TORONTO – For a former 300-game winner already enshrined in baseball’s biggest Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, Don Sutton was nonetheless thrilled when told he’d be inducted in the Braves Hall of Fame.
The team announced Thursday that Sutton, who has spent more than two decades in their broadcast booths, would be inducted this summer as the 29th member of the Braves Hall of Fame, which honors players, managers, coaches and other individuals who’ve made an exceptional contribution to the franchise.
“Totally out of the realm of any thought I ever had,” Sutton said of his reaction when John Schuerholz called to tell him the news.