Don Drysdale
Donald Scott Drysdale
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 216 lb.

Born: July 23, 1936 in Van Nuys, CA
High School: Van Nuys (Van Nuys, CA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1956
Final Game: August 5, 1969
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1984 (316/403 ballots).
Died: July 3, 1993 in Montreal, PQ, CAN
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1956 BRO NL 19 P 25 12 99.0 30 8 20 2 1 .933 2.55 1.12 .967 2.05 0.83
1957 BRO NL 20 P 34 29 221.0 77 15 60 2 4 .974 3.05 2.21 .961 2.06 0.82 MVP-19
1958 LAD NL 21 P 44 29 211.2 66 15 45 6 10 .909 2.55 1.36 .958 1.97 0.77
1959 LAD NL 22 P 44 36 270.2 69 18 48 3 4 .957 2.19 1.50 .954 1.99 0.82 AS
1960 LAD NL 23 P 41 36 269.0 81 18 60 3 3 .963 2.61 1.90 .962 2.09 0.87
1961 LAD NL 24 P 40 37 244.0 52 13 36 3 3 .942 1.81 1.23 .960 2.18 0.88 AS
1962 LAD NL 25 P 43 41 314.1 77 10 60 7 5 .909 2.00 1.63 .951 2.07 0.82 AS,CYA-1,MVP-5
1963 LAD NL 26 P 42 42 315.1 85 19 62 4 7 .953 2.31 1.93 .951 2.06 0.84 AS,MVP-21
1964 LAD NL 27 P 40 40 321.1 84 13 68 3 5 .964 2.27 2.03 .952 2.14 0.84 AS
1965 LAD NL 28 P 44 42 308.1 86 22 55 9 4 .895 2.25 1.75 .959 2.08 0.81 AS,MVP-5
1966 LAD NL 29 P 40 40 273.2 62 10 45 7 1 .887 1.81 1.38 .950 1.96 0.74
1967 LAD NL 30 P 38 38 282.0 80 11 64 5 3 .938 2.39 1.97 .961 2.00 0.78 AS
1968 LAD NL 31 P 31 31 239.0 70 15 50 5 4 .929 2.45 2.10 .960 2.01 0.85 AS
1969 LAD NL 32 P 12 12 62.2 14 1 13 0 1 1.000 2.01 1.17 .957 1.95 0.78
14 Seasons P 518 465 3432.0 933 188 686 59 55 .937 2.29 1.69 .957 2.05 0.82
14 Seasons TOT 518 465 3432.0 933 188 686 59 55 .937 2.29 1.69 .894 2.05 0.82

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1956 BRO NL 19 26 12 26 26 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1957 BRO NL 20 37 29 37 37 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1958 LAD NL 21 47 29 47 47 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1959 LAD NL 22 46 36 46 46 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1960 LAD NL 23 41 36 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 LAD NL 24 40 37 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 LAD NL 25 43 41 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 LAD NL 26 42 42 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 LAD NL 27 40 40 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 LAD NL 28 58 42 58 58 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1966 LAD NL 29 46 40 46 46 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1967 LAD NL 30 38 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 LAD NL 31 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 LAD NL 32 12 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 547 465 547 547 518 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 5
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1956 BRO NL 19 424 79% 31% 26 81% 1 7 1 5 21 16 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 11 64%
1957 BRO NL 20 927 77% 35% 64 95% 2 15 2 11 58 46 6 2 0 0 2 0 4 4 4 0 9 100%
1958 LAD NL 21 932 77% 32% 53 81% 0 14 2 9 43 28 8 6 0 0 6 4 10 6 8 2 9 89%
1959 LAD NL 22 1164 70% 27% 60 88% 1 18 2 12 49 37 6 3 0 0 3 1 4 2 4 0 15 87%
1960 LAD NL 23 1116 71% 30% 58 97% 1 16 2 10 58 46 6 3 1 0 2 0 3 2 3 0 4 100%
1961 LAD NL 24 1075 73% 32% 41 88% 1 13 2 9 37 28 3 3 0 1 2 1 3 2 3 0 7 86%
1962 LAD NL 25 1322 76% 30% 68 90% 2 10 4 6 61 41 8 7 3 1 3 3 5 3 4 1 13 77%
1963 LAD NL 26 1308 76% 30% 68 88% 2 20 4 15 61 43 10 4 0 1 3 0 7 4 6 1 7 86%
1964 LAD NL 27 1298 76% 29% 72 86% 1 13 3 10 66 47 7 3 0 0 3 0 5 1 3 2 16 88%
1965 LAD NL 28 1307 78% 27% 60 82% 2 21 3 16 54 39 1 8 0 3 5 4 4 0 3 1 9 67%
1966 LAD NL 29 1167 80% 29% 48 83% 0 10 1 7 46 29 5 7 0 3 4 3 2 1 2 0 9 78%
1967 LAD NL 30 1190 78% 28% 57 88% 0 12 1 9 61 39 5 5 0 2 3 1 3 1 2 1 7 86%
1968 LAD NL 31 932 77% 30% 52 85% 0 14 3 10 48 34 4 5 0 2 3 3 3 2 2 1 4 100%
1969 LAD NL 32 273 86% 30% 15 73% 0 1 0 0 13 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 100%
14 Seasons 14435 76% 30% 742 87% 13 184 30 129 676 483 73 58 4 14 40 20 55 29 45 10 122 84%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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