Don Sutton

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Contents 1 Overall Career 2 Awards 3 Achievements 4 Trivia 5 Transactions 6 External Links

Overall Career

A model of consistency and durability throughout his 23-year major league career, Donald Howard "Black & Decker" Sutton (born April 2, 1945, in Clio, AL), won 324 games and struck out 3,574 batters, while never missing his turn in the pitching rotation for the Dodgers, Astros, Brewers, Athletics and Angels. A four-time All-Star, he reached double figures in wins in 21 of his 23 seasons and struck out over 100 batters in each of his first 21 campaigns. He pitched in four World Series and posted five career one-hit games.

Awards

• Elected to Hall of Fame by Baseball Writers in 1998 (81.6%)

• 1976 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
• 1977 All-Star Game MVP
• 4-time National League All-Star (1972, 1973, 1975 & 1977)

Achievements

• Member of the 300 Win Club (324 Wins)
• Member of the 3,000 Strikeout Club (3,574 Strikeouts)

• NL ERA Leader (1980)
• NL Shutouts Leader (1972)
• 15 Wins Seasons: 12 (1969-1976, 1978, 1982, 1985 & 1986)
• 20 Wins Seasons: 1 (1976)
• 200 Innings Pitched Seasons: 20 (1966-1980 & 1982-1986)
• 200 Strikeouts Seasons: 5 (1966, 1969, 1970, 1972 & 1973)

Trivia

• Sutton reached double figures in wins in 21 of his 23 seasons.
• Sutton pitched in 4 World Series.
• Don Sutton recorded 209 strikeouts during his rookie season of 1966, the most by a National League rookie since Grover Cleveland Alexander's 227 in 1911.
• Sutton's career lasted long enough that he was a teammate both of Sandy Koufax (in 1966), and of Ramon Martinez (in 1988).

Transactions

• September 11, 1964: Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent.
• October 23, 1980: Granted Free Agency.
• December 4, 1980: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
• August 30, 1982: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Milwaukee Brewers for players to be named later and cash. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Kevin Bass (September 3, 1982), Frank DiPino (September 3, 1982), and Mike Madden (September 3, 1982) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.
• December 7, 1984: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later, Ray Burris, and Eric Barry (minors). The Oakland Athletics sent Ed Myers (minors) (March 25, 1985) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.
• September 10, 1985: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the California Angels for players to be named later. The California Angels sent Robert Sharpnack (minors) (September 25, 1985) and Jerome Nelson (minors) (September 25, 1985) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.
• November 12, 1985: Granted Free Agency.
• December 5, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.
• October 30, 1987: Released by the California Angels.
• January 5, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
• August 10, 1988: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

External Links

• Baseball-Reference.com - Career Statistics and Analysis
• Don Sutton: Hall of Fame Page
• 1998 Hall of Fame Class