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: 26-14 / in Starts: 26-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1974 Pitching Game Log

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1974 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	293	1	Apr 5	LAD		SDP	W,8-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	0	0	2	8	0	0	0.00	1.47	35	8	11	2	1	6	81			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.250	.79	0.23%	3.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
2	294	5	Apr 9	LAD	@	ATL	W,9-2	GS-7	W(2-0)	3	7.0	5	1	1	1	1	1	0	0.56	2.83	26	13	6	0	3	5	63			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.63	0.196	1.14	0.21%	2.36	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a5
3	295	9	Apr 13	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-3	CG	W(3-0)	3	9.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	0	1.44	2.62	36	13	12	1	0	7	61			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	.78	0.079	1.42	0.09%	0.94	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
4	296	13	Apr 19	LAD		SFG	L,4-5	GS-7	L(3-1)	5	6.0	1	5	3	3	4	1	1	2.03	3.16	24	10	5	0	0	1	55			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.231	2.62	-0.33%	-1.16	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out a1
5	297	17	Apr 24	LAD		PHI	W,6-1	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	7	0	0	1.80	2.75	35	13	8	1	1	6	75			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	.91	0.331	1.73	0.38%	2.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
6	298	22	Apr 29	LAD		NYM	W,8-7	GS-5		4	4.2	8	5	5	1	2	1	1	2.62	3.07	22	7	3	0	0	8	29			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	2	1	0	.40	-0.021	.88	-0.03%	-3.00	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 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
7	299	26	May 4	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-7	GS-6	L(4-2)	4	5.2	8	7	7	3	6	0	0	3.58	2.96	28	6	5	0	0	8	28			2	0	0	24	1	1	1	0	0	0	.87	-0.221	1.90	-0.29%	-4.44	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out d7
8	300	29	May 9	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-0	SHO	W(5-2)	4	9.0	1	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.03	2.83	29	7	14	1	2	1	88			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.76	0.465	1.77	0.65%	3.94	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
9	301	34	May 14	LAD		HOU	W,1-0	SHO	W(6-2)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	9	0	0	2.63	2.67	34	10	8	1	2	4	85			3	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	0.704	4.95	1.25%	3.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
10	302	39	May 19	LAD		ATL	L,2-4	GS-8	L(6-3)	4	8.0	8	4	3	5	4	1	0	2.71	2.92	38	14	9	2	2	6	51			2	0	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	1	.84	-0.161	2.21	-0.25%	-0.47	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
11	303	44	May 24	LAD	@	SFG	L,7-9	GS-3	L(6-4)	4	2.1	7	7	7	2	1	1	0	3.43	3.12	16	3	4	0	1	6	14			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.320	1.76	-0.54%	-5.44	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d6
12	304	48	May 28	LAD	@	STL	W,11-5	GS-5		3	4.1	8	5	5	1	2	1	0	3.80	3.24	22	2	9	1	2	8	28			0	0	0	21	4	1	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.103	1.42	-0.14%	-3.19	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 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
13	305	52	Jun 2	LAD	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS-5		4	5.0	4	3	2	3	4	1	0	3.78	3.36	22	5	7	2	0	3	50			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	-0.101	2.58	-0.13%	-0.63	1b start a 2	5b 3 out d1
14	306	56	Jun 7	LAD		CHC	W,6-5	GS-8		4	8.0	6	5	5	1	3	3	0	3.94	3.67	31	11	10	1	5	6	52			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.231	1.79	-0.27%	-1.47	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
15	307	61	Jun 12	LAD		STL	L,3-6	GS-4	L(6-5)	4	3.1	8	5	5	1	2	1	1	4.26	3.79	20	4	4	0	3	8	25			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.313	2.16	-0.38%	-3.36	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out d3
16	308	65	Jun 17	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-7	GS-5	L(6-6)	4	5.0	7	5	0	1	1	0	0	4.05	3.74	24	8	7	1	0	7	43			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.321	1.71	-0.40%	-2.79	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
17	309	69	Jun 22	LAD		SFG	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	6	2	2	1	7	0	0	3.93	3.56	29	7	8	1	4	6	68			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.119	2.40	0.18%	1.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
18	310	73	Jun 26	LAD		ATL	W,5-4	GS-6		3	5.0	5	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.99	3.51	21	9	4	0	0	5	46			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.05	0.040	3.26	0.07%	0.39	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out a3
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	311	77	Jul 2	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-5		5	5.0	4	2	2	2	1	1	0	3.97	3.61	21	6	8	0	1	4	50			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.026	2.27	0.04%	0.28	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
