Catfish Hunter vs Don Sutton

Catfish HunterDon Sutton

Catfish Hunter and Don Sutton compared on their MLB careers: Catfish Hunter played 15 seasons, 1965 to 1979, Don Sutton 23 seasons, 1966 to 1988. Catfish Hunter has 224 wins to Don Sutton's 324. Catfish Hunter won 5 titles, Don Sutton won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Catfish Hunter and Don Sutton career totals
500GP774
224W324
166L256
3.3ERA3.3
3449.1IP5282.1
2,012K3,574
954BB1,343
1.1WHIP1.1
1SV5

How do they compare in the postseason?

Catfish Hunter and Don Sutton postseason
22GP15
0R0
114H92

Where each stands all time

Catfish Hunter and Don Sutton all-time places
92nd (2,012)Strikeouts (pitching)7th (3,574)
68th (224)Wins (pitching)14th (324)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Catfish Hunter: 5 championships; AL Cy Young
  • Don Sutton: 1 championship; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Catfish Hunter and Don Sutton season by season
W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.
1st1965884.26196612122.99
2nd19669114.02196711153.95
3rd196713172.81196811152.60
4th196813133.35196917183.47
5th196912153.35197015134.08
6th197018143.81197117122.54
7th197121112.9619721992.08
8th19722172.04197318102.42
9th19732153.3419741993.23
10th197425122.49197516132.87
11th197523142.58197621103.06
12th197617153.5319771483.18
13th1977994.71197815113.55
14th19781263.58197912153.82
15th1979295.3119801352.20
16th————19811192.61
17th————19821793.06
18th————19838134.08
19th————198414123.77
20th————198515103.86
21st————198615113.74
22nd————198711114.70
23rd————1988363.92

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA