Don Sutton

Position: Starting 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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1965	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A	LAD	23	7	.767	2.35	2.82	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
1965	20	-3.0	Albuquerque	TL	AA	LAD	15	6	.714	2.78	3.27	21	21		16	2		165.0	151	60	51	11	30	2	138	6	0	4		1.097	8.2	0.6	1.6	7.5	4.60
1965	20	-1.0	Santa Barbara	CALL	A	LAD	8	1	.889	1.50	1.93	10	10		8	1		84.0	59	18	14	1	15	0	101	3	0	0		0.881	6.3	0.1	1.6	10.8	6.73
1966	21	-6.8	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	12	12	.500	2.99	3.27	37	35	0	6	2	0	225.2	192	82	75	19	52	6	209	3	0	5	916	1.081	7.7	0.8	2.1	8.3	4.02
1967	22	-5.4	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	11	15	.423	3.95	4.10	37	34	2	11	3	1	232.2	223	106	102	18	57	9	169	6	0	3	962	1.203	8.6	0.7	2.2	6.5	2.96
1968	23	-2.7	Spokane	PCL	AAA	LAD	1	1	.500	1.13	1.13	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
1968	23	-4.4	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	11	15	.423	2.60	2.77	35	27	6	7	2	1	207.2	179	64	60	6	59	14	162	2	3	4	847	1.146	7.8	0.3	2.6	7.0	2.75
1969	24	-3.0	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	17	18	.486	3.47	3.77	41	41	0	11	4	0	293.1	269	123	113	25	91	6	217	3	1	9	1226	1.227	8.3	0.8	2.8	6.7	2.38
1970	25	-2.1	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	15	13	.536	4.08	4.39	38	38	0	10	4	0	260.1	251	127	118	38	78	7	201	10	2	9	1109	1.264	8.7	1.3	2.7	6.9	2.58
1971	26	-1.4	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	17	12	.586	2.54	2.88	38	37	1	12	4	1	265.1	231	85	75	10	55	5	194	5	0	5	1059	1.078	7.8	0.3	1.9	6.6	3.53
1972	27	-0.1	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	19	9	.679	2.08	2.57	33	33	0	18	9	0	272.2	186	78	63	13	63	1	207	4	1	9	1061	0.913	6.1	0.4	2.1	6.8	3.29
1973	28	0.7	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	18	10	.643	2.42	2.74	33	33	0	14	3	0	256.1	196	78	69	18	56	4	200	5	0	10	1006	0.983	6.9	0.6	2.0	7.0	3.57
1974	29	1.8	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	19	9	.679	3.23	3.62	40	40	0	10	5	0	276.0	241	111	99	23	80	2	179	6	2	4	1148	1.163	7.9	0.8	2.6	5.8	2.24
1975	30	2.9	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	16	13	.552	2.87	3.08	35	35	0	11	4	0	254.1	202	87	81	17	62	5	175	3	0	7	1031	1.038	7.1	0.6	2.2	6.2	2.82
1976	31	3.6	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	21	10	.677	3.06	3.30	35	34	1	15	4	0	267.2	231	98	91	22	82	6	161	3	1	4	1093	1.169	7.8	0.7	2.8	5.4	1.96
1977	32	4.7	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	14	8	.636	3.18	3.48	33	33	0	9	3	0	240.1	207	93	85	23	69	2	150	3	1	5	979	1.148	7.8	0.9	2.6	5.6	2.17
1978	33	5.0	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	15	11	.577	3.55	4.12	34	34	0	12	2	0	238.1	228	109	94	29	54	7	154	5	0	6	990	1.183	8.6	1.1	2.0	5.8	2.85
1979	34	5.8	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	12	15	.444	3.82	4.34	33	32	1	6	1	1	226.0	201	109	96	21	61	6	146	1	1	4	927	1.159	8.0	0.8	2.4	5.8	2.39
