Don Sutton

Q: When was Don Sutton born?

Don Sutton was born on April 2, 1945.

Q: Where was Don Sutton born?

Don Sutton was born in Clio, AL .

Q: How tall was Don Sutton?

Don Sutton was 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Don Sutton weigh when playing?

Don Sutton weighed 185 lbs (83 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Don Sutton in the Hall of Fame?

Don Sutton was elected into the Hall of Fame in 1998.

Q: How many strikeouts did Don Sutton have?

Don Sutton had 3,574 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Don Sutton played for?

Don Sutton played for 5 teams; the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, California Angels and Oakland Athletics.

Q: How many World Series has Don Sutton won?

Don Sutton never won a World Series.

Q: When did Don Sutton retire?

Don Sutton last played in 1988.

Q: What are Don Sutton's nicknames?

Black & Decker, The Mechanic are nicknames for 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, 12,453rd 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

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1965	20	LAD-min	AA,A	23	7	.767	2.35	31	31		24	3		249.0	210	78	65	12	45	2	239	9	0	4				1.024	7.6	0.4	1.6	8.6	5.31	ABQ,SNB TL,CALL
1966	21	LAD	NL	12	12	.500	2.99	37	35	0	6	2	0	225.2	192	82	75	19	52	6	209	3	0	5	916	110	2.53	1.081	7.7	0.8	2.1	8.3	4.02
1967	22	LAD	NL	11	15	.423	3.95	37	34	2	11	3	1	232.2	223	106	102	18	57	9	169	6	0	3	962	78	2.90	1.203	8.6	0.7	2.2	6.5	2.96
1968	23	LAD-min	AAA	1	1	.500	1.12	2	2		0	0		16.0	11	2	2	0	5	1	19	0	0	0				1.000	6.2	0.0	2.8	10.7	3.80	SPO PCL
1968	23	LAD	NL	11	15	.423	2.60	35	27	6	7	2	1	207.2	179	64	60	6	59	14	162	2	3	4	847	106	2.08	1.146	7.8	*0.3*	2.6	7.0	2.75
1969	24	LAD	NL	17	18	.486	3.47	41	41	0	11	4	0	293.1	269	123	113	25	91	6	217	3	1	9	1226	96	3.10	1.227	8.3	0.8	2.8	6.7	2.38
1970	25	LAD	NL	15	13	.536	4.08	38	38	0	10	4	0	260.1	251	127	*118*	38	78	7	201	10	2	9	1109	94	4.01	1.264	8.7	1.3	2.7	6.9	2.58
1971	26	LAD	NL	17	12	.586	2.54	38	37	1	12	4	1	265.1	231	85	75	10	55	5	194	5	0	5	1059	127	2.16	1.078	7.8	0.3	1.9	6.6	3.53
1972	27	LAD	NL	19	9	.679	2.08	33	33	0	18	9	0	272.2	186	78	63	13	63	1	207	4	1	9	1061	162	2.24	0.913	6.1	0.4	2.1	6.8	3.29	AS,CYA-5
1973	28	LAD	NL	18	10	.643	2.42	33	33	0	14	3	0	256.1	196	78	69	18	56	4	200	5	0	10	1006	144	2.63	0.983	6.9	0.6	2.0	7.0	3.57	AS,CYA-5
1974	29	LAD	NL	19	9	.679	3.23	40	40	0	10	5	0	276.0	241	111	99	23	80	2	179	6	2	4	1148	106	3.30	1.163	7.9	0.8	2.6	5.8	2.24	CYA-4
1975	30	LAD	NL	16	13	.552	2.87	35	35	0	11	4	0	254.1	202	87	81	17	62	5	175	3	0	7	1031	119	2.85	1.038	7.1	0.6	2.2	6.2	2.82	AS,CYA-5
1976	31	LAD	NL	21	10	.677	3.06	35	34	1	15	4	0	267.2	231	98	91	22	82	6	161	3	1	4	1093	110	3.45	1.169	7.8	0.7	2.8	5.4	1.96	CYA-3,MVP-22
1977	32	LAD	NL	14	8	.636	3.18	33	33	0	9	3	0	240.1	207	93	85	23	69	2	150	3	1	5	979	121	3.63	1.148	7.8	0.9	2.6	5.6	2.17	AS
1978	33	LAD	NL	15	11	.577	3.55	34	34	0	12	2	0	238.1	228	109	94	29	54	7	154	5	0	6	990	99	3.62	1.183	8.6	1.1	2.0	5.8	2.85
1979	34	LAD	NL	12	15	.444	3.82	33	32	1	6	1	1	226.0	201	109	96	21	61	6	146	1	1	4	927	95	3.47	1.159	8.0	0.8	2.4	5.8	2.39
1980	35	LAD	NL	13	5	.722	*2.20*	32	31	1	4	2	1	212.1	163	56	52	20	47	5	128	2	1	0	833	161	3.46	*0.989*	6.9	0.8	2.0	5.4	2.72
1981	36	HOU	NL	11	9	.550	2.61	23	23	0	6	3	0	158.2	132	51	46	6	29	3	104	1	1	0	624	126	2.35	1.015	7.5	0.3	1.6	5.9	3.59
1982	37	TOT	MLB	17	9	.654	3.06	34	34	0	6	1	0	249.2	224	96	85	18	64	2	175	1	1	3	1012	112	3.03	1.154	8.1	0.6	2.3	6.3	2.73
1982	37	HOU	NL	13	8	.619	3.00	27	27	0	4	0	0	195.0	169	75	65	10	46	2	139	1	1	3	784	111	2.68	1.103	7.8	0.5	2.1	6.4	3.02
1982	37	MIL	AL	4	1	.800	3.29	7	7	0	2	1	0	54.2	55	21	20	8	18	0	36	0	0	0	228	116	4.29	1.335	9.1	1.3	3.0	5.9	2.00
1983	38	MIL	AL	8	13	.381	4.08	31	31	0	4	0	0	220.1	209	109	100	21	54	2	134	5	0	2	925	92	3.58	1.194	8.5	0.9	2.2	5.5	2.48
1984	39	MIL	AL	14	12	.538	3.77	33	33	0	1	0	0	212.2	224	103	89	24	51	2	143	3	1	4	912	103	3.65	1.293	9.5	1.0	2.2	6.1	2.80
1985	40	TOT	AL	15	10	.600	3.86	34	34	0	1	1	0	226.0	221	101	97	25	59	0	107	0	0	6	943	100	3.96	1.239	8.8	1.0	2.3	4.3	1.81
1985	40	OAK	AL	13	8	.619	3.89	29	29	0	1	1	0	194.1	194	88	84	19	51	0	91	0	0	6	819	98	3.81	1.261	9.0	0.9	2.4	4.2	1.78
1985	40	CAL	AL	2	2	.500	3.69	5	5	0	0	0	0	31.2	27	13	13	6	8	0	16	0	0	0	124	114	4.89	1.105	7.7	1.7	2.3	4.5	2.00
1986	41	CAL	AL	15	11	.577	3.74	34	34	0	3	1	0	207.0	192	93	86	31	49	2	116	3	1	4	853	110	4.35	1.164	8.3	1.3	2.1	5.0	2.37
1987	42	CAL	AL	11	11	.500	4.70	35	34	0	1	0	0	191.2	199	101	100	38	41	0	99	7	0	7	795	93	5.17	1.252	9.3	1.8	1.9	4.6	2.41
1988	43	LAD-min	A	0	1	.000	4.02	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.2	16	9	7	0	3	0	19	0	0	0				1.213	9.2	0.0	1.7	10.9	6.33	BAK CALL
1988	43	LAD	NL	3	6	.333	3.92	16	16	0	0	0	0	87.1	91	44	38	7	30	6	44	1	4	2	380	86	3.87	1.385	9.4	0.7	3.1	4.5	1.47
23 Yrs				324	256	.559	3.26	774	756	12	178	58	5	5282.1	4692	2104	1914	472	1343	102	3574	82	21	112	21631	108	3.24	1.142	8.0	0.8	2.3	6.1	2.66
162 Game Avg.				14	11	.559	3.26	34	34	1	8	3	0	235	209	94	85	21	60	5	159	4	1	5	961	108	3.24	1.142	8.0	0.8	2.3	6.1	2.66
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
LAD (16 yrs)				233	181	.563	3.09	550	533	12	156	52	5	3816.1	3291	1450	1311	309	996	91	2696	62	17	86	15567	110	3.05	1.123	7.8	0.7	2.3	6.4	2.71
CAL (3 yrs)				28	24	.538	4.16	74	73	0	4	1	0	430.1	418	207	199	75	98	2	231	10	1	11	1772	101	4.75	1.199	8.7	1.6	2.0	4.8	2.36
MIL (3 yrs)				26	26	.500	3.86	71	71	0	7	1	0	487.2	488	233	209	53	123	4	313	8	1	6	2065	99	3.69	1.253	9.0	1.0	2.3	5.8	2.54
HOU (2 yrs)				24	17	.585	2.82	50	50	0	10	3	0	353.2	301	126	111	16	75	5	243	2	2	3	1408	117	2.53	1.063	7.7	0.4	1.9	6.2	3.24
OAK (1 yr)				13	8	.619	3.89	29	29	0	1	1	0	194.1	194	88	84	19	51	0	91	0	0	6	819	98	3.81	1.261	9.0	0.9	2.4	4.2	1.78

