Photos: MLB pitcher, announcer Don Sutton

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Photos: MLB pitcher, announcer Don Sutton

1998: Brave's announcer Don Sutton, in the radio booth prior to the Braves Cubs game Wednesday, July 21, 1998. Sutton will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Cooperstown on sunday, July 26th. (AJC Staff Photo/Kevin Keister)

1966: Sutton served his country when called upon in 1966. Of his service, which included shining shoes, doing exercises and throwing grenades to be a platoon guide, Sutton told former AJC photographer Charles Bennett "It's not bad."

1971: By the time this 1971 photo of Sutton was taken, the Dodgers righty was hitting his stride as a starter, going 17-12 in '71. During his career with L.A., Sutton won 233 games for the Dodgers.

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton. FILE PHOTO

1986: California Angels Don Sutton. (AP Photo/File)

1998: Los Angeles Dodgers' Don Sutton, shown in this undated photo, a 324-game winner, and Tony Perez, the cleanup hitter for the Big Red Machine, stand the best chance of being voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, to be announced Monday Jan. 5, 1998. (AP Photo/File)

1987 photo: For the first time in 25 years, no player was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, with 300-game winners Phil Niekro and Don Sutton and slugger Tony Perez again falling short Monday Jan. 8, 1996. Not since 1971 had members of the Baseball Writers Association of America failed to elect a candidate. (AP Photo/file)

Don Sutton Pitcher. LA Dodgers. 1966. T. C. G. (topps)

Don Sutton. LA Dodgers 1978 Topps Chewing Gum, Inc.

Don Sutton. Milwakee Brewers. 1985 Topps Chewing Gum, Inc.

Don Sutton. California Angels. 300th Career Win Card. Leaf, Inc. 1986.

1985: Don Sutton of the Oakland Athletics pitches during a game in the 1985 season at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California. (Photo by Getty Images)

Sutton throws against the Houston Astros during Dodgers spring training camp March 23, 1988 in Vero Beach, Fla. At age 43, Sutton ended his MLB career with L.A., his first team, going 3-6.

1986: Don Sutton, shown in this 1986 file photo, could make it into the baseball Hall of Fame. Sutton, a 300-game winner, will find out whether he is going to Cooperstown when election results are announced Monday, Jan 8, 1996. (AP Photo/File)

1986: Pitchers Don Sutton and Phil Niekro are honored for being 300 game winners. Stephen Dunn /Allsport

1998: Braves announcer Don Sutton wipes away the tears during a press conference where he talked about his entry into the Hall of Fame. (AJC Staff Photo/Rich Addicks)

A four-time baseball All-Star, Sutton became the 233rd member and the 176th player elected to the Hall of Fame in 1998. Here, he displays three baseballs in honor of his 324 career wins. During his 23-year MLB career, Sutton pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1966-80 and again in 1988, also spending time with the Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics and California Angels.

Sutton displays his Hall of Fame plaque after induction ceremonies Sunday, July 26, 1998, in Cooperstown, N.Y.

1998: Braves announcer Don Sutton hugs Rick Shaw, former Braves radio producer, a press conference on January 5, 1998 where Sutton talked about his entry into the Hall of Fame. (AJC Staff Photo/Rich Addicks)

1998: The three living inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame hold their plaques after their induction in Cooperstown, N.Y. From left are Lee MacPhail Jr., a general manager and front office innovator with the Dodgers and Yankees, pitcher Don Sutton, and Larry Doby, the second black to play in the major leagues. (AP Photo/David Jennings)

1998: Former Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Don Sutton, a 1998 electee to the Baseball Hall of Fame, stands in the Hall of Fame's Time Line area next to the Dodgers exhibit May 19, 1998, in Cooperstown, N.Y. Sutton, a lanky right-hander who began and ended his career with the Dodgers, was far from overpowering. In all, he pitched for five teams, never won a Cy Young Award and had only one 20-win season. (AP Photo/National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Milo Stewart, Jr.)

1998: Prior to a ceremony for Don Sutton's induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, Sutton shares a laugh with announcer Bob Uecker. Benny Sieu/The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

1998: Larry Doby, left, the second African-American to play in major league baseball, and pitcher Don Sutton talk Sunday, July 26, 1998, at the beginning of their induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. They were among five inducted into the hall. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy)

2005: Baseball Hall of Fame member Don Sutton signs copies of "Baseball As America" in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum on July 30, 2005 in Cooperstown, New York. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

2008: Don Sutton acknowledges the fans during the MLB All-Star Game Red Carpet Parade on July 15, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

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1998: Brave's announcer Don Sutton, in the radio booth prior to the Braves Cubs game Wednesday, July 21, 1998. Sutton will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Cooperstown on sunday, July 26th. (AJC Staff Photo/Kevin Keister)

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