Rick Sutcliffe

Full Name: Richard Lee Sutcliffe Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 7"/215 First Game: September 29, 1976 Birthdate: June 21, 1956 Final Game: July 22, 1994 Birthplace: Independence, Missouri MLB Experience: 18 years Bat/Throw: Left/Right

Biography

Born on June 21, 1956 in Independence, Missouri, Rick Sutcliffe (Richard Lee Sutcliffe) played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 18 year career. Sutcliffe broke into the bigs on September 29, 1976 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and put up a 3.46 ERA in 242 innings pitched in 1979, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Rick Sutcliffe's best season was 1984, when he posted a 3.64 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 213 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1976	LA	N	1	1	0	0	.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	1	0	0	0
1978	LA	N	2	0	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	0	1	0	0	1
1979	LA	N	39	30	17	10	3.46	117	104	93	5	1	0	242	217	16	97	6	8	2
1980	LA	N	42	10	3	9	5.56	59	73	68	1	1	5	110	122	10	55	2	4	1
1981	LA	N	14	6	2	2	4.02	16	24	21	0	0	0	47	41	5	20	2	0	2
1982	CLE	A	34	27	14	8	2.96	142	81	71	6	1	1	216	174	16	98	2	6	4
1983	CLE	A	36	35	17	11	4.29	160	131	116	10	2	0	243.1	251	23	102	5	7	6
1984	CLE	A	15	15	4	5	5.15	58	60	54	2	0	0	94.1	111	7	46	3	3	2
1984	CHI	N	20	20	16	1	2.69	155	53	45	7	3	0	150.1	123	9	39	0	3	1
1984	Total		35	35	20	6	3.64	213	113	99	9	3	0	244.2	234	16	85	3	6	3
1985	CHI	N	20	20	8	8	3.18	102	51	46	6	3	0	130	119	12	44	3	6	3
1986	CHI	N	28	27	5	14	4.64	122	92	91	4	1	0	176.2	166	18	96	8	13	1
1987	CHI	N	34	34	18	10	3.68	174	106	97	6	1	0	237.1	223	24	106	14	9	4
1988	CHI	N	32	32	13	14	3.86	144	97	97	12	2	0	226	232	18	70	9	11	2
1989	CHI	N	35	34	16	11	3.66	153	98	93	5	1	0	229	202	18	69	8	12	2
1990	CHI	N	5	5	0	2	5.91	7	14	14	0	0	0	21.1	25	2	12	0	4	0
1991	CHI	N	19	18	6	5	4.10	52	52	44	0	0	0	96.2	96	4	45	2	2	0
1992	BAL	A	36	36	16	15	4.47	109	123	118	5	2	0	237.1	251	20	74	4	7	7
1993	BAL	A	29	28	10	10	5.75	80	112	106	3	0	0	166	212	23	74	5	1	6
1994	STL	N	16	14	6	4	6.52	26	53	49	0	0	0	67.2	93	11	32	2	4	2
Total	NL		307	251	110	90	3.92	1130	817	758	46	13	5	1740.2	1663	147	687	56	76	21
Total	AL		150	141	61	49	4.37	549	507	465	26	5	1	957	999	89	394	19	24	25
Total			457	392	171	139	4.08	1679	1324	1223	72	18	6	2697.2	2662	236	1081	75	100	46