1980	35	6.7	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	13	5	.722	2.20	2.37	32	31	1	4	2	1	212.1	163	56	52	20	47	5	128	2	1	0	833	0.989	6.9	0.8	2.0	5.4	2.72
1981	36	7.3	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	11	9	.550	2.61	2.89	23	23	0	6	3	0	158.2	132	51	46	6	29	3	104	1	1	0	624	1.015	7.5	0.3	1.6	5.9	3.59
1982	37		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	HOU	17	9	.654	3.06	3.46	34	34	0	6	1	0	249.2	224	96	85	18	64	2	175	1	1	3	1012	1.154	8.1	0.6	2.3	6.3	2.73
1982	37	8.3	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	13	8	.619	3.00	3.46	27	27	0	4	0	0	195.0	169	75	65	10	46	2	139	1	1	3	784	1.103	7.8	0.5	2.1	6.4	3.02
1982	37	8.8	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	4	1	.800	3.29	3.46	7	7	0	2	1	0	54.2	55	21	20	8	18	0	36	0	0	0	228	1.335	9.1	1.3	3.0	5.9	2.00
1983	38	9.5	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	8	13	.381	4.08	4.45	31	31	0	4	0	0	220.1	209	109	100	21	54	2	134	5	0	2	925	1.194	8.5	0.9	2.2	5.5	2.48
1984	39	10.6	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	14	12	.538	3.77	4.36	33	33	0	1	0	0	212.2	224	103	89	24	51	2	143	3	1	4	912	1.293	9.5	1.0	2.2	6.1	2.80
1985	40		2 Teams	AL	Maj	CAL-OAK	15	10	.600	3.86	4.02	34	34	0	1	1	0	226.0	221	101	97	25	59	0	107	0	0	6	943	1.239	8.8	1.0	2.3	4.3	1.81
1985	40	11.6	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	13	8	.619	3.89	4.08	29	29	0	1	1	0	194.1	194	88	84	19	51	0	91	0	0	6	819	1.261	9.0	0.9	2.4	4.2	1.78
1985	40	11.6	CAL	AL	Maj	CAL	2	2	.500	3.69	3.69	5	5	0	0	0	0	31.2	27	13	13	6	8	0	16	0	0	0	124	1.105	7.7	1.7	2.3	4.5	2.00
1986	41	12.8	CAL	AL	Maj	CAL	15	11	.577	3.74	4.04	34	34	0	3	1	0	207.0	192	93	86	31	49	2	116	3	1	4	853	1.164	8.3	1.3	2.1	5.0	2.37
1987	42	13.4	CAL	AL	Maj	CAL	11	11	.500	4.70	4.74	35	34	0	1	0	0	191.2	199	101	100	38	41	0	99	7	0	7	795	1.252	9.3	1.8	1.9	4.6	2.41
1988	43	20.2	Bakersfield	CALL	A	LAD	0	1	.000	4.02	5.17	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
1988	43	14.5	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	3	6	.333	3.92	4.53	16	16	0	0	0	0	87.1	91	44	38	7	30	6	44	1	4	2	380	1.385	9.4	0.7	3.1	4.5	1.47
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (23 seasons)					Majors		324	256	.559	3.26	3.58	774	756	12	178	58	5	5282.1	4692	2104	1914	472	1343	102	3574	82	21	112	21631	1.142	8.0	0.8	2.3	6.1	2.66
Minors (3 seasons)					Minors		24	9	.727	2.37	2.85	36	36	0	24	3	0	280.2	237	89	74	12	53	3	277	9	0	4		1.033	7.6	0.4	1.7	8.9	5.23
All Levels (24 Seasons)							348	265	.568	3.22	3.55	810	792	12	202	61	5	5563.0	4929	2193	1988	484	1396	105	3851	91	21	116	21631	1.137	8.0	0.8	2.3	6.2	2.76

AAA (1 season)					Minors		1	1	.500	1.13	1.13	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
AA (1 season)					Minors		15	6	.714	2.78	3.27	21	21		16	2		165.0	151	60	51	11	30	2	138	6	0	4		1.097	8.2	0.6	1.6	7.5	4.60
A (2 seasons)					Minors		8	2	.800	1.90	2.44	13	13	0	8	1	0	99.2	75	27	21	1	18	0	120	3	0	0		0.933	6.8	0.1	1.6	10.8	6.67