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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-8	GS	19	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	6 (4)	Apr 20	LAD		SFG	L,2-12	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	9 (2)	Apr 24	LAD		CHC	L,2-15	GS	14	2.1	0	3	0	3	0	P
4	14 (4)	Apr 30	LAD		PIT	L,1-3	GS	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	17 (2)	May 3	LAD		PIT	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	20 (2)	May 5	LAD		PHI	L,3-8	GS	15	2.1	0	0	1	1	0	P
7	21	May 6	LAD		PHI	W,7-6	GF	13	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
8	25 (3)	May 12	LAD		SFG	L,3-12	GS	13	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
9	30 (4)	May 17	LAD	@	STL	L,1-10	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	31	May 18 (1)	LAD	@	STL	L,5-6		18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
11	34 (2)	May 21	LAD	@	MLN	W,2-1	GS	26	6.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	38 (3)	May 27	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-5	GS	20	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	41 (2)	May 30 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	L,8-10		11	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	44 (2)	Jun 3	LAD		CIN	L,3-8	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
15	47 (2)	Jun 6	LAD		MLN	W,4-3	GS	29	7.1	0	1	1	2	0	P
16	51 (3)	Jun 11	LAD		PHI	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	53 (1)	Jun 13	LAD		PIT	W,5-4		11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	55 (1)	Jun 15	LAD		PIT	L,1-12	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	56	Jun 17	LAD	@	PHI	L,6-9	GS	22	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	58 (1)	Jun 19	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-9		13	2.2	0	0	1	1	0	P
21	60 (1)	Jun 21	LAD	@	PIT	L,7-11		6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	64 (3)	Jun 24 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,13-10	GS	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	66 (1)	Jun 26	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	P
24	69 (2)	Jun 29	LAD	@	MLN	L,6-10		16	3.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	72 (2)	Jul 3 (1)	LAD		STL	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	75 (2)	Jul 6	LAD		CHC	L,2-6	GS	26	5.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	78 (2)	Jul 11	LAD		MLN	L,4-7	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	83 (4)	Jul 15	LAD		PIT	L,2-6	GS	32	7.1	0	3	0	3	0	P
29	86 (2)	Jul 18	LAD		PHI	W,8-6		11	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	90 (3)	Jul 23 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-6		20	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
31	96 (5)	Jul 29	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-2	GS	35	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	102 (5)	Aug 3 (2)	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-3	GS	28	6.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	107 (4)	Aug 8	LAD		SFG	W,6-3	GS	36	8.2	1	5	0	6	1	P
34	112 (4)	Aug 14	LAD		CHC	W,7-3	GS	34	7.2	1	1	1	3	0	P
35	117 (4)	Aug 19 (1)	LAD		MLN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
36	121 (3)	Aug 23	LAD		MLN	W,10-1	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	P
37	126 (4)	Aug 29	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	132 (5)	Sep 2	LAD		SFG	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
39	136 (3)	Sep 6	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	31	7.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
40	139 (2)	Sep 10	LAD	@	PHI	L,6-8	GS	18	2.2	0	1	0	1	1	P
41	143 (3)	Sep 14	LAD	@	MLN	W,5-3	GS	22	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
42	148 (4)	Sep 20	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
43	150 (1)	Sep 23	LAD		STL	L,1-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	152 (1)	Sep 26 (1)	LAD		CHC	W,6-3	GS	33	7.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
							44gm		211.2	15	45	6	66	10