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: 20-13 / in Starts: 20-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1977 Pitching Game Log

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1977 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	403	1	Apr 7	LAD		SFG	W,5-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	1	1	3	6	1	0	1.00	3.85	33	12	8	1	1	4	78			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.81	0.355	1.29	0.34%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
2	404	6	Apr 13	LAD		ATL	W,4-3	GS-7		5	7.0	9	3	2	2	2	1	0	1.69	4.30	31	13	5	0	3	9	49			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	0.006	2.22	0.01%	0.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
3	405	11	Apr 20	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	W(2-0)	6	9.0	7	1	0	3	2	0	0	1.08	3.94	37	12	14	2	4	6	70			1	0	0	34	4	0	0	0	0	2	1.60	0.476	3.54	0.63%	3.49	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
4	406	16	Apr 26	LAD	@	SDP	W,4-1	GS-9	W(3-0)	5	8.0	3	1	1	6	8	0	0	1.09	3.71	32	8	7	0	0	3	74			1	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.214	3.24	0.33%	1.52	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a3
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
5	407	21	May 1	LAD		MON	L,2-6	GS-5		4	5.0	6	2	2	0	1	1	0	1.42	3.87	19	11	1	0	0	6	48			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.01	-0.011	2.14	-0.01%	0.42	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
6	408	26	May 6	LAD		PHI	W,9-3	CG	W(4-0)	4	9.0	8	3	2	3	5	0	0	1.53	3.63	35	7	12	1	4	8	63			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	3	0	1	.35	0.129	.69	0.15%	1.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
7	409	30	May 12	LAD	@	MON	W,8-2	GS-9	W(5-0)	5	8.1	8	2	2	0	2	0	0	1.63	3.43	33	14	9	0	0	8	61			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.187	.55	0.20%	1.34	1b start a 2	9b 12- 1 out a6
8	410	35	May 17	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-4	GS-7	W(6-0)	4	7.0	5	4	2	3	5	1	0	1.73	3.54	29	3	13	1	1	5	57			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.13	-0.042	1.84	-0.04%	-0.41	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a2
9	411	40	May 22	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-11	GS-4	L(6-1)	4	3.0	5	7	7	4	2	1	1	2.62	3.87	18	4	2	0	0	5	19			2	0	0	13	0	1	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.360	1.19	-0.30%	-4.50	1b start a 1	4b 12- 0 out d4
10	412	45	May 28	LAD		CIN	L,3-6	GS-3	L(6-2)	5	3.0	7	6	6	1	2	3	0	3.29	4.38	17	7	1	0	0	6	22			2	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.359	1.09	-0.35%	-4.55	1t start tie	3t 3 out d6
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
11	413	50	Jun 3	LAD		SDP	L,0-1	GS-9		5	9.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.91	4.21	34	13	12	0	2	5	77			1	0	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.50	0.676	2.97	0.80%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
12	414	55	Jun 8	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-2	GS-8	W(7-2)	4	7.1	3	1	1	4	3	0	0	2.76	4.16	29	10	11	2	2	1	67			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.376	1.66	0.38%	3.78	1b start a 3	8b 1-- 1 out a4
13	415	60	Jun 14	LAD		PIT	W,3-2	GS-7		5	7.0	4	2	2	1	7	2	0	2.75	4.21	25	7	6	1	1	4	67			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.064	1.37	0.07%	1.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
14	416	65	Jun 19	LAD		CHC	W,3-1	CG	W(8-2)	4	9.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.59	4.06	33	11	16	6	4	0	77			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.460	2.07	0.49%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
15	417	70	Jun 25	LAD	@	CIN	L,6-7	GS-6	L(8-3)	5	5.2	10	6	5	2	2	2	0	2.88	4.25	29	10	7	2	1	8	27			1	0	0	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.434	2.34	-0.52%	-3.33	1b start a 1	6b -2- 2 out d3
16	418	75	Jun 29	LAD	@	ATL	W,13-7	GS-7	W(9-3)	3	7.0	5	2	1	0	8	1	0	2.78	4.13	26	6	7	0	1	5	69			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.107	.63	0.06%	1.84	1b start tie	7b 3 out a5
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