NL (18 yrs)				257	198	.565	3.07	600	583	12	166	55	5	4170.0	3592	1576	1422	325	1071	96	2939	64	19	89	16975	111	3.01	1.118	7.8	0.7	2.3	6.3	2.74
AL (6 yrs)				67	58	.536	3.98	174	173	0	12	3	0	1112.1	1100	528	492	147	272	6	635	18	2	23	4656	100	4.12	1.233	8.9	1.2	2.2	5.1	2.33

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Don Sutton born?

Don Sutton was born on April 2, 1945.

Where was Don Sutton born?

Don Sutton was born in Clio, AL.

How tall was Don Sutton?

Don Sutton was 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

How much did Don Sutton weigh when playing?

Don Sutton weighed 185 lbs (83 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Don Sutton play?

Don Sutton played 23 seasons.

Is Don Sutton in the Hall of Fame?

Don Sutton was elected into the Hall of Fame in 1998.

What position did Don Sutton play?

Don Sutton was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Don Sutton have?

Don Sutton had 3,574 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Don Sutton played for?

Don Sutton played for 5 teams; the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, California Angels and Oakland Athletics.

How many World Series has Don Sutton won?

Don Sutton never won a World Series.

When did Don Sutton retire?

Don Sutton last played in 1988.

What are Don Sutton's nicknames?

Black & Decker, The Mechanic are nicknames for Don Sutton.

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