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: 14-17 / in Starts: 14-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1983 Pitching Game Log

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1983 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	592	1	Apr 5	MIL	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	6	3	2	3	4	1	0	2.25	4.51	32	10	9	0	0	6	61			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.85	-0.049	1.04	-0.04%	0.97	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
2	593	6	Apr 12	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-5	GS-8	W(1-1)	6	8.0	5	5	4	1	4	1	0	3.38	4.13	31	11	10	1	0	5	57			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	2	2	1.15	0.056	1.71	0.05%	-0.74	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a1
3	594	11	Apr 18	MIL	@	BOS	W,14-0	GS-7	W(2-1)	5	7.0	6	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.35	3.80	29	9	15	4	1	1	65			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.298	1.27	0.28%	3.77	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a4
4	595	15	Apr 24	MIL	@	TEX	W,3-1	GS-8	W(3-1)	5	8.0	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.74	3.50	28	9	12	0	1	4	73			1	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.29	0.521	1.71	0.42%	2.89	1b start tie	8b 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
5	596	20	May 1	MIL	@	MIN	W,8-4	GS-9	W(4-1)	6	8.0	5	4	4	1	7	0	0	2.31	3.06	30	5	12	1	0	5	62			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.318	1.47	0.29%	1.14	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a6
6	597	25	May 8	MIL		TEX	W,6-3	GS-8		6	8.0	8	3	3	2	7	0	0	2.49	2.84	34	7	10	0	3	8	59			3	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.32	-0.038	1.61	-0.03%	0.73	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
7	598	33	May 18	MIL		TOR	W,7-6	GS-6		9	5.1	5	6	4	2	2	1	0	2.92	3.12	24	8	7	0	0	5	38			2	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.35	-0.467	2.00	-0.42%	-3.35	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out d2
8	599	37	May 23	MIL	@	OAK	L,4-5	GS-9		4	8.0	6	4	4	3	6	2	1	3.13	3.50	34	7	11	0	0	6	57			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	0	.97	-0.480	1.50	-0.45%	-0.27	1b start tie	9b --- 0 out tie
9	600	42	May 29	MIL		SEA	L,4-6	GS-6	L(4-2)	5	6.0	9	6	6	1	5	1	0	3.66	3.52	29	9	5	0	0	9	34			2	0	0	26	0	0	1	0	1	0	.98	-0.290	1.24	-0.22%	-3.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
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
10	601	47	Jun 3	MIL		CAL	L,0-3	GS-8	L(4-3)	4	8.0	7	3	3	2	8	1	0	3.63	3.48	34	10	7	0	0	7	62			2	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.95	0.062	1.23	0.05%	0.73	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
11	602	52	Jun 8	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-7	GS-7		4	7.0	4	2	2	0	7	1	0	3.54	3.41	25	7	7	1	2	4	68			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.069	1.49	0.07%	1.45	1b start a 2	7b 3 out tie
12	603	57	Jun 13	MIL		BAL	L,2-3	CG	L(4-4)	4	9.0	6	3	3	5	5	1	0	3.49	3.54	38	9	13	0	1	6	63			2	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.029	.93	-0.02%	1.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
13	604	61	Jun 18	MIL	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-8		4	8.0	7	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.39	3.51	33	10	10	2	0	7	60			3	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	0.370	1.02	0.17%	1.86	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
14	605	66	Jun 24	MIL		CLE	W,6-2	CG	W(5-4)	5	9.0	3	2	2	2	8	2	0	3.27	3.59	32	8	11	0	4	3	79			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	.62	0.280	.27	0.07%	2.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
15	606	70	Jun 29	MIL		DET	W,4-3	GS-8		4	8.0	9	3	3	4	6	0	1	3.28	3.56	38	10	9	1	0	8	54			1	0	0	33	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.26	0.053	.83	0.02%	0.73	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
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
