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: 22-11 / in Starts: 22-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 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	227	1	Apr 15	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	3	1	1	1	5	1	0	1.29	3.26	26	12	5	0	2	2	71			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.38	0.281	2.08	0.25%	1.85	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a2
2	228	5	Apr 19	LAD	@	ATL	W,4-0	SHO	W(2-0)	3	9.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.56	2.71	31	18	8	2	0	2	84			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	0.642	2.04	0.69%	4.24	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
3	229	10	Apr 25	LAD		MON	W,6-1	GS-8	W(3-0)	5	7.2	5	1	1	2	9	0	0	0.76	2.10	29	6	7	1	1	5	72			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.242	2.01	0.25%	1.99	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a4
4	230	15	Apr 30	LAD		NYM	W,7-0	SHO	W(4-0)	4	9.0	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	0.55	1.91	34	8	13	2	2	6	78			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.209	1.08	0.23%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
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	231	20	May 7	LAD	@	MON	L,0-1	GS-10		6	10.0	1	0	0	4	3	0	1	0.42	2.23	34	13	12	1	0	1	89			1	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.765	2.31	0.86%	4.36	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
6	232	25	May 12	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	W(5-0)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	10	0	0	0.52	1.93	33	12	6	1	3	4	84			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	.56	0.267	1.06	0.30%	2.97	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
7	233	30	May 18	LAD		HOU	L,3-4	GS-9		5	9.0	3	3	3	5	8	1	0	0.89	2.20	35	13	6	0	0	3	72			1	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.329	3.55	-0.58%	0.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
8	234	35	May 23	LAD		SFG	W,8-5	CG	W(6-0)	4	9.0	7	5	4	1	7	2	0	1.29	2.44	37	9	14	2	0	6	61			1	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	2	.86	0.101	1.65	0.12%	-1.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
9	235	40	May 29	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-2	GS-9	W(7-0)	5	8.0	4	2	1	2	5	0	0	1.27	2.39	31	11	9	3	0	4	71			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	0.090	2.08	0.11%	0.56	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 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
10	236	45	Jun 3	LAD		STL	W,1-0	SHO	W(8-0)	4	9.0	7	0	0	0	6	0	0	1.14	2.25	32	11	8	0	1	7	79			0	1	1	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.62	0.680	3.57	0.90%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	237	50	Jun 9	LAD		PIT	L,1-5	GS-7	L(8-1)	5	7.0	10	5	2	0	5	0	0	1.25	2.15	32	14	3	0	0	10	48			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	2	.49	-0.336	1.10	-0.45%	-2.04	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
12	238	58	Jun 19	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-13	GS-6	L(8-2)	9	5.2	11	6	6	2	4	1	0	1.72	2.28	29	6	6	2	0	11	25			0	0	0	27	4	1	1	0	0	0	.84	-0.295	1.36	-0.29%	-3.66	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d5
13	239	61	Jun 24(1)	LAD		ATL	L,0-1	GS-8	L(8-3)	4	8.0	8	1	1	1	6	0	0	1.68	2.20	32	6	11	1	0	8	67			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.202	2.35	0.23%	2.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
14	240	66	Jun 28	LAD		HOU	W,5-0	SHO	W(9-3)	3	9.0	2	0	0	2	9	0	0	1.55	2.12	31	8	10	1	0	2	90			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	.65	0.327	1.08	0.33%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 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
15	241	70	Jul 2	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-9	GS-7	L(9-4)	3	6.2	8	9	8	3	1	2	0	2.05	2.40	32	9	11	2	0	8	22			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	1	1	.88	-0.364	.80	-0.20%	-6.01	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out d7
16	242	74	Jul 7	LAD	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	W(10-4)	4	9.0	3	1	0	2	5	0	0	1.91	2.37	29	7	12	0	0	3	82			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	3	0	0	.64	0.179	.61	0.10%	2.77	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
