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Don Sutton

Birthdate:

4/2/1945

Height / Weight:

6' 1" / 185 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Clio, AL, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Pitching master, Don Sutton won 324 games in his outstanding career. In 1966, his rookie season, he was 12-12 and pitched 226 innings and he struckout 209 batters, the most by a National League rookie since 1911. Don Sutton pitched over 200 innings every season for 21 straight years. In 1972, Sutton was 19-9, he started 33 games and completed 18 with an ERA of 2.08. Again in 1973, he won 18 games and lost only 10, with an ERA of 2.42, including an outstanding opponents batting average of 2.09. Sutton applied his skills again in 1974 when he recorded a 19-9 record. Sutton won 21 games and lost only 10 in 1976 and hurled 4 shutouts. Don Sutton appeared in numerous League Championship games and his best was in 1974 with his two victories in a four game sweep over the Pittsburgh Pirates. He helped lead the Dodgers to the World Series in 1974, 1976 and 1978. In 1980, Sutton led the NL with his 2.21 ERA.

His career strikeout record is 3,574, the fourth highest total in baseball history. Only 12 major league pitchers have won more games than Sutton, who won 324. Don Sutton's career; 324 wins, 256 loses, 178 complete games, includes a total of 58 shutouts and pitched an amazing total of 5282 innings, with a 3.26 ERA. Sutton held his opponents to a low .236 batting average in his long, outstanding career.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1966	LAD (NL)	37	35	12	12	0	6	2	225.2	192	82	75	19	52	6	209	5	3	0	2.99
1967	LAD (NL)	37	34	11	15	1	11	3	232.2	223	106	102	18	57	9	169	3	6	0	3.95
1968	LAD (NL)	35	27	11	15	1	7	2	207.2	179	64	60	6	59	14	162	4	2	3	2.60
1969	LAD (NL)	41	41	17	18	0	11	4	293.1	269	123	113	25	91	6	217	9	3	1	3.47
1970	LAD (NL)	38	38	15	13	0	10	4	260.1	251	127	118	38	78	7	201	9	10	2	4.08
1971	LAD (NL)	38	37	17	12	1	12	4	265.1	231	85	75	10	55	5	194	5	5	0	2.54
1972	LAD (NL)	33	33	19	9	0	18	9	272.2	186	78	63	13	63	1	207	9	4	1	2.08
1973	LAD (NL)	33	33	18	10	0	14	3	256.1	196	78	69	18	56	4	200	10	5	0	2.42
1974	LAD (NL)	40	40	19	9	0	10	5	276.0	241	111	99	23	80	2	179	4	6	2	3.23
1975	LAD (NL)	35	35	16	13	0	11	4	254.1	202	87	81	17	62	5	175	7	3	0	2.87
1976	LAD (NL)	35	34	21	10	0	15	4	267.2	231	98	91	22	82	6	161	4	3	1	3.06
1977	LAD (NL)	33	33	14	8	0	9	3	240.1	207	93	85	23	69	2	150	5	3	1	3.18
1978	LAD (NL)	34	34	15	11	0	12	2	238.1	228	109	94	29	54	7	154	6	5	0	3.55
1979	LAD (NL)	33	32	12	15	1	6	1	226.0	201	109	96	21	61	6	146	4	1	1	3.82
1980	LAD (NL)	32	31	13	5	1	4	2	212.1	163	56	52	20	47	5	128	0	2	1	2.20
1981	HOU (NL)	23	23	11	9	0	6	3	158.2	132	51	46	6	29	3	104	0	1	1	2.61
1982	MIL (AL)	7	7	4	1	0	2	1	54.2	55	21	20	8	18	0	36	0	0	0	3.29
1982	HOU (NL)	27	27	13	8	0	4	0	195.0	169	75	65	10	46	2	139	3	1	1	3.00
1983	MIL (AL)	31	31	8	13	0	4	0	220.1	209	109	100	21	54	2	134	2	5	0	4.08
1984	MIL (AL)	33	33	14	12	0	1	0	212.2	224	103	89	24	51	2	143	4	3	1	3.77
1985	OAK (AL)	29	29	13	8	0	1	1	194.1	194	88	84	19	51	0	91	6	0	0	3.89
1985	CAL (AL)	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	31.2	27	13	13	6	8	0	16	0	0	0	3.69
1986	CAL (AL)	34	34	15	11	0	3	1	207.0	192	93	86	31	49	2	116	4	3	1	3.74
1987	CAL (AL)	35	34	11	11	0	1	0	191.2	199	101	100	38	41	0	99	7	7	0	4.70
1988	LAD (NL)	16	16	3	6	0	0	0	87.1	91	44	38	7	30	6	44	2	1	4	3.92
25 years		774	756	324	256	5	178	58	5282.1	4692	2104	1914	472	1343	102	3574	112	82	21	3.26

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1966	LAD (NL)	38	82	4	15	2	0	0	2	1	27	0	0	0	1	2	0	.183	.202	SLG
1967	LAD (NL)	43	75	4	10	2	0	0	4	2	24	0	0	0	0	7	0	.133	.156	SLG
1968	LAD (NL)	36	62	3	11	0	0	0	3	2	22	0	0	0	0	6	2	.177	.197	SLG
1969	LAD (NL)	41	98	6	15	0	0	0	3	0	28	0	0	0	1	9	0	.153	.162	SLG
1970	LAD (NL)	40	84	6	13	2	1	0	6	10	22	1	0	0	1	5	0	.155	.253	SLG
1971	LAD (NL)	39	88	4	19	2	0	0	7	3	18	0	0	0	0	4	0	.216	.242	SLG
1972	LAD (NL)	33	91	4	13	0	0	0	1	2	24	0	0	0	1	11	0	.143	.170	SLG
1973	LAD (NL)	33	84	6	10	1	0	0	5	5	17	0	0	0	0	7	1	.119	.167	SLG
1974	LAD (NL)	40	98	7	18	2	0	0	7	3	22	0	0	0	1	9	0	.184	.216	SLG
1975	LAD (NL)	35	80	4	11	1	0	0	3	4	20	0	0	0	0	12	0	.138	.179	SLG
1976	LAD (NL)	35	84	2	7	1	0	0	3	6	19	0	0	0	0	9	0	.83	.144	SLG
1977	LAD (NL)	33	73	3	11	2	0	0	8	8	21	0	0	0	0	10	0	.151	.235	SLG
1978	LAD (NL)	34	72	1	6	0	0	0	3	4	22	0	0	0	0	14	0	.83	.132	SLG
1979	LAD (NL)	33	77	2	11	0	0	0	3	1	17	0	0	0	0	8	0	.143	.154	SLG
1980	LAD (NL)	32	64	3	5	0	0	0	1	1	19	0	0	0	0	8	0	.78	.92	SLG
1981	HOU (NL)	23	51	1	7	0	0	0	3	5	12	0	0	0	1	5	0	.137	.228	SLG
1982	HOU (NL)	27	68	3	11	0	0	0	1	2	25	0	0	0	0	4	0	.162	.186	SLG
1982	MIL (AL)	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1983	MIL (AL)	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1984	MIL (AL)	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1985	OAK (AL)	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1985	CAL (AL)	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1986	CAL (AL)	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1987	CAL (AL)	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1988	LAD (NL)	16	23	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	6	0	.87	.125	SLG
25 years		785	1354	64	195	15	1	0	64	60	365	1	0	0	6	136	3	.144	.183	.SLG

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