John Sutton

Johnny Ike Sutton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 13, 1952 in Dallas, TX
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1977
Teams (by GP): Twins/Cardinals 1977-1978

Final Game: September 29, 1978
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Standard Pitching

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
1974	21	TEX-min	A	12	8	.600	2.66	24	24		9	1	0	169.0	157	74	50	6	68	1	130	3	0	10			1.331	8.4	0.3	3.6	6.9	1.91	GST · WCRS
1975	22	TEX-min	AA	7	4	.636	2.44	49	0					81.0	63	26	22	2	44								1.321	7.0	0.2	4.9			PFD · EL
1976	23	TEX-min	AAA	10	5	.667	5.36	59	0		0	0	12	99.0	116	79	59	15	53	6	47	4	0	8			1.707	10.5	1.4	4.8	4.3	0.89	SAC · PCL
1977	24	STL-min	AAA	5	4	.556	3.32	42	4		2	2	5	95.0	85	38	35	6	26	1	55	2	1	5			1.168	8.1	0.6	2.5	5.2	2.12	NOR · AA
1977	24	STL	NL	2	1	.667	2.59	14	0	5	0	0	0	24.1	28	10	7	1	9	1	9	0	0	1	101	152	1.521	10.4	0.4	3.3	3.3	1.00
1978	25	MIN-min	AAA	4	6	.400	3.91	27	0		0	0	6	46.0	41	26	20	5	20	5	22	0	0	1			1.326	8.0	1.0	3.9	4.3	1.10	TOL · IL
1978	25	MIN	AL	0	0		3.45	17	0	8	0	0	0	44.1	46	19	17	3	15	3	18	1	0	5	191	113	1.376	9.3	0.6	3.0	3.7	1.20
1979	26	CHW-min	AAA	8	11	.421	4.77	40	19		7	0		168.0	195	103	89	15	72	3	69	2	1	8			1.589	10.4	0.8	3.9	3.7	0.96	IWA · AA
1980	27	OAK-SDP-min	AAA	6	5	.545	5.24	35	4		1	0	4	79.0	99	57	46	6	47	7	30	4	1	3			1.848	11.3	0.7	5.4	3.4	0.64	OGD,HAW · PCL
1982	29	PHI-min	AAA	1	1	.500	5.40	3	3	0	1	0	0	20.0	22	12	12	1	10	0	13	0	2	2			1.600	9.9	0.4	4.5	5.8	1.30	OKC · AA
1983	30	SEA-min	AAA,AA	3	2	.600	7.13	33	1	13	0	0	3	59.1	86	58	47	5	46	2	30	3	2	5			2.225	13.0	0.8	7.0	4.6	0.65	SLC,CNG · PCL,SOUL
2 Yrs				2	1	.667	3.15	31	0	13	0	0	0	68.2	74	29	24	4	24	4	27	1	0	6	292	124	1.427	9.7	0.5	3.1	3.5	1.13
162 Game Avg.				4	2	.667	3.15	68	0	29	0	0	0	151	162	64	53	9	53	9	59	2	0	13	641	124	1.427	9.7	0.5	3.1	3.5	1.13

MIN (1 yr)				0	0		3.45	17	0	8	0	0	0	44.1	46	19	17	3	15	3	18	1	0	5	191	113	1.376	9.3	0.6	3.0	3.7	1.20
STL (1 yr)				2	1	.667	2.59	14	0	5	0	0	0	24.1	28	10	7	1	9	1	9	0	0	1	101	152	1.521	10.4	0.4	3.3	3.3	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1977	24	STL	NL	24.1	14	0	10	3.70	4.53	0.22	-0.35	100.6	3.99	1	0.1	.9	-0.1	0.2	3	.504	.500	$
1978	25	MIN	AL	44.1	17	0	19	3.86	4.08	0.06	-0.33	101.4	3.73	-0	-0.1	.4	-0.1	0.3	4	.497	.500	$
2 Seasons				68.2	31	0	29	3.80	4.24	0.12	-0.34	101.1	3.82	0	0.0	.7	-0.1	0.5	7	.500	.500	$

