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Don Drysdale

Donald Scott Drysdale (Big D)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 23, 1936 in Van Nuys, CA
High School: Van Nuys HS (Van Nuys, CA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1956 (Age 19)
Team: Dodgers 1956-1969

Final Game: August 5, 1969 (Age 33)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1984 (316/403 ballots).
   View Don Drysdale Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: July 3, 1993 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Cremated
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1956 19 BRO NL 26 29 26 4 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 8 .192 .222 .346 .568 45 9 1 0 2 0 0 1
1957 20 BRO NL 37 83 73 7 9 0 0 2 6 0 0 7 29 .123 .200 .205 .405 6 15 3 0 3 0 0 1 MVP-19
1958 21 LAD NL 47 72 66 9 15 1 1 7 12 0 0 3 25 .227 .261 .591 .852 114 39 0 0 3 0 0 1
1959 22 LAD NL 46 104 91 9 15 1 1 4 12 0 1 4 31 .165 .198 .330 .528 34 30 2 0 8 1 0 1 AS
1960 23 LAD NL 41 99 83 3 13 6 2 0 4 0 0 6 32 .157 .211 .277 .488 30 23 0 0 9 1 0 1
1961 24 LAD NL 40 95 83 9 16 1 0 5 12 0 0 6 24 .193 .244 .386 .630 60 32 4 0 5 1 0 1 AS
1962 25 LAD NL 43 126 111 9 22 4 1 0 14 0 1 5 29 .198 .246 .252 .498 38 28 4 2 8 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-5
1963 26 LAD NL 42 114 96 5 16 1 1 0 5 0 0 9 35 .167 .241 .198 .439 33 19 3 1 6 2 0 1 AS,MVP-21
1964 27 LAD NL 40 128 110 10 19 2 0 1 8 0 0 4 29 .173 .202 .218 .420 22 24 3 0 14 0 0 1 AS
1965 28 LAD NL 58 138 130 18 39 4 1 7 19 0 0 5 34 .300 .331 .508 .839 140 66 6 1 2 0 0 1 AS,MVP-5
1966 29 LAD NL 46 111 106 6 20 2 0 2 8 0 0 3 28 .189 .211 .264 .475 36 28 5 0 2 0 0 1
1967 30 LAD NL 38 101 93 2 12 1 0 0 6 0 0 5 26 .129 .172 .140 .312 -6 13 1 0 2 1 0 1 AS
1968 31 LAD NL 31 84 79 4 14 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 29 .177 .188 .190 .377 18 15 1 1 4 0 0 1 AS
1969 32 LAD NL 12 25 22 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 11 .136 .208 .182 .390 14 4 1 0 1 0 0 1
14 Yrs 547 1309 1169 96 218 26 7 29 113 0 2 60 370 .186 .228 .295 .523 45 345 34 5 69 6 0
162 Game Avg. 162 388 346 28 65 8 2 9 33 0 1 18 110 .186 .228 .295 .523 45 102 10 1 20 2 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1956 19 BRO NL 26 29 -2 0 -0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 -0.0 2 1
1957 20 BRO NL 37 83 -10 0 -0 0 9 -1 -0.1 3 2 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 2 1 MVP-19
1958 21 LAD NL 47 72 1 -0 0 0 8 8 0.8 3 11 0.8 .518 .505 0.8 -0.0 11 1
1959 22 LAD NL 46 104 -7 -0 0 0 12 4 0.5 4 8 0.5 .510 .503 0.5 0.0 8 $19,000 1 AS
1960 23 LAD NL 41 99 -10 0 0 0 11 2 0.2 4 6 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 -0.0 6 $25,000 1
1961 24 LAD NL 40 95 -5 -1 -0 0 11 5 0.5 4 9 0.5 .513 .503 0.6 -0.0 9 $32,500 1 AS
1962 25 LAD NL 43 126 -9 -1 -1 0 15 4 0.4 5 9 0.4 .510 .503 0.4 0.0 9 $36,000 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-5
1963 26 LAD NL 42 114 -9 0 -0 0 13 4 0.4 4 8 0.4 .510 .503 0.4 0.0 8 $46,000 1 AS,MVP-21
1964 27 LAD NL 40 128 -11 -0 0 0 15 4 0.4 5 8 0.4 .510 .503 0.4 0.0 8 $70,000 1 AS
1965 28 LAD NL 58 138 6 -1 -1 0 16 20 2.2 5 26 2.2 .539 .514 2.2 0.0 26 1 AS,MVP-5
1966 29 LAD NL 46 111 -7 -0 -1 0 12 4 0.4 4 8 0.4 .509 .503 0.4 0.1 8 $110,000 1
