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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1956 19 BRO NL 5 5 .500 2.64 25 12 6 2 0 0 99.0 95 35 29 9 31 3 55 3 0 3 413 153 1.273 8.6 0.8 2.8 5.0 1.77
1957 20 BRO NL 17 9 .654 2.69 34 29 4 9 4 0 221.0 197 76 66 17 61 3 148 7 1 3 911 154 1.167 8.0 0.7 2.5 6.0 2.43 MVP-19
1958 21 LAD NL 12 13 .480 4.17 44 29 7 6 1 0 211.2 214 107 98 21 72 6 131 14 2 8 913 99 1.351 9.1 0.9 3.1 5.6 1.82
1959 22 LAD NL 17 13 .567 3.46 44 36 7 15 4 2 270.2 237 113 104 26 93 9 242 18 2 4 1142 122 1.219 7.9 0.9 3.1 8.0 2.60 AS
1960 23 LAD NL 15 14 .517 2.84 41 36 5 15 5 2 269.0 214 93 85 27 72 5 246 10 0 6 1083 139 1.063 7.2 0.9 2.4 8.2 3.42
1961 24 LAD NL 13 10 .565 3.69 40 37 2 10 3 0 244.0 236 111 100 29 83 15 182 20 1 7 1047 117 1.307 8.7 1.1 3.1 6.7 2.19 AS
1962 25 LAD NL 25 9 .735 2.83 43 41 2 19 2 1 314.1 272 122 99 21 78 12 232 11 0 8 1289 127 1.113 7.8 0.6 2.2 6.6 2.97 AS,CYA-1,MVP-5
1963 26 LAD NL 19 17 .528 2.63 42 42 0 17 3 0 315.1 287 114 92 25 57 13 251 10 0 4 1266 114 1.091 8.2 0.7 1.6 7.2 4.40 AS,MVP-21
1964 27 LAD NL 18 16 .529 2.18 40 40 0 21 5 0 321.1 242 91 78 15 68 9 237 10 1 11 1264 149 0.965 6.8 0.4 1.9 6.6 3.49 AS
1965 28 LAD NL 23 12 .657 2.77 44 42 1 20 7 1 308.1 270 113 95 30 66 11 210 12 0 11 1262 117 1.090 7.9 0.9 1.9 6.1 3.18 AS,MVP-5
1966 29 LAD NL 13 16 .448 3.42 40 40 0 11 3 0 273.2 279 114 104 21 45 8 177 17 1 7 1135 96 1.184 9.2 0.7 1.5 5.8 3.93
1967 30 LAD NL 13 16 .448 2.74 38 38 0 9 3 0 282.0 269 101 86 19 60 19 196 8 2 5 1151 112 1.167 8.6 0.6 1.9 6.3 3.27 AS
1968 31 LAD NL 14 12 .538 2.15 31 31 0 12 8 0 239.0 201 68 57 11 56 10 155 12 0 4 954 128 1.075 7.6 0.4 2.1 5.8 2.77 AS
1969 32 LAD NL 5 4 .556 4.45 12 12 0 1 1 0 62.2 71 34 31 9 13 0 24 2 0 1 267 74 1.340 10.2 1.3 1.9 3.4 1.85
14 Seasons 209 166 .557 2.95 518 465 34 167 49 6 3432.0 3084 1292 1124 280 855 123 2486 154 10 82 14097 121 1.148 8.1 0.7 2.2 6.5 2.91
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .557 2.95 36 32 2 12 3 0 237 213 89 78 19 59 9 172 11 1 6 975 121 1.148 8.1 0.7 2.2 6.5 2.91

