Richard Lee Sutcliffe (born June 21, 1956), nicknamed "the Red Baron", is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles, and St. Louis Cardinals between 1976 and 1994.

Sutcliffe attended Van Horn High School in Independence, Missouri where he received All-American honors as an infielder.

[7][8] Sutcliffe won 31 games over the course of the next two seasons for Cleveland and led the American League in earned run average in 1982.

[9] Five days later, Sutcliffe pitched the final game of the series at Jack Murphy Stadium, but posted the loss after giving up four runs in the seventh inning.

[10] Sutcliffe won the Cy Young Award with a unanimous vote, beating out Dwight Gooden and Bruce Sutter.

When he re-signed with the Cubs as a free agent the following year, his contract briefly made him the highest-paid pitcher in baseball.

He also was presented 1987's Roberto Clemente Award, given annually to a Major League player who demonstrates sportsmanship and community involvement.

On July 29, 1988, in Philadelphia, Sutcliffe achieved one of baseball's rarest feats, especially for a pitcher, by stealing home plate during an 8–3 win over the Phillies, in which he also notched the victory.

He ended his career by signing a one-year minor league contract with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1994,[12] going 6–4 in an injury-plagued season.

ESPN announced that they had signed a multi-year extension with Sutcliffe in late 2018;[13] he continues to be the lead analyst for their Wednesday Night Baseball coverage.