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.

What was Don Gullett's career batting average?

Don Gullett batted .194 over his career, with 74 hits in 382 at bats.

How many RBI did Don Gullett have?

Don Gullett drove in 36 runs in his career.

What was Don Gullett's career ERA?

Don Gullett finished with a 3.11 career ERA, going 109-50 with 921 strikeouts.

Don Gullett

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

Don Gullett was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1970 to 1978 for the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Yankees, a span of 9 seasons. Across 266 career appearances, he went 109-50 with a 3.11 ERA and 921 strikeouts. He also batted .194 with 0 home runs. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 7970.8.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

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

Don Gullett — 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

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Don Gullett Stats, Bio & Career Records
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	77.2	54	21	44	76	2.43	3.89 (+37%)	1648.1
1971	CIN	NL	16	6	35	31	4	3	0	217.2	196	64	64	107	2.65	3.47 (+24%)	1449.4
1972	CIN	NL	9	10	31	16	2	0	2	134.2	127	59	43	96	3.94	3.26 (-21%)	-462.9
1973	CIN	NL	18	8	45	30	7	4	2	228.1	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	159.2	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	158.1	137	63	69	116	3.58	4.00 (+10%)	1021.6
1978	NYA	AL	4	2	8	8	2	0	0	44.2	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

Don Gullett — 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

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Don Gullett Stats, Bio & Career Records
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

Don Gullett — 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

Don Gullett — 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

Don Gullett — 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

Don Gullett — 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	12.2	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	7.1	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	18.2	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	3.2	1	0	2	3	0.00
1970	WS	CIN	0	0	3	0	0	6.2	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

Don Gullett — 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

Don Gullett — 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

Don Gullett — 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

Don Gullett — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	266	186	49	173	6	7

Season-by-Season Fielding

Don Gullett — 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

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Don Gullett Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	266

Awards & Honors

Don Gullett — 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

Don Gullett — 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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Don Gullett: the record in brief

Don Gullett played a first major league game on April 10, 1970 and a last one on July 9, 1978. The season rows list, in order, the Cincinnati Reds (1970 to 1976) and the New York Yankees (1977 through 1978). Gullett, a pitcher by primary position, hit right-handed while throwing left-handed. Gullett is listed at 6'0" and 190 pounds. The birth record reads January 6, 1951, in Lynn, KY, USA. Gullett's death is recorded on February 14, 2024, in Columbus, OH, USA. On the record, Don Gullett was born Donald Edward Gullett.

Across 266 games (186 starts), Gullett recorded 109 wins against 50 losses with a 3.11 ERA. The same table counts 921 strikeouts, 44 complete games, 14 shutouts, and 11 saves. That 3.11 ERA compares with a 3.66 league average across the same seasons, 14.9% better. Gullett won 18 games in 1973, the most of any season listed. 1974 produced Gullett's most strikeouts, 183. 1975 was Gullett's sharpest full season, a 2.42 ERA against the league's 3.71.

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.
What was Don Gullett's career batting average?: Don Gullett batted .194 over his career, with 74 hits in 382 at bats.
How many RBI did Don Gullett have?: Don Gullett drove in 36 runs in his career.
What was Don Gullett's career ERA?: Don Gullett finished with a 3.11 career ERA, going 109-50 with 921 strikeouts.