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1956 19 BRO NL WS L NYY 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 1.500 9.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00
1959 22 LAD NL WS W CHW 1 0 1.000 1.29 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 11 1 1 0 4 1 5 0 0 0 32 2.143 14.1 0.0 5.1 6.4 1.25
1963 26 LAD NL WS W NYY 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 0 0 32 0.444 3.0 0.0 1.0 9.0 9.00
1965 28 LAD NL WS W MIN 1 1 .500 3.86 2 2 0 1 0 0 11.2 12 9 5 4 3 0 15 0 0 0 50 1.286 9.3 3.1 2.3 11.6 5.00
1966 29 LAD NL WS L BAL 0 2 .000 4.50 2 2 0 1 0 0 10.0 8 5 5 3 3 0 6 0 0 0 39 1.100 7.2 2.7 2.7 5.4 2.00
5 Seasons (5 Series) 3 3 .500 2.95 7 6 1 3 1 0 39.2 36 17 13 8 12 2 36 1 0 0 162 1.210 8.2 1.8 2.7 8.2 3.00
5 WS 3 3 .500 2.95 7 6 1 3 1 0 39.2 36 17 13 8 12 2 36 1 0 0 162 1.210 8.2 1.8 2.7 8.2 3.00

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1959 LAD NL 22 1 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0
1959 LAD NL 22 1 0 1 .000 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 3 2 3 0 5 0 0 0 15 2.333 12.0 6.0 9.0 15.0 1.67
1961 LAD NL 24
1962 LAD NL 25 1 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 11 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
1963 LAD NL 26 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 1 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0
1964 LAD NL 27 1 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 11 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1965 LAD NL 28 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1967 LAD NL 30 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0
1968 LAD NL 31 1 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Seasons (8 Appearances) 5 2 1 .667 1.40 5 1 0 0 1 19.1 10 4 3 2 4 0 19 1 0 1 69 0.724 4.7 0.9 1.9 8.8 4.75

