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: 17-16 / in Starts: 16-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 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	470	2	Apr 6	LAD		SDP	W,10-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	0	1.00	1.73	35	6	16	1	0	6	76			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	.41	0.042	.59	0.04%	3.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
2	471	7	Apr 11	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-10	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	6.0	5	6	3	3	3	1	0	2.40	3.20	26	4	11	1	0	5	44			2	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.17	-0.474	2.18	-0.53%	-3.35	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
3	472	12	Apr 16	LAD		HOU	L,0-4	GS-8	L(1-2)	4	7.2	6	4	4	4	3	0	0	3.18	3.31	33	10	11	0	2	5	50			1	0	0	28	0	1	1	0	0	0	.74	-0.047	1.13	-0.04%	-0.75	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out d4
4	473	17	Apr 22	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-2	CG	W(2-2)	5	9.0	6	2	1	0	12	1	0	2.56	2.80	33	5	10	0	3	6	81			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	1	0	.25	0.163	.27	0.11%	1.93	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
5	474	22	Apr 29(1)	LAD	@	NYM	W,8-3	CG	W(3-2)	6	9.0	5	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.66	2.78	34	9	16	1	3	4	66			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.158	.57	0.10%	1.02	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
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	475	27	May 4	LAD		PHI	L,2-5	GS-7	L(3-3)	4	7.0	5	3	2	3	5	1	0	2.64	3.03	27	5	9	3	0	5	59			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.48	-0.161	1.38	-0.09%	0.26	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
7	476	32	May 9	LAD		NYM	W,7-2	CG	W(4-3)	4	9.0	3	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.54	2.91	31	14	7	0	1	3	76			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.171	.64	0.10%	2.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
8	477	37	May 15	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-4	GS-8		5	8.0	8	4	4	4	4	1	0	2.78	3.15	35	4	15	1	2	8	50			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.058	1.83	0.05%	0.03	1b start a 3	8b 3 out tie
9	478	42	May 20	LAD	@	CIN	W,6-4	GS-8	W(5-3)	4	8.0	9	4	3	0	6	1	0	2.85	3.12	33	7	11	2	3	9	56			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.32	-0.078	2.03	-0.07%	-0.21	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
10	479	47	May 26	LAD		CIN	L,1-3	GS-7	L(5-4)	5	7.0	6	3	2	1	2	1	0	2.82	3.23	27	9	9	0	1	6	56			1	0	0	26	1	0	1	2	0	1	1.12	-0.120	1.81	-0.12%	0.26	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
11	480	52	May 31	LAD		SFG	W,12-10	GS-7	W(6-4)	4	6.2	13	9	9	3	5	0	0	3.54	3.18	36	8	16	7	2	4	14			3	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	1	0	.68	-0.259	1.08	-0.25%	-5.16	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a3
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	481	57	Jun 5	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-3	GS-5	L(6-5)	4	5.0	4	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.55	3.28	21	5	6	1	1	4	53			0	0	0	18	1	0	1	0	0	0	.92	0.027	1.01	0.02%	0.47	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
13	482	61	Jun 10	LAD	@	CHC	L,3-10	GS-5	L(6-6)	4	4.1	7	7	5	2	3	0	0	3.86	3.25	23	5	6	1	1	7	26			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.207	.79	-0.12%	-4.62	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d6
14	483	65	Jun 15	LAD		PIT	L,2-6	GS-7	L(6-7)	4	7.0	5	1	1	1	9	0	0	3.68	3.07	27	6	6	0	2	5	71			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.230	.81	0.13%	2.26	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
15	484	70	Jun 21	LAD	@	ATL	W,6-4	GS-8	W(7-7)	5	7.1	11	4	4	1	6	2	0	3.76	3.20	31	7	6	0	2	11	45			1	0	0	30	3	0	0	3	0	0	.85	0.009	.46	0.00%	-0.66	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out a2
16	485	75	Jun 26	LAD		SDP	L,1-5	GS-6	L(7-8)	4	6.0	7	5	5	3	2	1	0	3.96	3.34	27	6	9	1	2	7	37			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	.99	-0.311	.40	-0.08%	-2.21	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
