Beginning in 1966, he was in the team's starting pitching rotation with Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, and Claude Osteen.

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.

[2] Sutton was born in Clio, Alabama, a small town in Barbour County, on April 2, 1945,[3] the same day as future Dodger teammate Reggie Smith.

[9] After playing for the Sioux Falls Packers in South Dakota, Sutton entered the major leagues at 21.

[12] On the 1966 Dodgers, Sutton was the fourth starting pitcher in a rotation that included Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, and Claude Osteen.

He earned a complete game win in the 1977 playoffs, followed by a 1–0 record in two appearances in that year's World Series, which the team lost to the Yankees.

[1] In August 1978, Sutton captured media attention after a physical altercation with teammate Steve Garvey.

Sutton had criticized what he thought was excessive media attention paid to Garvey, saying that Reggie Smith was really the team's best player.

When Garvey confronted Sutton about the comments before a game against the Mets, they fought and had to be separated by teammates and team officials.

Sutton had a 15–11 record during the regular season, but he struggled in the postseason as the Dodgers lost the World Series to New York again.

In an October 2 loss to the Dodgers, Sutton left the game with a patellar fracture, ending his season just as the Astros were about to clinch a berth in the NL postseason.

[22] Prior to the 1982 season, Sutton expressed a desire to return to play in Southern California, where he continued to live.

[23] The team did not grant his request and, in August, the Astros sent Sutton to the Milwaukee Brewers for Kevin Bass, Frank DiPino, and Mike Madden.

[1] In 1983, Sutton had a down year for the Brewers, notching only 8 wins, his lowest full season total to date, and having an ERA of 4.08, the second highest of his career.

In return, the Angels would send two minor league players to be named later to Oakland, Robert Sharpnack and Jerome Nelson.

Dodgers executive vice president Fred Claire said that Sutton violated league rules by discussing such a position while under contract with a team, but Sutton said that he ran into Astros general manager Bill Wood at a game and simply mentioned his willingness to discuss the position later.

Claire said that Sutton's stamina was a major consideration in the move, as the team was looking for pitchers who could last more than five or six innings per start.

When he received the results of the vote, his two-month-old daughter Jacqueline was in an Atlanta neonatal intensive care unit after she was born 16 weeks early.

[43] He became the fourth Braves broadcaster to be honored in this fashion, joining his mentors Ernie Johnson, Skip Caray, and Pete Van Wieren.

[44] A section of U.S. Highway 29, the main route for drivers leaving Pensacola north into Alabama, is named "Don Sutton Highway", and a youth baseball complex in Molino, FL (near his childhood home of Cantonment, FL) also bears his name.

[47] Sutton was an avid golfer and wine enthusiast and frequently made references to those hobbies while broadcasting.

Sutton also broadcast golf and served as a pre- and post-game analyst for NBC's coverage of the 1983 and 1987 American League Championship Series.

Sutton previously served as a color commentator for NBC's coverage of the 1979 National League Championship Series.