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1956 19 BRO NL 25 413 373 35 95 14 1 9 1 1 31 55 .255 .315 .370 .685 .277 138 12 3 4 2 3
1957 20 BRO NL 34 911 834 76 197 33 10 17 6 3 61 148 .236 .293 .361 .654 .268 301 19 7 6 3 3
1958 21 LAD NL 44 913 815 107 214 36 12 21 1 4 72 131 .263 .331 .413 .744 .288 337 25 14 6 6 6
1959 22 LAD NL 44 1142 1019 113 237 36 6 26 3 4 93 242 .233 .308 .356 .664 .281 363 16 18 12 0 9
1960 23 LAD NL 41 1083 995 93 214 38 6 27 8 7 72 246 .215 .274 .347 .621 .258 345 23 10 3 3 5
1961 24 LAD NL 40 1047 928 111 236 40 5 29 14 5 83 182 .254 .326 .402 .728 .286 373 24 20 8 8 15
1962 25 LAD NL 43 1289 1185 122 272 49 8 21 8 10 78 232 .230 .282 .338 .620 .268 400 16 11 9 6 12
1963 26 LAD NL 42 1265 1183 114 287 39 6 25 11 8 57 251 .243 .282 .349 .631 .287 413 25 10 10 5 13
1964 27 LAD NL 40 1264 1171 91 242 38 3 15 2 9 68 237 .207 .255 .283 .538 .246 331 21 10 11 4 9
1965 28 LAD NL 44 1262 1164 113 270 47 7 30 12 7 66 210 .232 .279 .362 .641 .259 421 19 12 16 4 11
1966 29 LAD NL 40 1135 1053 114 279 34 3 21 8 5 45 177 .265 .304 .363 .666 .299 382 28 17 12 8 8
1967 30 LAD NL 38 1150 1069 101 269 47 4 19 9 10 60 196 .252 .295 .356 .652 .291 381 20 8 9 4 19
1968 31 LAD NL 31 954 871 68 201 14 2 11 9 10 56 155 .231 .284 .289 .573 .266 252 16 12 6 9 10
1969 32 LAD NL 12 267 244 34 71 6 1 9 3 1 13 24 .291 .327 .434 .761 .288 106 6 2 4 4 0
14 Seasons 518 14095 12904 1292 3084 471 74 280 95 84 855 2486 .239 .293 .352 .645 .275 4543 270 154 116 66 123
162 Game Avg. 36 975 893 89 213 33 5 19 7 6 59 172 .239 .293 .352 .645 .275 314 19 11 8 5 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1956 19 BRO NL 25 12 4 5 3 0 1 6 6 .500 0 3 2 0 7 58% 53 78 36 15 4 4 5 4.1 3.5 6.5
1957 20 BRO NL 34 29 15 8 6 1 5 18 11 .621 2 3 9 4 23 79% 59 85 24 26 9 12 5 5.1 5.2 7.3
1958 21 LAD NL 44 29 11 12 6 0 3 14 15 .483 1 2 6 1 16 55% 50 80 21 41 12 15 8 4.2 4.3 6.2
1959 22 LAD NL 44 36 16 11 9 0 1 21 15 .583 1 4 15 4 20 56% 59 100 22 17 4 19 4 3.9 3.9 7.1
1960 23 LAD NL 41 36 14 13 9 1 6 21 15 .583 7 3 15 5 24 67% 61 92 22 27 11 18 6 4.0 3.5 7.2
1961 24 LAD NL 40 37 13 10 14 1 3 17 20 .459 3 8 10 3 20 54% 53 83 24 25 6 22 4 4.5 4.7 6.5
1962 25 LAD NL 43 41 25 8 8 3 2 31 10 .756 0 6 19 2 29 71% 60 85 20 17 8 28 1 5.7 5.8 7.6
1963 26 LAD NL 42 42 19 17 6 1 10 22 20 .524 2 3 17 3 30 71% 61 89 25 17 7 33 2 3.5 3.5 7.5
1964 27 LAD NL 40 40 18 16 6 1 10 19 21 .475 4 2 21 5 32 80% 66 90 17 16 9 29 3 4.2 4.4 8.0
1965 28 LAD NL 44 42 23 12 7 5 8 26 16 .619 1 1 20 7 28 67% 59 91 27 17 5 33 1 4.3 4.7 7.3
1966 29 LAD NL 40 40 13 16 11 1 4 21 19 .525 2 5 11 3 22 55% 55 82 26 29 12 26 2 3.6 3.4 6.8
1967 30 LAD NL 38 38 13 16 9 0 7 17 21 .447 4 4 9 3 28 74% 59 83 19 21 12 27 6 2.8 2.8 7.4
1968 31 LAD NL 31 31 14 12 5 0 7 15 16 .484 1 2 12 8 25 81% 63 89 25 17 6 21 4 2.8 2.5 7.7
1969 32 LAD NL 12 12 5 4 3 2 0 6 6 .500 0 3 1 1 5 42% 47 78 24 8 3 4 4 4.6 5.4 5.2
14 Seasons 518 465 203 160 102 16 67 254 211 .546 28 49 167 49 309 66% 58 100 17 293 108 291 55 4.1 4.1 7.2
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1956 19 BRO NL 25 13 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 6 0.915 1 2 9 0 1 12 2 11 6 3 6 2 4.9
1957 20 BRO NL 34 5 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.996 2 0 3 0 2 3 0 5 2 1 2 1 5.0
1958 21 LAD NL 44 15 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 10 6 60% 9 1.006 3 3 7 2 2 11 5 10 9 2 9 2 6.6
1959 22 LAD NL 44 8 7 1 2 4 2 2 50% 4 0 10 0 0% 8 1.241 4 1 3 5 0 3 5 3 4 2 4 1 5.5
1960 23 LAD NL 41 5 5 1 1 2 2 0 100% 2 0 9 0 0% 8 1.122 3 1 1 2 0 3 4 1 4 1 4 2 5.2
1961 24 LAD NL 40 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 7 0.974 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 3 0 5.3
1962 25 LAD NL 43 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 0 0% 9 0.981 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2.0
1965 28 LAD NL 44 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 5 0 0% 8 1.091 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1.5
8 Seasons 315 53 34 6 6 8 6 2 75% 10 2 46 9 20% 1.054 18 8 24 12 6 35 21 32 27 13 28 8 5.3

