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: 16-19 / in Starts: 15-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 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	724	3	Apr 9	CAL		SEA	L,2-7	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.1	5	3	3	1	3	2	1	4.26	6.98	25	7	13	3	0	0	53			2	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.016	1.56	0.02%	0.45	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out d3
2	725	8	Apr 14	CAL	@	SEA	L,4-6	GS-3	L(0-2)	4	2.2	7	4	4	2	1	2	0	7.00	9.09	15	1	4	0	1	7	27			0	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.268	1.20	-0.31%	-2.81	1b start a 1	3b 1-3 2 out d3
3	726	12	Apr 19	CAL		MIN	L,5-6	GS-6	L(0-3)	4	5.0	7	4	4	1	4	1	1	7.07	7.66	23	5	5	0	1	7	40			1	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.22	-0.245	2.85	-0.34%	-1.33	1t start tie	6t --- 0 out d2
4	727	17	Apr 24	CAL	@	MIN	W,8-1	GS-7	W(1-3)	4	6.2	9	1	1	1	2	0	0	5.23	6.06	29	11	15	7	1	0	53			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.52	0.180	1.22	0.26%	2.15	1b start a 2	7b 123 2 out a6
5	728	22	Apr 29	CAL		DET	L,1-2	GS-8		4	7.0	5	1	1	1	2	1	0	4.23	5.69	25	4	13	1	0	5	64			0	3	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.215	1.85	0.22%	2.74	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out d1
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	729	27	May 5	CAL	@	MIL	W,2-0	GS-7	W(2-3)	5	7.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	1	3.38	5.06	25	8	9	2	0	2	76			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.472	1.80	0.45%	3.97	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
7	730	31	May 10	CAL	@	BOS	L,0-7	GS-5	L(2-4)	4	5.0	7	5	5	0	1	2	0	4.08	5.39	22	6	15	2	2	0	34			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.226	1.08	-0.24%	-2.19	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
8	731	35	May 15	CAL		BAL	W,7-6	GS-5		4	4.0	6	6	6	3	3	3	0	4.95	6.12	20	2	6	1	1	6	26			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.379	1.54	-0.36%	-3.87	1t start tie	5t --- 0 out tie
9	732	39	May 19	CAL		TOR	W,2-1	GS-7		3	7.0	4	1	1	3	2	0	0	4.44	5.77	26	7	10	0	2	4	64			3	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.336	1.57	0.27%	2.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
10	733	43	May 24	CAL		NYY	L,8-10	GS-3		4	2.2	9	5	5	2	2	1	0	5.06	5.91	18	2	4	0	2	8	20			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.02	-0.296	1.37	-0.24%	-3.85	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d5
11	734	47	May 29	CAL	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(2-5)	4	8.0	11	3	3	2	3	0	0	4.84	5.51	34	10	8	1	0	11	49			0	1	0	32	2	1	0	2	0	0	.78	0.003	.65	0.00%	1.49	1b start a 1	8b 3 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
12	735	52	Jun 3	CAL	@	NYY	L,3-9	GS-3	L(2-6)	4	2.1	8	5	5	0	0	1	0	5.37	5.62	13	1	4	0	0	8	21			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.246	.81	-0.09%	-2.32	1b start a 3	3b 12- 1 out tie
13	736	57	Jun 8	CAL		CLE	L,0-2	GS-8	L(2-7)	4	8.0	6	2	2	0	2	2	0	5.02	5.62	30	13	9	2	0	6	64			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.169	.54	0.07%	2.27	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
14	737	62	Jun 14	CAL	@	KCR	W,12-0	GS-7	W(3-7)	5	7.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	4.58	5.29	28	7	15	3	2	0	69			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.231	.58	0.12%	3.93	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a7
15	738	67	Jun 19	CAL		KCR	L,0-2	GS-6	L(3-8)	4	6.0	9	2	2	0	7	0	0	4.46	4.95	27	3	8	0	2	9	53			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.064	.58	0.03%	1.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
16	739	72	Jun 24	CAL	@	TEX	W,4-1	GS-7	W(4-8)	4	7.0	3	1	1	1	4	0	0	4.22	4.74	24	8	11	4	1	0	70			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.362	.63	0.12%	2.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
17	740	76	Jun 29	CAL	@	CLE	W,11-4	GS-5	W(5-8)	4	5.0	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	4.19	4.60	21	5	9	1	1	5	49			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.139	1.10	0.08%	0.75	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a2
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
