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Don Sutton

Game Log for 1978
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 07 W, 13-4 at Braves Start 7.0 7 28 4 4 3 2 0 3 5.14 W (1-0) LAD Apr 12 L, 10-11 at Astros Start 2.1 8 15 3 3 1 0 0 4 6.75 LAD Apr 18 L, 3-11 vs Reds Start 4.0 9 21 8 7 3 0 0 1 9.45 L (1-1) LAD Apr 23 W, 7-3 vs Astros Start 1 9.0 8 36 3 3 1 3 0 0 6.85 W (2-1) LAD Apr 30 L, 0-4 at Cardinals Start 2 8.0 8 34 4 3 1 0 1 4 5.93 L (2-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD May 06 L, 2-3 at Pirates Start 5.0 8 26 3 3 0 2 1 3 5.86 L (2-3) LAD May 12 L, 7-9 vs Cubs Start 2.2 7 16 7 4 1 0 0 2 6.39 L (2-4) LAD May 16 W, 3-2 vs Pirates Start 8.0 5 31 2 2 1 2 0 9 5.67 W (3-4) LAD May 22 W, 8-1 at Padres Start 7.0 7 27 1 1 0 1 0 5 5.09 W (4-4) LAD May 28 L, 5-6 at Giants Start 6.1 10 29 6 6 1 0 0 8 5.46 L (4-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Jun 03 L, 1-5 at Phillies Start 7.0 4 26 1 1 1 1 0 3 5.02 LAD Jun 08 L, 1-4 at Expos Start 3 8.0 7 36 4 4 1 4 0 5 4.96 L (4-6) LAD Jun 13 W, 5-3 vs Phillies Start 4 9.0 8 35 3 3 3 0 0 3 4.75 W (5-6) LAD Jun 18 W, 5-0 vs Expos Start 5 1 9.0 6 34 0 0 0 1 0 6 4.29 W (6-6) LAD Jun 24 W, 4-3 vs Reds Start 6.0 9 25 2 2 1 1 0 3 4.21 W (7-6) LAD Jun 29 W, 7-3 at Braves Start 6 9.0 9 36 3 3 1 1 0 5 4.11 W (8-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Jul 04 W, 4-1 vs Braves Start 8.0 5 32 1 1 1 3 0 4 3.90 W (9-6) LAD Jul 09 L, 1-5 at Astros Start 6.0 7 28 5 3 0 0 1 7 3.93 L (9-7) LAD Jul 14 L, 1-4 at Cardinals Start 6.2 5 25 2 2 0 0 0 1 3.87 L (9-8) LAD Jul 18 W, 7-2 at Pirates Start 7 9.0 6 34 2 2 1 1 0 6 3.74 W (10-8) LAD Jul 23 L, 0-2 vs Cardinals Start 8 9.0 7 35 2 2 0 3 0 3 3.64 L (10-9) LAD Jul 29 W, 2-1 vs Pirates Start 9 9.0 2 30 1 1 1 1 0 5 3.48 W (11-9) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Aug 03 L, 4-5 at Giants Start 3.0 9 19 4 4 1 1 0 3 3.65 LAD Aug 08 W, 3-2 vs Padres Start 10 9.0 6 36 2 0 0 1 0 5 3.45 W (12-9) LAD Aug 13 L, 6-7 vs Giants Start 9.0 7 39 4 4 0 7 0 4 3.48 LAD Aug 19 L, 4-8 at Mets Start 5.1 5 28 7 3 0 4 1 7 3.52 L (12-10) LAD Aug 25 W, 6-5 vs Phillies Start 8.0 8 33 5 5 2 0 1 10 3.61 LAD Aug 30 W, 4-3 vs Expos Start 7.0 5 27 3 2 0 1 0 7 3.58 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Sep 04 W, 5-4 vs Giants Start 5.0 8 24 4 4 0 0 1 2 3.67 W (13-10) LAD Sep 10 W, 11-5 at Braves Start 11 9.0 7 35 5 5 3 2 0 8 3.72 W (14-10) LAD Sep 15 W, 5-0 vs Braves Start 12 2 9.0 6 32 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.57 W (15-10) LAD Sep 20 L, 3-4 vs Reds Start 7.0 5 28 4 4 1 1 1 6 3.62 L (15-11) LAD Sep 27 L, 3-5 at Reds Start 6.0 4 25 1 1 0 3 0 5 3.56 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Oct 01 L, 3-4 at Padres Start 6.0 6 25 3 2 0 0 0 1 3.55

