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Don Sutton

Game Log for 1972
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Apr 15 W, 3-1 at Reds Start 7.0 3 26 1 1 1 1 0 5 1.29 W (1-0) LAD Apr 19 W, 4-0 at Braves Start 1 1 9.0 2 31 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.56 W (2-0) LAD Apr 25 W, 6-1 vs Expos Start 7.2 5 29 1 1 0 2 0 9 0.76 W (3-0) LAD Apr 30 W, 7-0 vs Mets Start 2 2 9.0 7 34 0 0 0 1 0 6 0.55 W (4-0) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD May 07 L, 0-1 at Expos Start 10.0 1 34 0 0 0 4 0 3 0.42 LAD May 12 W, 6-1 at Phillies Start 3 9.0 4 33 1 1 0 1 0 10 0.52 W (5-0) LAD May 18 L, 3-4 vs Astros Start 9.0 3 35 3 3 1 5 0 8 0.89 LAD May 23 W, 8-5 vs Giants Start 4 9.0 7 37 5 4 2 1 0 7 1.29 W (6-0) LAD May 29 W, 5-2 at Giants Start 8.0 4 31 2 1 0 2 0 5 1.27 W (7-0) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Jun 03 W, 1-0 vs Cardinals Start 5 3 9.0 7 32 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.14 W (8-0) LAD Jun 09 L, 1-5 vs Pirates Start 7.0 10 32 5 2 0 0 0 5 1.25 L (8-1) LAD Jun 19 L, 3-13 at Pirates Start 5.2 11 29 6 6 1 1 1 4 1.72 L (8-2) LAD Jun 24 (1) L, 0-1 vs Braves Start 8.0 8 32 1 1 0 1 0 6 1.68 L (8-3) LAD Jun 28 W, 5-0 vs Astros Start 6 4 9.0 2 31 0 0 0 2 0 9 1.55 W (9-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Jul 02 L, 3-9 at Giants Start 6.2 8 32 9 8 2 3 0 1 2.05 L (9-4) LAD Jul 07 W, 6-1 at Mets Start 7 9.0 3 29 1 0 0 2 0 5 1.91 W (10-4) LAD Jul 11 L, 1-4 at Phillies Start 6.0 4 26 4 4 0 3 0 5 2.09 L (10-5) LAD Jul 16 W, 4-2 vs Expos Start 8 9.0 7 34 2 1 0 0 0 6 2.02 W (11-5) LAD Jul 21 W, 3-0 vs Phillies Start 9 5 9.0 5 33 0 0 0 1 0 5 1.90 W (12-5) LAD Jul 29 L, 2-7 at Astros Start 6.0 7 25 3 1 0 0 0 9 1.89 L (12-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Aug 02 W, 12-11 vs Giants Start 5.2 11 29 8 8 1 2 0 4 2.25 LAD Aug 06 W, 6-0 vs Padres Start 10 6 9.0 6 32 0 0 0 1 0 7 2.14 W (13-6) LAD Aug 11 W, 2-1 at Padres Start 8.0 3 27 1 1 1 0 0 10 2.10 LAD Aug 16 L, 2-3 vs Pirates Start 11 9.0 7 34 3 3 1 2 0 4 2.14 L (13-7) LAD Aug 21 L, 0-4 vs Cardinals Start 8.0 6 31 3 3 1 1 0 5 2.19 L (13-8) LAD Aug 26 W, 7-3 at Pirates Start 12 9.0 7 36 3 3 0 2 0 6 2.22 W (14-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Sep 01 (1) L, 1-5 at Cardinals Start 13 8.0 6 34 5 4 0 2 0 6 2.30 L (14-9) LAD Sep 05 W, 9-4 vs Reds Start 14 9.0 9 37 4 4 1 1 0 10 2.37 W (15-9) LAD Sep 10 W, 3-2 vs Astros Start 7.0 3 29 2 0 0 6 0 5 2.30 LAD Sep 16 W, 10-0 at Astros Start 15 7 9.0 7 35 0 0 0 3 0 6 2.22 W (16-9) LAD Sep 22 W, 1-0 vs Giants Start 16 8 11.0 3 40 0 0 0 4 0 11 2.12 W (17-9) LAD Sep 27 W, 2-0 vs Padres Start 17 9 9.0 3 31 0 0 0 2 0 8 2.05 W (18-9) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Oct 03 W, 6-5 at Braves Start 18 9.0 7 41 5 3 1 5 0 9 2.08 W (19-9)

