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: 20-14 / in Starts: 20-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1986 Pitching Game Log

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1986 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	690	3	Apr 10	CAL	@	SEA	L,2-5	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.0	8	4	4	0	7	2	0	9.00	5.77	20	3	8	6	0	2	37			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.216	.91	-0.19%	-2.32	1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out d4
2	691	8	Apr 15	CAL		SEA	L,4-9	GS-1	L(0-2)	4	0.2	6	8	8	2	0	2	0	23.14	12.20	10	1	1	0	0	6	6			0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.458	1.38	-0.47%	-7.60	1t start tie	1t --- 2 out d8
3	692	13	Apr 20	CAL		MIN	W,8-5	GS-8		4	8.0	4	4	4	3	1	2	0	11.37	8.85	29	10	11	3	0	4	56			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.73	-0.152	1.24	-0.16%	0.09	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
4	693	18	Apr 26	CAL	@	MIN	W,7-6	GS-6		5	5.2	9	5	5	2	4	2	0	10.31	8.28	28	12	9	4	0	1	33			1	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.02	-0.192	1.97	-0.22%	-1.98	1b start tie	6b --- 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
5	694	23	May 2	CAL	@	MIL	L,4-5	GS-7	L(0-3)	5	6.1	8	4	4	0	2	1	0	9.12	7.23	27	9	16	2	0	0	43			1	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.13	-0.139	2.33	-0.17%	-0.56	1b start a 1	7b --- 1 out d2
6	695	28	May 7	CAL		TOR	W,6-2	GS-6	W(1-3)	4	6.0	6	1	1	0	5	0	0	7.63	6.03	23	5	7	0	0	6	61			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.228	1.56	0.26%	2.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
7	696	33	May 12	CAL		BOS	W,7-1	GS-7	W(2-3)	4	7.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	6.45	5.40	25	8	9	1	0	5	64			0	1	0	23	3	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.142	1.32	0.16%	2.58	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
8	697	41	May 23	CAL	@	NYY	L,5-10	GS-2	L(2-4)	10	1.1	7	6	5	0	1	2	0	7.38	5.92	11	3	1	0	0	6	19			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	.69	-0.329	1.37	-0.40%	-4.51	1b start tie	2b 1-- 1 out d5
9	698	46	May 29	CAL		DET	L,4-7	GS-6	L(2-5)	5	5.2	8	4	3	1	4	1	1	7.05	5.77	27	8	5	2	0	8	42			1	0	0	25	4	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.176	1.28	-0.19%	-1.44	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out d4
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
10	699	51	Jun 3	CAL		NYY	W,4-2	GS-8	W(3-5)	4	8.0	6	2	2	2	5	1	0	6.32	5.49	30	7	10	3	0	6	65			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.318	2.60	0.38%	2.09	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
11	700	56	Jun 9	CAL	@	CHW	W,3-0	SHO	W(4-5)	5	9.0	2	0	0	2	8	0	0	5.40	4.93	31	8	13	1	0	0	89			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.489	1.73	0.55%	4.84	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
12	701	61	Jun 14	CAL		KCR	W,6-5	GS-7		4	6.1	7	5	5	3	6	2	1	5.56	5.11	29	5	12	2	3	2	42			0	0	0	25	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.18	-0.109	2.56	-0.14%	-1.35	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a1
13	702	65	Jun 18	CAL		TEX	W,5-1	CG	W(5-5)	3	9.0	3	1	1	0	3	1	0	5.03	4.93	29	9	14	2	0	3	80			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.52	0.302	1.59	0.55%	3.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
14	703	69	Jun 23	CAL	@	TEX	W,6-4	GS-6	W(6-5)	4	5.0	6	3	3	0	2	1	0	5.05	4.91	21	9	9	2	0	1	45			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.088	3.29	0.19%	-0.37	1b start tie	6b --- 0 out a2
15	704	73	Jun 28	CAL		CLE	W,9-3	GS-7		4	7.0	7	3	3	0	6	2	0	4.96	4.89	29	6	10	1	0	7	57			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.92	-0.021	2.44	-0.03%	0.58	1t start tie	7t 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
16	705	78	Jul 4	CAL	@	TOR	W,9-1	CG	W(7-5)	5	9.0	4	1	1	2	3	1	0	4.59	4.83	32	13	13	4	0	1	76			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.171	1.32	0.27%	3.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
17	706	83	Jul 9	CAL	@	MIL	W,6-1	GS-8	W(8-5)	4	7.2	4	1	1	2	7	0	0	4.34	4.61	29	6	14	2	0	0	72			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	.66	0.304	1.81	0.50%	2.81	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a4