16	607	75	Jul 4	MIL	@	CLE	W,8-3	GS-7	W(6-4)	4	7.0	9	3	3	1	5	2	0	3.31	3.67	30	8	7	1	0	9	51			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.097	.72	0.05%	0.66	1b start a 4	7b 3 out a5
17	608	77	Jul 9	MIL	@	CHW	L,3-8	GS-5	L(6-5)	4	4.1	8	6	5	0	2	1	0	3.55	3.71	22	3	9	1	0	8	27			2	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	1	.99	-0.368	1.13	-0.25%	-3.93	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d4
18	609	82	Jul 14	MIL		MIN	W,5-1	GS-8	W(7-5)	4	8.0	6	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.41	3.58	30	9	10	0	0	6	71			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	.75	0.289	.77	0.18%	2.73	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
19	610	88	Jul 19	MIL		TEX	L,1-3	GS-8	L(7-6)	4	8.0	9	3	3	3	7	0	0	3.41	3.50	35	7	9	0	0	9	56			1	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.015	1.48	-0.01%	0.73	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
20	611	93	Jul 24	MIL		CHW	W,8-7	GS-4		4	3.1	5	5	4	3	2	0	1	3.58	3.54	20	3	6	0	0	5	31			1	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	-0.276	1.43	-0.24%	-3.79	1t start tie	4t -2- 1 out d5
21	612	98	Jul 30	MIL	@	BOS	L,5-10	GS-5	L(7-7)	5	4.1	9	6	5	3	0	1	1	3.77	3.68	25	6	6	0	0	9	20			1	0	0	21	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.408	2.01	-0.38%	-3.87	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 1 out d3
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	613	104	Aug 4	MIL		KCR	L,2-6	GS-8	L(7-8)	4	8.0	9	6	5	1	7	1	0	3.87	3.65	34	8	9	1	2	9	48			1	1	0	33	2	1	0	0	0	1	.45	-0.276	.77	-0.29%	-2.27	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
23	614	110	Aug 9	MIL	@	KCR	L,2-8	GS-7	L(7-9)	4	6.0	11	8	8	0	2	1	0	4.16	3.67	29	7	9	2	0	11	20			1	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.316	1.34	-0.49%	-4.61	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out d5
24	615	120	Aug 19	MIL		OAK	L,1-9	GS-5	L(7-10)	9	4.1	7	6	6	1	5	1	0	4.38	3.68	21	4	4	0	0	7	29			3	0	0	20	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.05	-0.350	3.63	-0.73%	-3.91	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d5
25	616	125	Aug 24	MIL		CAL	W,1-0	GS-9		4	9.0	7	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.15	3.63	34	9	13	0	0	7	74			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.663	5.01	1.41%	4.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
26	617	130	Aug 29	MIL	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(7-11)	4	8.0	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	4.07	3.64	27	13	9	1	0	3	70			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.149	2.48	0.30%	2.18	1b start a 1	8b 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
27	618	135	Sep 4	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-5	GS-7	L(7-12)	5	7.0	8	5	5	1	4	1	1	4.16	3.67	30	6	10	1	0	8	44			0	0	1	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.119	2.10	-0.15%	-1.52	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
28	619	141	Sep 9(2)	MIL		DET	L,1-2	GS-7		4	7.0	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.06	3.62	24	3	15	2	0	2	71			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.253	1.53	0.27%	2.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
29	620	146	Sep 14	MIL	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS-6	L(7-13)	4	6.0	9	4	4	0	3	1	0	4.11	3.63	27	6	9	1	0	9	41			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.160	.04	-0.01%	-1.11	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
30	621	152	Sep 21	MIL	@	CLE	W,10-7	GS-7	W(8-13)	6	6.2	6	2	2	2	4	0	0	4.07	3.59	27	4	11	2	0	6	56			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	.72	0.138	.00	0.00%	1.42	1b start a 3	7b 1-- 2 out a5
31	622	158	Sep 28	MIL		CLE	W,6-4	GS-8		6	8.0	11	4	4	4	4	0	0	4.08	3.58	39	11	9	1	0	11	44			2	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.05	-0.150	.00	0.00%	-0.27	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
							14-17		W-L:8-13	4.9	220.1	209	109	100	54	134	21	5	4.08	3.58	925	0.81		4%	3%	203	53		---%	31	4	1	851	39	4	2	7	7	11	.96	-0.175	1.38	-0.09%	-0.99

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