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Don
Sutton		  
Nickname: Black & Decker
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 215
 
Born: April 2, 1945 in Usa, AL, CLIO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1968    1971    1975   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1966 21 KCR AL $ 300,000 9 10 10 10 7 8 8 3 3 3
1967 22 KCR AL $ 300,000 9 10 10 10 8 8 8 3 3 3
1968 23 KCR AL $ 300,000 9 10 10 10 8 8 8 3 3 3
1969 24 KCR AL $ 300,000 9 10 10 10 7 7 7 3 3 3
1970 25 KCR AL $ 4,235,714 9 10 10 10 7 7 7 3 3 3
1971 26 KCR AL $ 4,564,286 9 10 10 10 7 7 7 3 3 3
1972 27 KCR AL $ 4,564,286 9 10 10 10 6 7 7 3 3 3
1973 28 CLE AL $ 5,560,000 9 10 10 10 7 7 7 3 3 3
1974 29 BSN NL $ 5,560,000 8 10 10 10 7 7 7 3 3 3
1975 30 BSN NL $ 5,560,000 8 10 10 10 7 7 7 3 3 3
1976 31 BSN NL $ 4,850,000 8 10 10 10 7 7 7 3 3 3
1977 32 BSN NL $ 4,850,000 9 10 10 10 6 7 7 4 4 4
1978 33 BSN NL $ 4,850,000 9 10 10 10 6 6 6 3 3 3
1979 34 BSN NL $ 4,850,000 9 9 10 10 6 6 6 3 3 3
1980 35 BSN NL $ 4,250,000 9 9 9 9 5 6 5 3 3 3
1981 36 BSN NL $ 4,250,000 9 8 9 8 4 4 4 3 3 3
1982 37 BSN NL $ 4,250,000 8 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,560,000 9 10 10 10 8 8 8 4 4 4
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1966 21 KCR AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1967 22 KCR AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1968 23 KCR AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1969 24 KCR AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1970 25 KCR AL $ 4,235,714   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1971 26 KCR AL $ 4,564,286   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1972 27 KCR AL $ 4,564,286   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1973 28 CLE AL $ 5,560,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1974 29 BSN NL $ 5,560,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1975 30 BSN NL $ 5,560,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1976 31 BSN NL $ 4,850,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1977 32 BSN NL $ 4,850,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1978 33 BSN NL $ 4,850,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1979 34 BSN NL $ 4,850,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1980 35 BSN NL $ 4,250,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1981 36 BSN NL $ 4,250,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1982 37 BSN NL $ 4,250,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,560,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1966 21 KCR AL 21 15 .583 42 42 7 1 0 322.3 275 131 40 85 314 3.66 .227 .278 .383 .662 18.8
1967 22 KCR AL 21 12 .636 44 41 8 2 0 313.7 253 119 38 89 310 3.41 .218 .273 .361 .634 22.9
1968 23 KCR AL 18 8 .692 31 31 7 2 0 234.3 175 76 21 57 280 2.92 .203 .252 .357 .609 19.9
    AAA   3 1 .750 8 4 0 0 0 33.3 20 4 1 10 56 1.08 .165 .229 .240 .469  
1969 24 KCR AL 19 6 .760 34 34 9 1 0 269.0 202 106 39 84 309 3.55 .206 .267 .390 .657 17.7
1970 25 KCR AL 21 8 .724 35 35 7 0 0 259.0 182 100 28 100 286 3.47 .193 .273 .326 .599 17.4
1971 26 KCR AL 19 9 .679 34 34 12 3 0 267.7 206 110 30 84 288 3.70 .210 .274 .358 .633 17.6
1972 27 KCR AL 11 16 .407 37 36 6 1 0 263.7 250 130 37 93 267 4.44 .246 .310 .410 .720 13.3
1973 28 KCR AL 6 11 .353 24 20 3 1 1 133.7 143 75 23 54 113 5.05 .269 .337 .463 .801 6.2
  CLE AL 4 7 .364 13 11 2 1 0 101.7 95 43 16 50 105 3.81 .244 .330 .426 .756 6.1
  TOT   10 18 .357 37 31 5 2 1 235.3 238 118 39 104 218 4.51 .258 .334 .447 .782 12.3
1974 29 BSN NL 12 11 .522 28 28 16 4 0 213.3 184 92 31 80 189 3.88 .229 .300 .399 .698 12.4
1975 30 BSN NL 19 9 .679 33 33 9 1 0 261.3 236 114 35 80 257 3.93 .237 .294 .410 .705 16.7
