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: 17-16 / in Starts: 17-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1984 Pitching Game Log

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1984 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	623	1	Apr 3	MIL	@	OAK	L,5-6	GS-6		99	5.0	3	2	2	3	3	1	1	3.60	6.57	21	3	8	0	0	3	53			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.014	1.38	0.01%	0.30	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out a2
2	624	5	Apr 8	MIL	@	SEA	L,4-5	GS-6	L(0-1)	4	6.0	5	4	3	2	3	0	0	4.09	4.50	26	6	12	1	0	3	49			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	2	1	1.18	-0.236	1.03	-0.12%	-1.09	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
3	625	9	Apr 14	MIL	@	KCR	W,8-4	GS-6	W(1-1)	5	6.0	7	2	1	3	2	0	0	3.18	4.18	29	6	11	0	0	7	51			3	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.34	0.098	1.05	0.05%	0.97	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
4	626	13	Apr 20	MIL		SEA	L,0-5	GS-7	L(1-2)	5	6.2	8	4	4	1	2	1	1	3.80	4.42	30	6	12	0	0	8	43			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.079	1.14	-0.04%	-0.78	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out d4
5	627	17	Apr 26	MIL		CAL	W,2-1	GS-7	W(2-2)	5	7.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.23	3.88	27	9	7	0	0	6	64			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	0.328	.86	0.14%	2.32	1t start tie	7t 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
6	628	22	May 3	MIL		KCR	W,6-5	GS-8		6	8.0	8	3	3	1	4	3	0	3.26	4.53	31	6	12	0	0	8	57			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.91	-0.026	.63	-0.01%	0.79	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
7	629	27	May 8 susp	MIL	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS-7		4	7.0	4	1	0	3	6	0	0	2.76	4.19	28	7	8	0	0	4	70			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.259	.85	0.11%	2.63	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
8	630	32	May 15	MIL		TEX	W,3-2	GS-7	W(3-2)	6	7.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.73	3.95	27	8	8	0	0	7	57			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.05	0.065	.59	0.02%	1.32	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
9	631	37	May 20	MIL		CLE	L,2-3	GS-8	L(3-3)	4	7.1	9	3	3	1	6	0	0	2.85	3.65	31	8	7	0	0	9	53			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.066	.55	-0.02%	0.63	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out tie
10	632	42	May 26	MIL	@	MIN	L,6-7	GS-6		5	5.0	11	6	6	0	4	3	0	3.46	4.06	26	2	9	0	0	11	25			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.21	-0.445	.22	-0.05%	-3.43	1b start tie	6b --- 0 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	633	47	Jun 1	MIL		BOS	L,1-3	CG	L(3-4)	5	9.0	5	3	3	2	8	0	0	3.41	3.77	34	11	8	0	0	5	71			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.015	.13	0.00%	1.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
12	634	52	Jun 6	MIL	@	BAL	L,0-3	GS-6	L(3-5)	4	5.1	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.52	3.70	25	2	10	0	0	8	41			0	1	0	21	2	0	0	0	1	0	.92	-0.084	.12	-0.01%	-1.01	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d3
13	635	57	Jun 11	MIL		BAL	L,1-3	GS-8	L(3-6)	4	7.2	9	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.52	3.61	35	9	9	0	0	9	51			1	0	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	2	.82	-0.061	.05	0.00%	0.04	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out d2
14	636	62	Jun 16	MIL		DET	L,0-6	GS-6	L(3-7)	4	5.0	7	6	6	0	6	2	0	3.91	3.71	23	6	4	0	0	7	35			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	1	1	.65	-0.226	.03	-0.01%	-3.63	1t start tie	6t --- 0 out d6
15	637	66	Jun 21	MIL	@	DET	W,4-3	GS-7	W(4-7)	4	6.1	2	2	2	3	6	0	0	3.84	3.62	24	7	6	0	0	2	64			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.239	.02	0.00%	1.76	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out a3
16	638	72	Jun 26	MIL		TOR	W,6-3	GS-7	W(5-7)	4	7.0	4	3	1	1	5	1	0	3.67	3.62	27	9	8	0	0	4	65			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	.93	0.088	.01	0.00%	0.32	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
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	639	78	Jul 2(1)	MIL		SEA	W,3-2	GS-7	W(6-7)	5	7.0	7	2	2	1	6	0	0	3.61	3.49	29	7	8	0	0	7	60			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.184	.01	0.00%	1.32	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