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1956 19 BRO NL 413 36% 2.2% 13.3% 7.5% 5.8% 25% 1.32 75% 80 12 15%
1957 20 BRO NL 911 41% 1.9% 16.3% 6.7% 6.6% 31% 1.46 74% 157 19 12%
1958 21 LAD NL 913 39% 2.3% 14.4% 7.9% 7.6% 32% 1.30 73% 176 25 14%
1959 22 LAD NL 1142 46% 2.3% 21.2% 8.1% 6.0% 29% 1.16 66% 210 16 8%
1960 23 LAD NL 1083 48% 2.5% 22.7% 6.7% 6.6% 33% 1.28 67% 195 23 12%
1961 24 LAD NL 1047 43% 2.8% 17.4% 7.9% 7.1% 31% 1.41 69% 195 24 12%
1962 25 LAD NL 1289 45% 1.6% 18.0% 6.1% 6.1% 29% 0.99 73% 240 16 7%
1963 26 LAD NL 1266 46% 2.0% 19.8% 4.5% 5.5% 24% 1.15 72% 206 25 12%
1964 27 LAD NL 1264 45% 1.2% 18.8% 5.4% 4.4% 23% 1.00 73% 219 21 10%
1965 28 LAD NL 1262 45% 2.4% 16.6% 5.2% 6.7% 31% 1.06 74% 195 19 10%
1966 29 LAD NL 1135 40% 1.9% 15.6% 4.0% 5.1% 21% 1.29 76% 211 28 13%
1967 30 LAD NL 1151 41% 1.7% 17.0% 5.2% 6.1% 26% 1.20 75% 184 20 11%
1968 31 LAD NL 954 37% 1.2% 16.3% 5.9% 2.8% 13% 1.26 75% 155 16 10%
1969 32 LAD NL 267 41% 3.4% 9.0% 4.9% 6.0% 23% 1.27 81% 47 6 13%
14 Seasons 14097 43% 2.0% 17.6% 6.1% 5.9% 27% 1.19 72% 2470 270 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1956 19 BRO NL 413 95 9 0 5 6 3 5 4 22 8 4 36% 3 3 2 155 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 0
1957 20 BRO NL 911 197 17 0 9 7 10 13 4 33 10 8 30% 13 3 1 328 6 3 67% 4 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 10 0
1958 21 LAD NL 913 214 21 1 17 12 9 11 10 64 37 8 58% 17 8 2 315 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 19 0
1959 22 LAD NL 1142 237 26 0 30 15 11 15 11 45 20 15 44% 9 4 6 419 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 17 0
1960 23 LAD NL 1083 214 27 0 17 12 15 17 10 34 14 11 41% 16 6 4 371 8 7 53% 8 7 0 0 0 0 7 1 14 0
1961 24 LAD NL 1047 236 29 0 26 15 14 16 13 52 20 13 38% 12 7 3 367 14 5 74% 13 2 0 2 1 1 4 0 24 0
1962 25 LAD NL 1289 272 21 0 31 10 11 4 17 72 30 15 42% 27 8 2 448 8 10 44% 8 9 0 0 0 1 6 0 18 0
1963 26 LAD NL 1266 287 25 1 20 10 15 9 16 47 21 9 45% 18 4 10 414 11 8 58% 11 7 0 1 0 0 10 0 26 0
1964 27 LAD NL 1264 242 15 0 24 8 7 7 8 50 24 7 48% 20 11 5 418 2 9 18% 2 9 0 0 0 0 7 0 27 0
1965 28 LAD NL 1262 270 30 0 21 13 17 13 17 60 23 5 38% 24 11 5 409 12 7 63% 11 7 1 0 0 0 12 2 23 0
1966 29 LAD NL 1135 279 21 1 18 13 8 5 16 63 27 10 43% 17 7 2 408 8 5 62% 8 5 0 0 0 0 11 0 22 0
1967 30 LAD NL 1151 269 19 0 18 11 8 8 11 49 22 6 45% 16 5 3 396 9 10 47% 8 10 1 0 0 0 15 4 16 0
1968 31 LAD NL 901 201 11 0 22 6 4 3 7 42 20 6 48% 10 4 3 287 9 10 47% 9 10 0 0 0 0 11 4 15 53
1969 32 LAD NL 267 71 9 0 4 6 3 2 7 14 8 1 57% 4 1 1 90 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
14 Seasons 14044 3084 280 3 262 144 135 128 151 647 284 118 44% 206 82 49 4825 95 84 53% 90 78 3 4 2 2 97 11 246 53
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1956 19 5 5 .500 2.64 25 12 6 2 0 0 99.0 95 35 29 9 31 3 55 3 0 3 413 153 1.273 8.6 0.8 2.8 5.0 1.77 153
1957 20 22 14 .611 2.67 59 41 10 11 4 0 320.0 292 111 95 26 92 6 203 10 1 6 1324 154 1.200 8.2 0.7 2.6 5.7 2.21 154
1958 21 34 27 .557 3.27 103 70 17 17 5 0 531.2 506 218 193 47 164 12 334 24 3 14 2237 126 1.260 8.6 0.8 2.8 5.7 2.04 126
1959 22 51 40 .560 3.33 147 106 24 32 9 2 802.1 743 331 297 73 257 21 576 42 5 18 3379 125 1.246 8.3 0.8 2.9 6.5 2.24 125
1960 23 66 54 .550 3.21 188 142 29 47 14 4 1071.1 957 424 382 100 329 26 822 52 5 24 4462 128 1.200 8.0 0.8 2.8 6.9 2.50 128
1961 24 79 64 .552 3.30 228 179 31 57 17 4 1315.1 1193 535 482 129 412 41 1004 72 6 31 5509 126 1.220 8.2 0.9 2.8 6.9 2.44 126
1962 25 104 73 .588 3.21 271 220 33 76 19 5 1629.2 1465 657 581 150 490 53 1236 83 6 39 6798 126 1.200 8.1 0.8 2.7 6.8 2.52 126
1963 26 123 90 .577 3.11 313 262 33 93 22 5 1945.0 1752 771 673 175 547 66 1487 93 6 43 8064 124 1.182 8.1 0.8 2.5 6.9 2.72 124
1964 27 141 106 .571 2.98 353 302 33 114 27 5 2266.1 1994 862 751 190 615 75 1724 103 7 54 9328 127 1.151 7.9 0.8 2.4 6.8 2.80 127
1965 28 164 118 .582 2.96 397 344 34 134 34 6 2574.2 2264 975 846 220 681 86 1934 115 7 65 10590 126 1.144 7.9 0.8 2.4 6.8 2.84 126
1966 29 177 134 .569 3.00 437 384 34 145 37 6 2848.1 2543 1089 950 241 726 94 2111 132 8 72 11725 122 1.148 8.0 0.8 2.3 6.7 2.91 122
1967 30 190 150 .559 2.98 475 422 34 154 40 6 3130.1 2812 1190 1036 260 786 113 2307 140 10 77 12876 122 1.149 8.1 0.7 2.3 6.6 2.94 122
1968 31 204 162 .557 2.92 506 453 34 166 48 6 3369.1 3013 1258 1093 271 842 123 2462 152 10 81 13830 122 1.144 8.0 0.7 2.2 6.6 2.92 122
1969 32 209 166 .557 2.95 518 465 34 167 49 6 3432.0 3084 1292 1124 280 855 123 2486 154 10 82 14097 121 1.148 8.1 0.7 2.2 6.5 2.91 121

