Don Sutton

Donald Howard Sutton
Born: April 2, 1945
Clio, AL USA
Deceased: 2021
Rancho Mirage, CA USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 185
College: Gulf Coast Community College
Career: 1966-1988
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.
Minor League Statistics

Don Sutton compiled a career record of 324 wins and 256 losses in his 785-game career with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics and California Angels. He began playing during the 1966 season and last took the field during the 1988 campaign. Sutton was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.

Los Angeles Dodgers

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Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1966	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	12	12	.500	2.99	37	35	0	6	2	0	225.7	192	82	75	19	52	6	209	3	0	5	916
1967	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	11	15	.423	3.95	37	34	2	11	3	1	232.7	223	106	102	18	57	9	169	6	0	3	962
1968	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	11	15	.423	2.60	35	27	6	7	2	1	207.7	179	64	60	6	59	14	162	2	3	4	847
1969	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	17	18	.486	3.47	41	41	0	11	4	0	293.3	269	123	113	25	91	6	217	3	1	9	1226
1970	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	15	13	.536	4.08	38	38	0	10	4	0	260.3	251	127	118	38	78	7	201	10	2	9	1109
1971	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	17	12	.586	2.54	38	37	1	12	4	1	265.3	231	85	75	10	55	5	194	5	0	5	1059
1972	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	19	9	.679	2.08	33	33	0	18	9	0	272.7	186	78	63	13	63	1	207	4	1	9	1061
1973	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	18	10	.643	2.42	33	33	0	14	3	0	256.3	196	78	69	18	56	4	200	5	0	10	1006
1974	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	19	9	.679	3.23	40	40	0	10	5	0	276.0	241	111	99	23	80	2	179	6	2	4	1148
1975	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	16	13	.552	2.87	35	35	0	11	4	0	254.3	202	87	81	17	62	5	175	3	0	7	1031
1976	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	21	10	.677	3.06	35	34	1	15	4	0	267.7	231	98	91	22	82	6	161	3	1	4	1093
1977	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	14	8	.636	3.18	33	33	0	9	3	0	240.3	207	93	85	23	69	2	150	3	1	5	979
1978	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	15	11	.577	3.55	34	34	0	12	2	0	238.3	228	109	94	29	54	7	154	5	0	6	990
1979	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	12	15	.444	3.82	33	32	1	6	1	1	226.0	201	109	96	21	61	6	146	1	1	4	927
1980	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	13	5	.722	2.20	32	31	1	4	2	1	212.3	163	56	52	20	47	5	128	2	1	0	833
1981	NL	Houston Astros	11	9	.550	2.61	23	23	0	6	3	0	158.7	132	51	46	6	29	3	104	1	1	0	624
1982	NL	Houston Astros	13	8	.619	3.00	27	27	0	4	0	0	195.0	169	75	65	10	46	2	139	1	1	3	784
1982	AL	Milwaukee Brewers	4	1	.800	3.29	7	7	0	2	1	0	54.7	55	21	20	8	18	0	36	0	0	0	228
1983	AL	Milwaukee Brewers	8	13	.381	4.08	31	31	0	4	0	0	220.3	209	109	100	21	54	2	134	5	0	2	925
1984	AL	Milwaukee Brewers	14	12	.538	3.77	33	33	0	1	0	0	212.7	224	103	89	24	51	2	143	3	1	4	912
1985	AL	Oakland Athletics	13	8	.619	3.89	29	29	0	1	1	0	194.3	194	88	84	19	51	0	91	0	0	6	819
1985	AL	California Angels	2	2	.500	3.69	5	5	0	0	0	0	31.7	27	13	13	6	8	0	16	0	0	0	124
1986	AL	California Angels	15	11	.577	3.74	34	34	0	3	1	0	207.0	192	93	86	31	49	2	116	3	1	4	853
1987	AL	California Angels	11	11	.500	4.70	35	34	0	1	0	0	191.7	199	101	100	38	41	0	99	7	0	7	795
1988	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	3	6	.333	3.92	16	16	0	0	0	0	87.3	91	44	38	7	30	6	44	1	4	2	380
Totals			324	256	.559	3.26	774	756	12	178	58	5	5282.3	4692	2104	1914	472	1343	102	3574	82	21	112	21631

Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF
1966	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	38	86	82	4	15	2	0	2	0	1	27	.183	.202	.207	.410	17	1	1	2	0
1967	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	43	84	75	4	10	2	0	4	0	2	24	.133	.156	.160	.316	12	0	0	7	0
1968	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	36	72	62	3	11	0	0	3	0	2	22	.177	.197	.177	.374	11	1	0	6	2
1969	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	41	108	98	6	15	0	0	3	0	0	28	.153	.162	.153	.315	15	5	1	9	0
1970	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	40	100	84	6	13	2	1	6	1	10	22	.155	.253	.202	.455	17	1	1	5	0
1971	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	39	95	88	4	19	2	0	7	0	3	18	.216	.242	.239	.480	21	0	0	4	0
1972	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	33	105	91	4	13	0	0	1	0	2	24	.143	.170	.143	.313	13	0	1	11	0
1973	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	33	97	84	6	10	1	0	5	0	5	17	.119	.167	.131	.298	11	3	0	7	1
1974	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	40	111	98	7	18	2	0	7	0	3	22	.184	.216	.204	.420	20	3	1	9	0
1975	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	35	96	80	4	11	1	0	3	0	4	20	.138	.179	.150	.329	12	3	0	12	0
1976	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	35	99	84	2	7	1	0	3	0	6	19	.083	.144	.095	.240	8	3	0	9	0
1977	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	33	91	73	3	11	2	0	8	0	8	21	.151	.235	.178	.413	13	2	0	10	0
1978	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	34	90	72	1	6	0	0	3	0	4	22	.083	.132	.083	.215	6	0	0	14	0
1979	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	33	86	77	2	11	0	0	3	0	1	17	.143	.154	.143	.297	11	1	0	8	0
1980	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	32	73	64	3	5	0	0	1	0	1	19	.078	.092	.078	.170	5	4	0	8	0
1981	NL	Houston Astros	23	62	51	1	7	0	0	3	0	5	12	.137	.228	.137	.365	7	2	1	5	0
1982	NL	Houston Astros	27	74	68	3	11	0	0	1	0	2	25	.162	.186	.162	.347	11	0	0	4	0
1982	AL	Milwaukee Brewers	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1983	AL	Milwaukee Brewers	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1984	AL	Milwaukee Brewers	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1985	AL	Oakland Athletics	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1985	AL	California Angels	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1986	AL	California Angels	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1987	AL	California Angels	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1988	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	16	30	23	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	6	.087	.125	.087	.212	2	0	0	6	0
Totals			785	1559	1354	64	195	15	1	64	1	60	365	.144	.183	.157	.340	212	29	6	136	3

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1966	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	37	35	225.7	8	32	2	3	.952	1.595	1.081
1967	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	37	34	232.7	7	31	1	2	.974	1.470	1.027
1968	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	35	27	207.7	12	25	1	0	.974	1.604	1.057
1969	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	41	41	293.3	19	43	1	3	.984	1.902	1.512
1970	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	38	38	260.0	21	28	3	1	.942	1.696	1.289
1971	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	38	37	265.0	27	26	2	5	.964	1.800	1.395
1972	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	33	33	273.0	18	34	1	2	.981	1.714	1.576
1973	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	33	33	256.3	12	34	1	2	.979	1.615	1.394
1974	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	40	40	276.0	17	33	0	1	1.000	1.630	1.250
1975	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	35	35	254.3	24	25	2	0	.961	1.734	1.400
1976	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	35	34	267.7	5	31	1	2	.973	1.210	1.029
1977	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	33	33	240.3	15	29	1	3	.978	1.648	1.333
1978	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	34	34	238.3	13	23	0	2	1.000	1.359	1.059
1979	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	33	32	226.0	16	24	1	2	.976	1.593	1.212
1980	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	32	31	212.3	24	25	2	3	.961	2.077	1.531
1981	NL	Houston Astros	P	23	23	158.7	11	24	2	3	.946	1.985	1.522
1982	NL	Houston Astros	P	27	27	195.0	16	20	1	2	.973	1.662	1.333
1982	AL	Milwaukee Brewers	P	7	7	54.7	6	8	0	1	1.000	2.305	2.000
1983	AL	Milwaukee Brewers	P	31	31	220.3	13	23	1	1	.973	1.470	1.161
1984	AL	Milwaukee Brewers	P	33	33	212.7	11	19	1	1	.968	1.270	.909
1985	AL	Oakland Athletics	P	29	29	194.3	7	31	4	1	.905	1.760	1.310
1985	AL	California Angels	P	5	5	31.7	1	1	0	0	1.000	.568	.400
1986	AL	California Angels	P	34	34	207.0	18	14	2	1	.941	1.391	.941
1987	AL	California Angels	P	35	34	191.7	8	18	0	1	1.000	1.221	.743
1988	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	16	16	87.3	5	12	1	0	.944	1.752	1.063
Totals				774	756	5282.0	334	613	31	42	.968	1.614	1.224