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1976	LA	N	P	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
1978	LA	N	P	2	0	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1979	LA	N	P	39	30	242	18	24	0	1	0	2	23	8	5	1.000
1980	LA	N	P	42	10	110	6	13	0	0	0	1	26	3	1	1.000
1981	LA	N	P	14	6	47	6	8	0	0	0	0	8	3	0	1.000
1982	CLE	A	P	34	27	216	14	32	1	1	0	2	26	17	8	.979
1983	CLE	A	P	36	35	243.1	36	29	0	1	0	1	18	14	12	1.000
1984	CLE	A	P	15	15	94.1	7	11	1	1	0	1	9	5	1	.947
1984	CHI	N	P	20	20	150.1	12	24	1	0	0	1	8	3	5	.973
1984	Total		P	35	35	244.2	19	35	2	1	0	2	17	8	6	.964
1985	CHI	N	P	20	20	130	12	23	1	0	0	1	18	3	5	.972
1986	CHI	N	P	28	27	176.2	8	30	1	4	0	1	22	14	5	.974
1987	CHI	N	P	34	34	237.1	12	54	4	4	0	0	35	8	4	.943
1988	CHI	N	P	32	32	226	21	37	3	2	0	1	26	11	4	.951
1989	CHI	N	P	35	34	229	22	31	1	3	0	2	25	7	2	.981
1990	CHI	N	P	5	5	21.1	2	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1.000
1991	CHI	N	P	19	18	96.2	10	12	0	2	0	0	21	2	0	1.000
1992	BAL	A	P	36	36	237.1	11	24	3	2	0	2	22	5	0	.921
1993	BAL	A	P	29	28	166	9	30	1	2	0	1	17	8	3	.975
1994	STL	N	P	16	14	67.2	5	16	0	1	0	1	7	3	1	1.000
Total			P	457	392	2697.2	211	404	17	25	0	17	314	117	57	.973

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1976	LA	N	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1978	LA	N	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	LA	N	40	85	6	21	1	17	.247	.253	.318	3	0	1	20	0	6	0	0	4
1980	LA	N	44	27	1	4	0	3	.148	.207	.148	0	0	2	5	0	3	0	0	0
1981	LA	N	14	11	2	2	0	2	.182	.308	.182	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
1982	CLE	A	34	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	CLE	A	36	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	CLE	A	15	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	CHI	N	20	56	3	14	0	6	.250	.276	.304	3	0	2	18	0	5	0	0	1
1984	Total		35	56	3	14	0	6	.250	.276	.304	3	0	2	18	0	5	0	0	1
1985	CHI	N	20	43	4	10	1	3	.233	.261	.302	0	0	2	10	0	2	0	0	1
1986	CHI	N	29	53	3	11	1	4	.208	.250	.302	2	0	2	13	1	4	0	0	1
1987	CHI	N	35	81	8	12	0	6	.148	.213	.235	5	1	7	19	0	11	1	0	2
1988	CHI	N	33	75	8	12	1	6	.160	.198	.267	5	0	3	18	1	4	1	0	0
1989	CHI	N	37	70	5	10	0	5	.143	.250	.171	2	0	10	19	0	10	2	0	4
1990	CHI	N	5	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.286	.000	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0
1991	CHI	N	20	32	2	3	0	2	.094	.121	.125	1	0	1	9	0	5	0	0	1
1992	BAL	A	36	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	BAL	A	29	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	STL	N	16	23	0	3	0	1	.130	.130	.174	1	0	0	6	0	3	0	0	1
Total	NL		316	562	42	102	4	55	.181	.229	.246	22	1	34	143	2	54	4	0	15
Total	AL		150	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			466	562	42	102	4	55	.181	.229	.246	22	1	34	143	2	54	4	0	15

Transactions

• Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (21st pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1974).
• Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers with Jack Perconte to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Jorge Orta, Larry White and Jack Fimple (December 9, 1981).
• Traded by Cleveland Indians with George Frazier and Ron Hassey to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Mel Hall, Joe Carter, Don Schulze and Darryl Banks (June 13, 1984).
• Granted free agency (November 8, 1984).
• Signed by Chicago Cubs (December 14, 1984).
• Granted free agency (October 28, 1991).
• Signed by Baltimore Orioles (December 19, 1991).
• Granted free agency (October 26, 1992).
• Signed by Baltimore Orioles (November 23, 1992).
• Granted free agency (November 1, 1993).
• Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (January 31, 1994).
• Granted free agency (October 15, 1994).