17	243	79	Jul 11	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-4	GS-6	L(10-5)	3	6.0	4	4	4	3	5	0	1	2.09	2.38	26	9	4	0	1	4	50			2	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.242	.97	-0.19%	-1.36	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
18	244	83	Jul 16	LAD		MON	W,4-2	CG	W(11-5)	4	9.0	7	2	1	0	6	0	0	2.02	2.30	34	4	17	2	3	7	73			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.326	.82	0.15%	1.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
19	245	87	Jul 21	LAD		PHI	W,3-0	SHO	W(12-5)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	1.90	2.26	33	9	13	4	0	5	81			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.385	.62	0.19%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
20	246	92	Jul 29	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-7	GS-6	L(12-6)	7	6.0	7	3	1	0	9	0	0	1.89	2.16	25	6	3	1	0	7	59			2	1	0	25	0	2	0	1	0	1	.69	-0.129	.93	-0.10%	-0.46	1b start tie	6b 3 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
21	247	97	Aug 2	LAD		SFG	W,12-11	GS-6		3	5.2	11	8	8	2	4	1	0	2.25	2.23	29	9	3	0	0	11	17			0	0	0	27	5	0	0	1	0	0	.84	-0.428	.47	-0.14%	-4.66	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out tie
22	248	101	Aug 6	LAD		SDP	W,6-0	SHO	W(13-6)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.14	2.18	32	8	10	3	0	6	81			1	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.380	.42	0.12%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
23	249	105	Aug 11	LAD	@	SDP	W,2-1	GS-8		4	8.0	3	1	1	0	10	1	0	2.10	2.15	27	7	7	1	0	3	82			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.349	.41	0.09%	2.18	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
24	250	109	Aug 16	LAD		PIT	L,2-3	CG	L(13-7)	4	9.0	7	3	3	2	4	1	0	2.14	2.22	34	10	11	2	0	7	63			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.332	.87	-0.15%	0.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
25	251	114	Aug 21	LAD		STL	L,0-4	GS-8	L(13-8)	4	8.0	6	3	3	1	5	1	0	2.19	2.26	31	10	9	0	0	6	62			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	1	0	.67	-0.026	.14	0.00%	0.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
26	252	119	Aug 26	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	W(14-8)	4	9.0	7	3	3	2	6	0	0	2.22	2.23	36	10	11	1	0	7	65			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	1	0	.41	0.116	.04	0.01%	0.81	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a4
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
27	253	124	Sep 1(1)	LAD	@	STL	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(14-9)	5	8.0	6	5	4	2	6	0	2	2.30	2.24	34	8	10	0	0	6	56			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.185	.05	-0.01%	-1.58	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
28	254	130	Sep 5	LAD		CIN	W,9-4	CG	W(15-9)	3	9.0	9	4	4	1	10	1	0	2.37	2.23	37	9	8	3	0	9	62			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.218	.06	0.01%	-0.19	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
29	255	135	Sep 10	LAD		HOU	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	3	2	0	6	5	0	0	2.30	2.27	29	9	6	2	0	3	66			2	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	1	.89	0.011	.03	0.00%	0.96	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
30	256	140	Sep 16	LAD	@	HOU	W,10-0	SHO	W(16-9)	5	9.0	7	0	0	3	6	0	0	2.22	2.26	35	5	14	3	0	7	76			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	0	.44	0.197	.00	0.00%	3.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a10
31	257	145	Sep 22	LAD		SFG	W,1-0	SHO(11)	W(17-9)	5	11.0	3	0	0	4	11	0	0	2.12	2.23	40	10	12	1	0	3	98			1	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.39	0.872	.00	0.00%	4.65	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
32	258	150	Sep 27	LAD		SDP	W,2-0	SHO	W(18-9)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.05	2.19	31	9	9	1	0	3	87			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	.98	0.491	.00	0.00%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
33	259	154	Oct 3	LAD	@	ATL	W,6-5	CG	W(19-9)	5	9.0	7	5	3	5	9	1	0	2.08	2.24	41	7	13	1	0	7	61			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.38	0.082	.00	0.00%	-0.76	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
							22-11		W-L:19-9	4.3	272.2	186	78	63	63	207	13	4	2.08	2.24	1061	1.00		7%	2%	183	68		---%	15	4	1	984	34	4	1	18	4	17	.91	4.746	1.03	2.83%	38.28

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