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: 22-16 / in Starts: 22-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1970 Pitching Game Log

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1970 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	151	3	Apr 9	LAD		CIN	L,0-3	GS-9	L(0-1)	99	8.2	9	3	3	2	8	1	0	3.12	2.98	35	9	7	2	1	9	60			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.124	1.58	0.10%	0.95	1t start tie	9t --3 2 out d3
2	152	7	Apr 13	LAD	@	HOU	W,2-0	SHO	W(1-1)	3	9.0	2	0	0	4	4	0	0	1.53	3.03	32	8	14	2	5	2	83			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.695	1.46	0.46%	4.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
3	153	11	Apr 18	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-4	GS-7	W(2-1)	4	6.1	7	4	4	1	1	2	1	2.63	4.18	28	10	8	2	0	7	43			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.036	1.36	-0.02%	-0.85	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a1
4	154	13	Apr 22	LAD	@	MON	W,9-2	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	6	2	1	3	6	0	1	2.18	3.76	37	9	12	5	0	6	72			1	1	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	2	.62	0.236	.68	0.15%	2.48	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
5	155	17	Apr 27	LAD		PHI	L,3-4	GS-7	L(3-2)	4	7.0	8	4	4	2	5	0	0	2.70	3.46	31	11	7	1	2	6	48			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	1	1	.92	-0.090	1.23	-0.07%	-0.66	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
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	156	21	May 1	LAD		MON	L,1-3	GS-7	L(3-3)	3	7.0	7	2	0	3	5	0	0	2.30	3.32	32	10	7	0	2	7	61			1	0	0	29	3	0	1	0	0	1	1.21	0.130	1.55	0.10%	1.34	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
7	157	25	May 6	LAD	@	NYM	L,4-5	GS-4	L(3-4)	4	3.0	6	5	5	4	1	0	1	3.06	3.54	20	2	6	0	2	6	24			3	0	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	.92	-0.256	1.05	-0.17%	-2.98	1b start tie	4b -23 0 out d2
8	158	29	May 10	LAD	@	PHI	W,7-0	SHO	W(4-4)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.59	3.37	33	11	12	1	2	4	81			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.448	1.11	0.36%	4.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
9	159	33	May 15	LAD		SFG	W,11-5	GS-6	W(5-4)	4	5.2	9	5	5	2	5	2	0	3.06	3.64	28	6	6	0	0	9	34			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.209	1.24	-0.18%	-2.56	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a3
10	160	37	May 19	LAD	@	SDP	W,8-3	CG	W(6-4)	3	9.0	8	3	3	0	8	2	0	3.05	3.66	35	8	11	1	0	8	67			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	2	1	2	.91	0.179	1.41	0.17%	1.30	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
11	161	41	May 23	LAD		ATL	L,1-5	GS-8	L(6-5)	3	7.1	7	5	5	3	6	2	0	3.33	3.85	32	9	7	0	0	7	47			2	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.178	1.41	-0.17%	-1.07	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out d3
12	162	45	May 28	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS-6		4	6.0	4	3	3	2	3	2	0	3.41	4.06	23	6	8	0	0	4	53			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.99	-0.160	1.33	-0.13%	-0.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
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
13	163	49	Jun 1	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG(6)	W(7-5)	3	6.0	6	4	4	2	4	0	0	3.58	3.95	26	5	9	0	0	6	46			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.142	1.54	-0.11%	-0.64	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a1
14	164	53	Jun 6	LAD	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS-8		4	7.0	9	4	4	4	6	1	1	3.69	4.02	33	10	3	0	0	9	45			0	0	0	28	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.36	-0.080	1.69	-0.06%	-0.97	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 0 out a2
15	165	57	Jun 11	LAD		STL	W,2-1	GS-10		4	10.0	6	1	1	0	9	0	0	3.44	3.73	34	9	10	2	0	6	85			1	1	1	33	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.24	0.664	.96	0.31%	3.78	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
16	166	62	Jun 16	LAD		PIT	W,1-0	SHO	W(8-5)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	9	0	1	3.18	3.57	34	9	9	1	0	4	86			1	0	0	31	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.48	0.726	.98	0.29%	4.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
17	167	66	Jun 21(1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,9-3	CG	W(9-5)	4	9.0	11	3	3	2	7	0	0	3.16	3.44	40	10	10	0	3	11	58			1	0	0	37	3	2	0	0	1	0	.79	0.166	1.16	0.15%	1.71	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
18	168	72	Jun 27	LAD		SDP	W,7-5	GS-8	W(10-5)	5	7.1	5	5	4	3	9	4	0	3.26	3.72	32	6	9	2	0	5	56			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	2	.89	0.107	.90	0.07%	-1.43	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a2
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
