Don Sutton

TURNER SPORTS

The Hall-of-Fame pitcher joined Turner Sports as an analyst for Atlanta Braves telecasts on TBS during the 1989 season, after a stellar playing career that spanned 23 seasons. In addition, for the sixth consecutive year, Sutton serves as an analyst for the Atlanta Braves televised on Turner South, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'s regional entertainment network.

He has also served as a course reporter on TBS's professional golf coverage, working the Hawaiian Open, PGA Championship and PGA Grand Slam of Golf, as well as TNT's coverage of the Sarazen World Open Championship.

CAREER

His network broadcasting experience included pre and post-game analysis for NBC's 1987 League Championship series coverage.

His Major League Baseball pitching career was highlighted by 324 wins with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers and California Angels. Sutton spent 15 seasons, beginning in 1966 with the Dodgers, before joining the Astros as a free agent in 1981. Sutton was traded to Milwaukee in August 1982, where he pitched three seasons before being traded to Oakland in December 1984. Traded to California in September 1985, Sutton pitched until re-signing with the Dodgers in January 1988 when he retired.

One of the most durable pitchers of the modern era appearing in more than 750 games and completing nearly 180 during his career, Sutton set personal bests of wins (21 in 1976), innings pitched (293 in 1969), games (41 in 1969), ERA (2.21 in 1980, led NL), starts (40 in 1974), strikeouts (217 in 1969), and complete games (18 in 1972), all with the Dodgers.

Sutton ranks fifth on baseball's all-time strikeout list with 3,574.

Sutton was 4-1 with a 2.02 ERA in seven League Championship Series games, and 2-3 with a 5.26 ERA in eight World Series games. In the 1974 postseason, he was 3-0 with a 1.50 ERA and 25 strikeouts in four games. Also posted 1-0 record in four all-star appearances without allowing a run.

PERSONAL

Sutton was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in January 1998.

Named National League Rookie-of-the-Year by The Sporting News in 1966, going 12-12 with a 2.99 ERA and 209 strikeouts for the Dodgers. Named Texas League Player-of-the-Year in 1965 at Albuquerque with 15-6 record and 2.78 ERA.

Born in Clio, AL.