Don Sutton vs Fergie Jenkins

Don Sutton Fergie Jenkins

Don Sutton and Fergie Jenkins compared on their MLB careers: Don Sutton played 23 seasons, 1966 to 1988, Fergie Jenkins 19 seasons, 1965 to 1983. Don Sutton has 324 wins to Fergie Jenkins's 284. Don Sutton won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Don Sutton and Fergie Jenkins career totals

774	GP	664
324	W	284
256	L	226
3.3	ERA	3.3
5282.1	IP	4500.2
3,574	K	3,192
1,343	BB	997
1.1	WHIP	1.1
5	SV	7

Where each stands all time

Don Sutton and Fergie Jenkins all-time places

7th (3,574)	Strikeouts (pitching)	14th (3,192)
14th (324)	Wins (pitching)	28th (284)

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 Sutton: 1 championship; none on file
Fergie Jenkins: 0 championships; 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 Sutton and Fergie Jenkins season by season

1st	1966	12	12	2.99	1965	2	1	2.19
2nd	1967	11	15	3.95	1966	6	8	3.32
3rd	1968	11	15	2.60	1967	20	13	2.80
4th	1969	17	18	3.47	1968	20	15	2.63
5th	1970	15	13	4.08	1969	21	15	3.21
6th	1971	17	12	2.54	1970	22	16	3.39
7th	1972	19	9	2.08	1971	24	13	2.77
8th	1973	18	10	2.42	1972	20	12	3.20
9th	1974	19	9	3.23	1973	14	16	3.89
10th	1975	16	13	2.87	1974	25	12	2.82
11th	1976	21	10	3.06	1975	17	18	3.93
12th	1977	14	8	3.18	1976	12	11	3.27
13th	1978	15	11	3.55	1977	10	10	3.68
14th	1979	12	15	3.82	1978	18	8	3.04
15th	1980	13	5	2.20	1979	16	14	4.07
16th	1981	11	9	2.61	1980	12	12	3.77
17th	1982	17	9	3.06	1981	5	8	4.50
18th	1983	8	13	4.08	1982	14	15	3.15
19th	1984	14	12	3.77	1983	6	9	4.30
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