Postseason - Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1974	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLCS	2	0	1.000	0.53	2	2	1	1	17.0	7	1	1	1	2	13	1	0	0	60
1974	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	WS	1	0	1.000	2.77	2	2	0	0	13.0	9	4	4	1	3	12	1	0	1	50
1977	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLCS	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	1	0	9.0	9	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	35
1977	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	WS	1	0	1.000	3.94	2	2	1	0	16.0	17	7	7	3	1	6	1	0	0	66
1978	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLCS	0	1	.000	6.35	1	1	0	0	5.7	7	7	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	27
1978	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	WS	0	2	.000	7.50	2	2	0	0	12.0	17	10	10	1	4	8	0	0	1	56
1982	AL	Milwaukee Brewers	ALCS	1	0	1.000	3.52	1	1	0	0	7.7	8	3	3	1	2	9	0	0	0	32
1982	AL	Milwaukee Brewers	WS	0	1	.000	7.84	2	2	0	0	10.3	12	11	9	2	1	5	0	1	0	45
1986	AL	California Angels	ALCS	0	0		1.86	2	1	0	0	9.7	6	2	2	1	1	4	0	0	0	36
Totals				6	4	.600	3.68	15	14	3	1	100.3	92	46	41	12	16	61	3	1	2	407

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
1974	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLCS	2	8	6	2	1	1	2	.333	.429	.333	.762	2	1
1974	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	WS	2	4	3	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1977	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLCS	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1977	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	WS	2	7	6	0	0	1	4	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0
1978	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLCS	1	2	2	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1978	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	WS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
1982	AL	Milwaukee Brewers	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
1982	AL	Milwaukee Brewers	WS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
1986	AL	California Angels	ALCS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
Totals				15	24	20	2	1	2	10	.100	.182	.100	.282	2	2

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1974	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLCS	P	2	2	17.0	2	3	1	1.000	2.647	2.500
1974	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	WS	P	2	2	13.0	0	2	1	1.000	1.385	1.000
1977	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLCS	P	1	1	9.0	0	2	0	1.000	2.000	2.000
1977	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	WS	P	2	2	16.0	1	1	0	1.000	1.125	1.000
1978	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	NLCS	P	1	1	5.7	0	1	0	1.000	1.588	1.000
1978	NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	WS	P	2	2	12.0	0	0	0		.000	.000
1982	AL	Milwaukee Brewers	ALCS	P	1	1	7.7	0	0	0		.000	.000
1982	AL	Milwaukee Brewers	WS	P	2	2	10.3	1	2	0	1.000	2.613	1.500
1986	AL	California Angels	ALCS	P	2	1	9.7	1	1	0	1.000	1.862	1.000
Totals					15	14	100.3	5	12	2	1.000	1.525	1.133

Awards

1966 - NL TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year
1975 - NL Pitcher of the Month May
1975 - NL Pitcher of the Month April
1975 - NL Player of the Week Week of 1975-08-08
1976 - NL TSN All-Star RHP
1976 - NL Pitcher of the Month September
1976 - NL Player of the Week Week of 1976-09-24
1980 - NL Player of the Week Week of 1980-04-25
1986 - AL Player of the Week Week of 1986-06-20

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