League Leaders Who Led?
Don Sutton

Don Sutton

1966–1988  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'1", 185 lb  ·  b. 1945 Clio, AL

Career 324–256 · 3.26 ERA · 3,574 SO · 5282.1 IP · 785 G · 195 H · 64 RBI · .144 AVG

Seasons leading his league
6
3 best in baseball 3 league only
38 Top-5 finishes
4 Title seasons
3 Categories led
1972 Best season

Spanning 1972–1981, peaking at 2 titles in 1972.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 326th League titles 6
  • 274th Best in baseball 3
  • 188th Top-5 finishes 38

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Walks + Hits / IP 4 1st 2 yrs (1980–1981) 1980 0.99 1972 NL 0.91 1975 NL 1.04 1981 NL 1.02 1973 #2
Shutouts 1 1st — 1972 9 1970 #2 1974 #3
Earned Run Average 1 1st — 1980 2.20 1972 #3 1973 #2
Strikeouts / 9 — #3 — 1966 #3
Wins — #2 — 1974 #3 1976 #2

Title Seasons

4 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1981 1 WHIP 1.02
1980 2 ERA 2.20 WHIP 0.99
1975 1 WHIP 1.04
1972 2 WHIP 0.91 SHO 9

Pitching

23 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1966 LAN NL 12 12 2.99 37 35 0 225.2 192 75 19 52 209 1.08
1967 LAN NL 11 15 3.95 37 34 1 232.2 223 102 18 57 169 1.20
1968 LAN NL 11 15 2.60 35 27 1 207.2 179 60 6 59 162 1.15
1969 LAN NL 17 18 3.47 41 41 0 293.1 269 113 25 91 217 1.23
1970 LAN NL 15 13 4.08 38 38 0 260.1 251 118 38 78 201 1.26
1971 LAN NL 17 12 2.54 38 37 1 265.1 231 75 10 55 194 1.08
1972 LAN NL 19 9 2.08 33 33 0 272.2 186 63 13 63 207 0.91
1973 LAN NL 18 10 2.42 33 33 0 256.1 196 69 18 56 200 0.98
1974 LAN NL 19 9 3.23 40 40 0 276.0 241 99 23 80 179 1.16
1975 LAN NL 16 13 2.87 35 35 0 254.1 202 81 17 62 175 1.04
1976 LAN NL 21 10 3.06 35 34 0 267.2 231 91 22 82 161 1.17
1977 LAN NL 14 8 3.18 33 33 0 240.1 207 85 23 69 150 1.15
1978 LAN NL 15 11 3.55 34 34 0 238.1 228 94 29 54 154 1.18
1979 LAN NL 12 15 3.82 33 32 1 226.0 201 96 21 61 146 1.16
1980 LAN NL 13 5 2.20 32 31 1 212.1 163 52 20 47 128 0.99
1981 HOU NL 11 9 2.61 23 23 0 158.2 132 46 6 29 104 1.02
1982 HOU +1 NL 17 9 3.06 34 34 0 249.2 224 85 18 64 175 1.15
1983 ML4 AL 8 13 4.08 31 31 0 220.1 209 100 21 54 134 1.19
1984 ML4 AL 14 12 3.77 33 33 0 212.2 224 89 24 51 143 1.29
1985 OAK +1 AL 15 10 3.86 34 34 0 226.0 221 97 25 59 107 1.24
1986 CAL AL 15 11 3.74 34 34 0 207.0 192 86 31 49 116 1.16
1987 CAL AL 11 11 4.70 35 34 0 191.2 199 100 38 41 99 1.25
1988 LAN NL 3 6 3.92 16 16 0 87.1 91 38 7 30 44 1.39
Career — — 324 256 3.26 774 756 5 5282.1 4,692 1,914 472 1,343 3,574 1.14

Batting

23 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1966 LAN NL 38 82 4 15 2 0 0 2 1 27 0 .183 .202 .207 .410
1967 LAN NL 43 75 4 10 2 0 0 4 2 24 0 .133 .156 .160 .316
1968 LAN NL 36 62 3 11 0 0 0 3 2 22 0 .177 .197 .177 .374
1969 LAN NL 41 98 6 15 0 0 0 3 0 28 0 .153 .162 .153 .315
1970 LAN NL 40 84 6 13 2 1 0 6 10 22 1 .155 .253 .202 .455
1971 LAN NL 39 88 4 19 2 0 0 7 3 18 0 .216 .242 .239 .480
1972 LAN NL 33 91 4 13 0 0 0 1 2 24 0 .143 .170 .143 .313
1973 LAN NL 33 84 6 10 1 0 0 5 5 17 0 .119 .167 .131 .298
1974 LAN NL 40 98 7 18 2 0 0 7 3 22 0 .184 .216 .204 .420
1975 LAN NL 35 80 4 11 1 0 0 3 4 20 0 .138 .179 .150 .329
1976 LAN NL 35 84 2 7 1 0 0 3 6 19 0 .083 .144 .095 .240
1977 LAN NL 33 73 3 11 2 0 0 8 8 21 0 .151 .235 .178 .413
1978 LAN NL 34 72 1 6 0 0 0 3 4 22 0 .083 .132 .083 .215
1979 LAN NL 33 77 2 11 0 0 0 3 1 17 0 .143 .154 .143 .297
1980 LAN NL 32 64 3 5 0 0 0 1 1 19 0 .078 .092 .078 .170
1981 HOU NL 23 51 1 7 0 0 0 3 5 12 0 .137 .228 .137 .365
1982 HOU +1 NL 34 68 3 11 0 0 0 1 2 25 0 .162 .186 .162 .348
1983 ML4 AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1984 ML4 AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1985 OAK +1 AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1986 CAL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1987 CAL AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1988 LAN NL 16 23 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 .087 .125 .087 .212
Career — — 785 1,354 64 195 15 1 0 64 60 365 1 .144 .183 .157 .340

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 774 334 613 31 42 .968