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: 17-17 / in Starts: 17-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	436	1	Apr 7	LAD	@	ATL	W,13-4	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	7	4	4	2	3	3	0	5.14	8.16	28	9	7	0	0	7	48			0	2	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.076	1.16	-0.07%	-0.50	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
2	437	6	Apr 12	LAD	@	HOU	L,10-11	GS-3		4	2.1	8	3	3	0	4	1	0	6.75	7.30	15	3	0	0	0	8	33			1	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.294	2.50	-0.32%	-2.37	1b start a 2	3b -2- 1 out tie
3	438	10	Apr 18	LAD		CIN	L,3-11	GS-5	L(1-1)	5	4.0	9	8	7	0	1	3	0	9.45	8.66	21	7	4	0	1	9	15			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	1	.62	-0.368	1.27	-0.45%	-6.23	1t start tie	5t --- 0 out d7
4	439	15	Apr 23	LAD		HOU	W,7-3	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	8	3	3	3	0	1	0	6.85	7.20	36	8	17	1	3	8	56			1	0	0	33	3	0	0	2	0	0	.79	0.070	1.59	0.09%	0.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
5	440	20	Apr 30	LAD	@	STL	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(2-2)	6	8.0	8	4	3	1	4	1	1	5.93	6.34	34	11	9	1	1	8	55			1	0	0	31	1	0	1	0	1	0	.77	0.045	1.57	0.06%	-0.47	1b start tie	8b 3 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	441	25	May 6	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-5	L(2-3)	5	5.0	8	3	3	3	3	0	0	5.86	5.90	26	7	5	2	0	8	39			1	0	0	23	3	1	1	0	0	0	.73	-0.158	1.60	-0.21%	-0.66	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
7	442	30	May 12	LAD		CHC	L,7-9	GS-3	L(2-4)	5	2.2	7	7	4	0	2	1	0	6.39	5.90	16	4	8	5	0	2	24			0	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.00	-0.388	1.94	-0.45%	-4.08	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out a1
8	443	34	May 16	LAD		PIT	W,3-2	GS-8	W(3-4)	3	8.0	5	2	2	2	9	1	0	5.67	5.35	31	6	9	3	4	5	71			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.55	0.371	2.74	0.39%	1.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
9	444	39	May 22	LAD	@	SDP	W,8-1	GS-7	W(4-4)	5	7.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	0	5.09	4.85	27	6	8	1	0	7	63			1	1	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.273	2.54	0.34%	1.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
10	445	44	May 28	LAD	@	SFG	L,5-6	GS-7	L(4-5)	5	6.1	10	6	6	0	8	1	0	5.46	4.56	29	5	6	1	0	10	37			1	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.464	3.16	-0.69%	-2.62	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out tie
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	446	49	Jun 3	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-5	GS-7		5	7.0	4	1	1	1	3	1	0	5.02	4.50	26	6	12	1	3	4	67			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.250	1.61	0.22%	2.16	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
12	447	54	Jun 8	LAD	@	MON	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(4-6)	4	8.0	7	4	4	4	5	1	0	4.96	4.50	36	11	9	1	0	7	53			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.89	-0.212	1.13	-0.16%	-0.50	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d3
13	448	59	Jun 13	LAD		PHI	W,5-3	CG	W(5-6)	4	9.0	8	3	3	0	3	3	0	4.75	4.69	35	5	19	5	3	8	62			1	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.166	.88	0.14%	0.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
14	449	64	Jun 18	LAD		MON	W,5-0	SHO	W(6-6)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	6	0	0	4.29	4.38	34	13	8	1	2	6	80			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.239	.82	0.20%	3.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
15	450	69	Jun 24	LAD		CIN	W,4-3	GS-6	W(7-6)	5	6.0	9	2	2	1	3	1	0	4.21	4.37	25	5	7	1	0	9	48			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.064	2.31	0.07%	0.65	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
16	451	74	Jun 29	LAD	@	ATL	W,7-3	CG	W(8-6)	4	9.0	9	3	3	1	5	1	1	4.11	4.31	36	9	11	1	1	9	61			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	2	0	0	.66	0.161	1.00	0.15%	1.50	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a4
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	452	80	Jul 4	LAD		ATL	W,4-1	GS-9	W(9-6)	4	8.0	5	1	1	3	4	1	0	3.90	4.31	32	10	11	1	1	4	69			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.85	0.239	1.75	0.30%	1.57	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a3
