Don Sutton
Donald Howard Sutton (Black & Decker)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 2, 1945 in Clio, AL
High School: J. M. Tate (Pensacola, FL)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1966
Final Game: August 9, 1988
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1998 (386/473 ballots).
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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
1966 LAD NL 21 P 37 35 225.2 42 8 32 2 3 .952 1.60 1.08 .948 1.96 0.74
1967 LAD NL 22 P 37 34 232.2 39 7 31 1 2 .974 1.47 1.03 .959 2.00 0.78
1968 LAD NL 23 P 35 27 207.2 38 12 25 1 0 .974 1.60 1.06 .958 2.01 0.85
1969 LAD NL 24 P 41 41 293.1 63 19 43 1 3 .984 1.90 1.51 .957 1.95 0.78
1970 LAD NL 25 P 38 38 260.1 52 21 28 3 1 .942 1.69 1.29 .952 1.85 0.71
1971 LAD NL 26 P 38 37 265.1 55 27 26 2 5 .964 1.80 1.39 .953 1.90 0.78
1972 LAD NL 27 P 33 33 272.2 53 18 34 1 2 .981 1.72 1.58 .949 1.78 0.73 AS,CYA-5
1973 LAD NL 28 P 33 33 256.1 47 12 34 1 2 .979 1.62 1.39 .949 1.88 0.73 AS,CYA-5
1974 LAD NL 29 P 40 40 276.0 50 17 33 0 1 1.000 1.63 1.25 .940 1.88 0.71 CYA-4
1975 LAD NL 30 P 35 35 254.1 51 24 25 2 0 .961 1.73 1.40 .945 1.86 0.72 AS,CYA-5
1976 LAD NL 31 P 35 34 267.2 37 5 31 1 2 .973 1.21 1.03 .949 1.88 0.72 CYA-3,MVP-22
1977 LAD NL 32 P 33 33 240.1 45 15 29 1 3 .978 1.65 1.33 .949 1.85 0.67 AS
1978 LAD NL 33 P 34 34 238.1 36 13 23 0 2 1.000 1.36 1.06 .947 1.91 0.72
1979 LAD NL 34 P 33 32 226.0 41 16 24 1 2 .976 1.59 1.21 .949 1.80 0.66
1980 LAD NL 35 P 32 31 212.1 51 24 25 2 3 .961 2.08 1.53 .951 1.91 0.69
1981 HOU NL 36 P 23 23 158.2 37 11 24 2 3 .946 1.99 1.52 .959 1.97 0.68
1982 TOT MLB 37 P 34 34 249.2 51 22 28 1 3 .980 1.80 1.47 .953 1.92 0.71
1982 HOU NL 37 P 27 27 195.0 37 16 20 1 2 .973 1.66 1.33 .951 1.96 0.70
1982 MIL AL 37 P 7 7 54.2 14 6 8 0 1 1.000 2.30 2.00 .957 1.79 0.73
1983 MIL AL 38 P 31 31 220.1 37 13 23 1 1 .973 1.47 1.16 .957 1.80 0.73
1984 MIL AL 39 P 33 33 212.2 31 11 19 1 1 .968 1.27 0.91 .958 1.79 0.70
1985 TOT AL 40 P 34 34 226.0 44 8 32 4 1 .909 1.59 1.18 .955 1.86 0.70
1985 OAK AL 40 P 29 29 194.1 42 7 31 4 1 .905 1.76 1.31 .955 1.86 0.70
1985 CAL AL 40 P 5 5 31.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.57 0.40 .950 1.88 0.70
1986 CAL AL 41 P 34 34 207.0 34 18 14 2 1 .941 1.39 0.94 .959 1.83 0.68
1987 CAL AL 42 P 35 34 191.2 26 8 18 0 1 1.000 1.22 0.74 .954 1.84 0.67
1988 LAD NL 43 P 16 16 87.1 18 5 12 1 0 .944 1.75 1.06 .956 1.96 0.69
23 Seasons P 774 756 5282.1 978 334 613 31 42 .968 1.61 1.22 .952 1.88 0.72
23 Seasons TOT 774 756 5282.1 978 334 613 31 42 .968 1.61 1.22 .920 1.88 0.72
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
1966 LAD NL 21 38 35 38 38 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1967 LAD NL 22 43 34 43 43 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1968 LAD NL 23 36 27 36 36 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1969 LAD NL 24 41 41 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 LAD NL 25 40 38 40 40 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1971 LAD NL 26 39 37 39 39 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 LAD NL 27 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 LAD NL 28 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 LAD NL 29 40 40 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 LAD NL 30 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 LAD NL 31 35 34 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 LAD NL 32 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 LAD NL 33 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 LAD NL 34 33 32 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 LAD NL 35 32 