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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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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1966 21 LAD NL 12 12 .500 2.99 37 35 0 6 2 0 225.2 192 82 75 19 52 6 209 3 0 5 916 110 1.081 7.7 0.8 2.1 8.3 4.02
1967 22 LAD NL 11 15 .423 3.95 37 34 2 11 3 1 232.2 223 106 102 18 57 9 169 6 0 3 962 78 1.203 8.6 0.7 2.2 6.5 2.96
1968 23 LAD NL 11 15 .423 2.60 35 27 6 7 2 1 207.2 179 64 60 6 59 14 162 2 3 4 847 106 1.146 7.8 0.3 2.6 7.0 2.75
1969 24 LAD NL 17 18 .486 3.47 41 41 0 11 4 0 293.1 269 123 113 25 91 6 217 3 1 9 1226 95 1.227 8.3 0.8 2.8 6.7 2.38
1970 25 LAD NL 15 13 .536 4.08 38 38 0 10 4 0 260.1 251 127 118 38 78 7 201 10 2 9 1109 93 1.264 8.7 1.3 2.7 6.9 2.58
1971 26 LAD NL 17 12 .586 2.54 38 37 1 12 4 1 265.1 231 85 75 10 55 5 194 5 0 5 1059 127 1.078 7.8 0.3 1.9 6.6 3.53
1972 27 LAD NL 19 9 .679 2.08 33 33 0 18 9 0 272.2 186 78 63 13 63 1 207 4 1 9 1061 161 0.913 6.1 0.4 2.1 6.8 3.29 AS,CYA-5
1973 28 LAD NL 18 10 .643 2.42 33 33 0 14 3 0 256.1 196 78 69 18 56 4 200 5 0 10 1006 144 0.983 6.9 0.6 2.0 7.0 3.57 AS,CYA-5
1974 29 LAD NL 19 9 .679 3.23 40 40 0 10 5 0 276.0 241 111 99 23 80 2 179 6 2 4 1148 106 1.163 7.9 0.8 2.6 5.8 2.24 CYA-4
1975 30 LAD NL 16 13 .552 2.87 35 35 0 11 4 0 254.1 202 87 81 17 62 5 175 3 0 7 1031 119 1.038 7.1 0.6 2.2 6.2 2.82 AS,CYA-5
1976 31 LAD NL 21 10 .677 3.06 35 34 1 15 4 0 267.2 231 98 91 22 82 6 161 3 1 4 1093 111 1.169 7.8 0.7 2.8 5.4 1.96 CYA-3,MVP-22
1977 32 LAD NL 14 8 .636 3.18 33 33 0 9 3 0 240.1 207 93 85 23 69 2 150 3 1 5 979 121 1.148 7.8 0.9 2.6 5.6 2.17 AS
1978 33 LAD NL 15 11 .577 3.55 34 34 0 12 2 0 238.1 228 109 94 29 54 7 154 5 0 6 990 99 1.183 8.6 1.1 2.0 5.8 2.85
1979 34 LAD NL 12 15 .444 3.82 33 32 1 6 1 1 226.0 201 109 96 21 61 6 146 1 1 4 927 96 1.159 8.0 0.8 2.4 5.8 2.39
1980 35 LAD NL 13 5 .722 2.20 32 31 1 4 2 1 212.1 163 56 52 20 47 5 128 2 1 0 833 160 0.989 6.9 0.8 2.0 5.4 2.72
1981 36 HOU NL 11 9 .550 2.61 23 23 0 6 3 0 158.2 132 51 46 6 29 3 104 1 1 0 624 126 1.015 7.5 0.3 1.6 5.9 3.59
1982 37 TOT MLB 17 9 .654 3.06 34 34 0 6 1 0 249.2 224 96 85 18 64 2 175 1 1 3 1012 112 1.154 8.1 0.6 2.3 6.3 2.73
1982 37 HOU NL 13 8 .619 3.00 27 27 0 4 0 0 195.0 169 75 65 10 46 2 139 1 1 3 784 111 1.103 7.8 0.5 2.1 6.4 3.02
1982 37 MIL AL 4 1 .800 3.29 7 7 0 2 1 0 54.2 55 21 20 8 18 0 36 0 0 0 228 115 1.335 9.1 1.3 3.0 5.9 2.00
1983 38 MIL AL 8 13 .381 4.08 31 31 0 4 0 0 220.1 209 109 100 21 54 2 134 5 0 2 925 92 1.194 8.5 0.9 2.2 5.5 2.48
1984 39 MIL AL 14 12 .538 3.77 33 33 0 1 0 0 212.2 224 103 89 24 51 2 143 3 1 4 912 103 1.293 9.5 1.0 2.2 6.1 2.80
1985 40 TOT AL 15 10 .600 3.86 34 34 0 1 1 0 226.0 221 101 97 25 59 0 107 0 0 6 943 100 1.239 8.8 1.0 2.3 4.3 1.81
1985 40 OAK AL 13 8 .619 3.89 29 29 0 1 1 0 194.1 194 88 84 19 51 0 91 0 0 6 819 98 1.261 9.0 0.9 2.4 4.2 1.78
1985 40 CAL AL 2 2 .500 3.69 5 5 0 0 0 0 31.2 27 13 13 6 8 0 16 0 0 0 124 112 1.105 7.7 1.7 2.3 4.5 2.00
1986 41 CAL AL 15 11 .577 3.74 34 34 0 3 1 0 207.0 192 93 86 31 49 2 116 3 1 4 853 111 1.164 8.3 1.3 2.1 5.0 2.37
1987 42 CAL AL 11 11 .500 4.70 35 34 0 1 0 0 191.2 199 101 100 38 41 0 99 7 0 7 795 92 1.252 9.3 1.8 1.9 4.6 2.41
1988 43 LAD NL 3 6 .333 3.92 16 16 0 0 0 0 87.1 91 44 38 7 30 6 44 1 4 2 380 86 1.385 9.4 0.7 3.1 4.5 1.47
23 Seasons 324 256 .559 3.26 774 756 12 178 58 5 5282.1 4692 2104 1914 472 1343 102 3574 82 21 112 21631 108 1.142 8.0 0.8 2.3 6.1 2.66
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .559 3.26 34 34 1 8 3 0 235 209 94 85 21 60 5 159 4 1 5 961 108 1.142 8.0 0.8 2.3 6.1 2.66
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
LAD (16 yrs) 233 181 .563 3.09 550 533 12 156 52 5 3816.1 3291 1450 1311 309 996 91 2696 62 17 86 15567 110 1.123 7.8 0.7 2.3 6.4 2.71
CAL (3 yrs) 28 24 .538 4.16 74 73 0 4 1 0 430.1 418 207 199 75 98 2 231 10 1 11 1772 102 1.199 8.7 1.6 2.0 4.8 2.36
MIL (3 yrs) 26 26 .500 3.86 71 71 0 7 1 0 487.2 488 233 209 53 123 4 313 8 1 6 2065 99 1.253 9.0 1.0 2.3 5.8 2.54
HOU (2 yrs) 24 17 .585 2.82 50 50 0 10 3 0 353.2 301 126 111 16 75 5 243 2 2 3 1408 117 1.063 7.7 0.4 1.9 6.2 3.24
OAK (1 yr) 13 8 .619 3.89 29 29 0 1 1 0 194.1 194 88 84 19 51 0 91 0 0 6 819 98 1.261 9.0 0.9 2.4 4.2 1.78
NL (18 yrs) 257 198 .565 3.07 600 583 12 166 55 5 4170.0 3592 1576 1422 325 1071 96 2939 64 19 89 16975 111 1.118 7.8 0.7 2.3 6.3 2.74
AL (6 yrs) 67 58 .536 3.98 174 173 0 12 3 0 1112.1 1100 528 492 147 272 6 635 18 2 23 4656 100 1.233 8.9 1.2 2.2 5.1 2.33

