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Don Sutton Donald Howard Sutton (Black & Decker) Bats Right, Throws Right Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb. School Mississippi College MLB Debut April 14, 1966 Final Game August 9, 1988 Born April 2, 1945 in Clio, AL Died January 18, 2021 (age 75)

• Pitched a one-hitter for LAN vs. ATN on July 20, 1974   (9 IP in a 12 inning game)
• Combined on a no-hitter for LAN vs. PIN on July 17, 1980   (Sutton pitched 6 innings; Tom Griffin pitched 2 innings; Steve Howe pitched 1 inning)
• Pitched a one-hitter for OAA vs. KCA on August 17, 1986

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1966 21 LAN NL  10  10  .500  27  26   1   0   0   0  182.0  152   738   74   67  16   57   3   4  161   3  0  3.31  
 1967 22 LAN NL  11  14  .440  30  30   4   0   0   2  196.2  213   830   92   82  18   39   6   3  148   3  0  3.75  
 1968 23 LAN NL  11  12  .478  27  27   8   0   0   3  206.1  177   831   60   51   7   40   2   1  157   3  1  2.22  
 1969 24 LAN NL  20  12  .625  41  41  17   0   0   6  324.1  305  1345  132  120  29   78   3   7  213   7  1  3.33  CY-9
 1970 25 LAN NL  13  12  .520  35  35   9   0   0   2  254.2  231  1044  117  101  33   69   2   3  174   4  3  3.57  
 1971 26 LAN NL  19  11  .633  38  38  13   0   0   3  288.2  262  1180  108   96  17   70   1   6  202   2  0  2.99  CY-4
 1972 27 LAN NL  23  10  .697  41  41  14   0   0   6  313.0  216  1246   88   80  22   97   1   7  251   9  1  2.30  CY-1
 1973 28 LAN NL  17   8  .680  35  35  13   0   0   5  279.0  235  1137   99   85  21   69   4   7  217   9  0  2.74  CY-9
 1974 29 LAN NL  23   7  .767  41  41   5   0   0   1  300.2  261  1246  122  102  25  100   4   4  175   8  1  3.05  CY-1
 1975 30 LAN NL  28   4  .875  39  38   3   0   0   1  273.1  187  1043   65   63  18   52   1   5  174   3  0  2.07  CY-2
 1976 31 LAN NL  10  14  .417  34  34   5   0   0   0  246.0  233  1007   95   85  18   71   0   5  148   2  1  3.11  
 1977 32 LAN NL   9  14  .391  34  34   1   0   0   1  216.2  222   954  129  119  29   83   0   9  134   6  2  4.94  
 1978 33 LAN NL  12  13  .480  33  33   9   0   0   3  256.1  216  1039  113  110  27   64   3   2  183   7  0  3.86  
 1979 34 LAN NL  12  13  .480  32  32   5   0   0   1  220.2  191   897   96   88  18   49   1   6  159   3  0  3.59  
 1980 35 LAN NL  15   9  .625  34  33   2   1   0   0  215.0  150   832   61   56  17   47   0   1  124   1  0  2.34  CY-7
 1981 36 SEA AL  26   6  .812  37  37   5   0   0   3  246.0  229  1030   84   71   9   62   2   3  174   1  1  2.60  CY-2
 1982 37 SEA AL   3   4  .429   9   9   2   0   0   0   67.0   57   276   25   23   5   19   1   3   47   0  0  3.09  
         MLA AL   9   4  .692  19  19   4   0   0   2  136.0  113   546   48   43   7   45   2   2   96   1  1  2.85  CY-14
         TOT     12   8  .600  28  28   6   0   0   2  203.0  170   822   73   66  12   64   3   5  143   1  1  2.93 
 1983 38 MLA AL  20   6  .769  30  30  10   0   0   3  231.2  194   917   76   64  20   46   2   4  162   4  0  2.49  CY-3
 1984 39 MLA AL   6   9  .400  16  16   4   0   0   2  117.0  115   490   49   37  11   33   1   2   78   3  0  2.85  
         SEA AL   5   5  .500  14  14   5   0   0   1  103.2  111   436   48   41  13   22   3   4   57   4  0  3.56  
         TOT     11  14  .440  30  30   9   0   0   3  220.2  226   926   97   78  24   55   4   6  135   7  0  3.18 
 1985 40 OAA AL  20  10  .667  36  34   8   0   0   3  237.0  238  1011  114  104  24   80   6   5  105   3  0  3.95  CY-10
 1986 41 OAA AL  11  14  .440  33  32   5   0   0   1  216.2  218   907  109   94  24   54   9   4  120   8  1  3.90  
 1987 42 OAA AL  14   6  .700  38  32   4   1   0   1  201.0  178   830   84   76  35   59   5   8  100   3  0  3.40  CY-14
 1988 43 SLN NL   4   6  .400  15  15   0   0   0   0   92.2   84   381   46   43   9   34   2   1   37   1  8  4.18  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 23 Seasons     351 233  .601 768 756 156   2   0  50 5422.0 4788 22193 2134 1901 472 1439  64 106 3596  98 21  3.16
