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: 21-12 / in Starts: 21-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	260	1	Apr 6	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-4	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	7.0	8	4	4	1	7	0	0	5.14	0.99	30	5	9	1	0	8	51			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.50	-0.137	2.40	-0.13%	-0.39	1b start tie	8b 1-3 0 out d1
2	261	6	Apr 11	LAD		CIN	L,1-4	GS-7	L(0-2)	4	7.0	6	4	4	2	5	2	0	5.14	3.35	29	7	10	1	0	5	52			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	1	0	.45	-0.188	.54	-0.14%	-0.91	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
3	262	11	Apr 16	LAD		HOU	W,2-1	GS-10		4	10.0	3	1	0	3	8	0	1	3.00	2.86	38	7	16	0	0	3	89			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.90	0.524	2.46	0.41%	3.42	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
4	263	16	Apr 21	LAD		SFG	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-2)	4	9.0	9	0	0	0	7	0	0	2.18	2.35	33	10	7	1	1	9	76			0	0	1	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.67	0.696	2.02	0.51%	3.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
5	264	20	Apr 28	LAD	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	W(2-2)	6	9.0	6	2	1	2	9	0	0	1.93	2.11	35	6	12	1	0	6	76			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.50	0.479	1.18	0.23%	2.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
6	265	24	May 2	LAD		CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	6	1	0	1	9	0	0	1.59	1.90	34	11	9	3	1	4	81			2	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.12	0.435	1.00	0.23%	2.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
7	266	29	May 7	LAD		PIT	L,4-5	GS-7	L(3-3)	4	6.2	11	5	5	2	3	5	0	2.18	3.10	30	9	5	2	0	11	33			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.47	-0.353	1.48	-0.21%	-2.00	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out d1
8	267	33	May 12	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.1	8	4	4	4	4	1	0	2.53	3.32	30	6	8	1	0	8	41			3	0	0	26	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.54	-0.214	2.47	-0.21%	-1.02	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out a1
9	268	37	May 17	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-1	GS-8	W(4-3)	4	8.0	5	1	1	3	5	0	0	2.38	3.22	32	6	14	3	3	4	70			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.165	2.37	0.17%	2.50	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
10	269	42	May 22	LAD		SDP	W,5-1	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	6	0	1	2.22	3.15	35	11	8	0	2	6	74			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.12	0.301	1.79	0.29%	2.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
11	270	47	May 27	LAD		NYM	W,2-1	CG	W(6-3)	4	9.0	7	1	1	0	6	1	0	2.10	3.10	32	14	6	0	2	6	75			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.32	0.544	2.41	0.60%	2.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
12	271	51	Jun 1	LAD		MON	W,3-2	CG	W(7-3)	4	9.0	5	2	2	1	6	0	0	2.09	2.96	31	12	7	0	0	5	74			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.30	0.430	2.64	0.52%	1.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
13	272	55	Jun 6	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-6	GS-6	L(7-4)	4	5.0	7	6	6	1	5	1	0	2.51	3.00	23	4	9	5	2	4	33			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.240	1.99	-0.27%	-3.02	1b start a 1	6b -23 0 out d3
14	273	60	Jun 11	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-3	GS-9	W(8-4)	4	8.2	6	3	3	1	6	2	0	2.56	3.12	33	8	12	0	2	6	65			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.224	1.40	0.30%	0.92	1b start tie	9b -2- 2 out a2
15	274	65	Jun 17	LAD	@	MON	W,3-2	GS-9		5	9.0	5	1	1	4	4	0	0	2.44	3.11	36	11	13	0	1	4	73			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.325	3.15	0.46%	3.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
16	275	70	Jun 22	LAD		CIN	W,3-2	GS-9		4	8.2	6	2	2	1	10	1	1	2.42	3.06	33	7	8	1	3	6	73			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.025	3.20	0.05%	1.57	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out tie
17	276	75	Jun 26	LAD	@	SDP	W,7-0	SHO	W(9-4)	3	9.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.26	2.98	30	9	13	1	1	2	87			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.200	.85	0.30%	3.78	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