1967 30 LAD NL 38 101 -12 -0 0 0 11 -1 -0.1 4 2 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.2 0.0 2 $100,000 1 AS
1968 31 LAD NL 31 84 -7 -0 0 0 9 1 0.2 3 4 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.1 4 $100,000 1 AS
1969 32 LAD NL 12 25 -3 -1 -0 0 3 -0 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .495 .500 -0.1 0.0 0 $115,000 1
14 Seasons 547 1309 -84 -5 -4 0 148 55 6.0 49 104 6.0 .511 .503 5.9 0.1 103 $653,500

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1956 19 BRO NL 29 24 2 2.2 111 .235 .192 .274 .222 .343 .346 .433 .568 .776 45 .219 -2.2 -0.2 .455 .192 .154 .0
1957 20 BRO NL 83 70 3 1.2 110 .167 .123 .279 .200 .344 .205 .432 .405 .775 6 .074 -10.5 -1.1 .328 .178 .082 .0
1958 21 LAD NL 72 54 10 5.0 110 .235 .227 .274 .261 .343 .591 .429 .852 .772 114 .529 0.4 0.0 .824 .409 .364 .0
1959 22 LAD NL 104 88 5 1.5 111 .193 .165 .278 .198 .346 .330 .431 .528 .776 34 .116 -9.6 -1.0 .418 .198 .165 .0
1960 23 LAD NL 99 80 6 2.0 104 .250 .157 .270 .211 .337 .277 .414 .488 .751 30 .196 -8.5 -0.9 .414 .193 .120
1961 24 LAD NL 95 77 7 2.4 112 .200 .193 .278 .244 .346 .386 .433 .630 .779 60 .233 -5.6 -0.6 .535 .265 .193 .0
1962 25 LAD NL 126 102 6 1.6 98 .268 .198 .263 .246 .329 .252 .399 .498 .728 38 .124 -9.6 -1.0 .362 .090 .054
1963 26 LAD NL 114 91 5 1.5 83 .254 .167 .245 .241 .305 .198 .366 .439 .672 33 .145 -7.7 -0.8 .349 .125 .031
1964 27 LAD NL 128 108 5 1.2 88 .225 .173 .255 .202 .312 .218 .379 .420 .691 22 .101 -11.1 -1.2 .298 .082 .045 .0
1965 28 LAD NL 138 99 19 5.2 88 .360 .300 .250 .331 .312 .508 .378 .839 .690 140 .602 5.9 0.6 .742 .246 .208 .0
1966 29 LAD NL 111 93 5 1.4 89 .237 .189 .255 .211 .313 .264 .385 .475 .697 36 .124 -9.0 -0.9 .341 .104 .075 .0
1967 30 LAD NL 101 85 3 1.0 83 .176 .129 .248 .172 .309 .140 .364 .312 .672 -6 .068 -12.3 -1.3 .220 .065 .011
1968 31 LAD NL 84 70 3 1.2 75 .280 .177 .243 .188 .300 .190 .342 .377 .642 18 .113 -7.8 -0.9 .242 .013 .013
1969 32 LAD NL 25 21 1 1.3 89 .273 .136 .251 .208 .320 .182 .372 .390 .693 14 .103 -2.4 -0.3 .300 .136 .045
14 Yrs 1309 1062 80 2.0 95 .244 .186 .260 .228 .323 .295 .394 .523 .718 45 .203 -90.1 -9.4 .413 .158 .109 .0
162 Game Avg. 388 315 24 2.0 95 .244 .186 .260 .228 .323 .295 .394 .523 .718 45 .203 -90.1 -9.4 .413 .158 .109

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1956 19 BRO NL WS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 22 LAD NL WS CHW W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 26 LAD NL WS NYY W 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .667 .000 .667 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 28 LAD NL WS MIN W 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 29 LAD NL WS BAL L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (5 Series) 8 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 WS 8 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1959 LAD NL 22 as P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 LAD NL 22 as P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 LAD NL 24 DNP
1962 LAD NL 25 as P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 LAD NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 LAD NL 27 as P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 LAD NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 LAD NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 LAD NL 31 as P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs (8 GP) 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1956 19 BRO NL 29 3.5% 27.6% 3.5% 6.9% 40% 8.00 3.3 26.0 26.0 1.29 59%
