Don Sutton, Hall of Fame pitcher, 300 game winner, and longtime Los Angeles Dodgers, died in his sleep last night, according to his son. Sutton was 75.
Sutton was a righthander who signed with the Dodgers in September, 1964, as a 19 year old. He spent the 1965 season in the minor leagues, but spent all of 1966 in the majors in the Dodgers’ rotation, putting up a 2.99 ERA in 37 games (35 starts and 2 relief appearances), logging 225.2 IP. He was a steady if unspectacular member of the rotation until 1971, when he put up a 2.