1976 31 BSN NL 16 8 .667 33 31 7 2 0 232.0 189 98 24 105 205 3.80 .220 .304 .362 .666 15.6
1977 32 BSN NL 15 11 .577 32 32 10 1 0 259.3 214 84 26 84 241 2.92 .223 .286 .358 .644 18.6
1978 33 BSN NL 4 0 1.000 6 6 4 1 0 47.7 36 8 4 10 42 1.51 .212 .254 .324 .578 6.0
1979 34 BSN NL 12 18 .400 33 33 8 0 0 232.3 233 132 33 101 191 5.11 .256 .331 .423 .754 4.4
1980 35 BSN NL 17 10 .630 32 32 7 2 0 246.7 209 89 25 105 191 3.25 .226 .306 .354 .660 18.3
1981 36 BSN NL 12 7 .632 29 22 9 2 0 169.3 129 49 14 58 135 2.60 .206 .275 .315 .590 16.2
1982 37 BSN NL 2 3 .400 18 7 0 0 2 67.3 74 40 11 40 39 5.35 .280 .374 .477 .851 1.4
17 Years Sim 249 169 .596 538 508 131 25 3 3894.3 3285 1596 475 1359 3762 3.69 .225 .292 .380 .671 249.4
1 Years AAA 3 1 .750 8 4 0 0 0 33.3 20 4 1 10 56 1.08 .165 .229 .240 .469  
Season Average 14 9 .609 31 29 7 1 0 229.1 193 93 27 79 221 3.69 .225 .292 .380 .671  
Career Highs 21 18 1.000 44 42 16 4 2 322.3 275 132 40 105 314 5.35 .280 .374 .477 .851  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1538 787 232 601 2036   .212 .273 .361 .633
vs LH   1747 809 243 758 1726   .238 .309 .398 .707
Home 124 89 .582 285 268 63 16 2 2064.0 1723 853 265 751 1930 3.72 .223 .292 .380 .672
Away 125 80 .610 253 240 68 9 3 1830.3 1562 743 210 608 1832 3.65 .227 .290 .379 .669
Mar/Apr 47 34 .580 97 97 21 4 0 725.0 625 331 94 270 704 4.11 .229 .298 .392 .690
May 51 29 .638 95 95 31 6 0 722.9 602 279 90 222 674 3.47 .222 .281 .379 .660
June 39 27 .591 86 84 16 1 1 621.6 530 255 75 222 584 3.69 .228 .295 .377 .672
July 37 30 .552 88 78 22 4 2 609.3 522 257 75 215 616 3.80 .229 .296 .385 .681
August 37 25 .597 87 78 17 2 0 614.3 514 250 73 220 607 3.66 .223 .291 .374 .665
Sep/Oct 38 24 .613 85 76 28 8 2 601.0 492 224 68 210 577 3.35 .220 .287 .367 .654
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1966 21 KCR AL 42 117 12 18 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 36 .154 .175 .197 .372 1.3 0.0
1967 22 KCR AL 44 114 5 15 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 36 .132 .139 .158 .297 -0.5 0.0
1968 23 KCR AL 31 81 4 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 23 .136 .146 .148 .294 -0.2 0.0
3 Years Sim 117 312 21 44 6 0 1 11 0 0 5 95 .141 .155 .170 .324 0.6 0.0
162 Game Average 432 29 60 8 0 1 15 0 0 6 131 .141 .155 .170 .324 0.9  
Career Highs 44 117 12 18 3 0 1 7 0 0 3 36 .154 .175 .197 .372 1.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   202 11 32 4 0 0 6 0 0 3 58 .158 .171 .178 .349 1.6
vs LH   110 10 12 2 0 1 5 0 0 2 37 .109 .125 .155 .280 -1.3
Home 64 161 8 24 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 54 .149 .160 .168 .327 0.2
Away 53 151 13 20 3 0 1 6 0 0 3 41 .132 .149 .172 .322 0.0
RISP   70 0 7 3 0 0 9 0 0 2 28 .100 .125 .143 .268 -1.2
Close/Late   24 4 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .417 .667 2.4
Mar/Apr 22 57 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 .070 .070 .070 .140 -3.1
May 23 67 4 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 21 .104 .118 .119 .237 -1.7
June 21 51 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 19 .137 .170 .137 .307 0.0
July 21 57 3 10 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 16 .175 .190 .246 .435 2.0
August 15 45 7 11 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 13 .244 .261 .311 .572 3.2
Sep/Oct 15 35 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .143 .143 .171 .314 -0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1966 21 KCR AL P 42 42 322.3 20 45 0 3 1.000 1.81    
1967 22 KCR AL P 44 41 313.7 12 35 0 1 1.000 1.35    
1968 23 KCR AL P 31 31 234.3 8 32 5 1 .889 1.54    
1969 24 KCR AL P 34 34 269.0 10 30 2 3 .952 1.34    
