Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player, Broadcaster. For twenty-three seasons (1966 to 1988), he was a pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics and California Angels. Born Donald Howard Sutton, he was raised in Florida where he attended Gonzalez Tate High School. Signed as an amateur free agent by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1964, he attended Gulf Coast Community College, Mississippi College, the University of Southern California and Whittier College, prior to making his Major League debut on April 14, 1966. Sutton joined a starting rotation which included Hall of Fame players Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale who contributed to the Dodgers capturing of the National League Pennant that season. He went on to contribute to three additional National League Pennants (1974, 1977 and 1978) with the Dodgers. While with the Houston Astros (1981 to 1982), he shared a starting rotation which also included Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan. He was acquired by the Brewers late in the 1982 season and contributed to Milwaukee's capturing the American League Pennant. During the course of his career, Sutton achieved all star status four-times. In 1980, he won the National League ERA Title with a 2.20 ERA. In 774 career regular season games, he compiled a 324 win, 256 loss record, with 3,574 strike outs, with a lifetime 3.26 ERA, in 5,282 innings pitched. Sutton is in an exclusive group of pitchers who recorded both 300 wins and 3,000 strikeouts. After retiring as a player, he served as a longtime color analyst and play-by-play man with the Atlanta Braves (1989 to 2006 and 2009 to 2018). He served as a broadcaster with the Washington Nationals from 2007 until 2008. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.