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: 19-21 / in Starts: 19-21

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1964 Pitching Game Log

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1964 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	314	2	Apr 15	LAD		STL	L,2-6	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	7.2	8	6	6	1	5	0	1	7.04	2.08	34	12	13	4	0	2	43			0	1	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.48	-0.261	3.10	-0.33%	-2.05	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d4
2	315	6	Apr 19	LAD		MLN	L,2-3	GS-7		3	7.0	3	2	2	1	5	0	1	4.91	2.06	27	12	8	2	0	0	67			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.40	-0.050	1.92	-0.04%	0.92	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
3	316	9	Apr 23	LAD	@	STL	W,7-5	GS-7		3	6.0	7	4	4	0	2	1	0	5.23	2.65	24	9	12	4	0	1	44			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.001	.93	0.00%	-0.45	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a2
4	317	13	Apr 27	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-0	SHO	W(1-1)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.64	2.50	35	9	19	8	0	0	78			0	0	1	33	0	0	1	0	0	1	.67	0.290	.68	0.18%	3.80	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
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	318	17	May 1	LAD		SFG	W,7-1	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	9	1	1	3.03	2.63	35	11	12	1	0	0	80			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	.81	0.252	1.04	0.19%	2.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
6	319	21	May 6	LAD		HOU	W,5-2	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	6	2	2	1	5	1	0	2.83	2.75	33	13	14	5	0	0	71			0	1	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.318	.74	0.18%	1.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
7	320	25	May 10	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-1	CG	W(4-1)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.54	2.61	33	15	12	6	0	0	75			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.278	.56	0.13%	3.12	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
8	321	28	May 14(2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-0	SHO	W(5-1)	3	9.0	4	0	0	5	8	0	0	2.19	2.59	35	13	8	2	0	1	82			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.392	.76	0.20%	4.20	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
9	322	33	May 18	LAD		PIT	L,2-4	GS-6	L(5-2)	3	5.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.42	2.59	22	6	10	9	0	1	40			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	-0.147	1.30	-0.08%	-0.71	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out a1
10	323	37	May 22	LAD		PHI	L,0-2	GS-7	L(5-3)	3	7.0	6	1	0	0	6	0	1	2.20	2.48	26	9	9	4	0	1	69			0	2	0	24	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.25	0.169	1.59	0.13%	1.92	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
11	324	40	May 26	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-6	GS-7	L(5-4)	3	7.0	3	3	3	1	2	0	0	2.34	2.48	24	11	10	2	0	0	60			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.69	-0.100	.69	-0.06%	0.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
12	325	44	May 30	LAD	@	PIT	W,10-3	CG	W(6-4)	3	9.0	8	3	3	2	9	0	1	2.40	2.39	38	12	12	3	0	2	66			0	0	0	35	0	1	0	0	0	0	.33	0.086	.33	0.05%	1.00	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a7
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	326	47	Jun 3	LAD	@	PHI	L,0-1	GS-11	L(6-5)	3	10.1	4	1	0	4	10	0	1	2.16	2.36	38	9	15	4	0	0	89			0	0	1	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.710	1.84	0.56%	4.25	1b start tie	11b -2- 1 out tie
14	327	51	Jun 7(1)	LAD	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	W(7-5)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	10	1	0	2.07	2.32	35	6	19	8	0	0	81			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	0.428	1.55	0.28%	2.88	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
15	328	56	Jun 11	LAD		STL	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-5)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	1.92	2.27	32	11	14	7	0	0	84			0	0	0	31	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.10	0.495	1.24	0.34%	3.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
16	329	61	Jun 16	LAD		MLN	W,5-1	CG	W(9-5)	4	9.0	4	1	1	0	8	0	0	1.85	2.17	31	13	9	4	0	1	83			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.94	0.326	1.11	0.23%	2.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
17	330	64	Jun 20	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS-7	L(9-6)	3	6.1	6	5	5	2	6	3	1	2.10	2.45	27	6	11	3	0	1	45			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.359	1.18	-0.27%	-1.91	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out tie
18	331	69	Jun 24	LAD	@	MLN	W,15-4	GS-8	W(10-6)	3	8.0	5	3	3	4	3	0	0	2.17	2.50	31	10	14	7	0	0	59			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	1	0	.25	0.046	.22	0.02%	0.62	1b start a 3	8b 3 out a12
19	332	73	Jun 28	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(10-7)	3	8.0	7	1	1	4	5	0	0	2.11	2.52	33	10	14	8	0	0	65			0	1	0	28	1	0	1	1	1	0	1.47	0.180	.86	0.06%	2.66	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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
