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Don Sutton

Game Log for 1981
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Apr 11 L, 4-7 at Dodgers Start 4.0 8 23 6 6 0 2 1 3 13.50 L (0-1) HOU Apr 17 L, 3-4 vs Pirates Start 6.1 9 29 4 4 0 1 0 1 8.71 L (0-2) HOU Apr 22 L, 0-1 vs Dodgers Start 7.0 6 26 1 1 0 0 0 3 5.71 L (0-3) HOU Apr 28 W, 2-1 at Braves Start 8.0 2 26 1 1 1 0 0 8 4.26 W (1-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU May 03 W, 3-1 at Pirates Start 7.0 5 28 1 1 0 4 0 5 3.62 W (2-3) HOU May 08 L, 0-4 at Reds Start 6.0 5 23 2 2 0 1 0 3 3.52 L (2-4) HOU May 13 W, 3-0 vs Cardinals Start 1 1 9.0 5 32 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.85 W (3-4) HOU May 19 L, 12-15 at Cardinals Start 3.2 8 20 7 7 0 1 0 2 3.88 HOU May 24 L, 1-2 vs Giants Start 8.0 7 33 2 2 0 2 0 8 3.66 L (3-5) HOU May 29 L, 1-3 at Giants Start 7.2 5 32 3 3 0 3 1 7 3.64 L (3-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Jun 03 W, 6-1 at Padres Start 2 9.0 7 33 1 1 0 0 0 6 3.33 W (4-6) HOU Jun 08 L, 3-4 at Phillies Start 6.0 7 27 4 3 0 0 1 3 3.42 L (4-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Aug 10 W, 6-5 at Giants Start 6.0 7 26 3 3 1 1 0 4 3.49 HOU Aug 15 W, 5-0 at Padres Start 8.0 3 27 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.20 W (5-7) HOU Aug 21 L, 4-5 at Phillies Start 6.0 8 30 3 2 0 4 0 5 3.19 HOU Aug 26 W, 9-3 at Mets Start 5.0 6 20 3 3 0 1 0 4 3.29 W (6-7) HOU Aug 31 W, 6-1 vs Mets Start 3 9.0 9 35 1 1 1 1 0 8 3.11 W (7-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Sep 05 L, 2-5 at Expos Start 7.0 9 31 5 4 2 1 0 3 3.23 L (7-8) HOU Sep 11 W, 6-0 vs Giants Start 4 2 9.0 5 32 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.01 W (8-8) HOU Sep 16 W, 5-2 at Padres Start 7.0 4 26 2 0 0 0 0 1 2.86 W (9-8) HOU Sep 22 W, 3-0 vs Braves Start 5 3 9.0 3 29 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.68 W (10-8) HOU Sep 27 W, 4-1 vs Dodgers Start 6 9.0 2 29 1 1 1 1 0 9 2.59 W (11-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Oct 02 L, 1-6 at Dodgers Start 2.0 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 2.61 L (11-9)

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      11   9   2.61   23  23   6   0   0   3  158.2  132   624   51   46   6   26   3  104   12-11  3.87 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              287   22   67   87   5   3   3   22   3   3   13   2   0   45   2  .233  .303  .271  .574
vs RHB              288   26   65   87   9   2   3   24   2   5   13   1   1   59   3  .226  .302  .260  .562

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             5   3   1.22    8   8   5   0   0   3   66.1   46   245    9    9   2    7   0   42    5-3   3.25 runs/start
Road             6   6   3.61   15  15   1   0   0   0   92.1   86   379   42   37   4   19   3   62    7-8   4.20 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              1   2   2.86    3   3   0   0   0   0   22.0   21    92    8    7   2    7   0   16    1-2   2.00 runs/start
Night           10   7   2.57   20  20   6   0   0   3  136.2  111   532   43   39   4   19   3   88   11-9   4.15 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            1   3   4.26    4   4   0   0   0   0   25.1   25   104   12   12   1    3   1   15    1-3   2.25 runs/start
May              2   3   3.27    6   6   1   0   0   1   41.1   35   168   15   15   0   12   1   29    2-4   3.33 runs/start
June             1   1   2.40    2   2   1   0   0   0   15.0   14    60    5    4   0    0   1    9    1-1   4.50 runs/start
August           3   0   2.38    5   5   1   0   0   0   34.0   33   138   10    9   2    8   0   27    4-1   6.00 runs/start
September        4   1   1.10    5   5   3   0   0   2   41.0   23   147    8    5   3    3   0   22    4-1   4.00 runs/start
October          0   1   4.50    1   1   0   0   0   0    2.0    2     7    1    1   0    0   0    2    0-1   1.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Braves           2   0   0.53    2   2   1   0   0   1   17.0    5    55    1    1   1    0   0   11    2-0   2.50 runs/start
Cardinals        1   0   4.97    2   2   1   0   0   1   12.2   13    52    7    7   0    2   0    6    1-1   7.50 runs/start
Dodgers          1   3   3.68    4   4   1   0   0   0   22.0   18    85    9    9   1    3   1   17    1-3   2.25 runs/start
Expos            0   1   5.14    1   1   0   0   0   0    7.0    9    31    5    4   2    1   0    3    0-1   2.00 runs/start
Giants           1   2   2.35    4   4   1   0   0   1   30.2   24   123    8    8   1    7   1   25    2-2   3.50 runs/start
Mets             2   0   2.57    2   2   1   0   0   0   14.0   15    55    4    4   1    2   0   12    2-0   7.50 runs/start
Padres           3   0   0.38    3   3   1   0   0   0   24.0   14    86    3    1   0    1   0   13    3-0   5.33 runs/start
Phillies         0   1   3.75    2   2   0   0   0   0   12.0   15    57    7    5   0    4   1    8    0-2   3.50 runs/start
Pirates          1   1   3.38    2   2   0   0   0   0   13.1   14    57    5    5   0    5   0    6    1-1   3.00 runs/start
Reds             0   1   3.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.0    5    23    2    2   0    1   0    3    0-1   0.00 runs/start

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