Don Sutton Earned Runs
Don Sutton Career Earned Runs Overview
During Don Sutton's 23-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of
1914 earned runs, an average of 83 earned runs per season. 1988 was his best season
with 38 earned runs and his worst season was 1970 when he had
118 earned runs. Don Sutton underperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, not beating
USA (260.02402513399), The Silent Generation (319.76666666667), Y (1220.25), mlb (252.43564513569), and SP (361.29457364341) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
An earned run is run scored by the opposing team that is considered to be a direct result of the pitchers actions. For example a home run would be counted as an earned run since the pitcher would be directly responsible for the hit whereas a player scoring because of a position player's defensive error, or had advanced bases because of a position player's defenisve error allowing them to score later is not an earned run Generally, for Earned Runs, lower is better. (Source)
An earned run is run scored by the opposing team that is considered to be a direct result of the pitchers actions. For example a home run would be counted as an earned run since the pitcher would be directly responsible for the hit whereas a player scoring because of a position player's defensive error, or had advanced bases because of a position player's defenisve error allowing them to score later is not an earned run Generally, for Earned Runs, lower is better. (Source)