20	312	83	Jul 6	LAD	@	MON	L,1-6	GS-6	L(6-7)	3	6.0	5	4	4	5	3	1	0	4.07	3.73	28	8	7	1	3	5	44			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	.60	-0.212	.65	-0.14%	-1.09	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
21	313	88	Jul 10	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-7		3	6.1	7	4	3	1	2	1	0	4.08	3.77	28	5	13	0	2	7	46			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	-0.436	1.12	-0.21%	-1.81	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out tie
22	314	92	Jul 16	LAD		MON	L,7-8	GS-2		5	1.2	5	4	3	3	1	0	0	4.22	3.80	14	3	2	0	1	5	29			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	-0.313	1.93	-0.30%	-3.52	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d4
23	315	96	Jul 20	LAD		PHI	L,2-5	GS-8	L(6-8)	3	7.0	5	3	3	0	3	0	0	4.21	3.70	27	9	10	1	2	5	58			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	-0.008	2.03	-0.01%	0.76	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a1
24	316	98	Jul 25(1)	LAD	@	HOU	W,11-3	GS-7	W(7-8)	4	7.0	8	2	2	0	5	1	0	4.13	3.67	28	7	8	0	3	8	58			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	.39	0.082	.80	0.10%	1.06	1b start a 4	7b 3 out a9
25	317	103	Jul 29	LAD	@	ATL	W,10-2	CG	W(8-8)	3	9.0	9	2	2	3	7	0	0	4.01	3.58	39	7	13	2	4	9	65			0	0	0	36	2	1	0	0	0	0	.78	0.135	1.91	0.20%	2.32	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
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	318	107	Aug 2	LAD		SDP	W,2-1	GS-9	W(9-8)	3	8.0	8	1	1	4	5	1	0	3.87	3.62	36	11	9	1	3	7	63			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.75	0.163	3.14	0.18%	1.57	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a1
27	319	111	Aug 6	LAD		CIN	L,3-6	GS-9		3	9.0	6	3	3	3	5	1	0	3.83	3.63	36	13	9	1	2	6	65			2	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.049	3.17	-0.07%	0.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
28	320	115	Aug 11	LAD	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	W(10-8)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.69	3.55	33	10	11	1	0	4	77			1	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.486	2.27	0.55%	3.15	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
29	321	119	Aug 16	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS-7	L(10-9)	4	7.0	6	3	3	2	3	0	1	3.70	3.53	28	10	6	2	0	6	54			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.051	1.65	-0.07%	0.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
30	322	123	Aug 20	LAD	@	CHC	W,18-8	GS-7	W(11-9)	3	7.0	6	4	3	2	5	1	0	3.70	3.54	29	9	8	2	2	5	54			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	.38	0.016	1.10	0.03%	-0.68	1b start a 4	7b 3 out a14
31	323	126	Aug 24	LAD		STL	W,3-0	SHO	W(12-9)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.54	3.44	33	4	13	3	5	7	80			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.491	3.67	0.86%	3.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
32	324	129	Aug 28	LAD		CHC	W,7-6	GS-8		3	7.1	8	6	6	2	8	2	1	3.67	3.50	33	7	10	2	3	5	44			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.334	2.51	-0.59%	-2.70	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out tie
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
33	325	133	Sep 1	LAD		PIT	W,6-2	GS-9	W(13-9)	3	8.0	8	2	2	3	9	0	0	3.62	3.42	35	6	9	2	1	8	64			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.343	3.17	0.68%	1.57	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a5
34	326	137	Sep 6	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-1	GS-8	W(14-9)	4	7.0	7	1	1	3	3	1	1	3.55	3.48	33	6	13	1	3	7	59			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	0.176	8.27	0.73%	1.82	1b start a 3	8b 1-- 0 out a2
35	327	141	Sep 10	LAD	@	ATL	W,1-0	SHO	W(15-9)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.42	3.40	33	8	13	1	4	4	85			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.59	0.821	4.31	1.33%	4.32	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
36	328	146	Sep 15	LAD		CIN	W,7-1	CG	W(16-9)	4	9.0	6	1	1	4	9	0	0	3.33	3.35	37	6	12	2	2	6	76			2	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	0.245	11.01	1.41%	2.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
37	329	150	Sep 19	LAD		SDP	W,11-2	GS-8	W(17-9)	3	8.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.30	3.32	30	11	8	1	1	6	63			0	0	0	28	2	1	0	2	0	0	.60	0.205	2.40	0.49%	1.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out a8
38	330	154	Sep 23	LAD		ATL	W,4-3	GS-8	W(18-9)	3	7.1	6	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.31	3.35	29	8	10	0	2	6	55			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	2	0	0	.94	0.139	.97	0.09%	0.06	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a1
39	331	158	Sep 27	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-3	GS-7		3	7.0	4	2	2	0	8	1	0	3.29	3.32	25	9	4	0	1	4	69			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	2	.82	0.031	.43	0.01%	1.06	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
40	332	161	Oct 1	LAD	@	HOU	W,8-5	GS-5	W(19-9)	3	5.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.23	3.30	21	5	6	0	1	4	61			0	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.232	2.60	0.33%	2.19	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a3
							26-14		W-L:19-9	3.6	276.0	241	111	99	80	179	23	6	3.23	3.30	1148	0.95		6%	11%	229	57		---%	16	4	0	1051	40	8	2	14	2	16	.97	2.349	2.60	5.95%	14.07

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