Denny McLain vs Don Sutton

Denny McLain Don Sutton

Denny McLain and Don Sutton compared on their MLB careers: Denny McLain played 10 seasons, 1963 to 1972, Don Sutton 23 seasons, 1966 to 1988. Denny McLain has 131 wins to Don Sutton's 324. Denny McLain won 2 titles, Don Sutton won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Denny McLain and Don Sutton career totals

280	GP	774
131	W	324
91	L	256
3.4	ERA	3.3
1,886	IP	5282.1
1,282	K	3,574
548	BB	1,343
1.2	WHIP	1.1
2	SV	5

How do they compare in the postseason?

Denny McLain and Don Sutton postseason

3	GP	15
0	R	0
18	H	92

Where each stands all time

Denny McLain and Don Sutton all-time places

—	Strikeouts (pitching)	7th (3,574)
—	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

Denny McLain: 2 championships; AL Cy Young ×2, AL MVP
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.

Denny McLain and Don Sutton season by season

1st	1963	2	1	4.29	1966	12	12	2.99
2nd	1964	4	5	4.05	1967	11	15	3.95
3rd	1965	16	6	2.61	1968	11	15	2.60
4th	1966	20	14	3.92	1969	17	18	3.47
5th	1967	17	16	3.79	1970	15	13	4.08
6th	1968	31	6	1.96	1971	17	12	2.54
7th	1969	24	9	2.80	1972	19	9	2.08
8th	1970	3	5	4.63	1973	18	10	2.42
9th	1971	10	22	4.28	1974	19	9	3.23
10th	1972	4	7	6.37	1975	16	13	2.87
11th	—	—	—	—	1976	21	10	3.06
12th	—	—	—	—	1977	14	8	3.18
13th	—	—	—	—	1978	15	11	3.55
14th	—	—	—	—	1979	12	15	3.82
15th	—	—	—	—	1980	13	5	2.20
16th	—	—	—	—	1981	11	9	2.61
17th	—	—	—	—	1982	17	9	3.06
18th	—	—	—	—	1983	8	13	4.08
19th	—	—	—	—	1984	14	12	3.77
20th	—	—	—	—	1985	15	10	3.86
21st	—	—	—	—	1986	15	11	3.74
22nd	—	—	—	—	1987	11	11	4.70
23rd	—	—	—	—	1988	3	6	3.92

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA