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Don Sutton played 23 major-league seasons (1966-1988) as a P (774). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 18 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 21 | LAN | 38 | 82 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27 | .183 | .410 | 18 |
| 1967 | 22 | LAN | 43 | 75 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .133 | .316 | -6 |
| 1968 | 23 | LAN | 36 | 62 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .177 | .374 | 17 |
| 1969 | 24 | LAN | 41 | 98 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .153 | .315 | -8 |
| 1970 | 25 | LAN | 40 | 84 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 22 | .155 | .455 | 28 |
| 1971 | 26 | LAN | 39 | 88 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .216 | .480 | 42 |
| 1972 | 27 | LAN | 33 | 91 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .143 | .313 | -7 |
| 1973 | 28 | LAN | 33 | 84 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .119 | .298 | -13 |
| 1974 | 29 | LAN | 40 | 98 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .184 | .420 | 22 |
| 1975 | 30 | LAN | 35 | 80 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .138 | .329 | -5 |
| 1976 | 31 | LAN | 35 | 84 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .083 | .240 | -29 |
| 1977 | 32 | LAN | 33 | 73 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 21 | .151 | .413 | 16 |
| 1978 | 33 | LAN | 34 | 72 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .083 | .215 | -36 |
| 1979 | 34 | LAN | 33 | 77 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .143 | .297 | -15 |
| 1980 | 35 | LAN | 32 | 64 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .078 | .170 | -50 |
| 1981 | 36 | HOU | 23 | 51 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .137 | .365 | 9 |
| 1982 | 37 | HOU | 27 | 68 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | .162 | .347 | 2 |
| 1988 | 43 | LAN | 16 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .087 | .212 | -36 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 21 | LAN | 37 | 35 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 225.2 | 209 | 52 | 2.99 | 121 |
| 1967 | 22 | LAN | 37 | 34 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 232.2 | 169 | 57 | 3.95 | 86 |
| 1968 | 23 | LAN | 35 | 27 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 207.2 | 162 | 59 | 2.60 | 115 |
| 1969 | 24 | LAN | 41 | 41 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 293.1 | 217 | 91 | 3.47 | 104 |
| 1970 | 25 | LAN | 38 | 38 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 260.1 | 201 | 78 | 4.08 | 99 |
| 1971 | 26 | LAN | 38 | 37 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 265.1 | 194 | 55 | 2.54 | 136 |
| 1972 | 27 | LAN | 33 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 272.2 | 207 | 63 | 2.08 | 166 |
| 1973 | 28 | LAN | 33 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 256.1 | 200 | 56 | 2.42 | 151 |
| 1974 | 29 | LAN | 40 | 40 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 276 | 179 | 80 | 3.23 | 112 |
| 1975 | 30 | LAN | 35 | 35 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 254.1 | 175 | 62 | 2.87 | 126 |
| 1976 | 31 | LAN | 35 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 267.2 | 161 | 82 | 3.06 | 114 |
| 1977 | 32 | LAN | 33 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 240.1 | 150 | 69 | 3.18 | 123 |
| 1978 | 33 | LAN | 34 | 34 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 238.1 | 154 | 54 | 3.55 | 101 |
| 1979 | 34 | LAN | 33 | 32 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 226 | 146 | 61 | 3.82 | 98 |
| 1980 | 35 | LAN | 32 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 212.1 | 128 | 47 | 2.20 | 163 |
| 1981 | 36 | HOU | 23 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 158.2 | 104 | 29 | 2.61 | 134 |
| 1982 | 37 | ML4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 54.2 | 36 | 18 | 3.29 | 124 |
| 1982 | 37 | HOU | 27 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 195 | 139 | 46 | 3.00 | 120 |
| 1983 | 38 | ML4 | 31 | 31 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 220.1 | 134 | 54 | 4.08 | 99 |
| 1984 | 39 | ML4 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 212.2 | 143 | 51 | 3.77 | 106 |
| 1985 | 40 | OAK|CAL | 34 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 226 | 107 | 59 | 3.86 | 107 |
| 1986 | 41 | CAL | 34 | 34 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 207 | 116 | 49 | 3.74 | 112 |
| 1987 | 42 | CAL | 35 | 34 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 191.2 | 99 | 41 | 4.70 | 95 |
| 1988 | 43 | LAN | 16 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 87.1 | 44 | 30 | 3.92 | 88 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | P | 37 | 35 | 8 | 32 | 2 | 3 |
| 1967 | P | 37 | 34 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 2 |
| 1968 | P | 35 | 27 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 1969 | P | 41 | 41 | 19 | 43 | 1 | 3 |
| 1970 | P | 38 | 38 | 21 | 28 | 3 | 1 |
| 1971 | P | 38 | 37 | 27 | 26 | 2 | 5 |
| 1972 | P | 33 | 33 | 18 | 34 | 1 | 2 |
| 1973 | P | 33 | 33 | 12 | 34 | 1 | 2 |
| 1974 | P | 40 | 40 | 17 | 33 | 0 | 1 |
| 1975 | P | 35 | 35 | 24 | 25 | 2 | 0 |
| 1976 | P | 35 | 34 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 2 |
| 1977 | P | 33 | 33 | 15 | 29 | 1 | 3 |
| 1978 | P | 34 | 34 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 2 |
| 1979 | P | 33 | 32 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 2 |
| 1980 | P | 32 | 31 | 24 | 25 | 2 | 3 |
| 1981 | P | 23 | 23 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 3 |
| 1982 | P | 34 | 34 | 22 | 28 | 1 | 3 |
| 1983 | P | 31 | 31 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 1 |
| 1984 | P | 33 | 33 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| 1985 | P | 34 | 34 | 8 | 32 | 4 | 1 |
| 1986 | P | 34 | 34 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 1987 | P | 35 | 34 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 1988 | P | 16 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Don Sutton won: TSN All-Star 1976 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (6 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Cy Young Award | NL | 8 | 6 / 120 | 0 |
| 1973 | Cy Young Award | NL | 5 | 7 / 120 | 0 |
| 1974 | Cy Young Award | NL | 4 | 12 / 120 | 1 |
| 1975 | Cy Young Award | NL | 7 | 1 / 120 | 0 |
| 1976 | Cy Young Award | NL | 3 | 25 / 120 | 1 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 22 | 7 / 336 | 0 |
Don Sutton ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #160 | starting pitchers | 1980 | 163 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.