1957 20 BRO NL 83 2.4% 34.9% 8.4% 2.4% 22% 4.14 2.5 36.5 12.2 1.73 51%
1958 21 LAD NL 72 9.7% 34.7% 4.2% 12.5% 60% 8.33 2.6 9.4 5.5 3.14 47%
1959 22 LAD NL 104 3.9% 29.8% 3.9% 5.8% 40% 7.75 2.9 22.8 7.6 1.94 55%
1960 23 LAD NL 99 0.0% 32.3% 6.1% 8.1% 62% 5.33 2.6 20.8 2.00 53%
1961 24 LAD NL 95 5.3% 25.3% 6.3% 6.3% 38% 4.00 3.5 16.6 6.9 1.74 58%
1962 25 LAD NL 126 0.0% 23.0% 4.0% 4.0% 23% 5.80 3.8 7.9 2.18 65%
1963 26 LAD NL 114 0.0% 30.7% 7.9% 1.8% 13% 3.89 2.7 19.2 1.39 55%
1964 27 LAD NL 128 0.8% 22.7% 3.1% 2.3% 16% 7.25 3.8 110.0 13.8 1.93 63%
1965 28 LAD NL 138 5.1% 24.6% 3.6% 8.7% 31% 6.80 3.8 18.6 6.8 2.82 64%
1966 29 LAD NL 111 1.8% 25.2% 2.7% 3.6% 20% 9.33 3.8 53.0 13.3 1.65 68%
1967 30 LAD NL 101 0.0% 25.7% 5.0% 1.0% 8% 5.20 3.6 15.5 1.40 67%
1968 31 LAD NL 84 0.0% 34.5% 0.0% 1.2% 7% 2.7 26.3 3.00 60%
1969 32 LAD NL 25 0.0% 44.0% 8.0% 4.0% 33% 5.50 2.0 7.3 4.50 44%
14 Yrs 1309 2.2% 28.3% 4.6% 4.7% 28% 6.17 3.2 40.3 10.3 1.94 59%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.5% 8.4% 6.3% 28% 1.73 6.1 40.3 8.8 1.07 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1956 19 BRO NL -2.2 -0.2 29 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .82 -0.2 -0.1 -2.6 -0.2 0.92 -3.0 0
1957 20 BRO NL -10.5 -1.1 84 -1.0 0.6 -1.6 .87 -0.8 -0.4 -9.4 -0.9 0.95 -9.5 0
1958 21 LAD NL 0.4 0.0 73 -0.1 1.2 -1.2 .92 0.3 -0.4 1.1 0.1 0.92 1.5 0.22 2
1959 22 LAD NL -9.6 -1.0 106 -0.7 1.4 -2.1 .95 -0.3 -0.4 -3.8 -0.4 0.99 -2.6 1.61 3
1960 23 LAD NL -8.5 -0.9 100 -1.1 0.5 -1.6 .79 -0.8 -0.6 -10.0 -1.0 0.88 -9.2 0
1961 24 LAD NL -5.6 -0.6 98 -0.7 1.2 -1.8 .94 -0.3 -0.4 -9.4 -0.9 1.04 -5.0 0
1962 25 LAD NL -9.6 -1.0 127 -1.0 1.4 -2.4 .92 -1.0 -0.1 -5.7 -0.6 0.99 -9.9 0
1963 26 LAD NL -7.7 -0.8 118 -1.0 0.9 -1.9 .88 -1.0 -0.2 -8.2 -0.9 0.95 -9.2 0
1964 27 LAD NL -11.1 -1.2 128 -0.9 1.2 -2.1 1.00 -1.2 0.3 -13.2 -1.5 1.01 -12.1 0
1965 28 LAD NL 5.9 0.6 139 0.5 3.2 -2.7 1.09 1.0 -0.5 2.9 0.3 0.98 7.9 2.22 12
1966 29 LAD NL -9.0 -0.9 111 -0.6 1.6 -2.2 1.03 -0.8 0.2 -8.1 -0.9 0.95 -6.7 2.14 6
1967 30 LAD NL -12.3 -1.3 101 -1.7 0.7 -2.4 1.14 -1.3 -0.2 -13.9 -1.6 0.99 -13.1 0
1968 31 LAD NL -7.8 -0.9 79 -0.7 0.6 -1.3 .85 -0.9 0.1 -6.7 -0.8 0.88 -8.0 0
1969 32 LAD NL -2.4 -0.3 25 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 1.14 -0.4 -0.1 -4.9 -0.5 1.22 -3.3 0
14 Yrs -90.1 -9.4 1318 -9.8 14.9 -24.7 .96 -7.6 -2.6 -92.0 -9.8 0.97 -82.2 1.95 23

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1956 19 BRO NL 0 0 60% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 20 BRO NL 1 0 36% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1958 21 LAD NL 0 0 18% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 50% 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
1959 22 LAD NL 4 0 33% 24 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 4 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
1960 23 LAD NL 0 0 16% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1961 24 LAD NL 2 0 24% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 20% 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1962 25 LAD NL 2 0 31% 34 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 31% 7 6 1 1 0 0 5 2 3
1963 26 LAD NL 0 0 19% 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 22% 6 5 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
1964 27 LAD NL 2 0 41% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 30% 5 4 1 2 2 0 3 1 2
1965 28 LAD NL 1 0 29% 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15% 9 8 1 0 0 0 4 3 1
1966 29 LAD NL 3 0 19% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 11% 6 6 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
1967 30 LAD NL 0 0 12% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 31 LAD NL 1 0 27% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
1969 32 LAD NL 0 0 20% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0
14 Yrs 16 0 26% 337 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 2 3 22 24% 54 43 10 7 5 0 27 14 11

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1956 19 BRO NL 29 10% 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 5 1 20% 5 1 20% 14 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1957 20 BRO NL 83 8% 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 5 3 60% 17 3 18% 15 3 20% 50 4 8% 5 2 40% 1 1 100% 0
1958 21 LAD NL 72 11% 15 2 0 0 0 0.22 7 0 1 3 4 5 2 0 4 3 75% 12 0 0% 13 2 15% 42 5 12% 4 1 25% 1 1 100% 0
1959 22 LAD NL 104 22% 15 3 0 0 0 1.61 4 0 3 4 0 3 1 0 11 8 73% 20 2 10% 17 6 35% 71 9 13% 3 2 67% 3 2 67% 0
1960 23 LAD NL 99 17% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 90% 17 0 0% 22 11 50% 48 4 8% 2 1 50% 3 2 67% 0
1961 24 LAD NL 95 29% 16 0 0 0 0 5 1 7 3 2 3 2 0 6 5 83% 18 4 22% 20 7 35% 71 8 11% 5 5 100% 2 1 50% 0
1962 25 LAD NL 126 31% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 67% 27 4 15% 20 6 30% 83 16 19% 6 3 50% 4 3 75% 0
1963 26 LAD NL 114 20% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 86% 21 3 14% 22 7 32% 63 5 8% 7 3 43% 1 0 0% 0
1964 27 LAD NL 128 30% 19 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 20 14 70% 30 3 10% 32 12 38% 82 7 9% 5 3 60% 4 1 25% 0
1965 28 LAD NL 138 40% 39 12 3 0 2 2.22 7 0 4 2 5 2 5 0 2 2 100% 30 6 20% 22 2 9% 86 13 15% 6 2 33% 1 0 0% 0
1966 29 LAD NL 111 46% 20 6 2 0 0 2.14 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 100% 13 5 38% 19 3 16% 67 7 10% 5 2 40% 4 2 50% 0
1967 30 LAD NL 101 41% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 19 1 5% 24 4 17% 72 6 8% 7 2 29% 3 3 100% 0
1968 31 LAD NL 84 22% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 14 1 7% 12 3 25% 37 3 8% 4 1 25% 0 0 0
1969 32 LAD NL 25 20% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 7 1 14% 12 2 17% 27 3 11% 6 1 17% 3 1 33% 0
14 Yrs 1309 27% 218 23 5 0 2 1.95 29 1 42 18 11 17 12 0 91 69 76% 250 34 14% 255 69 27% 813 90 11% 65 28 43% 30 17 57% 0
MLB Averages 51% 77% 10% 30% 14% 48% 52%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1956 19 26 29 26 4 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 8 .192 .222 .346 .568 45 9 1 0 2 0 0
1957 20 63 112 99 11 14 1 0 3 7 0 0 8 37 .141 .206 .242 .448 16 24 4 0 5 0 0
1958 21 110 184 165 20 29 2 1 10 19 0 0 11 62 .176 .227 .382 .609 55 63 4 0 8 0 0
1959 22 156 288 256 29 44 3 2 14 31 0 1 15 93 .172 .217 .363 .580 47 93 6 0 16 1 0
1960 23 197 387 339 32 57 9 4 14 35 0 1 21 125 .168 .215 .342 .558 43 116 6 0 25 2 0
