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Historical player · 1966–1988 · ★ Hall of Fame 1998

Don Sutton

B/T R/R · HT 73 · WT 185 · Born 4/2/1945 · From Clio, AL USA · Debut 1966-04-14 · Final 1988-08-09

Career · batting

785

1,354

195

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.144 · 0.340

Career · pitching

774

756

5,282.3

W-L

324-256

3,574

ERA

3.26

WHIP

1.14

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Los Angeles Dodgers · 1966–1988

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Hits

177

#274 on the Dodgers

↑ 2 M. Mowrey

↓ 1 B. DeWitt

RBI

#324 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 R. Dempsey

↓ 1 F. Robinson

#593 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 L. Alcaraz

Runs

#348 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 G. Getz

↓ 1 O. Walker

#298 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 C. Abrams

↓ 1 J. Pignatano

Career with the Houston Astros · 1981–1982

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Hits

#373 on the Astros

↑ 1 H. King

↓ 1 R. Reynolds

RBI

#425 on the Astros

↑ 1 R. Abercrombie

↓ 1 A. Zinter

Runs

#445 on the Astros

↑ 1 R. Baldwin

↓ 1 D. Berra

#357 on the Astros

↑ 1 L. Bales

↓ 1 T. Buck

Career with the California Angels · 1985–1987

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Career with the Milwaukee Brewers · 1982–1984

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Career with the Oakland Athletics · 1985–1985

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

Hits

195

#4,733 all-time MLB

↑ 1 G. Brown

↓ 1 G. Thurman

RBI

#5,279 all-time MLB

↑ 1 N. Allen

↓ 1 E. Willett

#7,932 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Abreu

↓ 1 D. Aase

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1966	Dodgers	NL	38	82	4	15	2	0	2	0	1	27	0.183	0.202	0.207
1967	Dodgers	NL	43	75	4	10	2	0	4	0	2	24	0.133	0.156	0.160
1968	Dodgers	NL	36	62	3	11	0	0	3	0	2	22	0.177	0.197	0.177
1969	Dodgers	NL	41	98	6	15	0	0	3	0	0	28	0.153	0.162	0.153
1970	Dodgers	NL	40	84	6	13	2	1	6	1	10	22	0.155	0.253	0.202
1971	Dodgers	NL	39	88	4	19	2	0	7	0	3	18	0.216	0.242	0.239
1972	Dodgers	NL	33	91	4	13	0	0	1	0	2	24	0.143	0.170	0.143
1973	Dodgers	NL	33	84	6	10	1	0	5	0	5	17	0.119	0.167	0.131
1974	Dodgers	NL	40	98	7	18	2	0	7	0	3	22	0.184	0.216	0.204
1975	Dodgers	NL	35	80	4	11	1	0	3	0	4	20	0.138	0.179	0.150
1976	Dodgers	NL	35	84	2	7	1	0	3	0	6	19	0.083	0.144	0.095
1977	Dodgers	NL	33	73	3	11	2	0	8	0	8	21	0.151	0.235	0.178
1978	Dodgers	NL	34	72	1	6	0	0	3	0	4	22	0.083	0.132	0.083
1979	Dodgers	NL	33	77	2	11	0	0	3	0	1	17	0.143	0.154	0.143
1980	Dodgers	NL	32	64	3	5	0	0	1	0	1	19	0.078	0.092	0.078
1981	Astros	NL	23	51	1	7	0	0	3	0	5	12	0.137	0.228	0.137
1982	Astros	NL	27	68	3	11	0	0	1	0	2	25	0.162	0.186	0.162
1982	Brewers	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1983	Brewers	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1984	Brewers	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1985	Athletics	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1985	Angels	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1986	Angels	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1987	Angels	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1988	Dodgers	NL	16	23	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	6	0.087	0.125	0.087
Career			785	1,354	64	195	15	1	64	1	60	365	0.144	0.183	0.157

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1966	Dodgers	NL	12	12	37	35	0	225.7	192	75	52	209	2.99	1.08
1967	Dodgers	NL	11	15	37	34	1	232.7	223	102	57	169	3.95	1.20
1968	Dodgers	NL	11	15	35	27	1	207.7	179	60	59	162	2.60	1.15
1969	Dodgers	NL	17	18	41	41	0	293.3	269	113	91	217	3.47	1.23
1970	Dodgers	NL	15	13	38	38	0	260.3	251	118	78	201	4.08	1.26
1971	Dodgers	NL	17	12	38	37	1	265.3	231	75	55	194	2.54	1.08
1972	Dodgers	NL	19	9	33	33	0	272.7	186	63	63	207	2.08	0.91
1973	Dodgers	NL	18	10	33	33	0	256.3	196	69	56	200	2.42	0.98
1974	Dodgers	NL	19	9	40	40	0	276.0	241	99	80	179	3.23	1.16
1975	Dodgers	NL	16	13	35	35	0	254.3	202	81	62	175	2.87	1.04
1976	Dodgers	NL	21	10	35	34	0	267.7	231	91	82	161	3.06	1.17
1977	Dodgers	NL	14	8	33	33	0	240.3	207	85	69	150	3.18	1.15
1978	Dodgers	NL	15	11	34	34	0	238.3	228	94	54	154	3.55	1.18
1979	Dodgers	NL	12	15	33	32	1	226.0	201	96	61	146	3.82	1.16
1980	Dodgers	NL	13	5	32	31	1	212.3	163	52	47	128	2.20	0.99
1981	Astros	NL	11	9	23	23	0	158.7	132	46	29	104	2.61	1.01
1982	Astros	NL	13	8	27	27	0	195.0	169	65	46	139	3.00	1.10
1982	Brewers	AL	4	1	7	7	0	54.7	55	20	18	36	3.29	1.34
1983	Brewers	AL	8	13	31	31	0	220.3	209	100	54	134	4.08	1.19
1984	Brewers	AL	14	12	33	33	0	212.7	224	89	51	143	3.77	1.29
1985	Athletics	AL	13	8	29	29	0	194.3	194	84	51	91	3.89	1.26
1985	Angels	AL	2	2	5	5	0	31.7	27	13	8	16	3.69	1.11
1986	Angels	AL	15	11	34	34	0	207.0	192	86	49	116	3.74	1.16
1987	Angels	AL	11	11	35	34	0	191.7	199	100	41	99	4.70	1.25
1988	Dodgers	NL	3	6	16	16	0	87.3	91	38	30	44	3.92	1.39
Career			324	256	774	756	5	5,282.3	4,692	1,914	1,343	3,574	3.26	1.14

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	774	756	5,282.0	334	613	31	42

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1998	BBWAA	386	355	Inducted
1997	BBWAA	346	353	Ballot
1996	BBWAA	300	353	Ballot
1995	BBWAA	264	345	Ballot
1994	BBWAA	259	342	Ballot