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1956 19 8 3 .727 2.70 100.0 98 33 30 9 32 56 3 1.300 8.8 2.9 5.0 1.75 0.8 25
1957 20 18 7 .720 2.57 228.0 200 72 65 17 62 153 7 1.149 7.9 2.4 6.0 2.47 0.7 34
1958 21 11 13 .458 4.17 216.0 222 111 100 22 75 134 15 1.375 9.3 3.1 5.6 1.79 0.9 44
1959 22 18 13 .581 3.29 279.0 243 113 102 27 95 249 18 1.211 7.8 3.1 8.0 2.62 0.9 44
1960 23 20 10 .667 2.90 273.0 225 98 88 28 76 250 11 1.103 7.4 2.5 8.2 3.29 0.9 41
1961 24 16 11 .593 3.41 251.0 237 106 95 29 83 187 20 1.275 8.5 3.0 6.7 2.25 1.0 40
1962 25 20 13 .606 3.18 303.0 285 119 107 22 82 224 12 1.211 8.5 2.4 6.7 2.73 0.7 43
1963 26 17 15 .531 3.64 289.0 324 130 117 28 64 230 11 1.343 10.1 2.0 7.2 3.59 0.9 42
1964 27 22 11 .667 2.78 304.0 266 104 94 16 75 224 11 1.122 7.9 2.2 6.6 2.99 0.5 40
1965 28 18 14 .563 3.46 291.0 296 124 112 33 72 198 13 1.265 9.2 2.2 6.1 2.75 1.0 44
1966 29 13 15 .464 4.39 254.0 305 138 124 23 49 164 19 1.394 10.8 1.7 5.8 3.35 0.8 40
1967 30 15 13 .536 3.80 258.0 302 121 109 21 67 179 9 1.430 10.5 2.3 6.2 2.67 0.7 38
1968 31 13 10 .565 3.37 211.0 235 88 79 13 65 137 14 1.422 10.0 2.8 5.8 2.11 0.6 31
1969 32 2 4 .333 5.74 58.0 78 41 37 10 14 22 2 1.586 12.1 2.2 3.4 1.57 1.6 12
14 Seasons 211 152 .581 3.42 3315.0 3316 1398 1259 298 911 2407 165 1.275 9.0 6.5 2.64 0.8 518

