Mule Suttles

First Baseman · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (Final season: 1948)

⭐ Hall of Fame 2006
AVG .339
HR 188
RBI 930
H 1,168
OPS 1.025
PIV 23,097
Position
First Baseman
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'3" / 215 lb
Born
3/31/1901 in Blocton, AL, USA
Died
7/9/1966 in Newark, NJ, USA
Last Game
1948-05-09
Hall of Fame
Inducted 2006 (Veterans)
Awards
5× All-Star

Full name: George Suttles

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
1386.0 1221.0 296.0 444.0 61.0 22.0 112.0 255.0 154.0 24.0 21.0 .364 .435 .725 1.160

Pitching

W L GS CG GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP
0 0 0 0 2 0 8.1 13 8 0 0 2 2 0.00 1.80

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Season PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
1948 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Listed seasons · 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — —

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Season W L GS CG GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP
1938 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.00
Listed seasons · 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.00

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
972 3,448 763 1,168 229 81 188 930 92 389 24 .339 .409 .616 1.025 23,097

Career AVG .339 vs. league average .276 across their career seasons — +22.6% above league average.

Career OBP .409 vs. league average .341 across their career seasons — +20.1% above league average.

Career SLG .616 vs. league average .390 across their career seasons — +58.0% above league average.

Career OPS 1.025 vs. league average .730 across their career seasons — +40.3% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1923 BBB IND 37 138 23 40 6 3 1 16 6 6 0 .290 .282 (+2%) .344 (-7%) .390 (+2%) .734 (-2%) -89.6
1924 BBB NNL 81 282 43 88 22 3 3 50 3 15 1 .312 .283 (+10%) .345 (+3%) .389 (+14%) .734 (+9%) 401.5
1925 BBB NNL 68 242 45 80 6 5 10 59 5 30 0 .331 .288 (+15%) .349 (+16%) .407 (+28%) .756 (+22%) 1045.9
1926 SLS NNL 89 358 90 152 28 19 32 130 15 31 3 .425 .279 (+52%) .345 (+36%) .390 (+125%) .735 (+83%) 5336.6
1927 SLS NNL 36 98 31 44 9 4 9 37 1 18 0 .449 .282 (+59%) .344 (+55%) .392 (+129%) .736 (+94%) 1622.8
1928 SLS NNL 76 301 72 108 17 12 21 75 6 23 0 .359 .280 (+28%) .342 (+19%) .395 (+78%) .737 (+51%) 2631.7
1929 SLS NNL 95 359 80 126 29 7 20 109 9 34 3 .351 .289 (+21%) .353 (+16%) .415 (+53%) .769 (+36%) 2466.1
1929 CAG NNL 4 13 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 .231 — — — — 2466.1
1930 BBS IND 13 46 12 17 5 0 4 15 1 3 0 .370 — — — — 391.7
1930 SLS NNL 47 167 59 69 14 7 13 65 13 32 4 .413 .293 (+41%) .354 (+46%) .429 (+89%) .784 (+70%) 391.7
1931 SLS NNL 34 121 35 36 11 4 7 36 4 23 0 .298 .276 (+8%) .338 (+24%) .388 (+62%) .726 (+44%) 930.8
1932 DW EWL 27 97 13 28 11 0 1 22 0 15 1 .289 .275 (+5%) .335 (+14%) .391 (+11%) .726 (+12%) 233.4
1932 WAP EWL 28 92 18 30 11 3 3 26 5 15 4 .326 .275 (+19%) .335 (+29%) .391 (+56%) .726 (+43%) 233.4
1933 CAG NN2 41 157 29 39 8 1 7 34 5 16 0 .248 .270 (-8%) .329 (-4%) .377 (+18%) .707 (+8%) 187.9
1934 CAG NN2 39 147 20 45 4 3 4 30 2 13 1 .306 .278 (+10%) .340 (+7%) .392 (+16%) .733 (+12%) 284.5
1935 CAG NN2 43 142 29 40 9 0 9 37 5 24 1 .282 .279 (+1%) .342 (+12%) .399 (+34%) .742 (+24%) 635.5
1936 NE NN2 28 99 29 40 7 0 12 36 3 10 0 .404 .283 (+42%) .349 (+33%) .404 (+107%) .753 (+73%) 1230.1
1937 NE NN2 30 107 24 34 4 3 7 32 0 14 0 .318 .276 (+15%) .342 (+16%) .398 (+53%) .740 (+36%) 640.5
1938 NE NN2 27 86 18 25 3 0 6 22 0 10 0 .291 .272 (+7%) .341 (+7%) .392 (+36%) .734 (+22%) 323.5
1939 NE NN2 39 139 38 51 10 3 9 37 3 20 0 .367 .274 (+34%) .342 (+32%) .393 (+72%) .735 (+53%) 1295.3
1940 NE NN2 39 134 30 37 8 1 5 32 3 23 4 .276 .267 (+3%) .335 (+16%) .387 (+19%) .722 (+18%) 474.1
1941 NBY NN2 23 74 11 21 2 2 2 14 2 5 1 .284 .262 (+8%) .332 (-1%) .373 (+20%) .705 (+10%) 92.1
1942 NE NN2 7 12 2 5 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 .417 — — — — 0.0
1943 NE NN2 8 13 3 4 2 0 1 5 0 2 0 .308 — — — — 0.0
1944 NE NN2 13 24 7 6 0 1 2 6 0 4 0 .250 — — — — 0.0
Career · 25 seasons 972 3,448 763 1,168 229 81 188 930 92 389 24 .339 — — — — 23,225

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 Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
0 0 5 0 0 0 0 16.0 29 12 0 6 6 6.75 0.0

