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: 12-11 / in Starts: 12-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	535	2	Apr 11	HOU	@	LAD	L,4-7	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.0	8	6	6	3	3	0	0	13.50	3.35	23	4	5	0	0	8	22			0	0	0	19	1	1	1	0	0	0	.92	-0.375	.68	-0.17%	-4.28	1b start a 1	5b 12- 0 out d4
2	536	7	Apr 17	HOU		PIT	L,3-4	GS-7	L(0-2)	5	6.1	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	8.71	2.99	29	7	11	2	1	9	39			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	2	1	1.19	-0.171	.63	-0.05%	-1.00	1t start tie	7t --3 1 out d2
3	537	12	Apr 22	HOU		LAD	L,0-1	GS-7	L(0-3)	4	7.0	6	1	1	0	3	0	0	5.71	2.48	26	7	10	0	0	6	64			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.172	.54	0.06%	1.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
4	538	17	Apr 28	HOU	@	ATL	W,2-1	GS-8	W(1-3)	5	8.0	2	1	1	0	8	1	0	4.26	2.40	26	9	7	0	0	2	82			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.470	.38	0.09%	2.56	1b start tie	8b 3 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	539	22	May 3	HOU	@	PIT	W,3-1	GS-7	W(2-3)	4	7.0	5	1	1	4	5	0	0	3.62	2.51	28	7	7	1	1	5	64			0	2	0	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.344	.58	0.08%	2.15	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
6	540	27	May 8	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-4	GS-6	L(2-4)	4	6.0	5	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.52	2.44	23	10	4	1	0	5	56			0	1	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.017	.58	-0.01%	0.64	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
7	541	32	May 13	HOU		STL	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-4)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.85	2.37	32	10	13	1	4	4	80			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.380	.37	0.09%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
8	542	37	May 19	HOU	@	STL	L,12-15	GS-4		5	3.2	8	7	7	1	2	0	0	3.88	2.36	20	7	2	0	0	8	18			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.362	.47	-0.09%	-4.68	1b start tie	4b 1-3 2 out a1
9	543	42	May 24	HOU		SFG	L,1-2	GS-8	L(3-5)	4	8.0	7	2	2	2	8	0	0	3.66	2.23	33	4	12	0	0	7	66			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	1	0	.88	0.095	.33	0.02%	1.29	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
10	544	46	May 29	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-3	GS-8	L(3-6)	4	7.2	5	3	3	4	7	0	1	3.65	2.29	32	5	10	0	0	5	60			0	1	0	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.31	-0.124	.59	-0.03%	-0.01	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out d2
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	545	50	Jun 3	HOU	@	SDP	W,6-1	CG	W(4-6)	4	9.0	7	1	1	0	6	0	0	3.33	2.16	33	15	6	0	0	6	75			0	1	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.322	.46	0.08%	2.66	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
12	546	55	Jun 8	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-6	L(4-7)	4	6.0	7	4	3	1	3	0	0	3.42	2.16	27	11	5	0	2	7	46			0	0	0	23	1	0	1	0	1	1	.85	-0.174	.39	-0.05%	-1.28	1b start tie	6b 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
13	547	58	Aug 10	HOU	@	SFG	W,6-5	GS-6		62	6.0	7	3	3	1	4	1	0	3.49	2.28	26	6	8	1	0	7	49			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.125	.72	-0.10%	-0.46	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
14	548	63	Aug 15	HOU	@	SDP	W,5-0	GS-8	W(5-7)	4	8.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.20	2.21	27	12	5	0	0	3	81			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	1	0	0	.49	0.251	.72	0.22%	3.25	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a5
15	549	68	Aug 21	HOU	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-6		5	6.0	8	3	2	4	5	0	0	3.19	2.26	30	7	7	1	0	7	47			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.014	2.44	-0.01%	-0.28	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
16	550	72	Aug 26	HOU	@	NYM	W,9-3	GS-5	W(6-7)	4	5.0	6	3	3	1	4	0	0	3.29	2.23	20	3	6	1	0	6	46			0	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.15	-0.025	1.32	-0.02%	-0.89	1b start a 3	5b 3 out a1
17	551	78	Aug 31	HOU		NYM	W,6-1	CG	W(7-7)	4	9.0	9	1	1	1	8	1	0	3.11	2.25	35	10	7	0	0	9	72			0	0	1	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.260	1.55	0.26%	2.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
18	552	83	Sep 5	HOU	@	MON	L,2-5	GS-7	L(7-8)	4	7.0	9	5	4	1	3	2	0	3.23	2.46	31	14	4	0	0	9	43			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	.61	-0.261	1.41	-0.37%	-1.95	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
19	553	88	Sep 11	HOU		SFG	W,6-0	SHO	W(8-8)	5	9.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.01	2.40	32	6	14	0	0	5	82			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.63	0.222	2.13	0.45%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
20	554	93	Sep 16	HOU	@	SDP	W,5-2	GS-7	W(9-8)	4	7.0	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	2.86	2.40	26	9	12	0	0	4	66			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	.90	0.087	2.57	0.15%	0.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
21	555	98	Sep 22	HOU		ATL	W,3-0	SHO	W(10-8)	5	9.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.68	2.37	29	11	12	0	0	3	84			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	.78	0.358	1.98	0.55%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
22	556	103	Sep 27	HOU		LAD	W,4-1	CG	W(11-8)	4	9.0	2	1	1	1	9	1	0	2.59	2.37	29	8	9	0	0	2	87			0	0	1	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.455	3.06	0.98%	2.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
23	557	108	Oct 2	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-6	GS-2	L(11-9)	4	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.61	2.35	7	2	1	0	0	2	50			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.037	3.12	-0.09%	-0.16	1b start tie	2b 3 out d1
							12-11		W-L:11-9	4.3	158.2	132	51	46	29	104	6	1	2.61	2.35	624	1.04		2%	2%	129	60		---%	5	8	2	575	14	5	3	5	6	5	.97	1.731	1.13	2.04%	16.78

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