Don Drysdale

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 190lb (196cm, 86kg)

Born: July 23, 1936 in Van Nuys, CA us

Died: July 3, 1993 in Montreal, Canada

Buried: Cremated

High School: Van Nuys HS (Van Nuys, CA)

Debut: April 17, 1956 (Age 19-269d, 11,319th in major league history)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 5, 1969 (Age 33-013d)
vs. PIT 6.0 IP, 8 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1984. (Voted by BBWAA on 316/403 ballots)
View Don Drysdale's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: Donald Scott Drysdale

Nicknames: Big D or Airedale

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

67.1

209

166

ERA

2.95

518

465

3432.0

2486

WHIP

1.148

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-16 / in Starts: 15-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1968 Pitching Game Log

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1968 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	476	3	Apr 13	LAD		NYM	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	1	0.00	1.50	32	12	7	2	2	4	85			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.39	0.624	2.37	0.64%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
2	477	7	Apr 17	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-8	L(1-1)	3	7.2	5	3	3	3	6	1	0	1.62	2.51	32	9	9	2	4	5	60			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.85	-0.230	1.58	-0.26%	-0.33	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out d1
3	478	10	Apr 21(1)	LAD	@	NYM	W,7-6	GS-4		3	3.1	9	5	5	0	3	2	0	3.60	3.49	18	2	4	0	1	9	25			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.380	1.88	-0.46%	-3.56	1b start a 1	4b 1-3 1 out d3
4	479	15	Apr 27	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-3	GS-7	L(1-2)	5	7.0	6	2	2	5	5	1	2	3.33	4.09	32	9	5	0	0	6	57			1	1	1	25	0	1	1	1	0	0	.95	-0.005	2.61	-0.01%	0.68	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	480	19	May 1	LAD		ATL	L,3-7	GS-7		3	7.0	7	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.18	3.89	29	13	4	0	0	7	54			0	0	0	25	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.13	0.004	2.34	0.01%	0.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
6	481	23	May 5	LAD		CIN	L,2-3	GS-10		3	10.0	7	2	1	0	6	0	0	2.66	3.27	36	12	11	1	1	7	78			0	2	1	36	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.36	0.184	2.90	0.24%	1.50	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
7	482	27	May 10	LAD	@	ATL	L,1-2	GS-7	L(1-3)	4	6.0	8	2	1	0	3	0	0	2.52	3.05	25	5	9	0	0	8	53			0	0	1	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.020	2.35	-0.03%	0.35	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out tie
8	483	31	May 14	LAD		CHC	W,1-0	SHO	W(2-3)	3	9.0	2	0	0	3	7	0	0	2.14	2.86	32	15	5	0	2	2	87			1	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	0.609	2.26	0.62%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
9	484	35	May 18	LAD		HOU	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-3)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	0	1.85	2.71	34	17	4	0	0	5	81			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.86	0.609	2.71	0.53%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
10	485	40	May 22	LAD	@	STL	W,2-0	SHO	W(4-3)	3	9.0	5	0	0	0	8	0	0	1.64	2.46	31	9	9	0	0	5	85			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	0.624	2.29	0.60%	3.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
11	486	44	May 26	LAD	@	HOU	W,5-0	SHO	W(5-3)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	6	0	1	1.47	2.42	34	10	9	0	3	6	79			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	.97	0.414	1.98	0.50%	3.32	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
12	487	49	May 31	LAD		SFG	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-3)	4	9.0	6	0	0	2	7	0	0	1.33	2.33	36	9	12	0	1	6	80			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.26	0.405	2.41	0.46%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	488	53	Jun 4	LAD		PIT	W,5-0	SHO	W(7-3)	3	9.0	3	0	0	0	8	0	1	1.21	2.21	30	17	1	0	0	3	89			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.56	0.276	1.12	0.33%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
