	0	1	2	0	4.48	4.00	27	10	8	0	0	8	35			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.341	2.41	-0.54%	-2.40	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
10	377	43	May 28	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-9	GS-6	L(4-5)	5	6.0	7	5	5	3	4	2	0	4.74	4.27	28	8	6	1	0	7	39			1	0	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	.34	-0.316	1.21	-0.68%	-2.29	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
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
11	378	48	Jun 1	LAD		SFG	L,0-6	CG	L(4-6)	3	9.0	10	6	5	3	6	0	0	4.77	4.04	41	10	12	1	0	10	48			5	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	1	.85	-0.104	1.92	-0.14%	-2.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out d6
12	379	53	Jun 6	LAD		NYM	W,10-3	CG	W(5-6)	4	9.0	8	3	3	2	7	1	1	4.59	3.99	37	7	12	0	1	8	64			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	1	.44	0.051	.91	0.06%	0.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
13	380	58	Jun 11	LAD		MON	W,7-4	GS-7	W(6-6)	4	6.2	9	4	4	2	5	0	0	4.65	3.85	32	7	9	0	2	9	43			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	1	.69	0.003	1.17	0.00%	-1.36	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a3
14	381	63	Jun 17	LAD	@	NYM	L,0-1	GS-9		5	9.0	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	4.24	3.72	32	13	7	2	0	6	77			0	2	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.34	0.621	2.70	0.75%	3.71	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
15	382	68	Jun 22	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-6	GS-7	L(6-7)	4	7.0	8	5	5	2	4	0	0	4.38	3.63	31	9	8	1	2	8	43			2	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	1	0	.59	-0.205	1.72	-0.36%	-1.84	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
16	383	73	Jun 27	LAD		SFG	W,12-8	GS-5	W(7-7)	4	5.0	6	6	6	5	4	2	0	4.66	3.88	23	5	3	0	0	6	30			1	1	0	18	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.13	-0.475	2.03	-0.51%	-3.83	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
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
17	384	78	Jul 2	LAD	@	SDP	L,3-6	GS-6	L(7-8)	4	6.0	10	6	3	1	4	1	0	4.65	3.88	28	10	12	5	0	1	37			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.513	1.38	-0.62%	-3.55	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
18	385	83	Jul 7	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS-6	W(8-8)	4	6.0	7	5	5	5	5	0	0	4.79	3.86	30	3	10	0	2	7	38			1	0	0	23	3	0	2	0	2	0	1.21	-0.358	2.03	-0.36%	-2.26	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
19	386	86	Jul 11	LAD	@	STL	W,9-6	7-GF	W(9-8)	3	3.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.74	3.90	10	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.101	1.45	0.09%	0.34	7b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
20	387	88	Jul 16	LAD		CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(10-8)	4	9.0	5	1	1	0	3	1	0	4.50	3.87	30	17	8	4	0	2	76			0	2	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.440	1.80	0.50%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
21	388	93	Jul 21	LAD		STL	W,7-6	GS-6		4	6.0	4	5	3	7	4	0	0	4.50	3.91	30	9	6	0	1	4	45			0	0	0	21	1	2	0	0	1	1	1.39	-0.275	2.25	-0.27%	-2.40	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
22	389	98	Jul 26	LAD	@	ATL	W,6-2	CG	W(11-8)	4	9.0	5	2	2	4	9	0	0	4.35	3.80	36	5	13	0	0	5	74			1	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	.97	0.309	1.31	0.25%	2.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
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	390	102	Aug 1(1)	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-1	GS-9	W(12-8)	5	8.0	10	1	1	3	5	0	0	4.19	3.73	38	5	16	1	2	9	60			0	1	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.36	0.188	1.11	0.09%	1.65	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a3
24	391	107	Aug 5	LAD		CIN	L,2-3	GS-7	L(12-9)	3	7.0	8	3	3	2	3	1	0	4.18	3.76	30	7	10	0	1	8	50			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.01	-0.049	1.63	-0.05%	0.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
25	392	112	Aug 10	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-1	GS-8	W(13-9)	4	8.0	10	1	1	0	4	1	0	4.04	3.74	33	9	11	1	0	9	62			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.268	.11	0.02%	2.54	1b start tie	8b 3 out a4
26	393	117	Aug 15	LAD	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(14-9)	4	9.0	6	2	2	1	8	1	0	3.94	3.69	33	8	16	6	2	0	74			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.551	.11	0.03%	2.31	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
27	394	122	Aug 21	LAD		PIT	W,5-1	CG	W(15-9)	5	9.0	2	1	1	0	4	1	0	3.80	3.66	30	11	13	0	1	2	83			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.44	0.283	.09	0.04%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
28	395	127	Aug 27	LAD	@	NYM	W,5-2	CG	W(16-9)	5	9.0	5	2	2	3	7	1	0	3.72	3.66	35	13	7	1	0	5	73			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.11	0.073	.83	0.03%	1.71	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
Sep/Oct				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
29	396	131	Sep 2(1)	LAD	@	MON	W,2-1	GS-9	W(17-9)	5	8.2	6	1	1	3	7	0	1	3.61	3.61	36	7	12	1	1	6	72			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.75	0.510	1.21	0.21%	2.88	1b start tie	9b -2- 2 out a1
30	397	136	Sep 6	LAD	@	SDP	W,4-1	CG	W(18-9)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	5	1	0	3.51	3.61	31	8	12	1	2	4	78			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.403	.50	0.14%	2.67	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
31	398	141	Sep 12(2)	LAD		ATL	W,2-0	SHO	W(19-9)	5	9.0	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.37	3.53	29	8	12	1	0	4	84			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.525	.02	0.01%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
32	399	147	Sep 17(1)	LAD	@	ATL	L,0-1	GS-11		4	11.0	6	0	0	3	6	0	0	3.22	3.47	40	13	12	0	1	6	88			1	0	0	36	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.64	0.928	.00	0.00%	5.17	1b start tie	11b 3 out tie
33	400	152	Sep 22	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	W(20-9)	4	9.0	6	1	1	4	5	0	0	3.14	3.45	37	5	17	1	3	6	72			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.43	0.536	.00	0.00%	3.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
34	401	157	Sep 27	LAD		HOU	W,2-0	SHO	W(21-9)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.03	3.42	33	13	11	0	2	4	80			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.44	0.592	.00	0.00%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
35	402	161	Oct 2	LAD		SDP	L,1-4	CG	L(21-10)	4	9.0	8	4	4	4	5	1	0	3.06	3.45	38	11	10	1	1	8	56			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
							23-12		W-L:21-10	4.2	267.2	231	98	91	82	161	22	3	3.06	3.45	1093	0.91		7%	5%	203	59	0	---%	24	11	0	987	32	5	6	20	6	10	1.04	3.713	1.17	-1.76%	18.17

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