Rick Sutcliffe

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-7, 215lb (201cm, 97kg)

Born: June 21, 1956 in Independence, MO us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (21st) of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Van Horn HS (Independence, MO).

High School: Van Horn HS (Independence, MO)

Debut: September 29, 1976 (Age 20-100d, 11,451st in MLB history)
vs. HOU 5.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 22, 1994 (Age 38-031d)
vs. ATL 5.2 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Agents: Barry Axelrod

Full Name: Richard Lee Sutcliffe

Nicknames: Red Baron

Twitter: @Sut_ESPN

Cy Young
Rookie of the Year
3x All-Star
ERA Title

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

34.3

W

171

L

139

ERA

4.08

G

457

GS

392

SV

IP

2697.2

SO

1679

WHIP

1.387

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1974	18	LAD-min	A-	10	3	.769	3.32	17	14		7	2	1	95.0	79	42	35	5	48	1	69	3	1	8				1.337	7.5	0.5	4.5	6.5	1.44	BLH NORW
1975	19	LAD-min	A	8	16	.333	4.15	28	28		10	0	0	193.0	214	115	89	9	68	8	91	6	3	6				1.461	10.0	0.4	3.2	4.2	1.34	BAK CALL
1976	20	LAD-min	AA	10	11	.476	3.18	30	26		8	0	0	187.0	187	90	66	14	45	6	121	9	1	3				1.241	9.0	0.7	2.2	5.8	2.69	WBY EL
1976	20	LAD	NL	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	17		2.03	0.600	3.6	0.0	1.8	5.4	3.00