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter      19   9   2.08   33  33  18   0   0   9  272.2  186  1061   78   63  13   62   1  207   22-11  4.00 runs/start

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              435   31   79  110  15   2   4   29   7   3   33   1   2   78  11  .182  .253  .244  .497
vs RHB              549   46  107  157  19   2   9   41   8   1   29   0   2  129   7  .195  .286  .237  .523

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home            11   4   1.76   18  18  11   0   0   7  153.1  109   592   37   30   7   32   0  121   13-5   4.06 runs/start
Road             8   5   2.49   15  15   7   0   0   2  119.1   77   469   41   33   6   30   1   86    9-6   3.93 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              5   2   1.76    9   9   3   0   0   2   71.2   46   279   20   14   3   20   0   47    6-3   4.00 runs/start
Night           14   7   2.19   24  24  15   0   0   7  201.0  140   782   58   49  10   42   1  160   16-8   4.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            4   0   0.55    4   4   2   0   0   2   32.2   17   120    2    2   1    5   0   22    4-0   5.00 runs/start
May              3   0   1.80    5   5   2   0   0   0   45.0   19   170   11    9   3   13   0   33    3-2   4.40 runs/start
June             2   3   2.09    5   5   2   0   0   2   38.2   38   156   12    9   1    4   1   30    2-3   2.00 runs/start
July             3   3   2.76    6   6   3   0   0   1   45.2   34   179   19   14   2    9   0   31    3-3   3.17 runs/start
August           2   2   3.33    6   6   3   0   0   1   48.2   40   189   18   18   4    8   0   36    4-2   4.83 runs/start
September        4   1   1.36    6   6   5   0   0   3   53.0   31   206   11    8   1   18   0   46    5-1   4.33 runs/start
October          1   0   3.00    1   1   1   0   0   0    9.0    7    41    5    3   1    5   0    9    1-0   6.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           2   1   0.90    5   5   2   0   0   2   40.0   22   155    8    4   1   16   0   37    3-2   4.60 runs/start
Braves           2   1   1.38    3   3   2   0   0   1   26.0   17   104    6    4   1    7   0   17    2-1   3.33 runs/start
Cardinals        1   2   2.52    3   3   2   0   0   1   25.0   19    97    8    7   1    3   0   17    1-2   0.67 runs/start
Expos            2   0   0.67    3   3   1   0   0   0   26.2   13    97    3    2   0    6   0   18    2-1   3.33 runs/start
Giants           3   1   4.69    5   5   2   0   0   1   40.1   33   169   24   21   5   12   0   28    4-1   5.80 runs/start
Mets             2   0   0.00    2   2   2   0   0   1   18.0   10    63    1    0   0    3   0   11    2-0   6.50 runs/start
Padres           2   0   0.35    3   3   2   0   0   2   26.0   12    90    1    1   1    3   0   25    3-0   3.33 runs/start
Phillies         2   1   1.88    3   3   2   0   0   1   24.0   13    92    5    5   0    5   0   20    2-1   3.33 runs/start
Pirates          1   3   4.11    4   4   2   0   0   0   30.2   35   131   17   14   2    5   1   19    1-3   3.25 runs/start
Reds             2   0   2.81    2   2   1   0   0   0   16.0   12    63    5    5   2    2   0   15    2-0   6.00 runs/start

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