18	453	86	Jul 9	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-5	GS-6	L(9-7)	4	6.0	7	5	3	1	7	0	1	3.93	4.16	28	6	7	2	0	6	48			2	0	0	26	2	0	1	0	0	1	.76	-0.258	1.89	-0.39%	-2.53	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
19	454	88	Jul 14	LAD	@	STL	L,1-4	GS-7	L(9-8)	4	6.2	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.87	4.06	25	10	9	3	2	5	57			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.044	2.28	0.06%	1.00	1b start a 1	7b --- 2 out d1
20	455	93	Jul 18	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	W(10-8)	3	9.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	0	3.74	3.99	34	10	11	3	2	6	72			1	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	.66	0.147	1.50	0.20%	2.22	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
21	456	98	Jul 23	LAD		STL	L,0-2	CG	L(10-9)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.64	3.93	35	8	14	1	2	7	65			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.34	0.130	3.16	0.18%	1.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
22	457	103	Jul 29	LAD		PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(11-9)	5	9.0	2	1	1	1	5	1	0	3.48	3.89	30	11	11	2	0	2	83			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.472	3.16	0.79%	2.98	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
23	458	108	Aug 3	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS-3		4	3.0	9	4	4	1	3	1	0	3.65	3.93	19	2	4	0	1	9	27			1	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.286	2.70	-0.61%	-2.71	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
24	459	113	Aug 8	LAD		SDP	W,3-2	CG	W(12-9)	4	9.0	6	2	0	1	5	0	0	3.45	3.81	36	12	12	0	3	6	75			1	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.45	0.418	3.99	0.69%	1.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
25	460	118	Aug 13	LAD		SFG	L,6-7	GS-9		4	9.0	7	4	4	7	4	0	0	3.48	3.82	39	13	9	1	3	6	54			1	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.135	7.48	0.43%	-0.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
26	461	123	Aug 19	LAD	@	NYM	L,4-8	GS-6	L(12-10)	5	5.1	5	7	3	5	7	0	1	3.52	3.81	28	6	4	0	0	5	40			0	0	0	22	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.57	-0.485	6.01	-1.12%	-3.91	1b start a 1	6b 123 1 out d2
27	462	128	Aug 25	LAD		PHI	W,6-5	GS-8		5	8.0	8	5	5	1	10	2	0	3.61	3.81	33	6	8	2	3	8	55			1	2	0	30	1	1	1	0	0	1	1.01	-0.369	4.05	-0.89%	-1.47	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
28	463	133	Aug 30	LAD		MON	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	5	3	2	1	7	0	0	3.58	3.71	27	7	7	2	0	5	63			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	.79	-0.105	3.16	-0.25%	0.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
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	464	138	Sep 4	LAD		SFG	W,5-4	GS-5	W(13-10)	4	5.0	8	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.67	3.67	24	5	8	0	0	8	36			1	0	0	23	3	0	1	0	0	0	.96	-0.221	8.10	-1.12%	-1.79	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
30	465	143	Sep 10	LAD	@	ATL	W,11-5	CG	W(14-10)	5	9.0	7	5	5	2	8	3	0	3.72	3.76	35	7	11	0	0	7	59			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	1	0	.43	0.060	1.56	0.13%	-0.50	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
31	466	148	Sep 15	LAD		ATL	W,5-0	SHO	W(15-10)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.57	3.67	32	11	9	0	0	5	80			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	1	.64	0.348	.11	0.04%	3.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
32	467	153	Sep 20	LAD		CIN	L,3-4	GS-7	L(15-11)	4	7.0	5	4	4	2	6	1	0	3.62	3.67	28	9	6	0	2	5	55			1	0	0	26	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.03	-0.154	.02	0.00%	-0.91	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
33	468	158	Sep 27	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS-6		6	6.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.56	3.64	25	7	6	2	1	4	62			2	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.36	0.228	.00	0.00%	1.68	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
34	469	162	Oct 1	LAD	@	SDP	L,3-4	GS-6		3	6.0	6	3	2	0	1	0	1	3.55	3.62	25	9	8	0	0	6	51			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.123	.00	0.00%	-0.56	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
							17-17		W-L:15-11	4.4	238.1	228	109	94	54	154	29	5	3.55	3.62	990	0.90		8%	7%	219	55		---%	22	8	0	913	38	7	7	13	4	14	.97	-0.101	2.34	-2.25%	-0.76

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