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (370th)

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

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1957 NL--2.688--2nd
1960 NL--2.844--3rd
1961 NL--3.689--9th
1962 NL--2.835--4th
1963 NL--2.626--9th
1964 NL--2.185--2nd
1965 NL--2.773--8th
1967 NL--2.745--9th
1968 NL--2.146--6th
Career--2.948--154th

Wins s c a p y
1957 NL--17--4th
1959 NL--17--7th
1962 NL--25--1st
1963 NL--19--6th
1964 NL--18--8th
1965 NL--23--3rd
Career--209--95th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1957 NL--.654--4th
1962 NL--.735--3rd
1965 NL--.657--7th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1957 NL--1.167--3rd
1960 NL--1.063--1st
1962 NL--1.114--3rd
1963 NL--1.091--10th
1964 NL--.965--2nd
1965 NL--1.090--5th
Career--1.148--61st

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 NL--8.023--7th
1959 NL--7.881--4th
1960 NL--7.160--4th
1962 NL--7.788--4th
1964 NL--6.778--2nd
1968 NL--7.569--10th
Career--8.087--139th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 NL--2.233--9th
1963 NL--1.627--4th
1965 NL--1.927--9th
1966 NL--1.480--4th
1967 NL--1.915--7th
Career--2.242--172nd

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 NL--6.027--6th
1958 NL--5.570--8th
1959 NL--8.047--1st
1960 NL--8.231--2nd
1961 NL--6.713--4th
1962 NL--6.643--7th
1963 NL--7.164--7th
Career--6.519--142nd

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1957 NL--221.0--10th
1958 NL--211.7--9th
1959 NL--270.7--4th
1960 NL--269.0--5th
1961 NL--244.0--9th
1962 NL--314.3--1st
1963 NL--315.3--2nd
1964 NL--321.3--1st
1965 NL--308.3--2nd
1966 NL--273.7--5th
1967 NL--282.0--5th
Career--3432.0--79th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1957 NL--148--5th
1958 NL--131--6th
1959 NL--242--1st
1960 NL--246--1st
1961 NL--182--3rd
1962 NL--232--1st
1963 NL--251--3rd
1964 NL--237--3rd
1965 NL--210--9th
1966 NL--177--10th
1967 NL--196--6th
Career--2486--30th

Games Started s c a p y
1959 NL--36--4th
1960 NL--36--3rd
1961 NL--37--2nd
1962 NL--41--1st
1963 NL--42--1st
1964 NL--40--1st
1965 NL--42--1st
1966 NL--40--3rd
1967 NL--38--3rd
Career--465--68th

