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Don Sutton

Game Log for 1979
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 06 W, 10-1 vs Padres Start 1 9.0 6 35 1 1 0 1 0 6 1.00 W (1-0) LAD Apr 11 L, 3-10 at Astros Start 6.0 5 26 6 3 1 3 0 3 2.40 L (1-1) LAD Apr 16 L, 0-4 vs Astros Start 7.2 6 33 4 4 0 3 1 3 3.18 L (1-2) LAD Apr 22 W, 9-2 at Giants Start 2 9.0 6 33 2 1 1 0 0 12 2.56 W (2-2) LAD Apr 29 (1) W, 8-3 at Mets Start 3 9.0 5 34 3 3 0 2 0 3 2.66 W (3-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD May 04 L, 2-5 vs Phillies Start 7.0 5 27 3 2 1 3 0 5 2.64 L (3-3) LAD May 09 W, 7-2 vs Mets Start 4 9.0 3 31 2 2 0 2 0 5 2.54 W (4-3) LAD May 15 W, 5-4 at Braves Start 8.0 8 35 4 4 1 4 0 4 2.78 LAD May 20 W, 6-4 at Reds Start 8.0 9 33 4 3 1 0 0 6 2.85 W (5-3) LAD May 26 L, 1-3 vs Reds Start 7.0 6 27 3 2 1 0 1 2 2.82 L (5-4) LAD May 31 W, 12-10 vs Giants Start 6.2 13 36 9 9 0 3 0 5 3.54 W (6-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Jun 05 L, 1-3 at Pirates Start 5.0 4 21 2 2 1 1 1 4 3.55 L (6-5) LAD Jun 10 L, 3-10 at Cubs Start 4.1 7 23 7 5 0 2 0 3 3.86 L (6-6) LAD Jun 15 L, 2-6 vs Pirates Start 7.0 5 27 1 1 0 1 0 9 3.68 L (6-7) LAD Jun 21 W, 6-4 at Braves Start 7.1 11 31 4 4 2 1 0 6 3.76 W (7-7) LAD Jun 26 L, 1-5 vs Padres Start 6.0 7 27 5 5 1 3 0 2 3.96 L (7-8) LAD Jun 30 L, 4-7 vs Braves Start 8.0 8 35 4 4 3 4 0 2 3.99 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Jul 04 L, 0-6 at Padres Start 5.0 10 27 5 5 1 2 1 6 4.19 L (7-9) LAD Jul 09 L, 0-3 at Expos Start 7.0 6 27 3 3 0 1 0 6 4.17 L (7-10) LAD Jul 14 L, 7-10 at Phillies Start 4.0 4 20 7 6 2 2 1 2 4.44 L (7-11) LAD Jul 21 L, 2-7 vs Expos Start 7.0 8 28 5 5 1 0 0 3 4.53 L (7-12) LAD Jul 26 W, 6-5 at Astros Start 4.2 7 21 4 4 0 1 0 3 4.63 LAD Jul 31 W, 7-6 at Reds Start 5.1 2 20 2 1 0 1 0 3 4.53 W (8-12) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Aug 05 W, 8-1 vs Giants Start 8.0 6 34 1 1 1 4 0 6 4.36 W (9-12) LAD Aug 10 W, 9-0 at Giants Start 5 1 9.0 5 34 0 0 0 3 0 7 4.14 W (10-12) LAD Aug 16 W, 4-2 at Cardinals Start 7.0 3 26 2 2 1 2 0 0 4.08 LAD Aug 21 W, 4-2 at Cubs Start 8.0 6 31 2 1 0 0 0 6 3.95 W (11-12) LAD Aug 27 W, 4-2 vs Pirates Start 7.0 5 27 2 2 1 1 0 4 3.90 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Sep 01 W, 5-4 vs Cubs Start 6 9.0 8 37 4 4 1 3 0 7 3.91 W (12-12) LAD Sep 06 L, 2-6 at Braves Start 6.0 5 22 3 3 0 0 0 5 3.92 L (12-13) LAD Sep 11 L, 1-3 vs Padres Start 8.0 5 32 3 2 0 2 1 2 3.86 L (12-14) LAD Sep 16 L, 0-2 vs Reds Start 6.0 6 23 2 2 0 0 0 6 3.84 L (12-15) LAD Sep 23 W, 5-2 at Padres Finish 1 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.82

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      12  15   3.84   32  32   6   0   0   1  225.0  200   923  109   96  21   55   6  146   16-16  4.34 runs/start
As closer        0   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   1   0    1.0    1     4    0    0   0    0   0    0    1-0 

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              397   44   77  109  10   2   6   39   5   4   25   3   0   61   5  .194  .275  .245  .519
vs RHB              444   63  124  187  16   1  15   61  15   4   30   3   1   85   4  .279  .421  .327  .748

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             5   8   3.69   15  15   3   0   0   0  112.1   97   459   49   46  10   30   3   67    6-9   3.93 runs/start
Road             7   7   3.96   18  17   3   1   1   1  113.2  104   468   60   50  11   25   3   79   11-7   4.71 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   4   4.18   11  10   2   1   1   0   71.0   69   298   40   33   6   13   2   51    7-4   5.80 runs/start
Night            6  11   3.66   22  22   4   0   0   1  155.0  132   629   69   63  15   42   4   95   10-12  3.68 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            3   2   2.66    5   5   3   0   0   0   40.2   28   161   16   12   2    9   1   27    3-2   6.00 runs/start
May              3   2   4.34    6   6   1   0   0   0   45.2   44   189   25   22   4   12   1   27    4-2   5.50 runs/start
June             1   4   5.02    6   6   0   0   0   0   37.2   42   164   23   21   7   12   1   26    1-5   2.83 runs/start
July             1   4   6.55    6   6   0   0   0   0   33.0   37   143   26   24   4    7   2   23    2-4   3.67 runs/start
August           3   0   1.38    5   5   1   0   0   1   39.0   25   152    7    6   3   10   0   23    5-0   5.80 runs/start
September        1   3   3.30    5   4   1   1   1   0   30.0   25   118   12   11   1    5   1   20    2-3   2.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           0   2   5.40    3   3   0   0   0   0   18.1   18    80   14   11   1    7   1    9    1-2   3.00 runs/start
Braves           1   1   4.60    4   4   0   0   0   0   29.1   32   123   15   15   6    9   0   17    2-2   4.25 runs/start
Cardinals        0   0   2.57    1   1   0   0   0   0    7.0    3    26    2    2   1    2   0    0    1-0   4.00 runs/start
Cubs             2   1   4.22    3   3   1   0   0   0   21.1   21    91   13   10   1    5   0   16    2-1   4.00 runs/start
Expos            0   2   5.14    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.0   14    55    8    8   1    1   0    9    0-2   1.00 runs/start
Giants           4   0   3.03    4   4   2   0   0   1   32.2   30   137   12   11   2   10   0   30    4-0   9.50 runs/start
Mets             2   0   2.50    2   2   2   0   0   0   18.0    8    65    5    5   0    4   0    8    2-0   7.50 runs/start
Padres           1   3   4.03    5   4   1   1   1   0   29.0   29   125   14   13   2    8   2   16    2-3   3.00 runs/start
Phillies         0   2   6.55    2   2   0   0   0   0   11.0    9    47   10    8   3    5   1    7    0-2   4.50 runs/start
Pirates          0   2   2.37    3   3   0   0   0   0   19.0   14    75    5    5   2    3   1   17    1-2   2.33 runs/start
Reds             2   2   2.73    4   4   0   0   0   0   26.1   23   103   11    8   2    1   1   17    2-2   3.50 runs/start

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