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: 24-20 / in Starts: 21-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 5

1959 Pitching Game Log

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1959 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	104	1	Apr 11	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-6	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	8	6	5	2	7	0	1	9.00	1.54	27	6	10	5	0	1	34			0	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.28	-0.311	3.20	-0.46%	-3.58	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
2	105	4	Apr 15	LAD		STL	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-1)	3	9.0	8	0	0	2	7	0	0	3.21	1.61	35	15	8	3	0	3	76			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	1	.98	0.429	2.22	0.59%	4.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
3	106	6	Apr 17	LAD		CHC	L,4-9	9-GF		1	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	4.20	1.88	7	2	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.027	.51	-0.04%	-1.47	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 5
4	107	9	Apr 20	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	W(2-1)	2	9.0	3	1	1	1	11	1	0	3.00	1.88	31	8	8	0	0	3	87			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.602	3.35	1.03%	3.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
5	108	13	Apr 25	LAD	@	STL	L,5-6	GS-1		4	0.1	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.07	1.89	6	2	3	1	0	1	29			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.315	4.11	-0.59%	-3.41	1b start a 3	1b 12- 1 out tie
6	109	15	Apr 27	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-3	CG	W(3-1)	1	9.0	6	3	3	3	7	0	0	3.78	1.91	35	10	14	2	0	1	67			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.121	.90	0.24%	1.36	1b start a 5	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
7	110	18	May 1	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS-6	L(3-2)	3	6.0	7	4	4	2	5	1	0	4.12	2.24	26	7	12	7	0	0	45			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.212	2.47	-0.45%	-0.95	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
8	111	20	May 3(1)	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-6	6-6		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.05	2.19	2	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	0.132	8.27	0.27%	1.58	6b 123 1 out d1	6b 3 out d1
9	112	23	May 5	LAD	@	MLN	L,2-3	GS-11		1	11.0	10	2	2	2	9	0	1	3.53	2.09	45	16	17	8	0	0	76			0	0	0	41	4	1	0	1	0	0	1.53	0.550	5.54	1.19%	2.95	1b start a 1	11b 3 out tie
10	113	27	May 9	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-5	GS-9		3	9.0	8	5	4	4	4	0	1	3.60	2.28	39	17	12	5	0	1	53			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.61	-0.087	5.27	-0.17%	-0.68	1b start a 3	9b 3 out tie
11	114	31	May 13	LAD		PIT	L,4-6	GS-8	L(3-3)	3	7.0	8	6	6	3	4	1	0	4.03	2.51	32	13	11	5	0	1	38			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.25	-0.388	5.20	-0.97%	-1.69	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out d1
12	115	34	May 17	LAD		MLN	L,3-8	GS-7	L(3-4)	3	7.0	9	5	5	2	3	2	0	4.26	2.87	31	13	12	4	0	1	40			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	.94	-0.257	3.36	-0.55%	-1.30	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
13	116	39	May 22	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG(13)	W(4-4)	4	13.0	6	1	1	2	11	0	0	3.72	2.63	47	15	17	4	0	2	100			0	0	0	44	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.76	0.969	5.07	1.68%	5.88	1t start tie	13t 3 out tie
14	117	44	May 27	LAD		CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	5	1	1	3	11	1	1	3.47	2.66	35	12	7	2	0	1	81			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.405	2.04	0.59%	3.76	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
15	118	49	Jun 2	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-7		5	6.2	9	4	4	3	5	1	1	3.59	2.80	31	8	14	7	0	0	42			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.158	2.04	-0.23%	-0.76	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out d2
16	119	54	Jun 7	LAD	@	MLN	L,2-8	GS-7	L(5-5)	4	6.1	8	5	5	3	3	0	1	3.80	2.84	28	12	7	3	0	2	37			0	1	0	24	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.52	-0.191	5.19	-0.39%	-0.36	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out d1
17	120	58	Jun 12	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-6	GS-3		4	2.1	7	3	2	0	2	0	0	3.88	2.79	15	6	7	4	0	0	35			1	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.39	-0.290	4.34	-0.55%	-2.72	1b start tie	3b 1-3 1 out d2
18	121	62	Jun 15	LAD		MLN	W,4-0	SHO	W(6-5)	2	9.0	4	0	0	2	13	0	0	3.59	2.61	32	9	7	3	0	1	90			1	0	0	30	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.04	0.494	3.12	0.89%	4.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
19	122	68	Jun 20	LAD		CIN	W,9-2	CG	W(7-5)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	7	1	0	3.48	2.64	33	14	10	2	0	0	72			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	.77	0.132	2.13	0.22%	2.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
20	123	73	Jun 25	LAD		PHI	W,5-2	CG	W(8-5)	4	9.0	3	2	2	4	4	1	1	3.38	2.78	35	16	9	2	0	1	73			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.260	1.93	0.52%	2.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
21	124	76	Jun 28	LAD		PIT	W,9-4	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	2.78	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.013	2.21	0.04%	0.79	9t 123 2 out a5	9t end a 5
22	125	78	Jun 30	LAD		SFG	L,0-2	GS-8	L(8-6)	1	8.0	9	2	2	3	8	1	0	3.31	2.81	36	10	9	2	0	6	61			1	0	0	33	4	0	1	0	0	0	.95	0.124	5.18	0.41%	2.23	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