18	741	81	Jul 4	CAL		MIL	L,1-2	GS-6	L(5-9)	4	5.0	4	2	2	4	5	1	2	4.16	4.72	24	3	9	4	1	1	52			0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.115	1.15	-0.08%	-1.18	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out d1
19	742	86	Jul 9	CAL		DET	W,5-2	GS-7	W(6-9)	4	7.0	3	2	2	0	3	2	1	4.06	4.81	24	7	11	1	0	2	66			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.214	1.35	0.19%	1.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
20	743	92	Jul 18	CAL	@	MIL	W,12-6	GS-6		8	5.2	6	6	6	2	1	3	0	4.33	5.09	24	8	7	0	0	6	32			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.422	1.26	-0.33%	-2.72	1b start tie	6b --- 2 out d1
21	744	97	Jul 24	CAL	@	DET	L,3-6	GS-5		5	5.0	3	3	3	1	3	2	0	4.37	5.19	19	5	8	1	0	2	51			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.068	1.31	-0.08%	-0.36	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
22	745	102	Jul 29	CAL	@	OAK	W,5-4	GS-5	W(7-9)	4	5.0	3	2	2	1	3	2	0	4.34	5.28	19	7	6	1	0	2	55			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.048	1.87	0.06%	0.56	1b start tie	5b 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	746	107	Aug 4	CAL		MIN	W,12-3	GS-6	W(8-9)	5	6.0	4	3	3	4	3	1	0	4.35	5.32	26	5	13	2	3	1	51			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.057	2.68	0.11%	0.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out a6
24	747	112	Aug 9	CAL	@	SEA	W,7-5	GS-6		4	6.0	6	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.36	5.28	24	5	9	1	0	6	50			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.055	2.43	0.07%	0.47	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
25	748	116	Aug 14	CAL		OAK	L,6-7	GS-6		4	5.2	5	5	5	1	3	2	0	4.50	5.35	22	4	11	3	0	3	41			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	.99	-0.311	2.94	-0.55%	-1.91	1t start tie	6t --- 2 out d2
26	749	121	Aug 19	CAL		BAL	L,1-2	GS-6	L(8-10)	4	6.0	7	2	2	1	2	2	0	4.44	5.42	25	8	12	3	1	2	51			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.080	1.09	0.06%	1.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
27	750	126	Aug 24	CAL		NYY	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	3	2	2	1	5	1	0	4.35	5.34	25	8	10	3	1	1	67			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.06	0.181	1.80	0.18%	1.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
28	751	131	Aug 30	CAL	@	BAL	W,6-2	GS-7	W(9-10)	5	7.0	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.17	5.22	28	6	12	1	0	6	67			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.242	1.10	0.19%	3.74	1b start tie	7b 3 out a6
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	752	136	Sep 5	CAL	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS-3	L(9-11)	5	2.1	6	5	5	0	0	2	0	4.38	5.34	13	6	1	1	0	6	25			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.286	.84	-0.16%	-2.93	1b start a 4	3b 1-- 1 out tie
30	753	140	Sep 10	CAL		TEX	W,8-7	GS-7		4	7.0	7	2	2	1	5	1	0	4.31	5.28	27	14	6	2	0	1	59			0	0	1	25	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.32	0.231	.32	0.03%	1.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
31	754	144	Sep 14	CAL	@	KCR	L,5-8	GS-1		3	1.0	4	5	5	1	1	1	0	4.54	5.34	8	2	3	2	0	1	25			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.407	.06	-0.01%	-4.44	1b start a 3	1b 3 out d2
32	755	149	Sep 19	CAL	@	TEX	L,3-4	GS-5		4	5.0	5	3	3	2	2	1	0	4.57	5.36	20	8	7	3	0	1	45			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.078	.01	0.00%	-0.25	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
33	756	154	Sep 25	CAL	@	CLE	L,5-7	GS-5		5	5.0	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	4.64	5.30	20	7	6	1	0	5	41			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.061	.00	0.00%	-1.25	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a1
34	757	156	Sep 27	CAL	@	CLE	W,11-8	4-8	W(10-11)	1	4.1	4	3	3	0	4	1	0	4.68	5.27	17	2	7	1	0	4		3	0	0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.132	.00	0.00%	0.01	4b 123 2 out a3	8b 3 out a5
35	758	160	Oct 2	CAL		CLE	W,10-4	GS-5	W(11-11)	4	5.0	8	4	3	0	5	0	1	4.70	5.17	25	6	14	8	0	0	42			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.27	-0.135	.00	0.00%	-1.33	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
							16-19		W-L:11-11	4.2	191.2	199	101	100	41	99	38	7	4.70	5.17	795	0.68		12%	4%	128	49	3	0%	11	9	1	740	24	1	0	16	5	2	.95	-0.116	1.21	-0.25%	3.17

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