Don Sutton
Game Log for 1981
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Apr 11 L, 4-7 at Dodgers Start 4.0 8 23 6 6 0 2 1 3 13.50 L (0-1) HOU Apr 17 L, 3-4 vs Pirates Start 6.1 9 29 4 4 0 1 0 1 8.71 L (0-2) HOU Apr 22 L, 0-1 vs Dodgers Start 7.0 6 26 1 1 0 0 0 3 5.71 L (0-3) HOU Apr 28 W, 2-1 at Braves Start 8.0 2 26 1 1 1 0 0 8 4.26 W (1-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU May 03 W, 3-1 at Pirates Start 7.0 5 28 1 1 0 4 0 5 3.62 W (2-3) HOU May 08 L, 0-4 at Reds Start 6.0 5 23 2 2 0 1 0 3 3.52 L (2-4) HOU May 13 W, 3-0 vs Cardinals Start 1 1 9.0 5 32 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.85 W (3-4) HOU May 19 L, 12-15 at Cardinals Start 3.2 8 20 7 7 0 1 0 2 3.88 HOU May 24 L, 1-2 vs Giants Start 8.0 7 33 2 2 0 2 0 8 3.66 L (3-5) HOU May 29 L, 1-3 at Giants Start 7.2 5 32 3 3 0 3 1 7 3.64 L (3-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Jun 03 W, 6-1 at Padres Start 2 9.0 7 33 1 1 0 0 0 6 3.33 W (4-6) HOU Jun 08 L, 3-4 at Phillies Start 6.0 7 27 4 3 0 0 1 3 3.42 L (4-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Aug 10 W, 6-5 at Giants Start 6.0 7 26 3 3 1 1 0 4 3.49 HOU Aug 15 W, 5-0 at Padres Start 8.0 3 27 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.20 W (5-7) HOU Aug 21 L, 4-5 at Phillies Start 6.0 8 30 3 2 0 4 0 5 3.19 HOU Aug 26 W, 9-3 at Mets Start 5.0 6 20 3 3 0 1 0 4 3.29 W (6-7) HOU Aug 31 W, 6-1 vs Mets Start 3 9.0 9 35 1 1 1 1 0 8 3.11 W (7-7) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Sep 05 L, 2-5 at Expos Start 7.0 9 31 5 4 2 1 0 3 3.23 L (7-8) HOU Sep 11 W, 6-0 vs Giants Start 4 2 9.0 5 32 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.01 W (8-8) HOU Sep 16 W, 5-2 at Padres Start 7.0 4 26 2 0 0 0 0 1 2.86 W (9-8) HOU Sep 22 W, 3-0 vs Braves Start 5 3 9.0 3 29 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.68 W (10-8) HOU Sep 27 W, 4-1 vs Dodgers Start 6 9.0 2 29 1 1 1 1 0 9 2.59 W (11-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Oct 02 L, 1-6 at Dodgers Start 2.0 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 2.61 L (11-9)
| Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average |
Team
Role W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
As starter 11 9 2.61 23 23 6 0 0 3 158.2 132 624 51 46 6 26 3 104 12-11 3.87 runs/start
L/R G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP OPS
vs LHB 287 22 67 87 5 3 3 22 3 3 13 2 0 45 2 .233 .303 .271 .574
vs RHB 288 26 65 87 9 2 3 24 2 5 13 1 1 59 3 .226 .302 .260 .562
Team
Site W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Home 5 3 1.22 8 8 5 0 0 3 66.1 46 245 9 9 2 7 0 42 5-3 3.25 runs/start
Road 6 6 3.61 15 15 1 0 0 0 92.1 86 379 42 37 4 19 3 62 7-8 4.20 runs/start
Team
Time of Day W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Day 1 2 2.86 3 3 0 0 0 0 22.0 21 92 8 7 2 7 0 16 1-2 2.00 runs/start
Night 10 7 2.57 20 20 6 0 0 3 136.2 111 532 43 39 4 19 3 88 11-9 4.15 runs/start
Team
Month W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
April 1 3 4.26 4 4 0 0 0 0 25.1 25 104 12 12 1 3 1 15 1-3 2.25 runs/start
May 2 3 3.27 6 6 1 0 0 1 41.1 35 168 15 15 0 12 1 29 2-4 3.33 runs/start
June 1 1 2.40 2 2 1 0 0 0 15.0 14 60 5 4 0 0 1 9 1-1 4.50 runs/start
August 3 0 2.38 5 5 1 0 0 0 34.0 33 138 10 9 2 8 0 27 4-1 6.00 runs/start
September 4 1 1.10 5 5 3 0 0 2 41.0 23 147 8 5 3 3 0 22 4-1 4.00 runs/start
October 0 1 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 0-1 1.00 runs/start
Team
Opponent W L ERA G GS CG GF SV SHO IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO Record
Braves 2 0 0.53 2 2 1 0 0 1 17.0 5 55 1 1 1 0 0 11 2-0 2.50 runs/start
Cardinals 1 0 4.97 2 2 1 0 0 1 12.2 13 52 7 7 0 2 0 6 1-1 7.50 runs/start
Dodgers 1 3 3.68 4 4 1 0 0 0 22.0 18 85 9 9 1 3 1 17 1-3 2.25 runs/start
Expos 0 1 5.14 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 9 31 5 4 2 1 0 3 0-1 2.00 runs/start
Giants 1 2 2.35 4 4 1 0 0 1 30.2 24 123 8 8 1 7 1 25 2-2 3.50 runs/start
Mets 2 0 2.57 2 2 1 0 0 0 14.0 15 55 4 4 1 2 0 12 2-0 7.50 runs/start
Padres 3 0 0.38 3 3 1 0 0 0 24.0 14 86 3 1 0 1 0 13 3-0 5.33 runs/start
Phillies 0 1 3.75 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 15 57 7 5 0 4 1 8 0-2 3.50 runs/start
Pirates 1 1 3.38 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.1 14 57 5 5 0 5 0 6 1-1 3.00 runs/start
Reds 0 1 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 23 2 2 0 1 0 3 0-1 0.00 runs/start
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