18	277	80	Jul 1(1)	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	L(9-5)	4	8.2	8	4	4	2	7	1	0	2.37	2.99	35	7	11	1	3	8	57			2	0	0	33	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.51	-0.445	3.50	-0.62%	-0.15	1b start a 1	9b --- 2 out d1
19	278	86	Jul 6	LAD		PIT	W,3-2	CG	W(10-5)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	6	0	0	2.35	2.91	35	14	7	0	1	7	70			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.477	3.34	0.82%	1.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
20	279	90	Jul 11	LAD		STL	W,3-1	CG	W(11-5)	4	9.0	7	1	1	3	12	0	0	2.28	2.80	37	6	9	0	2	7	78			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.412	4.09	0.69%	2.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
21	280	95	Jul 16	LAD	@	PIT	W,1-0	SHO	W(12-5)	4	9.0	6	0	0	0	9	0	0	2.16	2.69	32	8	9	0	0	6	84			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.55	0.797	3.49	1.08%	4.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
22	281	100	Jul 21	LAD	@	STL	L,1-8	GS-7	L(12-6)	4	6.0	5	6	6	1	4	1	1	2.39	2.74	25	6	8	3	2	5	41			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.174	1.35	-0.20%	-2.71	1b start tie	7b -23 0 out d3
23	282	104	Jul 28	LAD		SFG	L,0-5	GS-5	L(12-7)	6	5.0	7	4	1	0	8	0	0	2.37	2.65	24	5	4	0	0	7	51			2	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	2	.68	-0.205	2.63	-0.48%	-1.79	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
24	283	109	Aug 2	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-2	GS-10	W(13-7)	4	10.0	5	2	2	6	8	2	0	2.34	2.79	40	12	9	1	1	5	76			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	2	0	1	1.71	0.272	5.37	0.51%	2.56	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
25	284	114	Aug 7	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-1	GS-7	W(14-7)	4	7.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.26	2.74	23	6	11	2	0	2	77			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.117	.64	0.19%	2.94	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a6
26	285	122	Aug 15	LAD		MON	W,7-2	GS-8	W(15-7)	7	8.0	7	2	1	0	5	0	0	2.22	2.69	33	7	14	0	2	7	67			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	2	.68	0.261	2.22	0.51%	1.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
27	286	126	Aug 21	LAD	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	L(15-8)	5	8.2	5	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.21	2.69	31	13	7	0	2	4	67			0	0	0	26	0	0	1	2	1	0	1.77	-0.123	6.14	-0.26%	1.66	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out d1
28	287	131	Aug 26	LAD	@	PHI	W,7-3	GS-5	W(16-8)	4	5.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.20	2.69	19	5	9	0	1	3	57			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.148	1.96	0.25%	1.35	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
29	288	142	Sep 6	LAD		SDP	L,2-3	GS-7	L(16-9)	10	7.0	6	3	3	1	7	0	0	2.25	2.64	27	6	7	1	2	6	59			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.056	3.63	-0.14%	0.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
30	289	146	Sep 11	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS-6		4	6.0	5	3	3	3	4	1	0	2.31	2.70	24	2	10	0	0	5	51			0	1	1	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.136	6.17	-0.49%	-0.38	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
31	290	152	Sep 17	LAD		SFG	W,7-2	CG	W(17-9)	5	9.0	8	2	2	1	8	0	0	2.30	2.64	34	9	8	0	1	8	70			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	.50	0.264	.14	0.05%	1.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
32	291	157	Sep 22	LAD		CIN	L,9-11	GS-1	L(17-10)	4	0.2	5	7	6	2	1	0	0	2.51	2.65	10	1	1	0	1	5	15			1	0	0	8	3	1	0	0	0	1	1.05	-0.453	.14	-0.04%	-6.76	1t start tie	1t 1-- 2 out d7
33	292	159	Sep 25	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-1	CG	W(18-10)	2	9.0	4	1	0	2	7	0	1	2.42	2.63	33	5	14	1	5	4	82			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.31	0.458	.00	0.00%	3.48	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
							21-12		W-L:18-10	4.2	256.1	196	78	69	56	200	18	5	2.42	2.63	1006	0.84		5%	7%	186	64		---%	17	4	2	937	29	3	4	23	3	10	1.18	4.830	2.45	4.97%	37.88

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