This article is about the baseball player. For the politician, see Dan Sutton.
Baseball player
Don Sutton
Sutton with the Los Angeles Dodgers, c. 1971
Pitcher
Born:(1945-04-02)April 2, 1945 Clio, Alabama, U.S.
Died: January 19, 2021(2021-01-19) (aged 75) Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 14, 1966, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
August 9, 1988, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
324–256
Earned run average
3.26
Strikeouts
3,574
Teams
Los Angeles Dodgers (1966–1980)
Houston Astros (1981–1982)
Milwaukee Brewers (1982–1984)
Oakland Athletics (1985)
California Angels (1985–1987)
Los Angeles Dodgers (1988)
Career highlights and awards
4× All-Star (1972, 1973, 1975, 1977)
MLB ERA leader (1980)
Los Angeles Dodgers No. 20 retired
Milwaukee Brewers Wall of Honor
Braves Hall of Fame
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction
1998
Vote
81.6% (fifth ballot)
Donald Howard Sutton (April 2, 1945 – January 19, 2021) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Sutton won a total of 324 games, pitched 58 shutouts including five one-hitters and ten two-hitters, and led the National League in walks plus hits per inning pitched (WHIP) four times. He is seventh on baseball's all-time strikeout list with 3,574.[1]
Sutton was born in Clio, Alabama. He attended high school and community 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 Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, and Claude Osteen. Sixteen of Sutton's 23 MLB seasons were spent with the Dodgers. He spent much of the 1980s with the Houston Astros, the Milwaukee Brewers, the Oakland Athletics and the California Angels, 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 Atlanta Braves. Sutton was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.[2]
^"Don Sutton Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
^"Sutton, Don | Baseball Hall of Fame". baseballhall.org. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
the minor leagues, Sutton joined the Dodgers. Beginning in 1966, he was in the team's starting pitching rotation with Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, and Claude...
Major Leagues since 1884. Another major milestone was reached in 1956 when Don Newcombe became the first player ever to win both the Cy Young Award and...
Network since 2014. Daron Sutton is the son of former pitcher and Hall of Famer DonSutton, who was also a broadcaster. Sutton started his career at CNN...
strobe lights were added. In addition to those of Don Drysdale (53), Sandy Koufax (32), and DonSutton (20), the retired numbers of Pee Wee Reese (1), Jackie...
seventh straight Opening Day start, tying DonSutton for most consecutive Opening Day starts, and Sutton and Don Drysdale for most total opening day starts...
caught fire after a clubhouse fight between teammates Steve Garvey and DonSutton in August, ultimately finishing 2+1⁄2 games ahead of the Cincinnati Reds...
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their half of the sixth inning when Willie Randolph hit a home run off DonSutton. The Yankees took the lead in the eighth inning when Munson doubled home...
career, Davey Lopes stole 59 bases, Andy Messersmith won twenty games, and DonSutton won nineteen games. Walter Alston was in his 21st year as manager of the...
a blowout win. In the second, Dane Iorg doubled with two outs off of DonSutton and scored on an error on Willie McGee's ground ball. Tom Herr's double...
Virdon was fired as manager and replaced by original Colt .45 Bob Lillis. DonSutton asked to be traded and was sent to the Milwaukee Brewers for cash and...
on TBS underwent significant changes for the first time in many years. DonSutton and Joe Simpson assumed duties as lead commentators, while longtime play-by-play...
and former color analysts are Ron Darling (2005), Tom Paciorek (2006), DonSutton (2007–2008), and Rob Dibble, who took over the job in 2009 and was fired...
in MLB history to start more than 800 career games. Nolan Ryan (773), DonSutton (756), Greg Maddux (740), Phil Niekro (716), Steve Carlton (709), Roger...
rift resurfaced when The Washington Post published an article in which DonSutton was quoted complaining that Garvey was the only Dodger to get publicity...
Catfish Hunter * Reggie Jackson * Tony La Russa Willie McCovey Joe Morgan Mike Piazza Tim Raines DonSutton Frank Thomas Billy Williams Dick Williams...
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and one executive) along with members of the 2002 team. Jerry Remy, 1977 Don Baylor, 1978–1982[citation needed] Several Hall of Famers have spent part...
Skip Caray, DonSutton, Joe Simpson) Fox Sports South (Ernie Johnson, Bob Rathbun) Radio WSB (AM) (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, DonSutton, Joe Simpson)...
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