19	169	77	Jul 3	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-6	GS-6		5	6.0	9	6	6	1	6	3	1	3.50	3.90	28	6	5	0	0	9	35			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.495	.93	-0.25%	-3.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
20	170	82	Jul 8	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-5	GS-7		4	7.0	7	4	4	3	7	0	0	3.58	3.81	30	8	5	0	0	7	51			1	0	1	27	2	2	1	0	0	0	.83	-0.209	.81	-0.12%	-0.62	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
21	171	86	Jul 12	LAD	@	SDP	L,1-4	GS-6	L(10-6)	3	6.0	8	2	2	2	9	0	1	3.56	3.71	29	6	3	2	0	8	55			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	0.027	1.41	0.02%	0.87	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
22	172	88	Jul 17	LAD		NYM	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(11-6)	4	10.0	5	0	0	3	12	0	0	3.34	3.55	36	10	6	0	0	5	91			2	1	0	33	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.44	0.804	1.18	0.40%	4.78	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
23	173	93	Jul 21	LAD		MON	L,2-5	GS-5	L(11-7)	3	4.1	7	5	5	1	1	3	0	3.52	3.76	22	6	7	1	0	7	29			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	.84	-0.348	.47	-0.12%	-3.27	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d3
24	174	97	Jul 26	LAD	@	NYM	W,5-3	GS-7	W(12-7)	4	6.2	7	3	3	2	4	2	0	3.54	3.86	29	8	10	2	3	5	50			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.011	.35	0.00%	0.02	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out a1
25	175	101	Jul 31	LAD	@	MON	W,8-5	GS-8	W(13-7)	4	7.1	8	3	3	4	1	1	0	3.55	3.94	33	14	6	0	0	8	47			0	1	1	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.24	0.023	.47	0.01%	0.30	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out a1
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
26	176	106	Aug 4	LAD		SFG	L,4-11	GS-4	L(13-8)	3	3.1	9	8	8	1	2	3	1	3.87	4.13	21	3	5	0	0	9	11			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	1	1	.43	-0.407	.15	-0.08%	-6.34	1t start tie	4t --- 1 out d8
27	177	111	Aug 9(1)	LAD		CIN	W,7-3	GS-8		4	7.0	6	3	3	1	6	2	0	3.87	4.17	29	6	10	0	4	6	58			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.155	.20	-0.02%	-0.03	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out tie
28	178	115	Aug 14	LAD	@	CHC	W,13-9	GS-1		4	0.1	3	5	5	2	0	1	0	4.10	4.26	6	0	1	0	1	3	23			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.304	.30	-0.05%	-4.02	1b start tie	1b 1-- 1 out d4
29	179	119	Aug 17	LAD	@	STL	L,8-11	GS-3	L(13-9)	2	2.0	8	6	6	0	1	0	0	4.33	4.24	14	3	2	1	0	8	17			0	0	0	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.366	.16	-0.04%	-4.36	1b start tie	3b 1-- 0 out d2
30	180	123	Aug 22	LAD		PIT	L,1-2	GS-9		4	9.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	0	4.18	4.12	33	7	13	2	0	6	76			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	0.553	.68	0.15%	3.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
31	181	128	Aug 28	LAD		STL	L,0-1	CG	L(13-10)	5	9.0	5	1	1	3	7	1	1	4.05	4.11	35	10	10	2	1	4	77			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.231	.24	0.03%	3.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				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
32	182	133	Sep 2	LAD	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(13-11)	4	8.0	9	4	4	1	3	1	0	4.07	4.10	32	10	9	0	0	9	50			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	.83	-0.024	.15	0.00%	0.23	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
33	183	138	Sep 7(1)	LAD		ATL	W,4-3	GS-8	W(14-11)	4	7.2	6	3	3	0	7	1	0	4.05	4.05	30	9	8	1	0	6	62			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.011	.01	0.00%	0.34	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out a1
34	184	143	Sep 11	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS-5	L(14-12)	3	5.0	6	4	4	3	4	0	0	4.12	4.02	23	3	7	0	0	6	40			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.201	.00	0.00%	-1.51	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
35	185	147	Sep 15	LAD		SDP	W,5-4	GS-7		3	7.0	5	4	2	3	8	2	1	4.07	4.07	31	6	8	0	0	5	60			2	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	1	.94	-0.171	.00	0.00%	-0.66	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
36	186	152	Sep 20	LAD		HOU	W,7-6	GS-9		4	8.1	6	3	3	0	5	0	0	4.04	3.99	31	11	9	0	0	6	64			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.307	.00	0.00%	1.79	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a2
37	187	157	Sep 26	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS-6	L(14-13)	5	6.0	7	5	2	3	4	1	0	4.02	4.01	28	4	10	1	1	7	45			1	0	0	25	2	0	1	0	0	1	.56	-0.244	.00	0.00%	-1.86	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
38	188	161	Oct 1	LAD	@	SDP	W,7-4	GS-5	W(15-13)	4	5.0	6	4	4	3	8	1	0	4.08	4.01	24	4	3	0	0	6	44			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.30	-0.276	.00	0.00%	-1.61	1b start a 2	5b 3 out d1
							22-16		W-L:15-13	3.7	260.1	251	127	118	78	201	38	10	4.08	4.01	1109	0.97		5%	5%	246	54		---%	27	7	3	1007	36	7	7	13	7	15	1.05	1.091	.83	1.15%	1.07

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