Don Sutton Batting Average

Don Sutton Career Batting Average Overview

Don Sutton's Batting Average was 0.144 for his 23-year Major League Baseball career. 1971 was his best season when his Batting Average was 0.216 and his worst season was 1983 when his Batting Average was 0. Don Sutton underperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, not beating USA (0.250558), The Silent Generation (0.242137), Y (0.298075), mlb (0.250237), and SP (0.162268) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Batting average (BA) is the number of hits divided by the number of at bats of a player over a defined period of time, typically a season or career. Generally, for Batting Average, higher is better. (Source)

Don Sutton Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

Stats similar to Batting Average for Don Sutton

	Don Sutton Batting Average	Don Sutton Plate Appearances	Don Sutton At Bats	Don Sutton BABIP
Career	0.144	1559	1354	0.197
Season Avg.	0.11	68	59	0.151
162 Game Avg.	0.144	322	279	0.197
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Don Sutton Batting Average By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Don Sutton's yearly Batting Average for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.

Don Sutton Batting Average By Year Change

This waterfall chart attempts to show how Don Sutton's career Batting Average changed per season. This data is cumulative for each season, each column represents the career Batting Average Don Sutton had at that season in his career.

Don Sutton Batting Average By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Don Sutton and related player groups by summarizing Batting Average for each season played by Don Sutton. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!

Don Sutton Batting Average Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Don Sutton Batting Average stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Don Sutton career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.