Don Sutton Stats

Don Sutton was born on Monday, April 2, 1945, in Clio, Alabama. Sutton was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 14, 1966, with the Los Angeles Dodgers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Don Sutton baseball stats page.
"It's amazing how fast you grow old in this game. At first you're the rookie right-hander, next season you're that promising right-hander, then suddenly you're the old man." - Don Sutton (1977)

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Don Sutton

Don Sutton Autograph on a 1970 Topps (#622)

Don Sutton Autograph on a 1970 Topps (#622)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Donald Howard Sutton
Nickname:   Don
Born On:   04-02-1945
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Clio, Alabama
Zodiac:   Aries
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
College:   Gulf Coast Junior College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01
Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   04-14-1966 (Age 21)
Last Game:   08-09-1988
Draft:   Not Applicable
Don Sutton

Don Sutton Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1966 Dodgers 37 35 0 12 12 .500 2.99 6 2 0 225.2 916 192 75 82 19 52 6 209 5 3 0 -
1967 Dodgers 37 34 2 11 15 .423 3.95 11 3 1 232.2 962 223 102 106 18 57 9 169 3 6 0 -
1968 Dodgers 35 27 6 11 15 .423 2.60 7 2 1 207.2 847 179 60 64 6 59 14 162 4 2 3 -
1969 Dodgers 41 41 0 17 18 .486 3.47 11 4 0 293.1 1,226 269 113 123 25 91 6 217 9 3 1 -
1970 Dodgers 38 38 0 15 13 .536 4.08 10 4 0 260.1 1,109 251 118 127 38 78 7 201 9 10 2 -
1971 Dodgers 38 37 1 17 12 .586 2.54 12 4 1 265.1 1,059 231 75 85 10 55 5 194 5 5 0 -
1972 Dodgers 33 33 0 19 9 .679 2.08 18 9 0 272.2 1,061 186 63 78 13 63 1 207 9 4 1 -
1973 Dodgers 33 33 0 18 10 .643 2.42 14 3 0 256.1 1,006 196 69 78 18 56 4 200 10 5 0 -
1974 Dodgers 40 40 0 19 9 .679 3.23 10 5 0 276.0 1,148 241 99 111 23 80 2 179 4 6 2 -
1975 Dodgers 35 35 0 16 13 .552 2.87 11 4 0 254.1 1,031 202 81 87 17 62 5 175 7 3 0 -
1976 Dodgers 35 34 1 21 10 .677 3.06 15 4 0 267.2 1,093 231 91 98 22 82 6 161 4 3 1 -
1977 Dodgers 33 33 0 14 8 .636 3.18 9 3 0 240.1 979 207 85 93 23 69 2 150 5 3 1 -
1978 Dodgers 34 34 0 15 11 .577 3.55 12 2 0 238.1 990 228 94 109 29 54 7 154 6 5 0 -
1979 Dodgers 33 32 1 12 15 .444 3.82 6 1 1 226.0 927 201 96 109 21 61 6 146 4 1 1 -
1980 Dodgers 32 31 1 13 5 .722 2.20 4 2 1 212.1 833 163 52 56 20 47 5 128 0 2 1 -
1981 Astros 23 23 0 11 9 .550 2.61 6 3 0 158.2 624 132 46 51 6 29 3 104 0 1 1 -
1982 Astros 27 27 0 13 8 .619 3.00 4 0 0 195.0 784 169 65 75 10 46 2 139 3 1 1 -
1982 Brewers 7 7 0 4 1 .800 3.29 2 1 0 54.2 228 55 20 21 8 18 0 36 0 0 0 -
1983 Brewers 31 31 0 8 13 .381 4.08 4 0 0 220.1 925 209 100 109 21 54 2 134 2 5 0 -
1984 Brewers 33 33 0 14 12 .538 3.77 1 0 0 212.2 912 224 89 103 24 51 2 143 4 3 1 -
1985 Athletics 29 29 0 13 8 .619 3.89 1 1 0 194.1 819 194 84 88 19 51 0 91 6 0 0 -
1985 Angels 5 5 0 2 2 .500 3.69 0 0 0 31.2 124 27 13 13 6 8 0 16 0 0 0 -
1986 Angels 34 34 0 15 11 .577 3.74 3 1 0 207.0 853 192 86 93 31 49 2 116 4 3 1 -
1987 Angels 35 34 0 11 11 .500 4.70 1 0 0 191.2 795 199 100 101 38 41 0 99 7 7 0 -
1988 Dodgers 16 16 0 3 6 .333 3.92 0 0 0 87.1 380 91 38 44 7 30 6 44 2 1 4 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
23 Years 774 756 12 324 256 .559 3.26 178 58 5 5,282.1 21,631 4,692 1,914 2,104 472 1,343 102 3,574 112 82 21 -
Don Sutton

