Editing Don Sutton (section)

{{short description|American baseball player (1945–2021)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{about|the baseball player|the politician|Dan Sutton}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Don Sutton
|image= 1971 Ticketron Don Sutton.jpg
|caption=Sutton with the Los Angeles Dodgers, {{c.|1971}}
|position=[[Pitcher]]
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date|1945|4|2}}
|birth_place=[[Clio, Alabama]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|2021|1|19|1945|4|2}}
|death_place=[[Rancho Mirage, California]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 14
|debutyear=1966
|debutteam=Los Angeles Dodgers
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=August 9
|finalyear=1988
|finalteam=Los Angeles Dodgers
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
|stat1value=324–256
|stat2label=[[Earned run average]]
|stat2value=3.26
|stat3label=[[Strikeout]]s
|stat3value=3,574
|teams=
* [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] ({{mlby|1966}}–{{mlby|1980}})
* [[Houston Astros]] ({{mlby|1981}}–{{mlby|1982}})
* [[Milwaukee Brewers]] ({{mlby|1982}}–{{mlby|1984}})
* [[Oakland Athletics]] ({{mlby|1985}})
* [[Los Angeles Angels|California Angels]] ({{mlby|1985}}–{{mlby|1987}})
* [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] ({{mlby|1988}})
|highlights=
* 4× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1972]], [[1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1973]], [[1975 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1975]], [[1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1977]])
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual ERA leaders|MLB ERA leader]] (1980)
* [[Los Angeles Dodgers#Retired numbers|Los Angeles Dodgers No. 20]] retired
* [[Milwaukee Brewers Wall of Honor]]
* [[Ivan Allen Jr. Braves Museum and Hall of Fame|Braves Hall of Fame]]
|hoflink = National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
|hoftype = National
|hofdate = [[1998 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1998]]
|hofvote = 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 [[Win–loss record (pitching)|won]] a total of 324 games, pitched 58 [[Shutouts in baseball|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.<ref name="BR">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/suttodo01.shtml|title=Don Sutton Stats|publisher=Sports Reference|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=November 16, 2013}}</ref>

Sutton was 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, 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 [[Los Angeles Angels|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 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1998]].<ref name="HOF">{{cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/hof/sutton-don|title=Sutton, Don {{!}} Baseball Hall of Fame|publisher=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|work=baseballhall.org|access-date=November 16, 2013}}</ref>