Don
Sutton
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 235
 
Born: November 21, 1983 in N/a
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 20 MIN AL     25 25 25 25 25 25 38 38 38 23 22 22 42 40 41
2005 21 MIN AL $ 100,000   40 40 41 31 31 31 48 48 48 27 26 26 48 46 47
2006 22 MIN AL     56 56 57 44 44 44 49 49 49 34 33 33 51 49 50
2007 23 MIN AL $ 100,000   60 60 61 47 47 47 49 49 49 42 41 41 55 53 54
2008 24 MIN AL $ 100,000   66 66 67 47 47 47 51 51 51 47 46 46 58 56 57
2009 25 MIN AL $ 100,000   66 66 67 44 44 44 53 53 53 46 44 45 61 59 60
2010 26 MIN AL $ 100,000   69 69 70 44 44 44 53 53 53 46 44 45 62 60 61
2011 27 MIN AL $ 845,000   61 61 62 44 44 44 48 48 48 46 44 45 57 55 56
2012 28 MIN AL $ 845,000   65 65 66 44 44 44 53 53 53 46 44 45 55 53 54
2013 29 MIN AL $ 845,000   65 65 66 44 44 44 57 57 57 46 44 45 61 59 60
2014 30 PHI NL $ 600,000   63 63 64 47 47 47 59 59 59 46 44 45 61 59 60
2015 31 TOR AL     63 63 64 50 50 50 57 57 57 46 44 45 60 58 59
2016 32 HOU NL $ 1,000,000   58 58 59 50 50 50 55 55 55 44 43 43 56 54 55
2017 33 HOU NL     56 56 57 52 52 52 53 53 53 41 40 40 54 52 53
2018 34 ARI NL     58 58 59 52 52 52 53 53 53 41 40 40 50 48 49
OOTP6 Min Ratings     25 25 25 25 25 25 38 38 38 23 22 22 42 40 41
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,000,000   69 69 70 52 52 52 59 59 59 47 46 46 62 60 61
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 20 A   137 551 64 153 28 0 10 57 1 2 52 107 .278 .340 .383 .723 71.1  
2005 21 MIN AL 8 19 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .105 .190 .105 .296 0.1 0.0
    AA   20 74 13 24 6 0 1 8 0 1 7 13 .324 .383 .446 .829 11.5  
    A   99 329 50 96 13 2 17 51 3 0 44 36 .292 .375 .498 .874 61.1  
2006 22 AAA   138 528 86 149 29 0 20 81 1 1 48 112 .282 .342 .451 .793 79.5  
2007 23 MIN AL 30 80 6 14 4 0 0 3 0 0 5 20 .175 .224 .225 .449 2.1 0.0
    AAA   107 424 63 123 14 0 17 61 3 1 52 98 .290 .368 .443 .811 69.6  
2008 24 MIN AL 91 274 48 96 21 0 7 45 1 0 33 54 .350 .421 .504 .924 51.4 10.1
2009 25 MIN AL 135 443 47 131 24 0 2 39 1 0 42 70 .296 .358 .363 .722 58.4 7.1
2010 26 MIN AL 88 248 31 70 10 0 3 38 0 1 17 48 .282 .330 .359 .689 27.2 2.1
2011 27 MIN AL 71 230 28 59 8 0 3 22 0 0 12 41 .257 .308 .330 .638 20.8 0.6
2012 28 MIN AL 95 267 29 74 13 0 3 35 0 0 19 47 .277 .334 .360 .694 32.0 4.2
2013 29 MIN AL 101 292 41 73 21 0 4 25 0 0 27 57 .250 .324 .363 .687 34.6 4.6
2014 30 PHI NL 128 374 33 97 19 2 4 54 1 0 20 78 .259 .303 .353 .656 40.0 4.4
2015 31 TOR AL 15 51 4 12 2 0 1 5 0 0 6 13 .235 .316 .333 .649 5.4 0.6
    AAA   137 534 99 179 37 1 23 96 1 0 69 99 .335 .411 .537 .949 109.4  
2016 32 HOU NL 111 363 44 105 23 1 10 53 0 0 29 85 .289 .361 .441 .802 54.6 10.2
2017 33 HOU NL 102 174 16 42 10 0 2 24 1 0 15 40 .241 .304 .333 .637 18.8 1.8
2018 34 AAA   125 388 61 133 24 0 23 80 1 0 49 68 .343 .416 .582 .999 85.8  
12 Years Sim 975 2815 329 775 155 3 39 345 4 1 226 556 .275 .336 .374 .710 345.5 45.8
4 Years AAA 507 1874 309 584 104 1 83 318 6 2 218 377 .312 .388 .501 .890 344.2  
1 Years AA 20 74 13 24 6 0 1 8 0 1 7 13 .324 .390 .446 .836 11.5  
2 Years A 236 880 114 249 41 2 27 108 4 2 96 143 .283 .358 .426 .784 132.1  
7 Years Minors 763 2828 436 857 151 3 111 434 10 5 321 533 .303 .379 .476 .855 487.8  
162 Game Average 467 54 128 25 0 6 57 0 0 37 92 .275 .336 .374 .710 57.4  
Career Highs 135 443 48 131 24 2 10 54 1 1 42 85 .350 .421 .504 .924 58.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1822 210 491 97 3 24 217 2 1 148 382 .269 .332 .366 .698 213.6
vs LH   993 119 284 58 0 15 128 2 0 78 174 .286 .344 .390 .733 127.7
Home 482 1394 151 362 74 1 16 158 2 0 109 290 .260 .321 .349 .670 151.2
Away 493 1421 178 413 81 2 23 187 2 1 117 266 .291 .351 .399 .750 190.1
RISP   716 0 207 34 1 7 277 0 0 69 143 .289 .356 .369 .724 92.7
Pinch Hitting   160 12 44 8 0 1 31 0 0 10 24 .275 .318 .344 .662 17.0
Close/Late   341 22 95 20 1 2 42 0 0 27 69 .279 .340 .361 .700 39.9
Mar/Apr 155 439 49 132 20 0 11 48 1 0 39 81 .301 .364 .421 .786 64.7
May 177 542 61 145 31 1 3 61 1 0 42 108 .268 .327 .345 .672 59.0
June 181 545 73 158 33 0 10 66 0 0 39 95 .290 .349 .406 .755 71.8
July 134 405 53 115 24 1 2 62 1 0 29 87 .284 .334 .363 .697 47.4
August 164 447 56 108 23 0 7 54 0 0 34 92 .242 .304 .340 .644 44.7
Sep/Oct 164 437 37 117 24 1 6 54 1 1 43 93 .268 .339 .368 .707 53.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2005 21 MIN AL C 7 6 51.0 32 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 11 2 .182 1 0.2