Complete Games s c a p y
1959 NL--15--8th
1960 NL--15--6th
1962 NL--19--4th
1963 NL--17--5th
1964 NL--21--2nd
1965 NL--20--3rd
1966 NL--11--9th
Career--167--190th

Shutouts s c a p y
1957 NL--4--2nd
1959 NL--4--1st
1960 NL--5--2nd
1961 NL--3--3rd
1962 NL--2--10th
1964 NL--5--2nd
1965 NL--7--3rd
1967 NL--3--6th
1968 NL--8--2nd
Career--49--21st

Home Runs s c a p y
1959 NL--26--4th
1960 NL--27--3rd
1961 NL--29--3rd
1963 NL--25--4th
1965 NL--30--2nd
1967 NL--19--10th
Career--280--64th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1959 NL--93--3rd
1961 NL--83--10th
Career--855--185th

Hits s c a p y
1958 NL--214--9th
1959 NL--237--10th
1961 NL--236--5th
1962 NL--272--3rd
1963 NL--287--1st
1964 NL--242--7th
1965 NL--270--1st
1966 NL--279--2nd
1967 NL--269--2nd
Career--3084--108th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1957 NL--2.426--5th
1959 NL--2.602--5th
1960 NL--3.417--3rd
1961 NL--2.193--10th
1962 NL--2.974--4th
1963 NL--4.404--2nd
1964 NL--3.485--8th
1965 NL--3.182--6th
1966 NL--3.933--6th
1967 NL--3.267--7th
Career--2.908--43rd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 NL--.692--6th
1962 NL--.601--5th
1964 NL--.420--6th
1966 NL--.691--8th
1968 NL--.414--9th

Losses s c a p y
1958 NL--13--7th
1959 NL--13--8th
1960 NL--14--6th
1963 NL--17--4th
1964 NL--16--6th
1966 NL--16--3rd
1967 NL--16--4th
Career--166--98th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1958 NL--98--6th
1959 NL--104--5th
1961 NL--100--8th
1963 NL--92--6th
1965 NL--95--8th
1966 NL--104--5th
1967 NL--86--7th
Career--1124--158th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1958 NL--8--4th
1964 NL--11--6th
1965 NL--11--7th
Career--82--155th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1957 NL--7--4th
1958 NL--14--1st
1959 NL--18--1st
1960 NL--10--1st
1961 NL--20--1st
1962 NL--11--5th
1963 NL--10--5th
1964 NL--10--2nd
1965 NL--12--1st
1966 NL--17--2nd
1967 NL--8--2nd
1968 NL--12--2nd
Career--154--14th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1958 NL--913--9th
1959 NL--1142--5th
1960 NL--1083--7th
1961 NL--1047--6th
1962 NL--1289--1st
1963 NL--1266--2nd
1964 NL--1264--1st
1965 NL--1262--2nd
1966 NL--1135--5th
1967 NL--1151--5th
Career--14097--74th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1957 NL--154--2nd
1960 NL--139--2nd
1961 NL--117--10th
1962 NL--127--8th
1964 NL--149--3rd
1968 NL--128--8th
Career--121--108th

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 27 (39), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 133 (37), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 134 (52), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 42 (61), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Milt Pappas (940)
  2. Kevin Brown (928)
  3. Catfish Hunter (926) *
  4. Vida Blue (914)
  5. Luis Tiant (913)
  6. Rube Marquard (907) *
  7. Wilbur Cooper (906)
  8. Orel Hershiser (900)
  9. Jim Bunning (899) *
  10. Billy Pierce (895)
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  1. Christy Mathewson (979) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Larry Dierker (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Milt Pappas (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Larry Dierker (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Larry Dierker (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Larry Dierker (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Catfish Hunter (950) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Catfish Hunter (952) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Catfish Hunter (955) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Catfish Hunter (945) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Bert Blyleven (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Catfish Hunter (923) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Bert Blyleven (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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