Don Sutton career ERA

• Best season on file: 2.08 in 1972.
• Most recent: 3.92 in 1988.

Average of 23 regular seasons, 1966 through 1988. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.

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Don Sutton career ERA, season by season

Season↓	Team↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	BB↓iBB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
1966	LAD	37	12	12	2.99	225.2	209	52	1.08	0
1967	LAD	37	11	15	3.95	232.2	169	57	1.20	1
1968	LAD	35	11	15	2.60	207.2	162	59	1.15	1
1969	LAD	41	17	18	3.47	293.1	217	91	1.23	0
1970	LAD	38	15	13	4.08	260.1	201	78	1.26	0
1971	LAD	38	17	12	2.54	265.1	194	55	1.08	1
1972	LAD	33	19	9	2.08	272.2	207	63	0.91	0
1973	LAD	33	18	10	2.42	256.1	200	56	0.98	0
1974	LAD	40	19	9	3.23	276.0	179	80	1.16	0
1975	LAD	35	16	13	2.87	254.1	175	62	1.04	0
1976	LAD	35	21	10	3.06	267.2	161	82	1.17	0
1977	LAD	33	14	8	3.18	240.1	150	69	1.15	0
1978	LAD	34	15	11	3.55	238.1	154	54	1.18	0
1979	LAD	33	12	15	3.82	226.0	146	61	1.16	1
1980	LAD	32	13	5	2.20	212.1	128	47	0.99	1
1981	HOU	23	11	9	2.61	158.2	104	29	1.01	0
1982	HOU/MIL	34	17	9	3.06	249.2	175	64	1.15	0
1983	MIL	31	8	13	4.08	220.1	134	54	1.19	0
1984	MIL	33	14	12	3.77	212.2	143	51	1.29	0
1985	ATH/LAA	34	15	10	3.86	226.0	107	59	1.24	0
1986	LAA	34	15	11	3.74	207.0	116	49	1.16	0
1987	LAA	35	11	11	4.70	191.2	99	41	1.25	0
1988	LAD	16	3	6	3.92	87.1	44	30	1.39	0

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV