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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	32-26 / in Starts: 26-16
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	12 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 138 PAs	19
Actual Runners on Base	86 (51-24-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 138 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	81 (42-26-13)

Most Driven In
Self	7
W Parker	5
J Lefebvre	3
J Roseboro	2
W Davis	1
R Fairly	1
L Johnson	0

Most Driven In By
Self	7
R Fairly	3
W Parker	2
W Davis	2
M Wills	2
J Gilliam	1

1965 Batting Game Log

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1965 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	363	1	Apr 12	LAD	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	9	.20	0.095	.43	0.12%	1.58	P
2	364	3 (1)	Apr 17	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.667	.833	9	.95	-0.045	2.44	-0.07%	-0.36	P
3	365	6 (2)	Apr 21	LAD		NYM	W,5-1	GS-8	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	9	1.42	0.061	3.31	0.09%	0.44	P
4	366	10 (3)	Apr 25	LAD		PHI	L,4-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.600	.900	9	.70	-0.019	2.29	-0.04%	-0.20	P
5	367	14 (3)	Apr 29	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.500	.808	9	.59	-0.014	1.60	-0.02%	0.15	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	368	18 (3)	May 4	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-6	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.333	.462	.795	9	.72	0.013	2.40	0.03%	0.03	P
7	369	22 (3)	May 8	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-0	CG	4	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.368	.588	.957	9	.24	0.009	.96	0.02%	0.19	P
8	370	26 (3)	May 12	LAD		HOU	W,4-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.300	.364	.550	.914	9	.87	-0.067	3.80	-0.18%	-1.43	P
9	371	31 (4)	May 16 (2)	LAD		CHC	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.346	.542	.888	9	1.12	-0.009	4.79	-0.02%	-0.59	P
10	372	34 (2)	May 19	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-2	14-GF(14)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.346	.542	.888	8						P
11	373	35	May 21	LAD	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.379	.556	.935	9	.84	0.031	3.95	0.09%	0.34	P
12	374	39 (3)	May 25	LAD		STL	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.375	.533	.908	9	1.35	0.014	6.55	0.04%	-0.03	P
13	375	43 (3)	May 29	LAD		MLN	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.400	.576	.976	9	1.74	0.067	8.27	0.19%	0.65	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	376	47 (3)	Jun 2	LAD	@	STL	W,4-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.343	.378	.543	.921	9	.79	-0.040	4.21	-0.13%	-0.39	P
15	377	51 (3)	Jun 6 (1)	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.366	.590	.956	9	.46	0.096	2.69	0.34%	0.43	P
16	378	57 (5)	Jun 11	LAD	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.364	.643	1.006	9	.78	0.277	3.59	0.77%	0.71	P
17	379	61 (3)	Jun 15	LAD		SFG	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.356	.383	.644	1.027	9	1.24	-0.011	7.70	-0.04%	0.15	P
18	380	67 (5)	Jun 20 (2)	LAD		NYM	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.360	.604	.964	9	1.68	-0.111	8.64	-0.34%	-0.79	P
19	381	70 (2)	Jun 24	LAD		PIT	L,3-13	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.327	.353	.592	.945	9	.57	-0.013	3.28	-0.05%	-0.13	P
20	382	74 (3)	Jun 28	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.308	.333	.558	.891	9	.97	-0.097	5.90	-0.36%	-1.45	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	383	79 (4)	Jul 2	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.309	.333	.545	.879	9	1.46	-0.123	7.91	-0.40%	-0.54	P
22	384	83 (3)	Jul 6	LAD	@	CIN	W,11-7	GS-7	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.328	.576	.904	9	.33	0.083	2.27	0.35%	0.11	P
23	385	84	Jul 7	LAD	@	CIN	L,6-7	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.300	.323	.567	.889	9	1.63	-0.068	12.10	-0.30%	-0.51	PH
24	386	87 (2)	Jul 10	LAD	@	PIT	W,8-4	GS-6	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.323	.571	.895	9	.43	0.028	2.47	0.10%	0.19	P
25	387	90 (2)	Jul 15	LAD		CHC	W,5-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.303	.324	.561	.884	9	1.03	0.090	5.78	0.30%	1.97	P
26	388	94 (3)	Jul 19	LAD		HOU	W,8-3	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.314	.333	.571	.905	9	.95	0.147	5.91	0.55%	0.96	P
27	389	96 (1)	Jul 21	LAD		MLN	L,4-6	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.342	.577	.920	9	.83	0.035	6.21	0.16%	0.57	PH
28	390	97	Jul 22	LAD		MLN	L,2-5	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.351	.577	.929	8	1.49	0.051	12.20	0.25%	0.32	PH
29	391	98	Jul 23	LAD		STL	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.351	.608	.959	9	.63	0.073	3.98	0.28%	0.72	P
30	392	99	Jul 24	LAD		STL	L,2-3	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.346	.600	.946	9	3.19	-0.086	20.09	-0.33%	-0.32	PH
31	393	102 (2)	Jul 27	LAD		CIN	W,9-7	GS-3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.329	.354	.605	.960	9	1.36	0.100	12.17	0.54%	0.84	P
32	394	104 (1)	Jul 30	LAD	@	STL	W,4-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.325	.350	.597	.947	9	2.15	-0.054	14.08	-0.21%	-0.23	PH
33	395	105	Jul 31	LAD	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.337	.575	.912	9	.96	-0.071	6.42	-0.29%	-0.62	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	396	107 (1)	Aug 2	LAD	@	STL	L,5-6	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.345	.575	.920	9	2.64	0.109	18.37	0.46%	0.37	PH
35	397	108	Aug 4 (1)	LAD	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.313	.352	.566	.919	9	1.56	-0.134	13.44	-0.69%	-0.90	P
36	398	111 (2)	Aug 6	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.348	.560	.908	7	3.01	-0.071	27.86	-0.40%	-0.28	PH
37	399	113 (1)	Aug 8	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-18	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.344	.553	.897	9	.47	-0.019	4.35	-0.10%	-0.57	P
38	400	115 (1)	Aug 11	LAD		NYM	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.333	.534	.867	9	1.42	-0.105	9.91	-0.44%	-0.72	P
39	401	118 (2)	Aug 15	LAD		PIT	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.326	.522	.849	7	1.21	-0.053	9.45	-0.25%	-0.56	P
40	402	122 (3)	Aug 19	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-5	GS-12	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.330	.547	.877	9	1.24	0.114	10.85	0.60%	0.77	P
41	403	124 (1)	Aug 21	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-4	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.327	.542	.868	9	2.26	-0.056	20.17	-0.30%	-0.22	PH
42	404	126 (1)	Aug 23	LAD	@	NYM	W,8-4	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.314	.520	.834	9	.79	-0.072	6.03	-0.33%	-0.76	P
43	405	127	Aug 24	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-4	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.321	.525	.846	9	1.81	0.069	14.42	0.33%	0.37	PH
44	406	128	Aug 25	LAD	@	NYM	L,5-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.318	.520	.837	9	1.20	-0.033	9.58	-0.16%	-0.29	PH
45	407	130 (1)	Aug 27	LAD	@	PHI	W,9-8	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.306	.500	.806	9	1.04	-0.111	8.30	-0.53%	-1.50	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
46	408	134 (3)	Sep 1 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.298	.486	.784	9	1.39	-0.097	13.80	-0.58%	-0.64	P
47	409	137 (2)	Sep 4	LAD	@	HOU	W,5-0	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.298	.486	.784	9						P
48	410	139 (1)	Sep 6	LAD		SFG	L,6-7	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.299	.482	.781	9	.35	0.015	4.89	0.13%	0.04	P
49	411	142 (2)	Sep 10	LAD		HOU	W,5-2	GS-7	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.311	.518	.828	9	1.66	0.408	15.66	2.31%	3.07	P
50	412	145 (2)	Sep 14	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-2	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.317	.522	.838	9	2.47	0.036	18.19	0.16%	0.59	PH
51	413	146	Sep 15	LAD	@	CHC	L,6-8	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.284	.314	.517	.831	9	.82	-0.041	4.31	-0.13%	-0.73	P
52	414	148 (1)	Sep 17	LAD	@	STL	W,3-2	GS-6	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.325	.521	.847	9	1.87	0.184	5.46	0.32%	1.84	P
53	415	151 (2)	Sep 21	LAD	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.331	.521	.851	9	1.10	0.088	4.08	0.20%	1.17	P
54	416	152	Sep 22	LAD	@	MLN	W,7-6	11-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.328	.516	.845	9	2.24	-0.055	14.33	-0.21%	-0.21	PH
55	417	155 (2)	Sep 26	LAD		STL	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.296	.328	.512	.840	9	.79	-0.070	11.35	-0.61%	-0.66	P
56	418	157 (1)	Sep 28	LAD		CIN	W,2-1	10-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.326	.508	.834	8	4.23	-0.102	82.60	-1.20%	-0.39	PH
57	419	159 (1)	Sep 30	LAD		MLN	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.333	.512	.845	9	.67	0.083	6.33	0.47%	0.58	P
58	420	160	Oct 1	LAD		MLN	L,0-2	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.331	.508	.839	8	1.98	-0.045	15.90	-0.22%	-0.26	PH
							32-26		138	130	18	39	4	1	7	19	5	0	34	1	2	0	1	7	0	0	.300	.331	.508	.839		1.09	0.484	7.48	0.27%	2.87

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