17	419	80	Jul 4	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-0	SHO	W(10-3)	4	9.0	3	0	0	4	6	0	0	2.57	4.03	34	9	12	1	2	3	83			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.383	.72	0.19%	4.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
18	420	84	Jul 9	LAD		SDP	L,1-2	GS-9		4	9.0	5	1	1	2	12	1	0	2.47	3.90	34	8	7	1	3	5	83			2	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.415	.87	0.21%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
19	421	89	Jul 14	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(10-4)	4	8.0	10	4	4	1	8	0	0	2.58	3.74	34	10	6	0	0	9	53			2	1	1	33	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.417	1.32	-0.22%	-0.45	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d1
20	422	95	Jul 23	LAD		MON	L,4-6	GS-6	L(10-5)	8	5.0	10	6	6	2	3	0	0	2.87	3.71	26	4	8	0	2	9	24			1	0	0	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.302	.49	-0.15%	-4.92	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 out d6
21	423	100	Jul 27	LAD		PHI	W,7-5	GS-8		3	7.1	5	5	5	4	5	1	0	3.03	3.76	31	10	7	1	1	5	49			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.345	.69	-0.12%	-2.68	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out d1
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
22	424	105	Aug 1	LAD	@	NYM	L,7-8	GS-6		4	5.2	9	6	6	5	2	1	0	3.26	3.88	30	7	7	0	0	9	24			0	0	0	25	2	2	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.479	.17	-0.04%	-3.34	1b start a 1	6b --- 2 out tie
23	425	110	Aug 7	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-3	GS-5	L(10-6)	5	5.0	8	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.33	3.93	24	2	10	0	0	8	39			0	1	0	21	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.11	-0.098	.21	-0.01%	-0.43	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
24	426	115	Aug 12	LAD		ATL	L,2-5	CG	L(10-7)	4	9.0	10	5	5	2	3	1	0	3.41	3.95	37	13	9	1	2	10	48			0	1	0	34	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.67	-0.392	.38	-0.05%	-0.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
25	427	120	Aug 18	LAD		SFG	W,7-0	SHO	W(11-7)	5	9.0	1	0	0	4	7	0	0	3.24	3.88	32	9	11	3	4	1	88			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.211	.07	0.03%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
26	428	125	Aug 23	LAD	@	STL	L,1-2	GS-7	L(11-8)	4	7.0	5	2	1	0	3	0	1	3.17	3.82	26	10	7	3	0	5	64			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	1	.96	0.097	.35	0.02%	1.39	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
27	429	130	Aug 28	LAD		STL	W,11-0	SHO	W(12-8)	4	9.0	6	0	0	0	5	0	1	3.03	3.73	34	10	12	0	2	6	80			2	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.365	.29	0.09%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
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
28	430	135	Sep 3	LAD		PIT	W,6-4	GS-7	W(13-8)	5	7.0	6	2	2	0	8	1	0	3.01	3.68	27	5	8	0	3	6	65			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	0	.73	0.170	.15	0.02%	1.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
29	431	140	Sep 8	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-4	GS-7		4	7.0	4	3	3	0	6	2	0	3.04	3.72	25	11	4	0	0	4	63			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.015	.01	0.00%	0.84	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
30	432	144	Sep 12	LAD		SDP	W,7-6	GS-8		3	7.2	10	4	4	3	8	1	0	3.10	3.71	35	7	7	2	1	10	48			0	1	0	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.44	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out a1
31	433	149	Sep 17	LAD		ATL	W,7-3	GS-8	W(14-8)	4	8.0	6	3	3	1	5	1	0	3.11	3.70	31	5	15	0	9	5	62			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	0	.72	0.062	.00	0.00%	0.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
32	434	153	Sep 23	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-4	GS-8		5	7.1	7	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.12	3.67	30	8	10	2	0	7	53			3	1	0	25	1	1	0	0	2	0	1.53	-0.194	.00	0.00%	-0.30	1b start a 1	8b 12- 1 out tie
33	435	160	Sep 30	LAD		HOU	W,6-5	GS-7		6	7.0	9	4	4	1	3	0	0	3.18	3.63	29	8	8	2	0	9	45			0	1	0	27	2	1	0	1	1	0	1.17	-0.194	.00	0.00%	-0.61	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
							20-13		W-L:14-8	4.5	240.1	207	93	85	69	150	23	3	3.18	3.63	979	1.02		6%	9%	194	57		---%	25	8	1	888	42	7	2	13	7	5	1.02	1.075	1.06	2.21%	20.95

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