In the East-West All-Star Game, he usually fared extremely well. He batted .412 overall in five such games with a whopping .883 slugging percentage. He also hit the first ever home run in the history of the East-West game.
In 26 documented exhibition games against white competition, Suttles hit .374 with five home runs, almost one in every five games. He hit .327 with 133 home runs in Negro League competition, the latter number second on the all-time list in Negro League play, behind only Turkey Stearnes.
Tales are plentiful about Suttles, who stood 6' 6", weighed 250 pounds, and used a monster 50 ounce bat, including several 500+ foot homers, a game against the Memphis Red Sox in which he blasted 3 homers in a single inning, and a home run at Havana, Cuba's Tropicana Park that flew over a 60-foot (18 m) high center field fence and landed in the ocean.
Willie Wells saw the homer and remarked, "He hit this damn ball so far it looked like we were playing in a lot; it didn't look like no ball park."
It was because of Suttle's strength that he got his nickname, and late in games when a big hit was needed his teammates would encourage him with cries of, "Kick, Mule!"
Suttles final seasons were spent playing first base for the Newark Eagles' "Million Dollar Infield" with Dick Seay at second, Willie Wells at short, and Ray Dandridge at third. He also managed there as well, and was highly respected; Clarence Israel, an Eagles player, was quoted as saying, "He was considered my dad. Suttles was the most gentle person I ever saw."
