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: 7-8 / in Starts: 7-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1974	NLCS g1	Oct 5	LAD	@	PIT	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-0)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	1	0.00	1.91	34					11	11	0	5	4	84			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.15	0.641	35.83	12.82%	3.98	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
2	1974	NLCS g4	Oct 9	LAD		PIT	W,12-1	GS-8	W(2-0)	3	8.0	3	1	1	1	7	1	0	0.53	2.34	26					8	7	1	1	3	78			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.251	23.07	5.35%	2.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out a8
3	1974	WS g2	Oct 13	LAD		OAK	W,3-2	GS-9	W(3-0)	3	8.0	5	2	2	2	9	0	1	1.08	2.06	31	137	88	24	14	7	7	1	3	5	71			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.06	0.293	54.67	8.33%	2.07	1t start tie	9t -23 0 out a3
4	1974	WS g5	Oct 17	LAD	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS-5		3	5.0	4	2	2	1	3	1	0	1.50	2.48	19	63	42	7	11	2	9	2	1	4	53			1	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	.66	-0.056	31.89	-1.50%	0.14	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
1977 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1977	NLCS g2	Oct 5	LAD		PHI	W,7-1	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	9	1	1	0	4	1	0	1.00	3.29	35	122	88	15	16	10	13	5	0	8	69			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	2	0	1	.60	0.174	17.31	2.57%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
6	1977	WS g1	Oct 11	LAD	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-8		5	7.0	8	3	3	1	4	1	1	2.25	3.74	30	100	61	11	11	9	10	3	2	5	52			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.112	65.48	-2.75%	-0.12	1b start a 2	8b -2- 0 out d1
7	1977	WS g5	Oct 16	LAD		NYY	W,10-4	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	9	4	4	0	2	2	0	2.88	4.26	36	108	71	5	11	9	18	3	3	7	55			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.244	12.46	4.80%	0.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
1978 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
8	1978	NLCS g3	Oct 6	LAD		PHI	L,4-9	GS-6	L(0-1)	4	5.2	7	7	4	2	0	1	0	6.35	5.94	27	70	49	10	7	12	6	0	1	7	31			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	.89	-0.382	15.67	-4.44%	-3.68	1t start tie	6t --3 2 out d3
9	1978	WS g3	Oct 13	LAD	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS-7	L(0-2)	6	6.1	9	5	5	3	2	1	0	6.75	5.67	30	101	66	15	11	10	10	0	0	5	34			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.069	39.01	-1.59%	-0.67	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d2
10	1978	WS g6	Oct 17	LAD		NYY	L,2-7	GS-6	L(0-3)	3	5.2	8	5	5	1	6	0	0	7.13	4.17	26	93	67	13	12	8	5	1	0	6	38			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.236	88.27	-13.19%	-1.65	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d2
1982 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1982	ALCS g3	Oct 8	MIL		CAL	W,5-3	GS-8	W(1-0)	4	7.2	8	3	3	2	9	1	0	3.52	2.85	32	114	72	18	14	8	5	1	0	8	58			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.259	20.47	3.49%	0.45	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out a2
12	1982	WS g2	Oct 13	MIL	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	5	4	4	1	3	0	0	4.61	2.57	24	89	56	12	8	9	9	2	1	2	48			2	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.187	60.12	-6.50%	-1.26	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
13	1982	WS g6	Oct 19	MIL	@	STL	L,1-13	GS-5	L(1-1)	5	4.1	7	7	5	0	2	2	0	6.00	3.83	21	67	45	13	6	10	4	1	1	5	27			1	1	0	20	2	1	0	0	0	2	.60	-0.271	54.07	-13.43%	-4.95	1b start tie	5b --- 1 out d7
1986 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
14	1986	ALCS g4	Oct 11	CAL		BOS	W,4-3	GS-7		5	6.1	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.42	2.61	24	80	55	12	5	8	13	4	3	0	62			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.118	39.17	1.57%	1.63	1t start tie	7t --3 1 out d1
15	1986	ALCS g7	Oct 15	CAL	@	BOS	L,1-8	4-7		3	3.1	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	1.86	3.60	12	42	30	9	3	2	8	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.004	2.01	0.17%	0.66	4b --- 2 out d7	7b 3 out d8
											100.1	92	46	41	16	61	12	3	3.68		407																			0

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