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: 6-6 / in Starts: 6-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1969 Pitching Game Log

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1969 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	507	1	Apr 7	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	4	2	2	2	4	2	0	3.00	6.51	23	4	9	2	4	4	58			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.164	1.66	0.16%	0.85	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
2	508	5	Apr 13	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-5	GS-3	L(1-1)	5	2.2	6	4	4	1	2	2	0	6.23	8.16	15	1	5	1	1	6	31			1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.258	1.36	-0.27%	-3.00	1b start tie	3b --3 2 out d4
3	509	9	Apr 18	LAD		HOU	W,5-4	GS-7		4	6.2	9	4	4	2	0	0	1	5.87	6.29	31	12	7	0	1	9	38			2	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.03	-0.312	1.84	-0.33%	-1.34	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d2
4	510	13	Apr 22	LAD		SFG	L,0-6	GS-5	L(1-2)	3	4.2	7	5	3	0	3	1	0	5.85	5.76	21	4	7	0	0	7	37			0	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	1	1	.82	-0.250	1.82	-0.33%	-3.09	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d5
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
5	511	58	Jun 15	LAD		NYM	W,3-2	GS-6	W(2-2)	53	5.2	7	2	2	0	3	0	0	5.26	4.81	23	6	7	0	0	7	50			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	.94	0.028	1.89	0.03%	0.33	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out a1
6	512	63	Jun 20	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-2	GS-6	W(3-2)	4	6.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.26	4.25	20	11	4	0	2	3	68			0	0	1	20	0	0	0	1	0	1	.93	0.340	2.52	0.55%	2.85	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
7	513	67	Jun 24	LAD	@	ATL	L,5-9	GS-3	L(3-3)	3	2.0	4	5	5	3	0	1	0	5.35	4.80	13	4	2	0	2	4	25			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.317	4.07	-0.72%	-3.42	1b start tie	3b 1-3 0 out d2
8	514	71	Jun 28	LAD	@	SDP	W,19-0	SHO	W(4-3)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.22	4.31	33	17	6	0	1	5	78			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.16	0.101	.41	0.16%	3.92	1b start tie	9b 3 out a19
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
9	515	76	Jul 3	LAD		CIN	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	7	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.99	3.98	27	12	6	0	1	7	57			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.03	0.029	3.06	0.05%	0.95	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
10	516	98	Jul 27	LAD	@	CHC	W,6-2	GS-6	W(5-3)	23	5.0	5	2	2	1	2	2	0	3.95	4.30	21	8	7	1	3	3	50			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	1	.95	0.073	2.55	0.12%	0.56	1b start tie	6b --- 0 out a3
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
11	517	103	Aug 1	LAD	@	STL	L,2-7	GS-3	L(5-4)	4	2.0	6	5	5	1	1	0	0	4.61	4.26	12	0	4	1	0	6	24			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.244	2.42	-0.35%	-3.06	1b start tie	3b 12- 0 out d3
12	518	107	Aug 5	LAD		PIT	L,3-11	GS-6		3	6.0	8	3	2	1	2	1	1	4.45	4.33	28	9	7	0	3	8	47			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.106	2.15	-0.14%	-0.48	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
							6-6		W-L:5-4	3.7	62.2	71	34	31	13	24	9	2	4.45	4.33	267	1.24		3%	11%	69	47		---%	3	1	1	244	6	1	0	6	4	4	.87	-0.752	2.02	-1.07%	-4.95

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