Don Sutton Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1966 Dodgers 38 82 4 15 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 27 2 0 1 1 .183 .202 .207
1967 Dodgers 43 75 4 10 2 0 0 0 4 2 0 24 7 0 0 0 .133 .156 .160
1968 Dodgers 36 62 3 11 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 22 6 2 0 1 .177 .197 .177
1969 Dodgers 41 98 6 15 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 28 9 0 1 5 .153 .162 .153
1970 Dodgers 40 84 6 13 2 1 0 0 6 10 0 22 5 0 1 1 .155 .253 .202
1971 Dodgers 39 88 4 19 2 0 0 0 7 3 0 18 4 0 0 0 .216 .242 .239
1972 Dodgers 33 91 4 13 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 24 11 0 1 0 .143 .170 .143
1973 Dodgers 33 84 6 10 1 0 0 0 5 5 0 17 7 1 0 3 .119 .167 .131
1974 Dodgers 40 98 7 18 2 0 0 0 7 3 0 22 9 0 1 3 .184 .216 .204
1975 Dodgers 35 80 4 11 1 0 0 0 3 4 0 20 12 0 0 3 .138 .179 .150
1976 Dodgers 35 84 2 7 1 0 0 0 3 6 0 19 9 0 0 3 .083 .144 .095
1977 Dodgers 33 73 3 11 2 0 0 0 8 8 0 21 10 0 0 2 .151 .235 .178
1978 Dodgers 34 72 1 6 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 22 14 0 0 0 .083 .132 .083
1979 Dodgers 33 77 2 11 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 17 8 0 0 1 .143 .154 .143
1980 Dodgers 32 64 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 19 8 0 0 4 .078 .092 .078
1981 Astros 23 51 1 7 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 12 5 0 1 2 .137 .228 .137
1982 Astros 27 68 3 11 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 25 4 0 0 0 .162 .186 .162
1982 Brewers 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1983 Brewers 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1984 Brewers 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1985 Athletics 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1985 Angels 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1986 Angels 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1987 Angels 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1988 Dodgers 16 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 6 0 0 0 .087 .125 .087
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
23 Years 785 1,354 64 195 15 1 0 0 64 60 0 365 136 3 6 29 .144 .183 .157
Don Sutton

Don Sutton Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1966 Dodgers P 37 35 677 42 1.1 40 8 32 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .952 1.60 -
1967 Dodgers P 37 34 698 39 1.1 38 7 31 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .974 1.47 -
1968 Dodgers P 35 27 623 38 1.1 37 12 25 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .974 1.60 -
1969 Dodgers P 41 41 880 63 1.5 62 19 43 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .984 1.90 -
1970 Dodgers P 38 38 781 52 1.4 49 21 28 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .942 1.69 -
1971 Dodgers P 38 37 796 55 1.4 53 27 26 2 5 n/a n/a n/a .964 1.80 -
1972 Dodgers P 33 33 818 53 1.6 52 18 34 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .981 1.72 -
1973 Dodgers P 33 33 769 47 1.4 46 12 34 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .979 1.62 -
1974 Dodgers P 40 40 828 50 1.3 50 17 33 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.63 -
1975 Dodgers P 35 35 763 51 1.5 49 24 25 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .961 1.73 -
1976 Dodgers P 35 34 803 37 1.1 36 5 31 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .973 1.21 -
1977 Dodgers P 33 33 721 45 1.4 44 15 29 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .978 1.65 -
1978 Dodgers P 34 34 715 36 1.1 36 13 23 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.36 -
1979 Dodgers P 33 32 678 41 1.2 40 16 24 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .976 1.59 -
1980 Dodgers P 32 31 637 51 1.6 49 24 25 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .961 2.08 -
1981 Astros P 23 23 476 37 1.6 35 11 24 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .946 1.99 -
1982 Astros P 27 27 585 37 1.4 36 16 20 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .973 1.66 -
1982 Brewers P 7 7 164 14 2.0 14 6 8 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.30 -
1983 Brewers P 31 31 661 37 1.2 36 13 23 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .973 1.47 -
1984 Brewers P 33 33 638 31 0.9 30 11 19 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .968 1.27 -
1985 Athletics P 29 29 583 42 1.4 38 7 31 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .905 1.76 -
1985 Angels P 5 5 95 2 0.4 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.57 -
1986 Angels P 34 34 621 34 1.0 32 18 14 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .941 1.39 -
1987 Angels P 35 34 575 26 0.7 26 8 18 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.22 -
1988 Dodgers P 16 16 262 18 1.1 17 5 12 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .944 1.75 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 774 756 15,847 978 1.3 947 334 613 31 42 n/a n/a n/a .968 1.61 --
23 Years 774 756 15,847 978 1.3 947 334 613 31 42 n/a n/a n/a .968 1.61 --
Don Sutton

