Daron Sutton (born October 21, 1969)[1] is an American baseball broadcaster who has served as a television host or play-by-play announcer for five different Major League Baseball organizations, the Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Angels and Los Angeles Dodgers. His initial television role was as a pregame host and fill-in play-by-play for the Atlanta Braves, followed by two years of radio play-by-play for the Anaheim Angels, then five years as the play-by-play voice of Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Brewers. He later served as the television voice of the Arizona Diamondbacks for five and a half seasons, and then filled part time television roles with the Los Angeles Angels followed by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Daron has been a play-by-play voice of the Pac-12 Network [2] since 2014.
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Daron Sutton is the son of former pitcher and Hall of Famer Don Sutton, who was also a broadcaster.
Career
editSutton started his career at CNN in 1992 upon graduating from Auburn University at Montgomery in 1992 with a degree in communications.[citation needed] He also pitched professionally for two years in the Anaheim Angels and Atlanta Braves organizations.[citation needed]
Daron has been close to the game since birth as his father is MLB Hall of Fame pitcher Don Sutton. Daron had the opportunity to work alongside his father as a member of the Atlanta Braves broadcast team from 1997 through 1999, including hosting pre-game and post-game shows and play-by-play work for Braves telecasts on Fox Sports Net South.[citation needed]
While working in Atlanta, he also broadcast many Southeastern Conference sporting events, including basketball, gymnastics, swimming, and track and field.[citation needed]
In 2000-01, Daron served as the radio voice of the Anaheim Angels, where he worked with Mario Impemba.[citation needed] From 2002-06, Sutton was the television voice of the Milwaukee Brewers.[citation needed] In 2003, Sutton received a Chicago/Midwest chapter Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement for Individual Excellence on Camera.[citation needed] He also was nominated four other times for regional Emmy Awards in similar capacities.[citation needed]
Sutton was released from his contract by the Brewers amicably on October 23, 2006, as he had sought to pursue other options.[citation needed] He was mentioned as a possible replacement for Thom Brennaman with the Arizona Diamondbacks and signed a five-year contract, with a three-year club option, to replace Brennaman on November 1, 2006.[3] Sutton was the voice of the Diamondbacks until June 2012.
From 2010 until 2015, Daron also handled play-by-play assignments for Fox Saturday Baseball.[citation needed] In recent years, Sutton continued to broadcast Fox Baseball, Fox Sports 1 High School and College Football, Pac-12 Network basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, soccer, gymnastics and wrestling, while serving as a spokesman for Perfect Game, hosting a weekly show on MLB Network Radio.[4][5][6][7]
Sutton founded and assisted in the launch of PerfectGame.TV, a streaming network devoted to the coverage of amateur baseball and softball. He serves as the network's Executive Producer and lead host, while acting as the Vice President of Content for Perfect Game.[citation needed] Sutton currently hosts three weekly shows on Sirius XM, MLB Roundtrip with Perfect Game, Perfect Game College Baseball and Perfect Game Softball, as well as a weekly syndicated television show, Perfect Game Weekly.[citation needed]
On March 11, 2021, Sutton rejoined the Los Angeles Angels as a play-by-play broadcaster on Bally Sports West, sharing the role with Matt Vasgersian.[8]
In May of 2022, Sutton joined the Los Angeles Dodgers as their fill-in play-by-play broadcaster on Spectrum SportsNet LA, filling in for primary broadcaster Joe Davis when he was broadcasting national games for Fox Sports.
Personal life
editSutton resides in Scottsdale, Arizona, and is married to Carol Wilsey-Sutton. They are parents to Abbey, Lilly, Tori and Lexi.[citation needed]
Among the various charities that he participates in, Sutton also hosted an annual charity golf tournament in the Phoenix area, which benefitted the Southwest Autism Resource and Research Center, Sutton's Stroke for the Little Folks.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Daron Sutton Minor League Statistics & History - Baseball-Reference.com". Minors.baseball-reference.com. October 21, 1969. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
- ^ "Pac-12 Networks Live". Archived from the original on August 27, 2013.
- ^ Steve Gilbert (October 25, 2006). "D-backs name Sutton as TV announcer". Arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com. Retrieved January 31, 2010.[dead link]
- ^ "Pac12 Network". Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- ^ "Perfect Game". Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- ^ "Scout.com".
- ^ "Baseball Prospectus". Baseball Prospectus. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- ^ Harris, Jack (March 11, 2021). "Matt Vasgersian will take over play-by-play duties for the Angels". Los Angeles Times.