1970 25 KCR AL P 35 35 259.0 13 39 3 0 .945 1.81    
1971 26 KCR AL P 34 34 267.7 11 36 3 2 .940 1.58    
1972 27 KCR AL P 37 36 263.7 10 40 2 6 .962 1.71    
1973 28 KCR AL P 24 20 133.7 9 20 1 1 .967 1.95    
  CLE AL P 13 11 101.7 6 15 1 1 .955 1.86    
  TOT   P 37 31 235.3 15 35 2 2 .962 1.91    
1974 29 BSN NL P 28 28 213.3 14 33 1 1 .979 1.98    
1975 30 BSN NL P 33 33 261.3 13 33 3 0 .939 1.58    
1976 31 BSN NL P 33 31 232.0 13 33 2 6 .958 1.78    
1977 32 BSN NL P 32 32 259.3 16 47 5 0 .926 2.19    
1978 33 BSN NL P 6 6 47.7 2 5 1 0 .875 1.32    
1979 34 BSN NL P 33 33 232.3 16 37 2 1 .964 2.05    
1980 35 BSN NL P 32 32 246.7 22 42 2 1 .970 2.34    
1981 36 BSN NL P 29 22 169.3 15 25 3 1 .930 2.13    
1982 37 BSN NL P 18 7 67.3 8 12 2 0 .909 2.67    
Career Totals   538 508 3894.3 218 559 38 28 .953 1.80    
Career Highs   44 42 322.3 22 47 5 6 1.000 2.67    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1966 21 KCR AL 3 0 1.000 3 3 2 0 0 25.7 10 4 0 5 19 1.40 .116 .165 .163 .328
1967 22 KCR AL 1 1 .500 8 2 0 0 1 21.7 17 11 4 5 22 4.57 .207 .253 .415 .668
1968 23 KCR AL 1 2 .333 3 3 1 0 0 23.3 18 13 7 6 31 5.02 .212 .264 .471 .734
1969 24 KCR AL 2 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 16.0 11 3 0 6 18 1.69 .193 .270 .228 .498
1970 25 KCR AL 1 3 .250 4 4 1 0 0 32.0 23 9 3 8 37 2.53 .204 .256 .336 .592
1971 26 KCR AL 3 0 1.000 4 4 0 0 0 31.3 24 10 2 11 27 2.87 .209 .278 .348 .626
1975 30 BSN NL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 8.7 10 7 3 2 13 7.27 .286 .324 .571 .896
1976 31 BSN NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 4.3 7 3 1 2 4 6.24 .368 .429 .737 1.165
1980 35 BSN NL 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 7.7 7 5 0 3 8 5.87 .233 .303 .367 .670
Career Post-Season Pitching 12 7 .632 28 20 4 0 2 170.6 127 65 20 48 179 3.43 .204 .261 .360 .621
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1966 21 KCR AL 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .000 .143 .000 .143
1967 22 KCR AL 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143
1968 23 KCR AL 3 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200
Career Post-Season Batting 14 22 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 .045 .125 .045 .170
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1968-9-2.92
1977-8-2.92
1981-4-2.60
 Wins
1966-3-21
1967-3-21
1968-10-18
1969-2-19
1970-3-21
1971-2-19
1975-3-19
1976-9-16
1980-9-17
CAR-30-249
 Losses
1972-4-16
1973-4-18
1979-2-18
 Winning Pct
1967-8-.636
1968-3-.692
1969-2-.760
1970-10-.724
1971-10-.679
1975-10-.679
1976-9-.667
 Games Started
1966-5-42
1967-9-41
1969-8-34
1970-8-35
1971-6-34
1972-4-36
1975-10-33
CAR-42-508
 Complete Games
1971-5-12
1974-3-16
Shutouts
1967-4-2
1971-3-3
1972-10-1
1973-3-2
1974-1-4
1976-1-2
1981-5-2
CAR-29-25
 Innings Pitched
1966-7-322.3
1967-8-313.7
1969-8-269.0
1971-7-267.7
1972-6-263.7
1975-9-261.3
1977-10-259.3
CAR-42-3894.3
 Hits Allowed
1972-9-250
 Homeruns Allowed
1966-2-40
1967-5-38
1969-1-39
1970-5-28
1971-5-30
1972-1-37
1973-1-39
1974-6-31
1975-2-35
1977-8-26
1979-2-33
1980-8-25
CAR-7-475
 Strikeouts
1966-3-314
1967-4-310
1968-4-280
1969-1-309
1970-1-286
1971-1-288
1972-2-267
1973-4-218
1974-6-189
1975-1-257
1976-1-205
1977-1-241
1979-3-191
1980-5-191
CAR-10-3762
 Walks Allowed
1970-8-100
1976-7-105
1979-10-101
1980-6-105
CAR-41-1359
Walks per 9IP
1966-8-2.4
1968-9-2.2
 Hits per 9IP
1967-7-7.3
1968-7-6.7
1969-4-6.8
1970-1-6.3
1971-8-6.9
1974-6-7.8
1975-9-8.1
1976-1-7.3
1977-6-7.4
1980-10-7.6
1981-2-6.9
CAR-31-7.6
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1966-6-8.8
1967-5-8.9
1968-1-10.8
1969-2-10.3
1970-1-9.9
1971-1-9.7
1972-2-9.1
1973-4-8.3
1974-2-8.0
1975-1-8.9
1976-2-8.0
1977-1-8.4