31 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 HOU NL 36 23 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 HOU NL 37 27 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 MIL AL 37 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 MIL AL 38 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 MIL AL 39 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 OAK AL 40 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CAL AL 40 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CAL AL 41 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CAL AL 42 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 LAD NL 43 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Seasons 785 583 611 785 774 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
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%
1966 LAD NL 21 942 72% 24% 41 76% 1 7 0 5 32 24 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 3 3 0 9 89%
1967 LAD NL 22 981 76% 25% 37 89% 0 7 0 6 32 29 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 3 100%
1968 LAD NL 23 861 74% 25% 26 96% 1 11 1 9 24 20 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1969 LAD NL 24 1273 76% 25% 49 94% 1 20 3 15 44 32 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 1 6 100%
1970 LAD NL 25 1155 75% 24% 29 86% 1 22 1 20 28 20 2 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 100%
1971 LAD NL 26 1094 77% 25% 39 77% 3 28 3 20 26 15 6 2 0 2 0 2 5 4 4 1 7 57%
1972 LAD NL 27 1089 75% 27% 38 87% 2 17 1 16 34 24 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 100%
1973 LAD NL 28 1041 75% 24% 34 97% 0 12 0 11 34 25 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 100%
1974 LAD NL 29 1176 77% 25% 43 91% 0 17 3 11 35 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 83%
1975 LAD NL 30 1055 77% 24% 32 84% 0 24 2 17 26 23 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 100%
1976 LAD NL 31 1136 78% 25% 35 97% 0 5 1 4 33 26 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 6 100%
1977 LAD NL 32 1020 78% 26% 32 91% 1 15 1 14 29 21 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 3 0 6 67%
1978 LAD NL 33 1024 79% 24% 30 90% 0 12 3 6 23 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 6 100%
1979 LAD NL 34 961 78% 22% 35 86% 0 14 1 11 28 22 4 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 11 73%
1980 LAD NL 35 864 80% 25% 31 87% 0 20 1 18 27 20 5 2 0 2 0 2 3 3 3 0 4 100%
1981 HOU NL 36 639 79% 26% 28 79% 0 11 1 9 24 17 2 2 0 2 0 2 3 1 2 1 8 75%
1982 HOU NL 37 824 77% 24% 26 92% 1 16 5 8 20 17 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 4 100%
1982 MIL AL 37 234 77% 23% 9 89% 0 6 1 4 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 50%
1983 MIL AL 38 963 80% 24% 30 70% 0 13 2 9 22 20 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 100%
1984 MIL AL 39 941 79% 22% 19 100% 0 11 0 9 19 15 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1985 OAK AL 40 845 83% 22% 31 97% 1 7 0 6 31 27 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1985 CAL AL 40 129 81% 21% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CAL AL 41 875 81% 27% 16 94% 0 19 1 16 14 14 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 100%
1987 CAL AL 42 823 82% 24% 20 90% 1 8 0 7 19 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 50%
1988 LAD NL 43 408 82% 31% 15 80% 2 5 0 4 12 11 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 67%
23 Seasons 22353 78% 25% 726 88% 15 328 31 256 625 497 56 32 3 20 9 15 42 24 34 7 116 86%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 87%
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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