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With LAN     233 163  .588 521 518 109   1   0  34 3773.1 3251 15369 1451 1305 315  985  31  70 2620  70 10  3.11
   With OAA      45  30  .600 107  98  17   1   0   5  654.2  634  2748  307  274  83  193  20  17  325  14  1  3.77
   With MLA      35  19  .648  65  65  18   0   0   7  484.2  422  1953  173  144  38  124   5   8  336   8  1  2.67
   With SEA      34  15  .694  60  60  12   0   0   4  416.2  397  1742  157  135  27  103   6  10  278   5  1  2.92
   With SLN       4   6  .400  15  15   0   0   0   0   92.2   84   381   46   43   9   34   2   1   37   1  8  4.18
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     324 256  .559 774 756 178  12   5  58 5283.1 4692 21631 2104 1914 472 1343 102  82 3574 112 21  3.26
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1966 21 LAN NL  35   67   3.3   0  3.23   51   8   0  .157   1    5    4  .800   15    6  .714  -13   
 1967 22 LAN NL  32   98   4.5   0  3.17   51  10   0  .196   0    4    2  .500   12    3  .800   21   
 1968 23 LAN NL  35   57   2.5   0  2.33   71  13   0  .183   1   12   11  .917   13    8  .619  -28   
 1969 24 LAN NL  35  128   3.5   0  4.10   98  19   0  .194   0    9    8  .889   13   13  .500  -35   
 1970 25 LAN NL  45  106   3.7   0  4.71   91  10   0  .110   5   13    7  .538   18    4  .818  -78   
 1971 26 LAN NL  44  105   3.3   0  4.37   98  16   0  .163   3   10    7  .700   17    8  .680    9   
 1972 27 LAN NL  41   88   2.5   0  4.34  103  13   0  .126   4   13    7  .538   14    2  .875   11   
 1973 28 LAN NL  46   93   3.0   0  4.77   92   9   0  .098   0    7    5  .714    6    2  .750    8   
 1974 29 LAN NL  47  117   3.5   0  4.98  102  16   0  .157   0    9    7  .778   18    6  .750  -28   
 1975 30 LAN NL  53   68   2.3   0  5.50   86  14   0  .163   0    4    4 1.000    9    8  .529  -91   
 1976 31 LAN NL  42  103   3.8   0  3.44   74   3   0  .041   1    8    6  .750   21   16  .568    4   
 1977 32 LAN NL  37  122   5.0   0  4.44   63   5   0  .079   0   11    9  .818   14    4  .778   59   
 1978 33 LAN NL  40   97   3.4   0  4.33   80   3   0  .038   0   12   12 1.000   30   11  .732  -87   
 1979 34 LAN NL  30   81   3.3   0  4.59   70  11   0  .157   1    9    7  .778   21    6  .778  -50   
 1980 35 LAN NL  52   54   2.3   0  4.03   68   4   0  .059   0    3    3 1.000   12    8  .600  -69   
 1981 36 SEA AL  56   86   3.1   0  6.35    0   0   0  .000   4    6    1  .167    2    0 1.000   21   
 1982 37 SEA AL  42   26   3.5   0  3.11    0   0   0  .000   1    4    3  .750    2    3  .400   28   
         MLA AL  53   43   2.9   0  7.21    0   0   0  .000   1    6    5  .833    9    8  .529  -34   
         TOT          70   3.1   0          0   0   0  .000   2   10    8  .800   11   11  .500
 1983 38 MLA AL  53   77   3.0   0  6.07    0   0   0  .000   1    7    6  .857   14    5  .737  -90   
 1984 39 MLA AL  57   49   3.8   0  4.19    0   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    6    1  .857  -80   
         SEA AL  50   49   4.3   0  4.43    0   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    7    5  .583  -29   
         TOT          99   4.0   0          0   0   0  .000   0    2    2 1.000   13    6  .684
 1985 40 OAA AL  43  122   4.7   1  5.18    5   0   0  .000   1    4    3  .750   16    8  .667    0   
 1986 41 OAA AL  41  103   4.2   0  4.53    0   0   0  .000   1    8    6  .750   24   10  .706  -30   
 1987 42 OAA AL  43   88   4.0   0  4.91    7   0   0  .000   0    8    7  .875    5    5  .500 -102   
 1988 43 SLN NL  62   41   4.2   0  4.33   26   1   0  .038   0    4    3  .750   17    6  .739  -56   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 23 Seasons         2080   3.4   1       1236 155   0  .125  25  178  135  .758  335  156  .682  -29   8
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

