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: 20-14 / in Starts: 20-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1985 Pitching Game Log

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1985 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	656	4	Apr 12	OAK		CAL	W,15-6	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.1	5	2	2	2	3	1	0	2.84	4.74	25	5	10	1	0	5	56			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.327	.91	0.22%	1.04	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out a5
2	657	9	Apr 17	OAK		SEA	W,8-4	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	7.0	5	4	4	3	3	1	0	4.05	4.86	29	8	10	1	0	5	51			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.147	1.45	-0.14%	-0.71	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
3	658	13	Apr 22	OAK	@	CAL	L,1-6	GS-7	L(2-1)	4	6.0	8	3	3	7	7	2	0	4.19	5.89	33	7	4	0	0	8	44			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.096	1.57	-0.10%	-0.32	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d2
4	659	18	Apr 27	OAK	@	MIN	L,6-8	GS-5	L(2-2)	4	4.2	12	8	8	5	3	1	0	6.38	6.18	31	6	5	0	0	12	6			0	0	0	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.357	1.19	-0.37%	-6.11	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out d6
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	660	23	May 2	OAK		MIL	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.1	10	4	4	1	3	0	0	6.03	5.27	33	8	11	0	0	10	44			2	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.96	-0.176	.75	-0.08%	-1.61	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out d1
6	661	27	May 7	OAK	@	TOR	L,1-10	GS-6	L(2-3)	4	5.1	9	8	8	4	5	1	0	7.12	5.30	29	4	7	0	2	9	19			1	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	1	0	.62	-0.209	.47	-0.10%	-3.76	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d5
7	662	31	May 12	OAK	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS-7	W(3-3)	4	7.0	4	3	3	0	3	3	0	6.60	5.64	25	8	10	0	0	4	60			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.118	.64	-0.06%	0.72	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
8	663	34	May 17	OAK		DET	L,2-10	GS-3	L(3-4)	4	2.2	9	7	7	2	1	0	0	7.58	5.55	19	2	5	1	0	9	11			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.370	.92	-0.22%	-6.07	1t start tie	3t 1-3 2 out d7
9	664	38	May 22	OAK		BAL	L,0-3	GS-7	L(3-5)	4	7.0	7	3	3	2	5	0	0	7.09	5.10	31	8	9	1	0	7	54			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	1	1	.91	-0.070	.94	-0.04%	0.29	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
10	665	43	May 27	OAK		NYY	W,2-1	GS-7		4	7.0	2	1	1	2	5	0	0	6.41	4.76	24	5	10	1	0	2	72			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.265	1.24	0.16%	2.29	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
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
11	666	47	Jun 1	OAK	@	BAL	W,3-1	GS-7	W(4-5)	4	7.0	4	1	1	1	3	1	0	5.88	4.69	26	8	10	1	0	4	67			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.253	.99	0.16%	2.47	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
12	667	51	Jun 7	OAK		TEX	L,2-4	GS-7		5	6.1	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.50	4.56	24	9	10	2	0	4	60			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.322	1.44	0.24%	2.63	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out a1
13	668	56	Jun 11	OAK		KCR	W,4-3	GS-7		3	7.0	8	3	3	0	4	0	0	5.36	4.30	29	6	11	0	0	8	53			2	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.20	-0.037	1.83	-0.03%	0.29	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
14	669	60	Jun 16(1)	OAK	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS-8	W(5-5)	4	8.0	9	2	2	0	4	1	0	5.08	4.21	33	5	15	2	0	9	60			1	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	.93	0.097	1.22	0.08%	2.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
15	670	65	Jun 21	OAK		CLE	W,9-1	GS-7	W(6-5)	4	7.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.80	4.05	25	6	12	0	0	5	65			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.107	.74	0.09%	2.29	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
16	671	70	Jun 26	OAK		CHW	W,10-0	SHO	W(7-5)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	2	0	0	4.39	3.98	31	10	12	2	0	4	78			1	1	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.49	0.181	1.01	0.22%	4.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
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
17	672	74	Jul 1	OAK	@	KCR	W,4-3	GS-8		4	7.0	10	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.27	3.94	32	10	9	1	0	10	48			4	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	0.048	3.06	0.07%	1.15	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out d1