17	486	79	Jun 30	LAD		ATL	L,4-7	GS-8		3	8.0	8	4	4	4	2	3	0	3.99	3.68	35	10	11	0	3	8	48			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.144	.19	-0.01%	-0.28	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
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	487	83	Jul 4	LAD	@	SDP	L,0-6	GS-5	L(7-9)	3	5.0	10	5	5	3	6	1	0	4.19	3.72	27	3	5	0	1	10	30			0	0	0	23	1	0	1	1	1	0	.75	-0.249	.03	-0.01%	-2.82	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
19	488	87	Jul 9	LAD	@	MON	L,0-3	GS-7	L(7-10)	4	7.0	6	3	3	1	6	0	0	4.17	3.60	27	3	11	0	1	6	58			0	1	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.078	.03	0.00%	0.26	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
20	489	92	Jul 14	LAD	@	PHI	L,7-10	GS-4	L(7-11)	4	4.0	4	7	6	3	2	2	0	4.44	3.80	20	8	3	0	0	4	27			0	0	0	16	1	0	1	0	0	1	.76	-0.426	.03	-0.01%	-5.06	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
21	490	96	Jul 21	LAD		MON	L,2-7	GS-7	L(7-12)	6	7.0	8	5	5	0	3	1	0	4.53	3.79	28	7	10	1	1	8	44			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.123	.04	0.00%	-1.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
22	491	101	Jul 26	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-5	GS-5		4	4.2	7	4	4	1	3	0	0	4.63	3.74	21	5	5	1	0	7	36			2	1	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.273	.08	-0.01%	-2.09	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out tie
23	492	106	Jul 31	LAD	@	CIN	W,7-6	GS-6	W(8-12)	4	5.1	2	2	1	1	3	0	0	4.53	3.69	20	5	9	2	0	2	60			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	1	1	.92	0.117	.03	0.00%	0.60	1b start a 3	6b --- 1 out a2
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	493	110	Aug 5	LAD		SFG	W,8-1	GS-8	W(9-12)	4	8.0	6	1	1	4	6	1	0	4.36	3.72	34	8	12	2	0	4	68			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.160	.00	0.00%	2.72	1t start tie	8t 3 out a7
25	494	115	Aug 10	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-0	SHO	W(10-12)	4	9.0	5	0	0	3	7	0	0	4.14	3.64	34	7	15	3	0	2	81			1	1	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.115	.00	0.00%	3.93	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
26	495	120	Aug 16	LAD	@	STL	W,4-2	GS-7		5	7.0	3	2	2	2	0	1	0	4.08	3.71	26	12	9	1	1	3	61			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.075	.01	0.00%	1.35	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
27	496	125	Aug 21	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-2	GS-8	W(11-12)	4	8.0	6	2	1	0	6	0	0	3.95	3.61	31	11	9	2	4	5	70			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.326	.02	0.00%	2.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
28	497	130	Aug 27	LAD		PIT	W,4-2	GS-7		5	7.0	5	2	2	1	4	1	1	3.90	3.63	27	7	9	0	0	5	62			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.040	.00	0.00%	1.26	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
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	498	135	Sep 1	LAD		CHC	W,5-4	CG	W(12-12)	4	9.0	8	4	4	3	7	1	0	3.91	3.63	37	8	12	1	2	7	59			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.65	0.272	.00	0.00%	0.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
30	499	140	Sep 6	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-6	GS-6	L(12-13)	4	6.0	5	3	3	0	5	0	0	3.92	3.56	22	7	5	0	1	5	55			4	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.074	.00	0.00%	0.02	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
31	500	144	Sep 11	LAD		SDP	L,1-3	GS-8	L(12-14)	4	8.0	5	3	2	3	2	0	0	3.86	3.55	32	12	10	1	0	5	61			1	1	0	26	1	0	1	0	1	1	.95	-0.019	.00	0.00%	0.72	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
32	501	149	Sep 16	LAD		CIN	L,0-2	GS-6	L(12-15)	4	6.0	6	2	2	0	6	0	0	3.84	3.47	23	6	6	0	1	5	58			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.79	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
33	502	156	Sep 23	LAD	@	SDP	W,5-2	9-GF	S(1)	6	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.82	3.47	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.44	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
							17-16		W-L:12-15,Sv:1	4.3	226.0	201	109	96	61	146	21	1	3.82	3.47	927	0.76		6%	7%	182	54	0	---%	20	8	0	841	26	3	6	9	9	10	.90	-1.034	.57	-0.80%	-2.96

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