18	707	88	Jul 17	CAL		TOR	L,5-8	GS-5	L(8-6)	7	4.0	6	6	5	3	4	1	0	4.60	4.67	20	3	4	0	0	6	29			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.323	2.99	-0.55%	-3.96	1t start tie	5t --- 0 out d5
19	708	93	Jul 22	CAL		MIL	L,2-6	GS-7	L(8-7)	4	7.0	7	4	4	1	4	1	1	4.63	4.65	30	12	5	0	0	7	50			0	0	0	28	4	0	0	1	0	1	.87	-0.084	2.62	-0.15%	-0.42	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
20	709	97	Jul 27	CAL		BOS	W,3-0	GS-7	W(9-7)	4	6.0	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.40	4.51	25	9	13	3	4	0	59			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.283	3.04	0.52%	2.68	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 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
21	710	102	Aug 1	CAL	@	SEA	W,3-2	GS-7	W(10-7)	4	7.0	7	2	2	2	6	0	0	4.30	4.37	27	8	6	0	0	5	59			0	1	0	25	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.32	0.227	3.60	0.37%	1.62	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
22	711	107	Aug 6	CAL	@	MIN	L,2-5	GS-5	L(10-8)	4	5.0	7	5	5	2	5	1	0	4.48	4.37	25	5	12	6	0	1	36			2	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.13	-0.337	3.31	-0.59%	-2.39	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
23	712	112	Aug 11	CAL		MIN	L,0-2	GS-7	L(10-9)	4	7.0	6	1	1	1	4	1	0	4.32	4.35	28	6	11	1	0	6	64			2	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.09	0.235	3.02	0.39%	2.58	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
24	713	117	Aug 17	CAL		OAK	W,7-3	GS-6	W(11-9)	5	6.0	6	2	2	1	2	2	0	4.27	4.46	25	10	6	2	0	6	53			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.131	2.66	0.20%	1.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
25	714	122	Aug 22	CAL	@	BAL	L,7-8	GS-5		4	5.0	4	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.30	4.51	22	10	5	2	0	4	46			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.111	1.66	-0.13%	-0.47	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
26	715	127	Aug 28	CAL		DET	W,4-2	GS-8	W(12-9)	5	7.1	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	4.16	4.43	27	9	9	0	0	4	67			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.310	2.41	0.45%	2.56	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 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
27	716	132	Sep 2	CAL		BAL	W,10-1	GS-7	W(13-9)	4	7.0	3	1	0	2	7	0	0	3.99	4.32	27	7	8	2	0	3	74			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.325	1.69	0.33%	2.58	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
28	717	136	Sep 7	CAL		NYY	W,7-2	GS-6	W(14-9)	4	6.0	6	2	0	2	3	0	0	3.85	4.26	25	6	8	2	0	6	57			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.073	.98	0.05%	1.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
29	718	139	Sep 12	CAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	1	2	0	0	0	3.77	4.25	26	6	13	1	0	5	54			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	.85	0.052	.22	0.01%	1.23	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
30	719	144	Sep 17	CAL		KCR	W,3-1	GS-8		4	7.0	3	1	1	3	3	1	0	3.68	4.28	27	6	12	2	0	3	67			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.217	.24	0.02%	2.58	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out tie
31	720	149	Sep 22(1)	CAL		CLE	W,4-3	GS-7	W(15-9)	4	6.0	8	3	3	0	1	1	0	3.70	4.29	26	6	11	2	0	8	45			1	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	1	0	.92	-0.142	.04	0.00%	-0.32	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a1
32	721	154	Sep 27	CAL		TEX	L,0-1	GS-8	L(15-10)	4	7.1	2	1	1	3	3	1	0	3.61	4.31	27	11	8	0	0	2	70			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.272	.00	0.00%	2.82	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out d1
33	722	158	Oct 1	CAL	@	KCR	L,0-2	GS-2		3	2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.58	4.33	9	3	4	1	0	0	52			1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.101	.00	0.00%	1.05	1b start tie	2b 3 out tie
34	723	162	Oct 5	CAL	@	TEX	L,4-7	GS-6	L(15-11)	3	5.2	9	6	6	1	1	1	0	3.74	4.35	27	14	11	6	0	0	27			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.202	.00	0.00%	-1.29	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d2
							20-14		W-L:15-11	4.2	207.0	192	93	86	49	116	31	3	3.74	4.35	853	0.82		12%	1%	124	53		---%	13	6	0	795	36	3	2	11	3	9	.92	1.277	1.78	1.82%	15.31

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