18	673	79	Jul 6	OAK		TOR	W,5-1	GS-8	W(8-5)	4	8.0	5	1	1	0	4	1	0	4.06	3.90	28	8	11	1	0	5	72			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.236	1.23	0.24%	2.76	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
19	674	84	Jul 11	OAK		MIL	W,9-3	GS-7	W(9-5)	4	7.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.98	3.79	29	8	9	0	0	7	58			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.161	.68	0.14%	1.29	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
20	675	89	Jul 19	OAK	@	TOR	L,1-5	GS-6	L(9-6)	7	5.2	7	4	4	0	3	1	0	4.08	3.79	24	7	7	0	0	7	42			1	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.091	1.17	-0.09%	-1.05	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d4
21	676	94	Jul 24	OAK	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS-8		4	8.0	13	5	5	1	5	1	0	4.17	3.77	37	5	13	0	0	13	40			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	.85	-0.173	.94	-0.11%	-0.75	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
22	677	99	Jul 30	OAK		CAL	W,5-4	GS-6		5	5.1	5	2	2	3	1	0	0	4.14	3.78	23	5	10	2	0	4	48			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.024	2.36	0.03%	-0.34	1t start tie	6t 1-3 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
23	678	104	Aug 4	OAK		SEA	W,5-3	GS-7	W(10-6)	4	6.1	6	3	3	2	4	1	0	4.14	3.81	26	5	9	0	0	6	51			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.010	1.47	0.01%	-0.21	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a2
24	679	107	Aug 9	OAK	@	SEA	W,6-4	GS-7	W(11-6)	4	7.0	6	3	3	0	2	1	0	4.13	3.82	27	4	15	5	0	6	55			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.174	2.12	0.20%	0.58	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a2
25	680	113	Aug 14(1)	OAK	@	MIN	W,5-0	GS-8	W(12-6)	4	7.1	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.95	3.74	28	7	11	0	0	5	71			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.427	1.32	0.36%	3.74	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a5
26	681	118	Aug 19	OAK	@	CAL	L,4-5	GS-7	L(12-7)	4	7.0	5	5	3	2	3	1	0	3.95	3.77	29	6	13	0	0	5	52			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	1	.67	-0.166	1.63	-0.24%	-1.42	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
27	682	123	Aug 24	OAK		BAL	L,3-4	GS-8		4	8.0	7	2	2	4	2	0	0	3.87	3.76	35	8	14	1	0	7	58			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.102	.67	0.04%	1.76	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
28	683	128	Aug 30	OAK	@	DET	W,8-3	GS-8	W(13-7)	5	8.0	5	3	1	0	4	0	0	3.76	3.68	30	9	12	2	0	5	68			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	1	.66	0.138	.50	0.06%	1.05	1b start a 4	8b 3 out a5
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
29	684	133	Sep 4	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-6	GS-5	L(13-8)	4	5.0	8	5	5	2	1	2	0	3.89	3.81	24	7	7	1	0	7	30			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.70	-0.233	.50	-0.10%	-2.52	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
				Player went from Oakland Athletics to California Angels
30	685	141	Sep 13	CAL		TEX	W,2-0	GS-7	W(14-8)	8	7.0	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	3.75	3.79	25	6	12	0	0	2	72			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.414	3.19	0.91%	3.58	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
31	686	145	Sep 18	CAL	@	CHW	W,9-3	GS-7	W(15-8)	4	6.2	7	3	3	0	2	1	0	3.76	3.80	26	6	11	2	0	7	50			2	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.171	3.44	0.40%	1.48	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a4
32	687	150	Sep 23	CAL		CHW	L,5-6	GS-7	L(15-9)	4	6.0	10	6	6	1	2	2	0	3.91	3.88	27	7	7	1	0	10	29			0	1	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.318	3.77	-1.06%	-2.56	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out d2
33	688	154	Sep 28	CAL	@	CLE	L,5-7	GS-7		4	7.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.79	3.83	24	7	10	0	0	3	73			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.360	5.91	1.35%	3.54	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a5
34	689	159	Oct 3	CAL	@	KCR	L,1-4	GS-5	L(15-10)	4	5.0	5	4	4	3	7	3	0	3.86	3.96	22	2	5	2	0	5	45			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.166	12.15	-2.24%	-1.47	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
							20-14		W-L:15-10	4.3	226.0	221	101	97	59	107	25	0	3.86	3.96	943	0.66		5%	0%	219	52		---%	18	6	0	875	41	0	0	13	5	6	.87	1.090	1.78	-0.04%	10.31

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