18	640	85	Jul 7	MIL		OAK	L,2-8	GS-2	L(6-8)	4	1.2	5	5	2	3	0	1	0	3.71	3.67	13	4	1	0	0	5	28			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.43	-0.353	.03	-0.01%	-4.53	1t start tie	2t 1-3 2 out d5
19	641	88	Jul 13	MIL	@	CAL	W,5-4	GS-7	W(7-8)	5	6.1	7	3	3	2	6	1	0	3.74	3.68	28	6	7	0	0	7	51			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.122	.01	0.00%	-0.75	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 1 out a1
20	642	93	Jul 18	MIL	@	SEA	W,5-2	GS-8	W(8-8)	4	8.0	7	2	1	0	4	0	0	3.58	3.56	30	9	10	0	0	7	66			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.171	.00	0.00%	1.87	1b start tie	8b 3 out a3
21	643	98	Jul 23	MIL		NYY	W,6-4	GS-7	W(9-8)	4	6.1	8	4	4	0	5	1	0	3.68	3.55	27	5	9	0	0	8	46			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.108	.00	0.00%	-0.93	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out a2
22	644	103	Jul 28	MIL		KCR	W,3-2	GS-7	W(10-8)	4	7.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.56	3.52	26	6	11	0	0	5	63			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	0.309	.00	0.00%	2.32	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
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	645	109	Aug 3	MIL		CHW	L,1-5	GS-7	L(10-9)	5	7.0	11	5	4	0	6	2	0	3.63	3.58	33	8	8	0	0	11	43			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	0	2	.80	-0.210	.00	0.00%	-1.68	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
24	646	114	Aug 8	MIL	@	KCR	W,3-2	GS-7	W(11-9)	4	7.0	6	2	2	0	4	1	0	3.58	3.58	27	9	8	0	0	6	61			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.246	.00	0.00%	1.46	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
25	647	119	Aug 13	MIL	@	MIN	L,1-5	GS-5	L(11-10)	4	4.2	7	5	5	1	3	2	0	3.76	3.70	22	3	8	0	0	7	32			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	.66	-0.306	.00	0.00%	-2.87	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d4
26	648	124	Aug 19(2)	MIL	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-7		5	7.0	8	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.66	3.68	32	6	12	0	0	8	57			3	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.342	.00	0.00%	2.53	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
27	649	129	Aug 25	MIL		TEX	W,7-6	GS-8	W(12-10)	5	7.1	9	6	6	0	7	3	0	3.81	3.78	31	7	8	0	0	9	43			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-2.46	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a1
28	650	134	Aug 30	MIL		CLE	W,7-6	GS-7		4	7.0	3	1	0	1	6	0	0	3.67	3.69	25	6	10	0	0	2	74			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	.64	0.157	.00	0.00%	2.32	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
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
29	651	138	Sep 4	MIL		BOS	L,1-3	GS-7	L(12-11)	4	7.0	7	3	2	2	3	0	0	3.63	3.66	31	11	8	0	0	7	54			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	1	2	.68	-0.077	.00	0.00%	0.32	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
30	652	143	Sep 10	MIL	@	BOS	W,7-4	GS-6	W(13-11)	5	6.0	7	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.65	3.69	27	5	9	0	0	7	48			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	2	0	.96	0.062	.00	0.00%	0.11	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
31	653	148	Sep 16	MIL		BAL	L,8-11	GS-5	L(13-12)	5	4.0	10	6	6	4	1	1	0	3.85	3.78	26	6	5	0	0	10	15			0	0	0	20	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.18	-0.455	.00	0.00%	-4.45	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out d1
32	654	153	Sep 21	MIL	@	TOR	W,5-1	GS-7	W(14-12)	4	7.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.76	3.73	26	8	9	0	0	4	68			1	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	.75	0.253	.00	0.00%	2.60	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
33	655	158	Sep 26	MIL		DET	W,7-5	GS-7		4	7.0	10	5	3	2	9	0	1	3.77	3.65	35	6	7	0	0	10	48			1	1	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	2	1.30	-0.315	.00	0.00%	-1.68	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
							17-16		W-L:14-12	4.5	212.2	224	103	89	51	143	24	3	3.77	3.65	912	0.78		0%	0%	221	52		---%	20	4	0	843	30	5	2	11	11	15	1.03	-0.178	.26	0.07%	-2.07

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