14	489	57	Jun 8	LAD		PHI	W,5-3	GS-7	W(8-3)	3	6.1	6	3	2	2	5	1	0	1.31	2.30	28	12	4	2	0	5	54			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.13	-0.178	3.58	-0.34%	-1.80	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out a1
15	490	61	Jun 12	LAD		NYM	L,1-2	GS-9	L(8-4)	3	8.1	7	2	2	2	2	0	0	1.37	2.33	31	12	9	0	3	6	61			0	0	1	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.66	0.051	4.59	0.09%	1.59	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out tie
16	491	66	Jun 18	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-7		5	7.0	4	1	0	1	7	0	2	1.29	2.29	27	6	7	1	0	4	73			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.237	3.49	0.37%	1.61	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
17	492	71	Jun 22	LAD	@	NYM	W,5-1	GS-7	W(9-4)	3	6.2	7	1	1	2	5	1	0	1.29	2.36	29	8	7	1	2	7	59			1	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	.73	0.164	1.07	0.14%	0.97	1b start a 1	7b 123 2 out a4
18	493	74	Jun 26	LAD	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	W(10-4)	3	9.0	2	1	0	3	6	0	0	1.21	2.34	33	10	12	1	2	2	84			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.52	0.529	2.34	0.49%	2.45	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	494	79	Jul 1	LAD		STL	L,1-5	GS-7	L(10-5)	4	6.1	10	5	5	1	4	0	0	1.46	2.31	29	7	7	0	2	10	36			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.15	-0.283	3.43	-0.51%	-2.95	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d4
20	495	83	Jul 5	LAD		CIN	L,0-2	GS-10		3	10.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.37	2.30	35	15	12	3	3	4	84			3	0	0	34	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.54	0.672	1.17	0.31%	3.50	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
21	496	87	Jul 12	LAD	@	ATL	L,0-7	GS-7	L(10-6)	6	6.1	8	7	5	5	4	0	1	1.59	2.36	32	9	5	2	0	8	32			0	0	0	24	0	0	4	2	0	1	1.39	-0.137	.52	-0.03%	-2.74	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out d4
22	497	91	Jul 16	LAD	@	CIN	W,9-2	GS-7	W(11-6)	3	6.1	10	2	2	2	3	1	1	1.64	2.46	28	4	8	1	2	10	46			0	1	2	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.175	.04	0.01%	0.38	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a6
23	498	94	Jul 20	LAD		CHC	W,5-2	CG	W(12-6)	3	9.0	9	2	2	2	8	0	0	1.66	2.40	35	7	9	2	1	9	67			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.25	0.296	.06	0.01%	1.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
24	499	98	Jul 24	LAD		HOU	L,0-1	GS-8	L(12-7)	3	8.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	3	1.63	2.44	31	10	10	0	0	3	71			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.153	.03	0.00%	1.80	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
25	500	101	Jul 28(1)	LAD	@	CHC	L,3-8	CG(8)	L(12-8)	3	8.0	8	8	8	3	6	1	0	1.94	2.49	35	4	17	1	3	5	37			0	0	0	29	3	0	2	0	2	0	.79	-0.463	.00	0.00%	-4.75	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	501	106	Aug 1	LAD		SFG	L,0-2	GS-8	L(12-9)	3	8.0	10	2	2	0	2	1	0	1.95	2.53	32	11	9	0	0	10	56			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.017	.00	0.00%	0.80	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
27	502	112	Aug 6	LAD		PIT	L,1-4	CG	L(12-10)	4	9.0	11	4	0	2	5	0	0	1.86	2.51	39	12	9	3	1	11	60			0	1	1	37	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.33	-0.191	.00	0.00%	-0.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
28	503	117	Aug 11	LAD		PHI	W,1-0	SHO	W(13-10)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	8	0	0	1.79	2.43	29	11	9	0	3	1	87			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.619	.00	0.00%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
29	504	120	Aug 16	LAD	@	PIT	W,8-4	GS-8	W(14-10)	4	7.0	7	3	3	2	5	1	0	1.85	2.47	29	10	5	0	1	7	54			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	1	0	.86	-0.100	.00	0.00%	-0.75	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 0 out a5
30	505	124	Aug 20	LAD	@	HOU	L,5-8	GS-	L(14-11)	3	4.2	7	5	5	3	2	0	0	2.01	2.49	24						29						19			0		1
31	506	128	Aug 24	LAD		SFG	L,7-9	GS-6	L(14-12)	3	6.0	9	5	5	2	3	1	0	2.15	2.54	27	12	2	0	0	8	35			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.18	-0.556	.00	0.00%	-2.90	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
							15-16		W-L:14-12	3.4	239.0	201	68	57	56	155	11	12	2.15	2.54	954	1.30		4%	7%	183	63		---%	10	10	7	871	14	2	10	17	9	10	1.17	4.085	1.62	3.72%	22.20

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