Don Sutton Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1966 Dodgers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.0 41.0 4.02 8.34 2.07
1967 Dodgers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.1 18.8 2.96 6.54 2.20
1968 Dodgers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.8 20.7 2.75 7.02 2.56
1969 Dodgers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.5 32.7 2.38 6.66 2.79
1970 Dodgers 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 0.0 3.8 14.0 2.58 6.95 2.70
1971 Dodgers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.9 12.6 3.53 6.58 1.87
1972 Dodgers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.8 91.0 3.29 6.83 2.08
1973 Dodgers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.9 16.8 3.57 7.02 1.97
1974 Dodgers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.5 14.0 2.24 5.84 2.61
1975 Dodgers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.0 26.7 2.82 6.19 2.19
1976 Dodgers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.4 28.0 1.96 5.41 2.76
1977 Dodgers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.5 9.1 2.17 5.62 2.58
1978 Dodgers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.3 24.0 2.85 5.82 2.04
1979 Dodgers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.5 25.7 2.39 5.81 2.43
1980 Dodgers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.4 64.0 2.72 5.43 1.99
1981 Astros 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.3 17.0 3.59 5.90 1.64
1982 Astros 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.7 68.0 3.02 6.42 2.12
1982 Brewers 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.00 5.93 2.96
1983 Brewers 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.48 5.47 2.21
1984 Brewers 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.80 6.05 2.16
1985 Athletics 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.78 4.21 2.36
1985 Angels 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.00 4.55 2.27
1986 Angels 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.37 5.04 2.13
1987 Angels 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.41 4.65 1.93
1988 Dodgers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.8 23.0 1.47 4.53 3.09
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
23 Years 1 0 1.000 - - 0 0.0 3.7 21.2 2.66 6.09 2.29
Don Sutton

Don Sutton Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1966 Los Angeles Dodgers 20 Undetermined - -
1967 Los Angeles Dodgers 20 Undetermined - -
1968 Los Angeles Dodgers 20 Undetermined - -
1969 Los Angeles Dodgers 20 Undetermined - -
1970 Los Angeles Dodgers 20 Undetermined - -
1971 Los Angeles Dodgers 20 Undetermined - -
1972 Los Angeles Dodgers 20 Undetermined Stats -
1973 Los Angeles Dodgers 20 Undetermined Stats -
1974 Los Angeles Dodgers 20 Undetermined - Stats
1975 Los Angeles Dodgers 20 Undetermined Stats -
1976 Los Angeles Dodgers 20 $155,000.00 - -
1977 Los Angeles Dodgers 20 $250,000.00 Stats Stats
1978 Los Angeles Dodgers 20 Undetermined - Stats
1979 Los Angeles Dodgers 20 Undetermined - -
1980 Los Angeles Dodgers 20 Undetermined - -
1981 Houston Astros 20 Undetermined - -
1982 Houston Astros 20 Undetermined - Stats
1982 Milwaukee Brewers 21 Undetermined - Stats
1983 Milwaukee Brewers 20, 21 Undetermined - -
1984 Milwaukee Brewers 20 Undetermined - -
1985 Oakland Athletics 20, 27 Undetermined - -
1985 California Angels 27 $750,000.00 - -
1986 California Angels 20, 27 $890,000.00 - -
1987 California Angels 20 $890,000.00 - -
1988 Los Angeles Dodgers 20 $350,000.00 - -


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