1977	21	LAD-min	AAA	3	10	.231	6.43	17	16		1	0	0	77.0	96	67	55	7	63	2	48	1	0	4				2.065	11.2	0.8	7.4	5.6	0.76	ABQ PCL
1978	22	LAD-min	AAA	13	6	.684	4.45	30	27		6	2	0	184.0	179	101	91	18	92	2	99	1	0	9				1.473	8.8	0.9	4.5	4.8	1.08	ABQ PCL
1978	22	LAD	NL	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	9		6.19	1.800	10.8	0.0	5.4	0.0	0.00
1979	23	LAD	NL	17	10	.630	3.46	39	30	2	5	1	0	242.0	217	104	93	16	97	6	117	2	6	8	1016	105	3.85	1.298	8.1	0.6	3.6	4.4	1.21	RoY-1
1980	24	LAD	NL	3	9	.250	5.56	42	10	19	1	1	5	110.0	122	73	68	10	55	2	59	1	5	4	491	64	4.39	1.609	10.0	0.8	4.5	4.8	1.07
1981	25	LAD	NL	2	2	.500	4.02	14	6	5	0	0	0	47.0	41	24	21	5	20	2	16	2	0	0	197	84	4.71	1.298	7.9	1.0	3.8	3.1	0.80
1982	26	CLE	AL	14	8	.636	2.96	34	27	3	6	1	1	216.0	174	81	71	16	98	2	142	4	1	6	887	140	3.78	1.259	7.3	0.7	4.1	5.9	1.45	CYA-5,MVP-32
1983	27	CLE	AL	17	11	.607	4.29	36	35	0	10	2	0	243.1	251	131	116	23	102	5	160	6	3	7	1061	100	4.00	1.451	9.3	0.9	3.8	5.9	1.57	AS
1984	28	TOT	MLB	20	6	.769	3.64	35	35	0	9	3	0	244.2	234	113	99	16	85	3	213	3	3	6	1030	109	2.96	1.304	8.6	0.6	3.1	7.8	2.51	CYA-1,MVP-4
1984	28	CLE	AL	4	5	.444	5.15	15	15	0	2	0	0	94.1	111	60	54	7	46	3	58	2	1	3	428	80	4.03	1.664	10.6	0.7	4.4	5.5	1.26
1984	28	CHC	NL	16	1	.941	2.69	20	20	0	7	3	0	150.1	123	53	45	9	39	0	155	1	2	3	602	144	2.28	1.078	7.4	0.5	2.3	9.3	3.97
1985	29	CHC	NL	8	8	.500	3.18	20	20	0	6	3	0	130.0	119	51	46	12	44	3	102	3	0	6	549	125	3.40	1.254	8.2	0.8	3.0	7.1	2.32
1986	30	CHC	NL	5	14	.263	4.64	28	27	0	4	1	0	176.2	166	92	91	18	96	8	122	1	1	13	764	87	4.36	1.483	8.5	0.9	4.9	6.2	1.27
1987	31	CHC	NL	18	10	.643	3.68	34	34	0	6	1	0	237.1	223	106	97	24	106	14	174	4	4	9	1012	116	4.11	1.386	8.5	0.9	4.0	6.6	1.64	AS,CYA-2
1988	32	CHC	NL	13	14	.481	3.86	32	32	0	12	2	0	226.0	232	97	97	18	70	9	144	2	4	11	958	94	3.49	1.336	9.2	0.7	2.8	5.7	2.06
1989	33	CHC	NL	16	11	.593	3.66	35	34	0	5	1	0	229.0	202	98	93	18	69	8	153	2	6	12	938	104	3.38	1.183	7.9	0.7	2.7	6.0	2.22	AS
1990	34	CHC-min	AAA	0	2	.000	7.82	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.2	18	13	11	2	7	0	12	0	1	0				1.974	12.8	1.4	5.0	8.5	1.71	IWA AA
1990	34	CHC	NL	0	2	.000	5.91	5	5	0	0	0	0	21.1	25	14	14	2	12	0	7	0	0	4	97	71	5.06	1.734	10.5	0.8	5.1	3.0	0.58
1991	35	CHC-min	AAA,A	1	2	.333	8.18	4	3	1	0	0	0	22.0	35	20	20	2	8	0	14	1	1	2	105			1.955	14.3	0.8	3.3	5.7	1.75	IWA,PEO AA,MIDW
1991	35	CHC	NL	6	5	.545	4.10	19	18	0	0	0	0	96.2	96	52	44	4	45	2	52	0	2	2	422	95	3.71	1.459	8.9	0.4	4.2	4.8	1.16
1992	36	BAL	AL	16	15	.516	4.47	36	36	0	5	2	0	237.1	251	123	*118*	20	74	4	109	7	2	7	1018	89	3.98	1.369	9.5	0.8	2.8	4.1	1.47
1993	37	BAL	AL	10	10	.500	5.75	29	28	0	3	0	0	166.0	212	112	106	23	74	5	80	6	0	1	763	78	5.27	1.723	11.5	1.2	4.0	4.3	1.08
1994	38	STL-min	AAA	0	1	.000	5.82	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.0	25	14	11	1	9	1	7	0	0	1	81			2.000	13.2	0.5	4.8	3.7	0.78	LOU AA
1994	38	STL	NL	6	4	.600	6.52	16	14	1	0	0	0	67.2	93	53	49	11	32	2	26	2	1	4	319	64	5.98	1.847	12.4	1.5	4.3	3.5	0.81
18 Yrs				171	139	.552	4.08	457	392	30	72	18	6	2697.2	2662	1324	1223	236	1081	75	1679	46	38	100	11548	97	3.93	1.387	8.9	0.8	3.6	5.6	1.55
162 Game Avg.				14	11	.552	4.08	37	31	2	6	1	0	216	213	106	98	19	87	6	134	4	3	8	925	97	3.93	1.387	8.9	0.8	3.6	5.6	1.55
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
CHC (8 yrs)				82	65	.558	3.74	193	190	0	40	11	0	1267.1	1186	563	527	105	481	44	909	13	19	60	5342	105	3.60	1.315	8.4	0.7	3.4	6.5	1.89
LAD (5 yrs)				22	21	.512	4.04	98	47	26	6	2	5	405.2	384	201	182	31	174	10	195	6	11	12	1730	89	4.08	1.376	8.5	0.7	3.9	4.3	1.12
CLE (3 yrs)				35	24	.593	3.92	85	77	3	18	3	1	553.2	536	272	241	46	246	10	360	12	5	16	2376	107	3.92	1.412	8.7	0.7	4.0	5.9	1.46
BAL (2 yrs)				26	25	.510	5.00	65	64	0	8	2	0	403.1	463	235	224	43	148	9	189	13	2	8	1781	84	4.51	1.515	10.3	1.0	3.3	4.2	1.28
STL (1 yr)				6	4	.600	6.52	16	14	1	0	0	0	67.2	93	53	49	11	32	2	26	2	1	4	319	64	5.98	1.847	12.4	1.5	4.3	3.5	0.81

NL (14 yrs)				110	90	.550	3.92	307	251	27	46	13	5	1740.2	1663	817	758	147	687	56	1130	21	31	76	7391	98	3.80	1.350	8.6	0.8	3.6	5.8	1.64
AL (5 yrs)				61	49	.555	4.37	150	141	3	26	5	1	957.0	999	507	465	89	394	19	549	25	7	24	4157	96	4.17	1.456	9.4	0.8	3.7	5.2	1.39

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WAR

W

L

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GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

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