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
23	126	82	Jul 4(2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	W(9-6)	3	9.0	5	2	2	1	11	1	1	3.24	2.77	34	6	14	3	0	1	79			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	.76	0.319	3.06	0.77%	2.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
24	127	86	Jul 11	LAD	@	MLN	W,7-5	4-GF	W(10-6)	6	6.0	5	2	2	2	7	1	0	3.23	2.80	25	5	11	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.217	7.88	0.78%	0.70	4b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
25	128	90	Jul 15	LAD	@	PIT	W,3-0	SHO	W(11-6)	3	9.0	3	0	0	3	7	0	0	3.06	2.75	31	9	11	4	1	1	85			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.522	6.04	1.57%	4.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
26	129	95	Jul 20	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	W(12-6)	4	9.0	4	2	1	6	7	0	0	2.96	2.77	38	9	15	6	0	1	74			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.69	0.514	11.47	2.10%	2.32	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
27	130	98	Jul 23	LAD		CHC	W,5-3	8-GF	S(2)	2	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	2.76	6	1	5	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	0.163	9.99	0.57%	1.08	8t 1-- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
28	131	101	Jul 26	LAD		STL	W,8-2	CG	W(13-6)	2	9.0	7	2	2	3	5	1	1	2.88	2.83	36	13	12	4	0	2	67			0	0	1	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.42	0.193	2.06	0.57%	2.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
29	132	105	Jul 31	LAD		PHI	W,5-4	CG	W(14-6)	4	9.0	8	4	3	2	14	0	0	2.89	2.71	37	11	8	2	0	2	69			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.32	0.279	7.40	0.94%	0.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
30	133	110	Aug 8	LAD		MLN	W,4-2	CG	W(15-6)	7	9.0	5	2	2	1	9	0	0	2.85	2.63	33	11	11	3	0	1	77			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.435	7.55	1.97%	2.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
31	134	113	Aug 12	LAD	@	CHC	L,8-11	GS-1	L(15-7)	3	0.0	4	5	5	0	0	2	1	3.07	2.77	5	0	4	2	0	0	22			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.365	5.86	-1.11%	-5.00	1b start tie	1b --- 0 out d5
32	135	115	Aug 14	LAD	@	STL	L,1-2	GS-9		1	8.1	9	1	1	2	3	1	0	2.99	2.82	34	11	18	8	0	0	62			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.66	0.200	8.87	0.64%	3.18	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out tie
33	136	120	Aug 18	LAD	@	MLN	W,7-6	GS-11		3	10.1	7	6	4	8	8	3	2	3.01	3.04	48	12	16	3	1	2	59			0	0	0	37	0	0	2	0	0	1	2.01	-0.457	12.98	-1.77%	-1.29	1b start a 2	11b --- 1 out tie
34	137	125	Aug 23(1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-9	GS-3	L(15-8)	4	2.2	6	4	4	3	4	0	0	3.13	3.04	17	4	6	5	0	0	31			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.316	7.05	-1.07%	-3.04	1b start tie	3b 1-3 2 out d3
35	138	126	Aug 23(2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-4	8-GF(10)	BL(15-9)	-1	2.1	6	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.18	3.06	15	5	5	3	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.31	-0.475	19.90	-1.32%	-1.12	8b -2- 1 out a1	10b end d 1
36	139	129	Aug 28	LAD		SFG	L,0-5	GS-2	L(15-10)	4	1.2	5	5	5	1	3	1	0	3.35	3.10	11	1	3	2	0	3	27			0	0	0	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.324	11.60	-2.33%	-4.05	1t start tie	2t --- 2 out d5
Sept				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
37	140	132	Sep 1	LAD		STL	L,0-3	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.34	3.10	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.009	.96	0.04%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
38	141	134	Sep 3	LAD		STL	L,3-5	GS-3	L(15-11)	1	2.2	4	4	4	2	4	2	1	3.45	3.20	15	2	6	2	0	0	36			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.294	7.68	-1.33%	-2.65	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d2
39	142	136	Sep 6(2)	LAD		CHC	L,3-5	8-GF	BL(15-12)	2	1.2	3	3	3	1	4	1	0	3.54	3.23	9	0	4	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.36	-0.401	22.74	-1.26%	-1.03	8t -23 1 out a1	9t end d 2
40	143	138	Sep 9	LAD		PHI	W,1-0	SHO	W(16-12)	2	9.0	3	0	0	0	11	0	3	3.41	3.16	33	9	9	2	0	1	92			0	1	0	30	0	2	0	0	0	1	1.56	0.754	7.69	2.23%	4.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
41	144	143	Sep 14	LAD		MLN	L,1-4	GS-7	L(16-13)	4	6.1	5	4	4	2	6	1	1	3.47	3.18	28	8	11	3	0	0	51			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.142	8.22	-0.68%	-1.51	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out d3
42	145	148	Sep 19(2)	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-3	GS-6	W(17-13)	4	6.0	3	1	0	5	8	0	0	3.39	3.16	27	4	7	0	0	3	67			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	0.161	25.72	1.93%	1.88	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
43	146	152	Sep 25	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS-7		5	6.0	6	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.41	3.20	26	9	12	6	0	0	49			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.136	23.44	-1.44%	-0.47	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 0 out a1
44	147	156	Sep 29	LAD		MLN	W,6-5	GS-5		3	4.1	6	4	3	2	3	1	0	3.46	3.23	21	5	11	5	1	0	38			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	1	.91	-0.229	38.09	-5.73%	-1.90	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d2
							24-20		W-L:17-13,Sv:2,BSv:2	3.0	270.2	237	113	104	93	242	26	18	3.46	3.23	1142	0.88		19%	0%	43	59	10	0%	3	4	1	1019	36	6	9	16	0	9	1.24	2.622	7.11	-0.67%	25.81

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