1961 24 237 482 422 41 73 10 4 19 47 0 1 27 149 .173 .221 .351 .572 46 148 10 0 30 3 0
1962 25 280 608 533 50 95 14 5 19 61 0 2 32 178 .178 .226 .330 .557 45 176 14 2 38 3 0
1963 26 322 722 629 55 111 15 6 19 66 0 2 41 213 .176 .229 .310 .539 43 195 17 3 44 5 0
1964 27 362 850 739 65 130 17 6 20 74 0 2 45 242 .176 .225 .296 .521 40 219 20 3 58 5 0
1965 28 420 988 869 83 169 21 7 27 93 0 2 50 276 .194 .240 .328 .568 54 285 26 4 60 5 0
1966 29 466 1099 975 89 189 23 7 29 101 0 2 53 304 .194 .237 .321 .558 53 313 31 4 62 5 0
1967 30 504 1200 1068 91 201 24 7 29 107 0 2 58 330 .188 .232 .305 .537 48 326 32 4 64 6 0
1968 31 535 1284 1147 95 215 25 7 29 110 0 2 58 359 .187 .229 .297 .526 46 341 33 5 68 6 0
1969 32 547 1309 1169 96 218 26 7 29 113 0 2 60 370 .186 .228 .295 .523 45 345 34 5 69 6 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1956 19 27 30 27 4 5 1 0 1 1 0 1 8 .185 .214 .333 .548 2 26
1957 20 39 86 76 7 9 0 0 2 6 0 7 30 .118 .193 .197 .390 3 37
1958 21 49 76 70 9 16 1 1 7 12 0 3 26 .229 .260 .571 .832 11 47
1959 22 48 108 95 9 16 1 1 4 13 0 4 32 .168 .200 .326 .526 6 46
1960 23 43 103 87 3 14 6 2 0 4 0 6 33 .161 .213 .276 .489 5 41
1961 24 42 98 86 8 16 1 0 5 11 0 6 25 .186 .237 .372 .609 7 40
1962 25 43 127 112 10 23 4 1 0 15 0 5 29 .205 .252 .259 .511 7 43
1963 26 42 119 99 7 19 1 1 0 7 0 11 35 .192 .274 .222 .497 6 42
1964 27 40 130 112 12 21 2 0 1 10 0 4 29 .188 .216 .232 .448 6 40
1965 28 58 140 132 21 42 4 1 8 22 0 5 34 .318 .348 .545 .893 25 58
1966 29 46 113 108 7 22 2 0 2 9 0 3 28 .204 .225 .278 .503 7 46
1967 30 38 104 95 3 14 1 0 0 8 0 6 26 .147 .196 .158 .354 3 38
1968 31 31 87 82 6 17 1 0 0 4 0 0 29 .207 .217 .220 .436 4 31
1969 32 12 25 22 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 2 11 .136 .208 .182 .390 1 12
14 Yrs 558 1346 1203 107 237 26 7 30 126 0 63 375 .197 .239 .305 .544 93 547
162 Game Avg. 162 391 349 31 69 8 2 9 37 0 18 109 .197 .239 .305 .544 27 547

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1975 BBWAA (21.0%)
1976 BBWAA (29.4%)
1977 BBWAA (51.4%)
1978 BBWAA (57.8%)
1979 BBWAA (53.9%)
1980 BBWAA (61.8%)
1981 BBWAA (60.6%)
1982 BBWAA (56.1%)
1983 BBWAA (64.7%)
1984 BBWAA (78.4%)
Selected to HOF in 1984 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1959-1 (P)
1959-2 (P)
1961-2
1962-1 (P)
1963 *
1964 (P)
1965 *
1967 *
1968 (P)

Awards (yr lg award)
1962 ML Cy Young
1962 ML Major League Player of the Year
1962 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1957 NL (19, 2%)
1962 NL (5, 30%)
1963 NL (21, 1%)
1965 NL (5, 28%)
0.61 Career Shares (388th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1962 ML (1, 70%)
1 Cy Young
0.70 Career Shares (78th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1957 NL  6.0 (7th)
1960 NL  7.1 (6th)
1961 NL  5.9 (8th)
1964 NL  8.4 (4th)
Career  67.2 (121st)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1959 NL  8 (10th)
1960 NL  9 (6th)
1964 NL  14 (2nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1956 NL  born 1936-07-23 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (2931), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (49th), 67.2 career WAR/44.8 7yr-peak WAR/56.0 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  8. Claude Osteen (954)
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