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1974 29 LAD NL NLCS W PIT 2 0 1.000 0.53 2 2 0 1 1 0 17.0 7 1 1 1 2 0 13 1 0 0 60 0.529 3.7 0.5 1.1 6.9 6.50
1974 29 LAD NL WS L OAK 1 0 1.000 2.77 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 9 4 4 1 3 0 12 1 0 1 50 0.923 6.2 0.7 2.1 8.3 4.00
1977 32 LAD NL NLCS W PHI 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 9 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 35 1.000 9.0 1.0 0.0 4.0
1977 32 LAD NL WS L NYY 1 0 1.000 3.94 2 2 0 1 0 0 16.0 17 7 7 3 1 0 6 1 0 0 66 1.125 9.6 1.7 0.6 3.4 6.00
1978 33 LAD NL NLCS W PHI 0 1 .000 6.35 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 7 7 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 27 1.588 11.1 1.6 3.2 0.0 0.00
1978 33 LAD NL WS L NYY 0 2 .000 7.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 17 10 10 1 4 0 8 0 0 1 56 1.750 12.8 0.8 3.0 6.0 2.00
1982 37 MIL AL ALCS W CAL 1 0 1.000 3.52 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 8 3 3 1 2 0 9 0 0 0 32 1.304 9.4 1.2 2.3 10.6 4.50
1982 37 MIL AL WS L STL 0 1 .000 7.84 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 12 11 9 2 1 0 5 0 1 0 45 1.258 10.5 1.7 0.9 4.4 5.00
1986 41 CAL AL ALCS L BOS 0 0 1.86 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.2 6 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 36 0.724 5.6 0.9 0.9 3.7 4.00
5 Seasons (9 Series) 6 4 .600 3.68 15 14 0 3 1 0 100.1 92 46 41 12 16 0 61 3 1 2 407 1.076 8.3 1.1 1.4 5.5 3.81
2 ALCS 1 0 1.000 2.60 3 2 0 0 0 0 17.1 14 5 5 2 3 0 13 0 0 0 68 0.981 7.3 1.0 1.6 6.8 4.33
3 NLCS 3 1 .750 1.71 4 4 0 2 1 0 31.2 23 9 6 3 4 0 17 1 0 0 122 0.853 6.5 0.9 1.1 4.8 4.25
4 WS 2 3 .400 5.26 8 8 0 1 0 0 51.1 55 32 30 7 9 0 31 2 1 2 217 1.247 9.6 1.2 1.6 5.4 3.44

