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: 6-10 / in Starts: 6-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1988 Pitching Game Log

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1988 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	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	759	3	Apr 7	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-2	GS-6		99	5.1	7	2	1	2	4	0	0	1.69	2.39	24	87	59	19	4	10	8	3	0	0	50			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.25	-0.009	1.98	-0.01%	0.55	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out tie
2	760	7	Apr 12	LAD	@	SDP	L,3-5	GS-5	L(0-1)	4	4.2	7	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.50	2.87	21	76	51	9	4	6	14	8	0	0	33			0	1	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.045	2.44	0.05%	0.41	1b start a 2	5b 123 2 out a2
3	761	12	Apr 17	LAD		ATL	L,1-3	GS-6	L(0-2)	4	6.0	5	2	2	0	5	1	0	3.94	3.02	23					3	15	6	3	0	59			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.051	1.99	-0.06%	0.53	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
4	762	17	Apr 27	LAD		CHC	W,4-0	GS-7	W(1-2)	9	6.0	4	0	0	3	3	0	0	2.86	3.09	24	93	50	18	3	9	9	3	1	0	64			1	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.201	2.01	0.23%	1.57	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a4
May				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	763	22	May 2	LAD		PIT	W,6-3	GS-5		4	4.2	4	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.38	2.92	19	90	62	19	3	8	7	4	0	0	46			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	0	.89	-0.030	1.68	-0.03%	-1.09	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out a2
6	764	27	May 8	LAD	@	STL	W,12-6	GS-8	W(2-2)	5	7.0	6	5	4	0	4	1	0	3.74	3.04	28	86	61	17	6	9	15	3	1	0	51			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	.65	0.043	1.41	0.06%	-0.77	1b start a 1	8b 123 0 out a9
7	765	32	May 14	LAD		PHI	W,3-2	GS-6	W(3-2)	5	5.2	8	2	1	0	1	0	0	3.43	2.95	25	91	62	17	4	10	14	4	3	0	48			4	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.19	0.035	2.52	0.04%	0.33	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out a1
8	766	37	May 20	LAD		NYM	L,2-5	GS-5	L(3-3)	5	4.1	8	4	4	3	2	1	0	3.92	3.34	24	83	48	15	5	9	10	5	0	0	30			2	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.240	2.06	-0.29%	-2.78	1t start tie	5t --3 1 out d4
9	767	42	May 26	LAD	@	PHI	W,10-8	GS-6		5	6.0	6	3	3	1	3	2	0	3.99	3.74	25	85	52	20	3	11	10	2	0	0	50			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.007	2.06	-0.01%	-0.40	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
10	768	47	May 31	LAD	@	NYM	L,4-5	GS-6		4	5.0	6	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.95	3.68	23	76	46	14	3	11	8	3	0	0	47			1	0	0	20	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.51	-0.145	3.45	-0.20%	-0.56	1b start a 1	6b -2- 0 out d1
Jun				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	769	52	Jun 6	LAD		HOU	L,4-10	GS-6		5	6.0	3	1	1	3	3	0	1	3.71	3.69	25	105	58	18	7	12	6	1	0	0	62			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	0.197	5.48	0.41%	1.53	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
12	770	57	Jun 11	LAD	@	SDP	L,1-2	GS-6	L(3-4)	4	6.0	5	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.65	3.68	25	71	43	12	5	8	12	3	1	0	53			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	2	0	1.22	-0.057	3.03	-0.09%	0.55	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
13	771	63	Jun 17(2)	LAD		SDP	L,3-4	GS-5		5	5.0	4	2	1	6	1	0	0	3.52	3.84	23	88	47	12	6	9	7	5	0	0	48			4	1	0	17	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.11	-0.015	2.92	-0.02%	0.11	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
14	772	69	Jun 22	LAD		ATL	L,1-4	GS-4	L(3-5)	4	3.2	6	4	3	2	4	0	0	3.70	3.76	18	67	42	14	7	5	7	4	1	0	37			3	0	0	16	0	0	1	1	0	0	.97	-0.265	2.48	-0.41%	-2.71	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d4
15	773	74	Jun 28	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-4	GS-5		5	5.0	5	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.70	3.65	22	74	46	7	2	9	11	6	2	0	51			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	2	1.11	-0.044	4.25	-0.10%	0.07	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
Aug				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
16	774	112	Aug 9	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-6	GS-7	L(3-6)	41	7.0	7	6	5	3	5	2	0	3.92	3.87	31					10	11	2	0	2	43			2	0	0	27	1	0	2	0	0	0	.73	-0.153	2.74	-0.35%	-2.88	1b start tie	7b 3 out d6
							6-10		W-L:3-6	4.9	87.1	91	44	38	30	44	7	1	3.92	3.87	380	1172	62%	18%	5%	0.85		20%	4%	2	48		---%	20	4	0	337	12	1	6	4	5	4	1.09	-0.495	2.67	-0.77%	-5.56

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