What years did Don Gullett play?

Don Gullett played in Major League Baseball from 1970 to 1978.

Was Don Gullett a pitcher?

Yes. Don Gullett pitched in the major leagues, recording 109 wins and 921 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Don Gullett hit?

Don Gullett hit 0 career home runs with 74 hits.

Don Gullett

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1970-1978)

W–L 109–50

ERA 3.11

WHIP 1.23

SO 921

Pitcher PIV 7970.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / L
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 190 lb
Born: 1/6/1951 in Lynn, KY, USA
Died: 2/14/2024 in Columbus, OH, USA
MLB Debut: 1970-04-10
Last Game: 1978-07-09

Full name: Donald Edward Gullett

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Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
109	50	266	186	44	14	11	1390.0	1,205	481	115	501	921	3.11	7970.8

Career ERA 3.11 vs. league average 3.66 across their career seasons — 14.9% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1970	CIN	NL	5	2	44	2	0	0	6	77.7	54	21	44	76	2.43	3.89 (+37%)	1648.1
1971	CIN	NL	16	6	35	31	4	3	0	217.7	196	64	64	107	2.65	3.47 (+24%)	1449.4
1972	CIN	NL	9	10	31	16	2	0	2	134.7	127	59	43	96	3.94	3.26 (-21%)	-462.9
1973	CIN	NL	18	8	45	30	7	4	2	228.3	198	89	69	153	3.51	3.75 (+6%)	1243.6
1974	CIN	NL	17	11	36	35	10	3	0	243.0	201	82	88	183	3.04	3.63 (+16%)	1704.5
1975	CIN	NL	15	4	22	22	8	3	0	159.7	127	43	56	98	2.42	3.71 (+35%)	1508.0
1976	CIN	NL	11	3	23	20	4	0	1	126.0	119	42	48	64	3.00	3.51 (+15%)	-223.0
1977	NYA	AL	14	4	22	22	7	1	0	158.3	137	63	69	116	3.58	4.00 (+10%)	1021.6
1978	NYA	AL	4	2	8	8	2	0	0	44.7	46	18	20	28	3.63	3.69 (+2%)	81.5
Career · 9 seasons			109	50	266	186	44	14	11	1,390.0	1,205	481	501	921	3.11	—	7,971

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
284	382	34	74	5	3	0	36	2	20	101	.194	.234	.223	.457	-1,509

Career AVG .194 vs. league average .255 across their career seasons — 24.1% below league average.

Career OBP .234 vs. league average .323 across their career seasons — 27.5% below league average.

Career SLG .223 vs. league average .375 across their career seasons — 40.6% below league average.

Career OPS .457 vs. league average .697 across their career seasons — 34.5% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1970	CIN	NL	44	19	3	4	0	1	2	1	1	6	.211	—	—	—	—	0.0
1971	CIN	NL	40	75	3	9	1	0	3	0	1	20	.120	.249 (-52%)	.316 (-55%)	.365 (-63%)	.682 (-60%)	-675.2
1972	CIN	NL	31	38	7	8	1	0	3	0	2	14	.211	—	—	—	—	0.0
1973	CIN	NL	53	64	6	12	0	1	6	1	7	20	.188	.256 (-27%)	.325 (-19%)	.378 (-42%)	.703 (-31%)	-312.8
1974	CIN	NL	39	80	8	19	2	0	10	0	6	19	.237	.256 (-8%)	.324 (-11%)	.369 (-29%)	.693 (-21%)	-252.4
1975	CIN	NL	22	62	5	14	1	1	9	0	2	15	.226	.257 (-12%)	.327 (-25%)	.374 (-27%)	.701 (-26%)	-268.5
1976	CIN	NL	25	44	2	8	0	0	3	0	1	7	.182	—	—	—	—	0.0
1977	NYA	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1978	NYA	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 9 seasons			284	382	34	74	5	3	36	2	20	101	.194	—	—	—	—	-1,509

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
20	24	3	7	1	0	1	6	0	5	.292

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SO	AVG
1977	ALCS	NYA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	WS	NYA	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
1976	NLCS	CIN	1	4	1	2	1	0	3	0	.500
1976	WS	CIN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1975	NLCS	CIN	1	4	1	2	0	1	3	0	.500
1975	WS	CIN	3	7	1	2	0	0	0	2	.286
1973	NLCS	CIN	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1972	NLCS	CIN	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500
1972	WS	CIN	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1970	NLCS	CIN	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1970	WS	CIN	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
4	5	20	13	2	93.0	78	39	38	60	3.77

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1977	ALCS	NYA	0	1	1	1	0	2.0	4	4	2	0	18.00
1977	WS	NYA	0	1	2	2	0	12.7	13	9	7	10	6.39
1976	NLCS	CIN	1	0	1	1	0	8.0	2	1	3	4	1.12
1976	WS	CIN	1	0	1	1	0	7.3	5	1	3	4	1.23
1975	NLCS	CIN	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	8	3	2	5	3.00
1975	WS	CIN	1	1	3	3	0	18.7	19	9	10	15	4.34
1973	NLCS	CIN	0	1	3	1	0	9.0	4	2	3	6	2.00
1972	NLCS	CIN	0	1	2	2	0	9.0	12	8	0	5	8.00
1972	WS	CIN	0	0	1	1	0	7.0	5	1	2	4	1.29
1970	NLCS	CIN	0	0	2	0	2	3.7	1	0	2	3	0.00
1970	WS	CIN	0	0	3	0	0	6.7	5	1	4	4	1.35

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	143	186	15	32	0	15	.172
Away	141	196	19	42	0	21	.214

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	135	732.0	616	226	245	477	2.78
Away	131	658.0	589	255	256	444	3.49

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1978-07-09	NYY	MIL	L	0.2	3	4	4	4	0	0
1978-07-05	NYY	TEX	L	7.0	8	3	3	0	3	1
1978-06-30	NYY	DET	W	9.0	10	2	2	2	4	0
1978-06-25	NYY	DET	W	7.2	8	2	2	2	5	0
1978-06-20	NYY	BOS	W	9.0	5	4	4	7	6	1
1978-06-15	NYY	SEA	W	6.0	6	1	1	1	5	0
1978-06-10	NYY	LAA	—	5.0	3	1	0	3	5	0
1978-06-04	NYY	OAK	—	0.1	3	2	2	1	0	1
1977-09-28	NYY	CLE	W	7.0	5	0	0	3	6	0
1977-09-23	NYY	TOR	W	9.0	5	3	3	0	12	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	266	186	49	173	6	7

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1970	CIN	P	44	2	2	5	0	1
1971	CIN	P	35	31	6	25	1	2
1972	CIN	P	31	16	4	11	1	0
1973	CIN	P	45	30	12	31	0	2
1974	CIN	P	36	35	8	36	1	0
1975	CIN	P	22	22	2	22	0	0
1976	CIN	P	23	20	4	20	0	1
1977	NYA	P	22	22	9	15	1	1
1978	NYA	P	8	8	2	8	2	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	266

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
1975	Player of the Week	Week of 1975-04-11
1974	Player of the Month	July
1974	TSN All-Star	LHP

Award Voting History

Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1975	Cy Young Award	NL	5th	1.0	120	0
1974	Cy Young Award	NL	7th	5.0	120	0

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Frequently Asked Questions about Don Gullett

What years did Don Gullett play?: Don Gullett played in Major League Baseball from 1970 to 1978.
Was Don Gullett a pitcher?: Yes. Don Gullett pitched in the major leagues, recording 109 wins and 921 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Don Gullett hit?: Don Gullett hit 0 career home runs with 74 hits.