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1966 21 LAD NL 38 86 82 4 15 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 27 .183 .202 .207 .410 19 17 1 1 2 0 0 1
1967 22 LAD NL 43 84 75 4 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 24 .133 .156 .160 .316 -5 12 0 0 7 0 0 1
1968 23 LAD NL 36 72 62 3 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 22 .177 .197 .177 .374 17 11 1 0 6 2 0 1
1969 24 LAD NL 41 108 98 6 15 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 28 .153 .162 .153 .315 -8 15 5 1 9 0 0 1
1970 25 LAD NL 40 100 84 6 13 2 1 0 6 1 0 10 22 .155 .253 .202 .455 27 17 1 1 5 0 0 1
1971 26 LAD NL 39 95 88 4 19 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 18 .216 .242 .239 .480 41 21 0 0 4 0 0 1
1972 27 LAD NL 33 105 91 4 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 24 .143 .170 .143 .313 -9 13 0 1 11 0 0 1 AS,CYA-5
1973 28 LAD NL 33 97 84 6 10 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 17 .119 .167 .131 .298 -15 11 3 0 7 1 0 1 AS,CYA-5
1974 29 LAD NL 40 111 98 7 18 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 22 .184 .216 .204 .420 20 20 3 1 9 0 0 1 CYA-4
1975 30 LAD NL 35 96 80 4 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 20 .138 .179 .150 .329 -6 12 3 0 12 0 0 1 AS,CYA-5
1976 31 LAD NL 35 99 84 2 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 19 .083 .144 .095 .240 -30 8 3 0 9 0 0 1 CYA-3,MVP-22
1977 32 LAD NL 33 91 73 3 11 2 0 0 8 0 0 8 21 .151 .235 .178 .413 13 13 2 0 10 0 0 1 AS
1978 33 LAD NL 34 90 72 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 22 .083 .132 .083 .215 -38 6 0 0 14 0 0 1
1979 34 LAD NL 33 86 77 2 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 17 .143 .154 .143 .297 -18 11 1 0 8 0 0 1
1980 35 LAD NL 32 73 64 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 19 .078 .092 .078 .170 -52 5 4 0 8 0 0 1
1981 36 HOU NL 23 62 51 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 12 .137 .228 .137 .365 8 7 2 1 5 0 0 1
1982 37 HOU NL 27 74 68 3 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 25 .162 .186 .162 .347 2 11 0 0 4 0 0 1
1988 43 LAD NL 16 30 23 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .087 .125 .087 .212 -37 2 0 0 6 0 0 1
25 Seasons 611 1559 1354 64 195 15 1 0 64 1 0 60 365 .144 .183 .157 .340 -2 212 29 6 136 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 413 359 17 52 4 0 0 17 0 0 16 97 .144 .183 .157 .340 -2 56 8 2 36 1 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
LAD (16 yrs) 561 1423 1235 60 177 15 1 0 60 1 0 53 328 .143 .181 .157 .338 -3 194 27 5 127 3 0
HOU (2 yrs) 50 136 119 4 18 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 37 .151 .205 .151 .356 5 18 2 1 9 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 29 LAD NL NLCS PIT W 2 8 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .333 .429 .333 .762 2 0 0 1 0 0
1974 29 LAD NL WS OAK L 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1977 32 LAD NL NLCS PHI W 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 32 LAD NL WS NYY L 2 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 33 LAD NL NLCS PHI W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (5 Series) 8 24 20 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 .100 .182 .100 .282 2 0 0 2 0 0
3 NLCS 4 13 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .182 .250 .182 .432 2 0 0 1 0 0
2 WS 4 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 0 0 1 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1994 BBWAA (56.8%)
1995 BBWAA (57.4%)
1996 BBWAA (63.8%)
1997 BBWAA (73.2%)
1998 BBWAA (81.6%)
Selected to HOF in 1998 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1972 *
1973 *
1975 *
1977 (P)

