Rick Sutcliffe
Richard Lee Sutcliffe (Red Baron)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: June 21, 1956 in Independence, MO
High School: Van Horn (Kansas City, MO)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1976
Final Game: July 22, 1994
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1976 LAD NL 20 P 1 1 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.70
1978 LAD NL 22 P 2 0 1.2 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 5.40 0.50 .900 2.16 0.70
1979 LAD NL 23 P 39 30 242.0 42 18 24 0 1 1.000 1.56 1.08 .948 1.80 0.66 RoY-1
1980 LAD NL 24 P 42 10 110.0 19 6 13 0 0 1.000 1.55 0.45 .947 1.91 0.69
1981 LAD NL 25 P 14 6 47.0 14 6 8 0 0 1.000 2.68 1.00 .957 1.97 0.68
1982 CLE AL 26 P 34 27 216.0 47 14 32 1 1 .979 1.92 1.35 .957 1.80 0.73 CYA-5,MVP-32
1983 CLE AL 27 P 36 35 243.1 65 36 29 0 1 1.000 2.40 1.81 .957 1.80 0.73 AS
1984 TOT MLB 28 P 35 35 244.2 56 19 35 2 1 .964 1.99 1.54 .955 1.85 0.68 CYA-1,MVP-4
1984 CLE AL 28 P 15 15 94.1 19 7 11 1 1 .947 1.72 1.20 .958 1.79 0.70
1984 CHC NL 28 P 20 20 150.1 37 12 24 1 0 .973 2.16 1.80 .954 1.88 0.67
1985 CHC NL 29 P 20 20 130.0 36 12 23 1 0 .972 2.42 1.75 .953 1.92 0.68
1986 CHC NL 30 P 28 27 176.2 39 8 30 1 4 .974 1.94 1.36 .954 1.94 0.66
1987 CHC NL 31 P 34 34 237.1 70 12 54 4 4 .943 2.50 1.94 .956 1.91 0.62 AS,CYA-2
1988 CHC NL 32 P 32 32 226.0 61 21 37 3 2 .951 2.31 1.81 .956 1.96 0.69
1989 CHC NL 33 P 35 34 229.0 54 22 31 1 3 .981 2.08 1.51 .944 1.87 0.63 AS
1990 CHC NL 34 P 5 5 21.1 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.95 1.40 .957 1.81 0.58
1991 CHC NL 35 P 19 18 96.2 22 10 12 0 2 1.000 2.05 1.16 .955 1.86 0.59
1992 BAL AL 36 P 36 36 237.1 38 11 24 3 2 .921 1.33 0.97 .955 1.72 0.56
1993 BAL AL 37 P 29 28 166.0 40 9 30 1 2 .975 2.11 1.34 .952 1.79 0.56
1994 STL NL 38 P 16 14 67.2 21 5 16 0 1 1.000 2.79 1.31 .957 1.86 0.54
18 Seasons P 457 392 2697.2 632 211 404 17 25 .973 2.05 1.35 .954 1.85 0.65
18 Seasons TOT 457 392 2697.2 632 211 404 17 25 .973 2.05 1.35 .927 1.85 0.65
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1976 LAD NL 20 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 LAD NL 22 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 LAD NL 23 40 30 40 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1980 LAD NL 24 44 10 44 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1981 LAD NL 25 14 6 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CLE AL 26 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CLE AL 27 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CHC NL 28 20 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CLE AL 28 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CHC NL 29 20 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CHC NL 30 29 27 29 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1987 CHC NL 31 35 34 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1988 CHC NL 32 33 32 33 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 CHC NL 33 37 34 37 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1990 CHC NL 34 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 CHC NL 35 20 18 20 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1992 BAL AL 36 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 BAL AL 37 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 STL NL 38 16 14 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Seasons 466 251 316 457 457 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1976 LAD NL 20 18 78% 22% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 LAD NL 22 9 78% 44% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
1979 LAD NL 23 1068 80% 20% 24 75% 0 18 3 13 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 100%
1980 LAD NL 24 532 78% 20% 14 100% 0 8 1 5 12 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1981 LAD NL 25 208 81% 30% 10 100% 0 6 2 4 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1982 CLE AL 26 944 74% 19% 24 96% 0 14 1 10 31 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 100%
1983 CLE AL 27 1113 76% 21% 22 95% 0 35 1 31 31 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1984 CHC NL 28 623 69% 22% 16 94% 0 13 0 13 21 14 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1984 CLE AL 28 448 76% 22% 10 90% 0 7 0 6 11 7 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1985 CHC NL 29 581 74% 23% 26 100% 1 12 3 6 25 18 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1986 CHC NL 30 818 73% 21% 24 100% 2 8 2 4 30 16 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 3 1 5 100%
1987 CHC NL 31 1072 73% 28% 54 94% 0 11 5 3 53 38 3 4 0 0 4 0 4 1 2 2 16 88%
1988 CHC NL 32 1008 79% 31% 40 88% 2 21 4 14 36 27 2 3 0 0 3 1 2 1 2 0 13 69%
1989 CHC NL 33 987 77% 34% 30 100% 0 22 2 18 31 24 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 2 1 10 100%
1990 CHC NL 34 105 82% 30% 4 100% 0 2 0 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1991 CHC NL 35 450 78% 32% 13 100% 0 10 1 7 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 100%
1992 BAL AL 36 1058 82% 29% 22 100% 0 11 1 10 24 16 3 3 0 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 4 100%
1993 BAL AL 37 787 80% 31% 26 96% 0 9 1 8 30 22 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 3 100%
1994 STL NL 38 333 82% 27% 17 88% 0 5 1 3 16 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
18 Seasons 12162 77% 26% 377 94% 5 212 28 156 402 275 22 16 0 2 14 3 24 13 20 4 82 93%
MLB Averages 78% 28% 91% 88%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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