    1B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2007 23 MIN AL 3B 25 24 202.3 16 44 4 3 .938 2.67 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    1B 5 0 8.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 9.72 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2008 24 MIN AL C 39 28 275.3 240 21 5 0 .981 8.53 51 17 .333 2 1.5
    1B 26 24 198.7 196 17 2 19 .991 9.65 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 20 13 126.0 5 32 1 5 .974 2.64 0 0 .000 0 0.6
2009 25 MIN AL 3B 73 72 604.3 25 138 6 2 .964 2.43 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    1B 14 8 82.0 93 7 1 4 .990 10.98 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    C 11 6 69.0 68 2 3 0 .959 9.13 12 0 .000 0 0.3
2010 26 MIN AL 1B 53 46 395.3 408 23 0 30 1.000 9.81 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    3B 18 16 138.0 9 21 0 0 1.000 1.96 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    C 7 0 11.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 9.82 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2011 27 MIN AL 1B 34 30 254.0 280 17 2 30 .993 10.52 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    C 13 11 98.7 70 5 0 0 1.000 6.84 15 3 .200 1 0.6
    3B 11 8 77.0 5 17 0 4 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.2
2012 28 MIN AL 1B 63 47 429.7 397 35 3 31 .993 9.05 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    3B 7 4 36.3 1 4 1 0 .833 1.24 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 3 0 5.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2013 29 MIN AL 1B 49 45 384.0 358 27 1 32 .997 9.02 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    C 40 31 283.7 243 17 2 0 .992 8.25 39 14 .359 1 1.9
    3B 6 0 13.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.66 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2014 30 PHI NL C 103 94 863.0 738 37 11 1 .986 8.08 112 21 .188 6 2.9
    3B 6 1 20.7 2 5 0 1 1.000 3.05 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 7 0 13.0 14 1 0 2 1.000 10.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2015 31 TOR AL C 5 5 44.0 47 0 0 0 1.000 9.61 5 0 .000 1 0.1
    3B 6 4 41.0 2 13 0 3 1.000 3.29 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 2 2 16.0 13 1 0 2 1.000 7.88 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2016 32 HOU NL C 95 88 773.7 648 34 8 2 .988 7.93 103 19 .184 2 1.6
    3B 5 1 11.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 6 0 10.0 7 1 0 1 1.000 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2017 33 HOU NL C 34 30 276.7 255 12 3 1 .989 8.69 43 7 .163 1 1.5
    1B 6 1 9.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 10.61 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 357 299 2751.0 2358 130 32 4 .987 8.14 391 83 .212 15 10.8
  1B 267 203 1802.3 1786 129 9 151 .995 9.56 0 0 .000 0 3.9
  3B 177 143 1270.3 65 277 12 18 .966 2.42 0 0 .000 0 4.2
Career Totals   801 645 5823.6 4209 536 53 173 .989 7.33 391 83 .212 15 18.9
Career Highs   116 95 896.7 754 147 11 34 1.000 8.75 112 21 .359 6  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Manager of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2008 24 MIN AL 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
2009 25 MIN AL 6 18 3 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 .444 .474 .556 1.029
2010 26 MIN AL 5 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .273 .545
Career Post-Season Batting 14 31 3 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 4 .387 .406 .452 .858
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History
Had first career hit on 5/1/2005, off Ugueth Urbina (CHA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/7/2008, off T.j. Tucker (TOR)
2/3/2011: Gets a new one-year contract worth $845,000 through salary arbitration
2/3/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $845,000 through salary arbitration
2/3/2013: Gets a new one-year contract worth $845,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 2/4/2014 to a 2-year deal worth $600,000 per year
Traded from Philadelphia to Toronto on 2/4/2015 (Going to PHI: 1B Martin Draper. Going to TOR: 2B John Alarcon, C Don Sutton)
Released by Toronto on 10/6/2015
Signed as a free agent by Houston on 2/4/2016 to a 2-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 6/27/2016, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Injured on 7/6/2016 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks
Released by Houston on 10/5/2017
Signed as a free agent by Arizona on 3/4/2018 to a minor league contract