Awards (yr lg award)
1976 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1977 ML AS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1976 NL (22, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1339th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1972 NL (5, 5%)
1973 NL (5, 6%)
1974 NL (4, 10%)
1975 NL (5, 1%)
1976 NL (3, 21%)
0.43 Career Shares (106th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1966 NL  2.99 (10th)
1971 NL  2.54 (5th)
1972 NL  2.08 (3rd)
1973 NL  2.42 (2nd)
1975 NL  2.87 (6th)
1980 NL  2.20 (1st)
1981 NL  2.61 (9th)
1982 NL  3.00 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1971 NL  17 (7th)
1972 NL  19 (5th)
1973 NL  18 (4th)
1974 NL  19 (3rd)
1975 NL  16 (7th)
1976 NL  21 (2nd)
1981 NL  11 (7th)
Career  324 (14th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1972 NL  .679 (7th)
1973 NL  .643 (6th)
1974 NL  .679 (4th)
1976 NL  .677 (3rd)
1977 NL  .636 (8th)
1980 NL  .722 (4th)
1982 NL  .619 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1966 NL  1.081 (6th)
1971 NL  1.078 (5th)
1972 NL  .913 (1st)
1973 NL  .983 (2nd)
1974 NL  1.163 (9th)
1975 NL  1.038 (1st)
1976 NL  1.169 (9th)
1977 NL  1.148 (5th)
1979 NL  1.159 (4th)
1980 NL  .989 (1st)
1981 NL  1.015 (1st)
1982 NL  1.103 (4th)
1983 AL  1.194 (8th)
1986 AL  1.164 (4th)
Career  1.143 (52nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1966 NL  7.657 (10th)
1972 NL  6.139 (1st)
1973 NL  6.882 (2nd)
1975 NL  7.148 (4th)
1976 NL  7.767 (9th)
1977 NL  7.752 (8th)
1979 NL  8.004 (9th)
1980 NL  6.909 (2nd)
1981 NL  7.487 (9th)
1982 NL  7.800 (8th)
Career  7.994 (111th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 NL  1.866 (5th)
1972 NL  2.080 (10th)
1973 NL  1.966 (4th)
1974 NL  2.609 (9th)
1975 NL  2.194 (6th)
1978 NL  2.039 (5th)
1980 NL  1.992 (5th)
1981 NL  1.645 (3rd)
1983 AL  2.206 (9th)
1984 AL  2.158 (7th)
1985 AL  2.350 (8th)
1986 AL  2.130 (5th)
1987 AL  1.925 (3rd)
Career  2.288 (192nd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1966 NL  8.335 (3rd)
1968 NL  7.021 (7th)
1970 NL  6.949 (6th)
1971 NL  6.580 (9th)
1972 NL  6.832 (6th)
1973 NL  7.022 (4th)
1975 NL  6.193 (9th)
1978 NL  5.815 (10th)
1979 NL  5.814 (8th)
1981 NL  5.899 (9th)
1982 NL  6.415 (7th)
1984 AL  6.052 (9th)
Career  6.089 (205th)