MIN (1 yr)				44.1	17	0	19	3.86	4.08	0.06	-0.33	101.4	3.73	-0	-0.1	.4	-0.1	0.3	4	.497	.500	$
STL (1 yr)				24.1	14	0	10	3.70	4.53	0.22	-0.35	100.6	3.99	1	0.1	.9	-0.1	0.2	3	.504	.500	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1977	24	STL	NL	14	101	89	10	28	6	0	1	1	0	9	9	.315	.370	.416	.786	.333	37	7	0	1	2	1	2
1978	25	MIN	AL	17	191	174	19	46	7	1	3	3	0	15	18	.264	.326	.368	.694	.281	64	5	1	1	0	3	4
2 Yrs				31	292	263	29	74	13	1	4	4	0	24	27	.281	.341	.384	.725	.299	101	12	1	2	2	4	6
162 Game Avg.				68	641	577	64	162	29	2	9	9	0	53	59	.281	.341	.384	.725	.299	222	26	2	4	4	9	13
MLB Averages																.261	.326	.390	.716	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1977	24	STL	NL	2.7	0.3	103	-0.4	0.6	-1.1	.56	-0.2	-0.5	-0.7	-0.1	0.56	-1.3	3	0	10
1978	25	MIN	AL	2.2	0.2	202	0.7	2.4	-1.7	.62	0.1	1.0	-2.7	-0.3	0.62	0.7	0	3	13
2 Yrs				4.9	0.5	305	0.3	3.0	-2.8	.60	-0.1	0.6	-3.4	-0.3	0.60	-0.6	3	3	23

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1977	24	STL	NL	14	14	5	2	1	1	1	0%	1	11	5	45%	7	.557	3	0	10	3	11	6	8	10	3	10	3	5.2
1978	25	MIN	AL	17	17	8	0	0	0	0		0	12	7	58%	5	.621	0	3	13	0	17	9	8	12	4	12	3	7.8
2 Yrs				31	31	13	2	1	1	1	0%	1	23	12	52%		.599	3	3	23	3	28	15	16	22	7	22	6	6.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1977	24	STL	NL	101	62%	1.0%	8.9%	8.9%	6.9%	25%	1.42	80%	24	7	29%
1978	25	MIN	AL	191	64%	1.6%	9.4%	7.9%	5.8%	24%	1.83	80%	28	5	18%
2 Yrs				292	63%	1.4%	9.3%	8.2%	6.2%	24%	1.67	80%	52	12	23%
MLB Averages					45%	2.1%	13.0%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.10	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1977	24	STL	NL	101	28			1	0	2	1	0	0	1	9	6	0	67%	2	1	0	43	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1978	25	MIN	AL	191	46			3	1	3	3	0	1	2	8	3	0	38%	4	5	0	81	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
2 Yrs				292	74			4	1	5	4	0	1	3	17	9	0	53%	6	6	0	124	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
MLB Averages																		52%							64%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1977	24	2	1	.667	2.59	14	0	5	0	0	0	24.1	28	10	7	1	9	1	9	0	0	1	101	152	1.521	10.4	0.4	3.3	3.3	1.00	152
1978	25	2	1	.667	3.15	31	0	13	0	0	0	68.2	74	29	24	4	24	4	27	1	0	6	292	124	1.427	9.7	0.5	3.1	3.5	1.13	124

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1977	24	1	1	.500	3.00	21.0	28	8	7	1	9	8	0	1.762	12.0	3.9	3.4	0.89	0.4	14
1978	25	2	2	.500	3.86	42.0	48	20	18	3	16	17	1	1.524	10.3	3.4	3.6	1.06	0.6	17
2 Yrs		3	3	.500	3.57	63.0	76	28	25	4	25	25	1	1.603	10.9		3.6	1.00	0.6	31

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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