Don Sutton
Born: April 2, 1945, Clio, AL Died: January 18, 2021, Rancho Mirage, CAHeight: 6'1" Weight: 185 Bats: Right Throws: Right
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Pitching Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1966 Los Angeles NL 21 12 12 2.99 37 35 6 2 0 0 2 225.2 192 916 82 75 19 46 6 3 209 1967 Los Angeles NL 22 11 15 3.95 37 34 11 1 2 1 3 232.2 223 962 106 102 18 48 9 6 169 1968 Los Angeles NL 23 11 15 2.60 35 27 7 2 6 1 2 207.2 179 847 64 60 6 45 14 2 162 1969 Los Angeles NL 24 17 18 3.47 41 41 11 0 0 0 4 293.1 269 1226 123 113 25 85 6 3 217 1970 Los Angeles NL 25 15 13 4.08 38 38 10 0 0 0 4 260.1 251 1109 127 118 38 71 7 10 201 1971 Los Angeles NL 26 17 12 2.54 38 37 12 0 1 1 4 265.1 231 1059 85 75 10 50 5 5 194 1972 Los Angeles NL 27 19 9 2.08 33 33 18 0 0 0 9 272.2 186 1061 78 63 13 62 1 4 207 1973 Los Angeles NL 28 18 10 2.42 33 33 14 0 0 0 3 256.1 196 1006 78 69 18 52 4 5 200 1974 Los Angeles NL 29 19 9 3.23 40 40 10 0 0 0 5 276.0 241 1148 111 99 23 78 2 6 179 1975 Los Angeles NL 30 16 13 2.87 35 35 11 0 0 0 4 254.1 202 1031 87 81 17 57 5 3 175 1976 Los Angeles NL 31 21 10 3.06 35 34 15 0 1 0 4 267.2 231 1093 98 91 22 76 6 3 161 1977 Los Angeles NL 32 14 8 3.18 33 33 9 0 0 0 3 240.1 207 979 93 85 23 67 2 3 150 1978 Los Angeles NL 33 15 11 3.55 34 34 12 0 0 0 2 238.1 228 990 109 94 29 47 7 5 154 1979 Los Angeles NL 34 12 15 3.82 33 32 6 0 1 1 1 226.0 201 927 109 96 21 55 6 1 146 1980 Los Angeles NL 35 13 5 2.20 32 31 4 0 1 1 2 212.1 163 833 56 52 20 42 5 2 128 1981 Houston NL 36 11 9 2.61 23 23 6 0 0 0 3 158.2 132 624 51 46 6 26 3 1 104 1982 2 Teams 37 17 9 3.06 34 34 6 0 0 0 1 249.2 224 1012 96 85 18 62 2 1 175 1983 Milwaukee AL 38 8 13 4.08 31 31 4 0 0 0 0 220.1 209 925 109 100 21 52 2 5 134 1984 Milwaukee AL 39 14 12 3.77 33 33 1 0 0 0 0 212.2 224 912 103 89 24 49 2 3 143 1985 2 Teams 40 15 10 3.86 34 34 1 0 0 0 1 226.0 221 943 101 97 25 59 0 0 107 1986 California AL 41 15 11 3.74 34 34 3 0 0 0 1 207.0 192 853 93 86 31 47 2 3 116 1987 California AL 42 11 11 4.70 35 34 1 1 0 0 0 191.2 199 795 101 100 38 41 0 7 99 1988 Los Angeles NL 43 3 6 3.92 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 87.1 91 380 44 38 7 24 6 1 44 TOTALS 324 256 3.26 774 756 178 6 12 5 58 5282.1 4692 21631 2104 1914 472 1241 102 82 3574
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1966 Los Angeles NL 37 841 82 192 279 24 3 19 14 6 14 6 46 6 3 209 12 .228 .332 .274 1967 Los Angeles NL 37 891 106 223 324 37 5 18 5 3 12 2 48 9 6 169 18 .250 .364 .299 1968 Los Angeles NL 35 773 64 179 227 24 3 6 10 3 16 6 45 14 2 162 8 .232 .294 .287 1969 Los Angeles NL 41 1111 123 269 394 42 4 25 11 10 21 10 85 6 3 217 12 .242 .355 .299 1970 Los Angeles NL 38 1007 127 251 415 36 7 38 7 7 27 7 71 7 10 201 13 .249 .412 .308 1971 Los Angeles NL 38 972 85 231 310 29 10 10 18 9 20 8 50 5 5 194 21 .238 .319 .280 1972 Los Angeles NL 33 985 78 186 267 34 4 13 5 4 15 4 62 1 4 207 18 .189 .271 .240 1973 Los Angeles NL 33 937 78 196 285 29 3 18 5 3 17 4 52 4 5 200 23 .209 .304 .257 1974 Los Angeles NL 40 1051 111 241 366 40 8 23 9 2 16 4 78 2 6 179 14 .229 .348 .287 1975 Los Angeles NL 35 948 87 202 312 41 9 17 14 4 12 1 57 5 3 175 3 .213 .329 .263 1976 Los Angeles NL 35 987 98 231 339 32 5 22 15 6 24 11 76 6 3 161 20 .234 .343 .293 1977 Los Angeles NL 33 888 93 207 332 42 7 23 12 7 25 8 67 2 3 150 13 .233 .374 .289 1978 Los Angeles NL 34 913 109 228 367 38 7 29 14 4 22 8 47 7 5 154 13 .250 .402 .294 1979 Los Angeles NL 33 841 109 201 296 26 3 21 15 9 20 8 55 6 1 146 9 .239 .352 .288 1980 Los Angeles NL 32 773 56 163 255 22 5 20 8 3 24 6 42 5 2 128 9 .211 .330 .257 1981 Houston NL 23 575 51 132 174 14 5 6 13 6 5 8 26 3 1 104 5 .230 .303 .265 1982 2 Teams 34 937 96 224 324 36 5 18 5 5 62 2 1 175 19 .239 .346 .287 1983 Milwaukee AL 31 851 109 209 319 39 4 21 8 7 31 4 52 2 5 134 7 .246 .375 .292 1984 Milwaukee AL 33 843 103 224 336 30 5 24 4 11 20 4 49 2 3 143 11 .266 .399 .306 1985 2 Teams 34 875 101 221 337 41 0 25 4 5 59 0 0 107 13 .253 .385 .298 1986 California AL 34 795 93 192 327 36 3 31 3 3 13 6 47 2 3 116 11 .242 .411 .287 1987 California AL 35 740 101 199 339 24 1 38 2 5 11 9 41 0 7 99 16 .269 .458 .311 1988 Los Angeles NL 16 337 44 91 126 12 1 7 7 5 20 4 24 6 1 44 4 .270 .374 .327
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1966 Los Angeles NL 21 38 82 4 15 17 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 27 1 .183 .207 .202 1967 Los Angeles NL 22 43 75 4 10 12 2 0 0 4 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 24 0 .133 .160 .156 1968 Los Angeles NL 23 36 62 3 11 11 0 0 0 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 22 1 .177 .177 .197 1969 Los Angeles NL 24 41 98 6 15 15 0 0 0 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 28 5 .153 .153 .162 1970 Los Angeles NL 25 40 84 6 13 17 2 1 0 6 5 0 1 0 10 0 1 22 1 .155 .202 .253 1971 Los Angeles NL 26 39 88 4 19 21 2 0 0 7 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 18 0 .216 .239 .242 1972 Los Angeles NL 27 33 91 4 13 13 0 0 0 1 11 0 0 0 2 0 1 24 0 .143 .143 .170 1973 Los Angeles NL 28 33 84 6 10 11 1 0 0 5 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 17 3 .119 .131 .167 1974 Los Angeles NL 29 40 98 7 18 20 2 0 0 7 9 0 0 0 3 0 1 22 3 .184 .204 .216 1975 Los Angeles NL 30 35 80 4 11 12 1 0 0 3 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 20 3 .138 .150 .179 1976 Los Angeles NL 31 35 84 2 7 8 1 0 0 3 9 0 0 0 6 0 0 19 3 .083 .095 .144 1977 Los Angeles NL 32 33 73 3 11 13 2 0 0 8 10 0 0 0 8 0 0 21 2 .151 .178 .235 1978 Los Angeles NL 33 34 72 1 6 6 0 0 0 3 14 0 0 0 4 0 0 22 0 .083 .083 .132 1979 Los Angeles NL 34 33 77 2 11 11 0 0 0 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 1 .143 .143 .154 1980 Los Angeles NL 35 32 64 3 5 5 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 4 .078 .078 .092 1981 Houston NL 36 23 51 1 7 7 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 5 0 1 12 2 .137 .137 .228 1982 2 Teams 37 34 68 3 11 11 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 25 0 .162 .162 .186 1983 Milwaukee AL 38 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1984 Milwaukee AL 39 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1985 2 Teams 40 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1986 California AL 41 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1987 California AL 42 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1988 Los Angeles NL 43 16 23 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 .087 .087 .125 TOTALS 785 1354 64 195 212 15 1 0 64 136 3 1 0 60 0 6 365 29 .144 .157 .183
