Don Sutton Awards

What awards did Don Sutton win? This page lists every known baseball award won by Don Sutton in chronological order. Click the award name and up comes a comprehensive history of that award along with every winner of that particular baseball award.

"It's amazing how fast you grow old in this game. At first you're the rookie right-hander, next season you're that promising right-hander, then suddenly you're the old man." - Don Sutton (1977)

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Don Sutton

Don Sutton Autograph on a 1970 Topps (#622)

Don Sutton Autograph on a 1970 Topps (#622)
 

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Birth Name:   Donald Howard Sutton
Nickname:   Don
Born On:   04-02-1945  (Aries)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Clio, Alabama
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   J. M. Tate High School (Pensacola, FL)
College:   Gulf Coast Junior College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   04-14-1966 (Age 21)
Last Game:   08-09-1988
Draft:   Not Applicable
Don Sutton

Awards

1966 Sporting News Rookie Pitcher of the Year Award
1972 Player of the Month Award
1975 Pitcher of the Month Award (April)
1975 Pitcher of the Month Award (May)
1976 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1976 Pitcher of the Month Award (September)
1977 All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award
1998 National Baseball Hall of Fame


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