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      15  11   3.55   34  34  12   0   0   2  238.1  228   990  109   94  29   47   7  154   17-17  4.50 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              407   45  102  162  17   5  11   41  10   3   24   3   1   62   5  .251  .398  .298  .696
vs RHB              506   59  126  205  21   2  18   58  12   5   23   4   4   92   8  .249  .405  .291  .696

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home            10   4   3.10   17  17   7   0   0   2  127.2  111   514   51   44  15   25   3   76   12-5   4.24 runs/start
Road             5   7   4.07   17  17   5   0   0   0  110.2  117   476   58   50  14   22   4   78    5-12  4.76 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              6   6   3.54   15  15   5   0   0   1  106.2  107   451   50   42   8   25   5   64    6-9   4.13 runs/start
Night            9   5   3.55   19  19   7   0   0   1  131.2  121   539   59   52  21   22   2   90   11-8   4.79 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            2   2   5.93    5   5   2   0   0   0   30.1   40   134   22   20   9    5   1   12    2-3   6.60 runs/start
May              2   3   4.97    5   5   0   0   0   0   29.0   37   129   19   16   3    5   1   27    2-3   5.00 runs/start
June             4   1   2.44    6   6   4   0   0   1   48.0   43   192   13   13   7    8   0   25    4-2   3.83 runs/start
July             3   3   2.08    6   6   3   0   0   0   47.2   32   184   13   11   3    8   1   26    3-3   2.50 runs/start
August           1   1   3.92    6   6   1   0   0   0   41.1   40   182   25   18   3   14   2   36    3-3   4.50 runs/start
September        3   1   3.50    5   5   2   0   0   1   36.0   30   144   14   14   4    7   2   27    3-2   5.40 runs/start
October          0   0   3.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.0    6    25    3    2   0    0   0    1    0-1   3.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           1   1   4.67    3   3   1   0   0   0   17.1   23    79   11    9   2    3   1   11    1-2   6.00 runs/start
Braves           5   0   2.79    5   5   3   0   0   1   42.0   34   163   13   13   8    9   0   26    5-0   8.00 runs/start
Cardinals        0   3   2.66    3   3   2   0   0   0   23.2   20    94    8    7   1    3   1    8    0-3   0.33 runs/start
Cubs             0   1  13.50    1   1   0   0   0   0    2.2    7    16    7    4   1    0   0    2    0-1   7.00 runs/start
Expos            1   1   2.25    3   3   2   0   0   1   24.0   18    97    7    6   1    6   0   18    2-1   3.33 runs/start
Giants           1   1   6.94    4   4   0   0   0   0   23.1   34   111   18   18   2    8   1   17    1-3   5.00 runs/start
Mets             0   1   5.06    1   1   0   0   0   0    5.1    5    28    7    3   0    4   1    7    0-1   4.00 runs/start
Padres           2   0   1.23    3   3   1   0   0   0   22.0   19    88    6    3   0    2   0   11    2-1   4.67 runs/start
Phillies         1   0   3.38    3   3   1   0   0   0   24.0   20    94    9    9   6    1   1   16    2-1   4.00 runs/start
Pirates          3   1   2.32    4   4   2   0   0   0   31.0   21   121    8    8   3    6   1   23    3-1   3.50 runs/start
Reds             1   2   5.48    4   4   0   0   0   0   23.0   27    99   15   14   5    5   1   15    1-3   3.25 runs/start

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