Don Drysdale vs Don Sutton

Don Drysdale Don Sutton

Don Drysdale and Don Sutton compared on their MLB careers: Don Drysdale played 14 seasons, 1956 to 1969, Don Sutton 23 seasons, 1966 to 1988. Don Drysdale has 209 wins to Don Sutton's 324. Don Drysdale won 3 titles, Don Sutton won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Don Drysdale and Don Sutton career totals

518	GP	774
209	W	324
166	L	256
3.0	ERA	3.3
3,432	IP	5282.1
2,486	K	3,574
855	BB	1,343
1.1	WHIP	1.1
6	SV	5

How do they compare in the postseason?

Don Drysdale and Don Sutton postseason

7	GP	15
0	R	0
36	H	92

Where each stands all time

Don Drysdale and Don Sutton all-time places

42nd (2,486)	Strikeouts (pitching)	7th (3,574)
97th (209)	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

Don Drysdale: 3 championships; 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.

Don Drysdale and Don Sutton season by season

1st	1956	5	5	2.64	1966	12	12	2.99
2nd	1957	17	9	2.69	1967	11	15	3.95
3rd	1958	12	13	4.17	1968	11	15	2.60
4th	1959	17	13	3.46	1969	17	18	3.47
5th	1960	15	14	2.84	1970	15	13	4.08
6th	1961	13	10	3.69	1971	17	12	2.54
7th	1962	25	9	2.83	1972	19	9	2.08
8th	1963	19	17	2.63	1973	18	10	2.42
9th	1964	18	16	2.18	1974	19	9	3.23
10th	1965	23	12	2.77	1975	16	13	2.87
11th	1966	13	16	3.42	1976	21	10	3.06
12th	1967	13	16	2.74	1977	14	8	3.18
13th	1968	14	12	2.15	1978	15	11	3.55
14th	1969	5	4	4.45	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