Leroy Sutton
1940–1945 · bats R / throws R · Chicago American Giants, Cincinnati Clowns, SNO
27G
.170AVG
.200OBP
.189SLG
More career statistics
9H
0HR
1RBI
0SB
7–8W–L
146.0IP
51K
2.77ERA
14GS
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 27 | 51 |
| Batting · At bats | 53 | 51 |
| Batting · Hits | 9 | 7 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 58 | 52 |
| Batting · Walks | 2 | 0 |
| Pitching · Games | 27 | 51 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 625 | 541 |
| Pitching · p cg | 9 | 20 |
| Pitching · p er | 45 | 28 |
| Pitching · p gs | 14 | 30 |
| Pitching · p h | 144 | 246 |
| Pitching · p hr | 3 | 6 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 438 | 710 |
| Pitching · p k | 51 | 45 |
| Pitching · p r | 61 | 140 |
| Pitching · p w | 40 | 30 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 58 | 53 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .170 | .200 | .189 | .389 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 146.0 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 144 | 61 | 45 | 3 | 40 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 2.77 | 1.260 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1942-05-10 to 1942-05-17
2longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1944-05-10 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1943-08-30 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | SNO | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 5 | 4 |
| 1941 | SNO | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 12 | 2 |
| 1942 | CGChicago American Giants | 7 | 11 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .182 | 31 | 9 |
| 1943 | CGChicago American Giants | 17 | 27 | 4 | – | – | – | .148 | 93 | 17 |
| 1944 | CGChicago American Giants | 18 | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | .091 | 93 | 13 |
| 1945 | CCCincinnati Clowns | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – |