Don Sutton

Donald Howard Sutton (April 2, 1945 – January 19, 2021) was an American professional <a href="/facts/Baseball/42bEQy1Y">baseball</a> <a href="/facts/Pitcher/08gAFpa3">pitcher</a> who played 23 seasons in <a href="/facts/Major_League_Baseball/4WW9yef3">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB), primarily for the <a href="/facts/Los_Angeles_Dodgers/ax1YjEKT">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>. Sutton <a href="/facts/Win%25E2%2580%2593loss_record_(pitching)/PRk4tDUz">won</a> a total of 324 games, pitched 58 <a href="/facts/Shutouts_in_baseball/FU1v0GzA">shutouts</a> including five one-hitters and ten two-hitters, and led the National League in <a href="/facts/Walks_plus_hits_per_inning_pitched/s7MU2QYP">walks plus hits per inning pitched</a> (WHIP) four times. He is seventh on baseball's all-time <a href="/facts/Strikeout/LVyhvjnh">strikeout</a> list with 3,574.
Sutton was born in <a href="/facts/Clio%2c_Alabama/woHKpu5S">Clio, Alabama</a>. He attended high school and college in Florida before entering professional baseball. After a year in the minor leagues, Sutton joined the Dodgers. Beginning in 1966, he was in the team's starting pitching rotation with <a href="/facts/Sandy_Koufax/wqBcXVI9">Sandy Koufax</a>, <a href="/facts/Don_Drysdale/EHTDADUT">Don Drysdale</a>, and <a href="/facts/Claude_Osteen/nTneyfTw">Claude Osteen</a>. Sixteen of Sutton's 23 MLB seasons were spent with the Dodgers. He spent much of the 1980s with the <a href="/facts/Houston_Astros/YVwXLuEM">Houston Astros</a>, the <a href="/facts/Milwaukee_Brewers/UbcWxjqq">Milwaukee Brewers</a>, the <a href="/facts/Oakland_Athletics/ljYlmawj">Oakland Athletics</a> and the <a href="/facts/Los_Angeles_Angels/CFQ2Mxqh">California Angels</a>, before returning for a second stint with the Dodgers. He registered only one 20-win season, but earned 10 or more wins in every season except 1983 and 1988.
Sutton became a television sports broadcaster after his retirement as a player. He worked in this capacity for several teams, the majority being with the <a href="/facts/Atlanta_Braves/0HetuQDF">Atlanta Braves</a>. Sutton was inducted into the <a href="/facts/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame/S6us3Lke">Baseball Hall of Fame</a> in <a href="/facts/1998_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_balloting/9ejKv7Ct">1998</a>.

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Don Sutton