What's exceptional about Don Sutton Los Angeles Dodgers 1979 ?
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bad (1)wins less often; flamethrower; season
In 1979, only Don Sutton of the Los Angeles Dodgers had both as many strikeouts (146) and as low a winning percentage (44.4%).
closest were Lynn McGlothen of the Chicago Cubs (147, 48.1%), Tom Underwood of the Toronto Blue Jays (127, 36.0%), Bob Knepper of the San Francisco Giants (123, 42.9%), and Phil Niekro of the Atlanta Braves (208, 51.2%), ending with Steve Stone of the Baltimore Orioles (96, 61.1%).
closest were Lynn McGlothen of the Chicago Cubs (147, 48.1%), Tom Underwood of the Toronto Blue Jays (127, 36.0%), Bob Knepper of the San Francisco Giants (123, 42.9%), and Phil Niekro of the Atlanta Braves (208, 51.2%), ending with Steve Stone of the Baltimore Orioles (96, 61.1%).
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Batting, pitching, fielding, personal, team, and awards data come from the archive at seanlahman.com. This database is copyright 1996-2014 by Sean Lahman. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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A pitcher's winning percentage is only counted if the number of decisions (wins plus losses) is at least 10. The raw data come from the archive at seanlahman.com. This database is copyright 1996-2014 by Sean Lahman. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Don Sutton of the 1979 Los Angeles Dodgers threw right-handed, played on a losing team, would make it into the Hall of Fame, played in Dodger Stadium, and was born in Alabama.
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- achievement score (-0.6 see References)
- assists (24)
- complete games (6)
- double plays (2)
- games finished (1)
- games played (33)
- games started (32)
- innings pitched (226.0)
- putouts (16)
- saves (1)
- shutouts (1)
- strikeouts (146)
- strikeouts per nine innings (5.8)
- winning percentage (44.4%)
- wins (12)
- balks (1)
- earned run average (3.82)
- earned runs (96)
- errors (1)
- hit by pitch (1)
- hits (201)
- hits per nine innings (8.0)
- homers given up (21)
- homers per nine innings (.8)
- intentional walks (6)
- losses (15)
- runs allowed (109)
- walks (61)
- walks per nine innings (2.4)
- wild pitches (4)
- age (34 yrs)
- batters faced (927)
- height (6'1")
- innings pitched per game (6.8)
- weight (185 lbs)
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