Don Sutton

Donald Howard Sutton (April 2, 1945 – January 19, 2021) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball, primarily for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Born in Clio, Alabama, 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, Sutton took his place in the team's starting rotation alongside Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, and Claude Osteen. Sixteen of his 23 major league 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.

Sutton won 324 games and pitched 58 shutouts, including five one-hitters and ten two-hitters. He led the National League in walks plus hits per inning pitched four times. He registered only one 20-win season but earned 10 or more wins in every season except 1983 and 1988. He ranks seventh on baseball's all-time strikeout list with 3,574.

After retiring as a player, Sutton became a television sports broadcaster.