Smiley Hall of Fame Voting

• Ballot #18 (Class of 1988): 11 of 16 votes, 68.8% -- continues to next ballot
• Ballot #20 (Class of 1989): 10 of 15 votes, 66.7% -- continues to next ballot

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1971 NLCS  LAN NYN   W    1  0.00   1-0   0  1   9.0   2   0   2   5
      WS    LAN OAA   L    3  3.86   0-2   0  3  21.0  18   9   6  21
 1973 NLCS  LAN MON   W    2  2.25   0-1   0  1   8.0   4   2   6   5
      WS    LAN OAA   W    2  1.50   2-0   0  2  18.0  11   3   9  14
 1975 NLCS  LAN MON   W    1  0.00   1-0   0  1   9.0   3   0   2  10
      WS    LAN OAA   W    1  0.00   1-0   0  1   9.0   2   0   3   4
 1980 NLCS  LAN MON   W    1  0.84   0-1   0  1  10.2   3   1   2   3
      WS    LAN NYA   W    2  2.93   1-1   0  2  15.1  15   5   4  10
 1983 ALCS  MLA CHA   W    2  6.00   1-0   0  2  12.0  19   8   3  12
      WS    MLA ATN   L    3  3.37   0-3   0  3  21.1  22   8  10  15
 1984 ALCS  SEA BOA   W    2  4.73   1-1   0  2  13.1  20   7   6  10
      WS    SEA SDN   W    2  0.00   1-1   0  2  15.0   9   0   2  13
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Draft History

• 1981: Round 1 (#6 overall) by SEA
• 1985: Round 1 (#13 overall) by OAA
• 1988: Round 5 (#95 overall) by SLN

Transaction History

• 1982-08: traded by SEA to MLA with Jim Maler, Manny Castillo, John Moses for Moose Haas, Dave McKay, Enrique Romo, Bill Nahorodny
• 1984-14: traded by MLA to SEA for MLA#1

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Managers Year Tm Record Manager(s) +----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+ 1966 LAN 78-84 Dave Jackson 1967 LAN 67-95 Dave Jackson 1968 LAN 66-96 Scott Campbell 1969 LAN 94-68 Scott Campbell 1970 LAN 72-90 Scott Campbell 1971 LAN 102-60 Scott Campbell 1972 LAN 78-84 Scott Campbell 1973 LAN 109-54 Scott Campbell 1974 LAN 92-70 Scott Campbell 1975 LAN 102-60 Billy Vanson 1976 LAN 77-85 Billy Vanson 1977 LAN 81-81 Billy Vanson 1978 LAN 73-89 Billy Vanson 1979 LAN 82-80 Billy Vanson 1980 LAN 94-68 Billy Vanson 1981 SEA 94-68 Jeff Tripodi 1982 SEA 69-93 Jeff Tripodi 1982 MLA 83-79 Mark Simons 1983 MLA 94-68 Mark Simons 1984 MLA 68-94 Mark Simons 1984 SEA 88-74 Jeff Tripodi 1985 OAA 78-84 Drew Kennedy 1986 OAA 78-84 Drew Kennedy 1987 OAA 99-63 Drew Kennedy 1988 SLN 66-96 Mike Rescigno

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