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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).
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