1979-1-7.4
1980-3-7.0
1981-4-7.2
CAR-12-8.7
 WHiP
1966-9-1.12
1967-6-1.09
1968-3-0.99
1969-6-1.06
1970-8-1.09
1971-7-1.08
1975-8-1.21
1976-10-1.27
1977-6-1.15
1981-7-1.10
CAR-38-1.19
 OAVG
1966-10-.227
1967-5-.218
1968-6-.203
1969-4-.206
1970-1-.193
1971-4-.210
1974-4-.229
1975-9-.237
1976-2-.220
1977-5-.223
1980-6-.226
1981-1-.206
CAR-26-.225
 OOBP
1966-7-.278
1967-5-.273
1968-3-.252
1969-3-.267
1970-8-.273
1971-8-.274
1975-7-.294
1976-10-.304
1977-6-.286
1981-7-.275
CAR-34-.292
OSLG
1970-9-.326
1981-7-.315
 OOPS
1967-9-.634
1968-9-.609
1970-9-.599
1971-10-.633
1977-10-.644
1981-4-.590
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 42    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 220    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 56    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Karl Spooner (900)
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  3. Jim Brewer (890)
  4. Ernie White (871)
  5. John Denny (867)
  6. Pat Malone (864)
  7. J.R. Richard (863)
  8. Masanori Murakami (862)
  9. Paul Dean (858)
  10. Jim O'Toole (855)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Luis Tiant (992)
  2. Jack Russell (990)
  3. Don Rudolph (990)
  4. Joe Moeller (989)
  5. Tug McGraw (989)
  6. Steve Carlton (987)
  7. Bob Muncrief (986)
  8. Vic Keen (984)
  9. Pat Caraway (984)
  10. Guy Bush (983)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Washington in 1966
Traded from Washington to Kansas City on 2/1/1966 (Going to WAS: 3B Sal Bando, LF Rich Reese. Going to KCR: P Don Sutton, P Johnny James)
Had first career hit on 4/2/1966, off Grant Jackson (LAD)
Earned first career win on 4/2/1966
Hit first career homerun on 7/8/1966, off Billy Hoeft (STL)
Struck out 15 batters against Washington on 7/12/1966
Won Bronze Rookie in 1966, going 21-15, 3.66 ERA
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Struck out 16 batters against Tampa Bay on 9/29/1968
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1969, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Struck out 16 batters against Tampa Bay on 8/25/1969
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,235,714 through salary arbitration
Struck out 16 batters against New York (A) on 7/30/1970
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,564,286 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1971, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Injured on 9/18/1971 with a Stiff Elbow, out for one week
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,564,286 through salary arbitration
6/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $5,560,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Kansas City to Cleveland (A) on 7/31/1973 (Going to CLE: P Don Sutton, P Joe Sparma, 3B Mickey Stanley. Going to KCR: CF Marvin Lane, P Ed Farmer)
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Boston (N) on 4/2/1974 (Going to BSN: P Don Sutton, C Carlton Fisk. Going to CLE: C Thurman Munson, CF Jorge Orta)
Injured on 6/3/1974 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
7/31/1975: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $4,850,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 3/6/1977 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 5 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1978, going 4-0, 1.38
Injured on 5/1/1978 with a Torn Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for full season
7/1/1979: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $4,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 9/10/1979 with a Tender Elbow, out for 2 weeks
Injured on 7/7/1981 with a Inflamed Tricep Tendon, out for 2 weeks
 
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