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1966 Los Angeles NL P 225.2 35 37 8 32 2 3 .952 1.60 14 6 1 1967 Los Angeles NL P 232.2 34 37 7 31 1 2 .974 1.47 12 2 0 1968 Los Angeles NL P 207.2 27 35 12 25 1 0 .974 1.60 16 6 0 1969 Los Angeles NL P 293.1 41 41 19 43 1 3 .984 1.90 21 10 0 1970 Los Angeles NL P 260.1 38 38 21 28 3 1 .942 1.69 27 7 3 1971 Los Angeles NL P 265.1 37 38 27 26 2 5 .964 1.80 20 8 1 1972 Los Angeles NL P 272.2 33 33 18 34 1 2 .981 1.72 15 4 1 1973 Los Angeles NL P 256.1 33 33 12 34 1 2 .979 1.62 17 4 2 1974 Los Angeles NL P 276.0 40 40 17 33 0 1 1.000 1.63 16 4 0 1975 Los Angeles NL P 254.1 35 35 24 25 2 0 .961 1.73 12 1 0 1976 Los Angeles NL P 267.2 34 35 5 31 1 2 .973 1.21 24 11 0 1977 Los Angeles NL P 240.1 33 33 15 29 1 3 .978 1.65 25 8 1 1978 Los Angeles NL P 238.1 34 34 13 23 0 2 1.000 1.36 22 8 0 1979 Los Angeles NL P 226.0 32 33 16 24 1 2 .976 1.59 20 8 0 1980 Los Angeles NL P 212.1 31 32 24 25 2 3 .961 2.08 24 6 1 1981 Houston NL P 158.2 23 23 11 24 2 3 .946 1.99 5 8 2 1982 Houston NL P 195.0 27 27 16 20 1 2 .973 1.66 25 7 0 1982 Milwaukee AL P 54.2 7 7 6 8 0 1 1.000 2.30 4 2 0 1983 Milwaukee AL P 220.1 31 31 13 23 1 1 .973 1.47 31 4 1 1984 Milwaukee AL P 212.2 33 33 11 19 1 1 .968 1.27 20 4 0 1985 Oakland AL P 194.1 29 29 7 31 4 1 .905 1.76 15 4 0 1985 California AL P 31.2 5 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.57 3 2 0 1986 California AL P 207.0 34 34 18 14 2 1 .941 1.39 13 6 0 1987 California AL P 191.2 34 35 8 18 0 1 1.000 1.22 11 9 1 1988 Los Angeles NL P 87.1 16 16 5 12 1 0 .944 1.75 20 4 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Los Angeles Dodgers (September 11, 1964).
- Granted free agency (October 23, 1980).
- Signed by Houston Astros (December 4, 1980).
- Traded by Houston Astros to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for cash and 3 players to be named later (August 30, 1982); Houston Astros received Kevin Bass, Frank DiPino and Mike Madden (September3, 1982).
- Traded by Milwaukee Brewers to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Ray Burris, Eric Barry and a player to be named later (December 7, 1984); Milwaukee Brewers received Ed Myers (March 25, 1985).
- Traded by Oakland Athletics to California Angels in exchange for 2 players to be named later (September 10, 1985); Oakland Athletics received Robert Sharpnack and Jerome Nelson (September 25, 1985).
- Granted free agency (November 12, 1985).
- Signed by California Angels (December 5, 1985).
- Released by California Angels (October 30, 1987).
- Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (January 5, 1988).
- Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (August 10, 1988).
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