Games Played s c a p y
Career  774 (49th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1967 NL  232.7 (10th)
1969 NL  293.3 (9th)
1970 NL  260.3 (9th)
1972 NL  272.7 (5th)
1973 NL  256.3 (9th)
1974 NL  276.0 (5th)
1975 NL  254.3 (8th)
1976 NL  267.7 (5th)
1977 NL  240.3 (8th)
1981 NL  158.7 (7th)
Career  5282.3 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1966 NL  209 (7th)
1967 NL  169 (9th)
1969 NL  217 (7th)
1970 NL  201 (6th)
1971 NL  194 (5th)
1972 NL  207 (4th)
1973 NL  200 (4th)
1974 NL  179 (9th)
1975 NL  175 (6th)
1976 NL  161 (7th)
1978 NL  154 (9th)
1979 NL  146 (6th)
1981 NL  104 (7th)
Career  3574 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1967 NL  34 (8th)
1969 NL  41 (2nd)
1970 NL  38 (3rd)
1971 NL  37 (4th)
1972 NL  33 (10th)
1974 NL  40 (1st)
1975 NL  35 (10th)
1981 NL  23 (10th)
1986 AL  34 (7th)
Career  756 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1967 NL  11 (10th)
1972 NL  18 (5th)
1973 NL  14 (4th)
1976 NL  15 (4th)
1977 NL  9 (8th)
1978 NL  12 (5th)
1981 NL  6 (6th)
Career  178 (176th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1967 NL  3 (6th)
1969 NL  4 (8th)
1970 NL  4 (2nd)
1971 NL  4 (5th)
1972 NL  9 (1st)
1973 NL  3 (7th)
1974 NL  5 (3rd)
1975 NL  4 (5th)
1976 NL  4 (5th)
1977 NL  3 (4th)
1981 NL  3 (4th)
Career  58 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1969 NL  25 (4th)
1970 NL  38 (2nd)
1974 NL  23 (3rd)
1976 NL  22 (2nd)
1978 NL  29 (2nd)
1979 NL  21 (10th)
1980 NL  20 (6th)
1986 AL  31 (10th)
1987 AL  38 (3rd)
Career  472 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1976 NL  82 (9th)
Career  1343 (25th)