Career ERA 6.75 vs. league average 4.13 across their career seasons — 63.3% worse 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
1925 BBB NNL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.7 11 8 1 1 19.64 — 0.0
1932 WAP EWL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6.7 10 1 2 1 1.35 — 0.0
1933 CAG NN2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 2 9.00 — 0.0
1936 NE NN2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.7 4 2 1 1 6.75 — 0.0
1943 NE NN2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 1 1 0.00 — 0.0
Career · 5 seasons 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 16.0 29 12 6 6 6.75 — 0

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
24 83 11 25 4 2 5 19 12 6 .301

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1939 NLP1 NE 4 15 3 4 1 0 3 5 0 0 .267
1934 NLC CAG 6 18 0 5 1 0 0 1 3 4 .278
1930 NNC SLS 7 23 5 7 0 1 2 5 7 0 .304
1928 NNC SLS 7 27 3 9 2 1 0 8 2 2 .333

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home154450941473497.327
Away1514631271724998.371

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Away38.1130220.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1948-05-09 NY5BLGL 100000000
1944-09-04 NW2BLGW 111001200
1944-09-03 NW2NY6L 111001200
1944-08-27 NW2HOML 311010110
1944-08-26 NW2HOML 211000011
1944-08-18 NW2HOML 100000000
1944-08-05 NW2BLGL 000000010
1944-07-23 NW2HOML 501000000
1944-07-16 NW2NY5W 212100000
1944-07-09 NW2BLGL 400000000

Last 3 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1943-06-19 NW2HSL — 3.0200110
1938-07-03 NW2BLG — 1.0430000
1936-07-25 NW2HOM — 4.1750110

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 594 496 4998 221 105 319
2B 23 15 36 45 14 8
3B 14 8 5 8 5 0
OF 359 327 510 45 32 9
P 5 0 1 7 1 0
SS 4 1 2 0 0 1

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1923 BBB 2B 2 0 2 1 1 0
1923 BBB OF 37 37 73 10 5 1
1924 BBB 3B 2 2 1 1 2 0
1924 BBB OF 80 75 123 11 8 2
1925 BBB 1B 61 1 7 0 0 0
1925 BBB 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0
1925 BBB OF 7 0 0 0 0 0
1925 BBB P 1 0 0 0 0 0
1926 SLS 1B 55 53 584 19 13 56
1926 SLS 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0
1926 SLS OF 38 35 45 9 0 3
1927 SLS 1B 16 4 81 1 1 6
1927 SLS 2B 1 1 3 3 1 1
1927 SLS OF 22 20 16 1 2 0
1928 SLS 1B 75 73 843 29 14 46
1928 SLS OF 1 1 4 0 0 0
1929 SLS 1B 92 91 912 37 20 66
1929 SLS 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0
1929 SLS 3B 5 3 2 4 2 0
1929 CAG 1B 2 2 10 1 0 0
1929 CAG OF 3 2 6 0 0 0
1930 BBS 1B 12 12 99 9 2 11
1930 BBS OF 1 1 2 0 1 0
1930 SLS 1B 10 10 100 5 3 10
1930 SLS 2B 6 4 7 16 5 2
1930 SLS 3B 5 2 2 3 0 0
1930 SLS OF 31 31 46 4 2 0
1930 SLS SS 2 0 0 0 0 0
1931 SLS 1B 3 2 21 2 0 3
1931 SLS 3B 1 1 0 0 1 0
1931 SLS OF 30 30 45 2 4 1
1931 SLS SS 1 1 2 0 0 1
1932 DW 1B 26 26 262 11 4 11
1932 DW 2B 1 0 1 0 2 0
1932 WAP 1B 26 26 206 9 8 11
1932 WAP OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
1932 WAP P 1 0 1 4 0 0
1933 CAG 1B 36 36 328 19 10 16
1933 CAG 2B 6 5 9 15 1 3
1933 CAG P 1 0 0 0 0 0
1933 CAG SS 1 0 0 0 0 0
1934 CAG 1B 38 38 383 22 8 22
1934 CAG OF 1 1 1 0 0 0
1935 CAG 1B 3 1 24 0 0 3
1935 CAG 2B 4 4 11 10 3 2
1935 CAG OF 33 33 57 3 5 1
1936 NE 1B 27 25 208 12 4 14
1936 NE 2B 1 1 3 0 1 0
1936 NE OF 2 2 4 1 0 0
1936 NE P 1 0 0 1 0 0
1937 NE 1B 19 19 169 11 3 10
1937 NE OF 10 10 10 2 1 1
1938 NE 1B 27 21 217 10 8 11
1938 NE OF 4 2 2 0 0 0
1939 NE 1B 37 37 367 17 4 15
1939 NE OF 3 2 5 1 0 0
1940 NE 1B 8 7 63 4 0 2
1940 NE OF 34 31 43 0 1 0
1941 NBY 1B 9 8 57 2 1 3
1941 NBY OF 16 10 23 1 1 0
1942 NE 1B 4 2 22 1 0 0
1943 NE 1B 3 1 6 0 2 0
1943 NE OF 1 1 0 0 1 0
1943 NE P 1 0 0 2 1 0
1944 NE 1B 5 1 29 0 0 3
1944 NE OF 4 3 5 0 1 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position Games
Pitcher 5
First Base 594
Second Base 23
Third Base 14
Shortstop 4
Left Field 315
Center Field 7
Right Field 37

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Frequently Asked Questions about Mule Suttles

Was Mule Suttles a pitcher?
No. Mule Suttles was a position player (First Baseman), though he did pitch in 5 career games.
How many home runs did Mule Suttles hit?
Mule Suttles hit 188 career home runs with 1168 hits.
Is Mule Suttles in the Hall of Fame?
Yes. Mule Suttles was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.