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Donald Howard "Don" Sutton (born April 2, 1945) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right-handed pitcher. He played for 23 seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, and California Angels.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Don Sutton Statistics and History )〕 He won a total of 324 games, 58 of them shutouts and five of them one-hitters, and he is seventh on baseball's all-time strikeout list with 3,574. Sutton was born in Clio, Alabama. He attended high school and community 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 registered only one 20 win season, but he earned double-digit wins in almost all of his seasons. Sutton entered broadcasting after his retirement as a player. He has worked in this capacity for several teams and has worked with the Atlanta Braves since 2009. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sutton, Don | Baseball Hall of Fame )〕 ==Early life== Sutton was born in Clio, Alabama, a small town in Barbour County, and on the same date as future Dodger teammate Reggie Smith. He was born to sharecroppers at the end of World War II, in a tar-paper shack. At the time Sutton was born his father was 18 and his mother was 15.〔("Chatting With A Hall of Famer" ), nats320.blogspot.com; accessed October 5, 2015.〕 Sutton's father, Howard, gave him the strong work ethic that he had throughout his career.〔 His father tried logging and construction work, and in looking for work, moved the family to Molino, Florida, just north of Pensacola.〔〔Lederer, Rich. ("1966 – Dodgers 6, Astros 3 – Sutton's First Win" ), baseballanalysts.com, April 18, 2005.〕 Sutton attended J. M. Tate High School where he played baseball, basketball, and football.〔("Birdsong, Gaines, Summerall, Sutton headline Florida High School Athletic Hall of Fame's 2006 induction class" ), fhsaa.org, February 22, 2006.〕 He led his baseball team to the small-school state finals two years in row, winning his junior year, 1962, and losing 2–1 in his senior year, and was named all-county, all-conference, and all-state for both of those seasons.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Don Sutton - BR Bullpen )〕〔("Notes: Talent is sometimes tough to evaluate" ), washington.nationals.mlb.com, April 22, 2007.〕〔("National High School Hall of Fame" ) – National Federation of State High School Associations〕 He graduated in 1963 and was voted "Most Likely to Succeed".〔(Profile ), GulfCoastTraveler.com; accessed October 5, 2015.〕 He wanted to attend the University of Florida, but coach Dave Fuller was not interested.〔 He attended Gulf Coast Community College, Panama City for one year, and then after a good summer league, was signed by the Dodgers.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Don Sutton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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