20	333	77	Jul 3	LAD		NYM	W,6-2	CG	W(11-7)	4	9.0	9	2	1	2	9	1	0	2.05	2.53	37	12	13	10	0	1	70			0	1	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	.68	0.137	.25	0.03%	1.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
21	334	80	Jul 9	LAD	@	HOU	L,5-6	GS-7		5	6.1	5	2	2	1	7	1	0	2.08	2.55	25	8	9	3	0	0	61			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.132	.54	0.05%	0.50	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 1 out a2
22	335	85	Jul 13	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-10	GS-6	L(11-8)	3	6.0	11	7	7	0	4	1	0	2.37	2.58	27	6	15	7	0	2	26			0	0	1	26	0	0	0	0	1	0	.83	-0.240	.63	-0.11%	-4.20	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d6
23	336	89	Jul 17	LAD		CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(12-8)	3	9.0	6	2	1	0	10	1	0	2.30	2.54	35	12	13	3	0	0	79			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.39	0.395	1.06	0.18%	1.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
24	337	94	Jul 21	LAD		HOU	L,0-1	CG	L(12-9)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	9	1	0	2.24	2.53	34	7	16	5	0	1	81			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	0.207	.76	0.08%	2.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
25	338	100	Jul 28	LAD	@	NYM	W,9-0	SHO	W(13-9)	6	9.0	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.14	2.51	32	13	15	5	0	1	76			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	.35	0.185	.17	0.06%	3.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
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	339	103	Aug 1	LAD	@	PHI	L,6-10	GS-4	L(13-10)	3	3.0	9	7	6	1	3	0	0	2.37	2.49	20	4	10	6	0	2	17			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	-0.502	.91	-0.21%	-5.00	1b start a 3	4b 1-3 0 out d1
27	340	107	Aug 5	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-8		3	7.0	7	2	2	2	5	1	0	2.38	2.54	30	11	12	6	0	0	58			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.064	1.17	-0.03%	0.65	1b start tie	8b -23 0 out a2
28	341	111	Aug 9	LAD	@	MLN	L,2-6	GS-7	L(13-11)	3	7.0	6	4	3	3	6	0	0	2.43	2.53	31	11	11	5	0	0	54			0	1	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	.76	-0.246	.45	-0.09%	-0.83	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
29	342	115	Aug 14	LAD		STL	L,3-4	GS-8	L(13-12)	4	8.0	5	4	3	1	4	0	0	2.46	2.51	30	12	12	4	0	1	61			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.197	.22	-0.03%	-0.66	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
30	343	119	Aug 18	LAD		MLN	L,1-3	GS-7	L(13-13)	3	7.0	5	3	2	4	6	0	0	2.47	2.51	31	14	7	3	0	0	59			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.34	-0.076	.11	0.00%	-0.08	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
31	344	123	Aug 22	LAD		CIN	L,1-2	GS-8		3	8.0	9	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.42	2.49	34	9	17	8	0	0	64			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.233	.02	0.00%	2.34	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
32	345	127	Aug 26	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	W(14-13)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	6	0	1	2.37	2.47	33	15	9	3	0	1	74			0	0	1	31	2	0	1	2	0	0	1.64	0.416	.02	0.00%	2.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
33	346	131	Aug 31	LAD	@	STL	W,12-3	CG	W(15-13)	4	9.0	9	3	3	0	12	0	0	2.39	2.38	35	8	6	1	0	9	69			1	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.014	.00	0.00%	1.40	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
Sep/Oct				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
34	347	134	Sep 4(1)	LAD	@	NYM	W,3-0	SHO	W(16-13)	3	9.0	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.31	2.35	31	9	14	1	2	3	86			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.98	0.407	.00	0.00%	3.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
35	348	141	Sep 9	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-1	CG	W(17-13)	4	9.0	5	1	0	3	4	0	0	2.24	2.36	35	17	11	2	0	0	76			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.68	0.135	.00	0.00%	3.12	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
36	349	145	Sep 13	LAD		NYM	W,5-4	CG	W(18-13)	3	9.0	6	4	4	3	5	1	1	2.29	2.42	36	7	14	0	2	6	61			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
37	350	149	Sep 17	LAD		PHI	L,3-4	CG	L(18-14)	3	9.0	8	4	0	3	5	0	1	2.22	2.44	39	13	9	0	2	8	65			0	0	0	35	1	0	1	0	0	2	1.53	-0.200	.00	0.00%	-0.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
38	351	153	Sep 22	LAD	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(18-15)	4	8.0	5	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.19	2.42	30	11	11	4	1	0	72			0	0	0	28	0	0	1	2	0	1	1.02	0.209	.00	0.00%	2.73	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
39	352	157	Sep 27	LAD	@	HOU	L,0-1	GS-10		4	10.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.12	2.41	34	10	13	1	5	3	90			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.44	0.750	.00	0.00%	4.22	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
40	353	161	Oct 1	LAD		CHC	L,3-4	GS-8	L(18-16)	3	7.2	6	4	4	4	4	1	0	2.18	2.46	32	8	10	3	1	6	51			1	0	0	28	2	0	1	0	0	0	.89	-0.229	.00	0.00%	-1.21	1t start tie	8t -23 2 out d3
							19-21		W-L:18-16	3.3	321.1	242	91	78	68	237	15	10	2.18	2.46	1264	0.86		19%	1%	54	66		---%	2	9	4	1171	38	3	9	21	4	20	1.02	4.432	.68	1.71%	50.78

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