Hits s c a p y
1969 NL  269 (4th)
1976 NL  231 (10th)
1978 NL  228 (10th)
Career  4692 (12th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1966 NL  4.019 (5th)
1967 NL  2.965 (9th)
1970 NL  2.577 (7th)
1971 NL  3.527 (3rd)
1972 NL  3.286 (2nd)
1973 NL  3.571 (2nd)
1974 NL  2.238 (5th)
1975 NL  2.823 (1st)
1978 NL  2.852 (1st)
1979 NL  2.393 (7th)
1980 NL  2.723 (4th)
1981 NL  3.586 (1st)
1982 NL  3.022 (5th)
1983 AL  2.482 (6th)
1984 AL  2.804 (3rd)
1986 AL  2.367 (9th)
Career  2.661 (57th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1968 NL  .260 (1st)
1971 NL  .339 (3rd)
1972 NL  .429 (3rd)
1981 NL  .340 (8th)
1982 NL  .462 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1967 NL  15 (5th)
1968 NL  15 (7th)
1969 NL  18 (3rd)
1979 NL  15 (4th)
1981 NL  9 (6th)
Career  256 (7th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1967 NL  102 (4th)
1969 NL  113 (3rd)
1970 NL  118 (1st)
1976 NL  91 (7th)
1978 NL  94 (8th)
1979 NL  96 (8th)
Career  1914 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1972 NL  9 (9th)
1973 NL  10 (5th)
Career  112 (58th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1967 NL  6 (9th)
1970 NL  10 (2nd)
1974 NL  6 (9th)
1987 AL  7 (8th)
Career  82 (108th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1967 NL  962 (10th)
1969 NL  1226 (6th)
1970 NL  1109 (9th)
1972 NL  1061 (7th)
1974 NL  1148 (6th)
1976 NL  1093 (4th)
1977 NL  979 (9th)
Career  21631 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1971 NL  127 (6th)
1972 NL  161 (2nd)
1973 NL  144 (3rd)
1975 NL  119 (9th)
1977 NL  121 (9th)
1980 NL  160 (2nd)
1981 NL  126 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1972 NL  11 (9th)
1978 NL  14 (6th)
Career  136 (212th)

Oldest s c a p y
1984 AL  born 1945-04-02 (9th)
1985 AL  born 1945-04-02 (5th)
1986 AL  born 1945-04-02 (6th)
1987 AL  born 1945-04-02 (5th)
1988 NL  born 1945-04-02 (2nd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (295), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 243 (24), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 149 (44), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 58 (19), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Gaylord Perry (945) *
  2. Bert Blyleven (914)
  3. Steve Carlton (888) *
  4. Phil Niekro (881) *
  5. Tom Seaver (866) *
  6. Greg Maddux (862)
  7. Tommy John (861)
  8. Warren Spahn (845) *
  9. Fergie Jenkins (840) *
  10. Early Wynn (819) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Ray Culp (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Pol Perritt (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Pol Perritt (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Pol Perritt (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dave Stieb (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Rick Wise (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Frank Tanana (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Larry Dierker (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Larry Dierker (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Milt Pappas (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Vida Blue (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Fergie Jenkins (949) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Fergie Jenkins (947) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Fergie Jenkins (936) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Fergie Jenkins (941) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Fergie Jenkins (944) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Fergie Jenkins (949) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Fergie Jenkins (939) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Fergie Jenkins (945) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Gaylord Perry (932) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  21. Gaylord Perry (928) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  22. Gaylord Perry (917) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  23. Gaylord Perry (940) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Earl Moore (971)
  2. Red Ames (970)
  3. Lefty Gomez (970) *
  4. Red Faber (969) *
  5. Steve Rogers (964)
  6. Danny MacFayden (964)
  7. Gaylord Perry (962) *
  8. Bob Friend (960)
  9. Woodie Fryman (959)
  10. Joe Niekro (956)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Dutch Leonard (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Sam McDowell (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Sam McDowell (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Sam McDowell (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Sam McDowell (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jerry Reuss (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Lefty Gomez (984) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Lefty Gomez (982) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Red Ames (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Red Ames (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Red Faber (968) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Red Faber (972) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Red Faber (972) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Red Faber (972) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Red Faber (971) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Red Faber (972) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Red Faber (971) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

September 11, 1964: Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

October 23, 1980: Granted Free Agency.

December 4, 1980: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

August 30, 1982: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Milwaukee Brewers for players to be named later and cash. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Kevin Bass (September 3, 1982), Frank DiPino (September 3, 1982) and Mike Madden (September 3, 1982) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

December 7, 1984: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later, Eric Barry (minors) and Ray Burris. The Oakland Athletics sent Ed Myers (minors) (March 25, 1985) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

September 10, 1985: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the California Angels for players to be named later. The California Angels sent Robert Sharpnack (minors) (September 25, 1985) and Jerome Nelson (minors) (September 25, 1985) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

November 12, 1985: Granted Free Agency.

December 5, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

October 30, 1987: Released by the California Angels.

January 5, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

August 10, 1988: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985California Angels$750,000
1986California Angels$890,000
1987California Angels$890,000
1988Los Angeles Dodgers$350,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,880,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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