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	25-21 / in Starts: 21-15
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	14 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 104 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	71 (38-23-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 104 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	64 (33-20-10)

Most Driven In
Self	4
M Wills	2
D Zimmer	2
J Roseboro	1
G Hodges	1
N Larker	1
D Demeter	1

Most Driven In By
Self	4
C Neal	2
J Gilliam	1
W Moon	1

1959 Batting Game Log

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1959 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	111	1	Apr 11	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-6	GS-6	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	9	.46	0.122	1.14	0.18%	1.00	P
2	112	4 (2)	Apr 15	LAD		STL	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	9	1.08	-0.090	2.46	-0.12%	-1.29	P
3	113	6 (1)	Apr 17	LAD		CHC	L,4-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	9						P
4	114	9 (2)	Apr 20	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.667	.952	9	1.23	-0.031	3.50	-0.05%	-0.11	P
5	115	13 (3)	Apr 25	LAD	@	STL	L,5-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.286	.667	.952	9						P
6	116	15 (1)	Apr 27	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-3	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.300	.364	.600	.964	9	.26	0.073	.86	0.15%	2.37	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
7	117	18 (2)	May 1	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.500	.808	9	1.37	-0.077	4.88	-0.17%	-0.83	P
8	118	20 (1)	May 3 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-6	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.308	.500	.808	9						P
9	119	23 (2)	May 5	LAD	@	MLN	L,2-3	GS-12	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.375	.610	9	.95	-0.095	3.44	-0.21%	-0.66	P
10	120	27 (3)	May 9	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-5	GS-10	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.238	.350	.588	9	.64	-0.038	2.08	-0.08%	-0.61	P
11	121	31 (3)	May 13	LAD		PIT	L,4-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.208	.304	.513	9	.73	-0.058	3.04	-0.15%	-0.86	P
12	122	34 (2)	May 17	LAD		MLN	L,3-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.192	.280	.472	9	1.13	-0.058	4.02	-0.12%	-0.50	P
13	123	39 (4)	May 22	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG(13)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.161	.233	.395	9	.95	-0.122	2.73	-0.21%	-0.75	P
14	124	44 (4)	May 27	LAD		CHC	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.143	.206	.349	9	.64	-0.071	1.55	-0.10%	-1.42	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
15	125	49 (4)	Jun 2	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.108	.132	.189	.321	9	2.06	-0.156	4.95	-0.23%	-1.10	P
16	126	54 (4)	Jun 7	LAD	@	MLN	L,2-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.103	.125	.179	.304	9	1.19	-0.064	4.04	-0.13%	-0.43	P
17	127	58 (3)	Jun 12	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-6	GS-3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.122	.175	.297	9	1.65	-0.038	5.17	-0.07%	-0.35	P
18	128	62 (3)	Jun 15	LAD		MLN	W,4-0	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	.095	.116	.167	.283	9	1.61	0.017	4.81	0.03%	-0.02	P
19	129	68 (5)	Jun 20	LAD		CIN	W,9-2	CG	4	3	2	2	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.152	.311	.463	9	.79	0.280	2.18	0.46%	3.76	P
20	130	73 (4)	Jun 25	LAD		PHI	W,5-2	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.184	.396	.580	9	.20	0.043	.67	0.09%	1.16	P
21	131	76 (2)	Jun 28	LAD		PIT	W,9-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.184	.396	.580	9						P
22	132	77	Jun 29	LAD		SFG	L,4-6	12-13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.163	.180	.388	.568	9	2.95	-0.139	17.16	-0.49%	-0.55	PH
23	133	78	Jun 30	LAD		SFG	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.157	.173	.373	.546	9	.69	-0.039	3.78	-0.13%	-0.35	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
24	134	82 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.196	.370	.567	9	.69	-0.003	2.76	-0.01%	0.03	P
25	135	86 (3)	Jul 11	LAD	@	MLN	W,7-5	4-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.158	.186	.351	.537	9	.70	0.086	4.15	0.31%	0.55	PH P
26	136	90 (3)	Jul 15	LAD	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.197	.373	.570	9	1.46	0.154	7.35	0.46%	1.41	P
27	137	95 (4)	Jul 20	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.188	.355	.542	9	1.11	-0.101	7.58	-0.41%	-0.88	P
28	138	98 (2)	Jul 23	LAD		CHC	W,5-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.161	.188	.355	.542	9						P
29	139	101 (2)	Jul 26	LAD		STL	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.206	.409	.615	9	.31	0.174	1.51	0.51%	2.25	P
30	140	102	Jul 28	LAD		PIT	W,9-4	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.203	.403	.606	9	.65	-0.016	3.42	-0.05%	-0.17	PH
31	141	105 (2)	Jul 31	LAD		PHI	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.205	.386	.591	9	.45	-0.023	2.49	-0.08%	-0.71	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
32	142	110 (4)	Aug 8	LAD		MLN	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.211	.384	.594	9	.53	-0.041	3.99	-0.19%	-0.67	P
33	143	113 (2)	Aug 12	LAD	@	CHC	L,8-11	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.178	.211	.384	.594	9						P
34	144	115 (1)	Aug 14	LAD	@	STL	L,1-2	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.203	.368	.571	9	1.56	-0.136	8.30	-0.44%	-1.42	P
35	145	120 (4)	Aug 18	LAD	@	MLN	W,7-6	GS-11	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.163	.202	.350	.552	9	.89	0.011	5.76	0.04%	-0.43	P
36	146	125 (4)	Aug 23 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-9	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.202	.350	.552	9	1.40	-0.015	7.88	-0.05%	-0.20	P
37	147	126	Aug 23 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-4	8-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.202	.350	.552	9	.97	-0.008	4.47	-0.02%	-0.20	P
38	148	129 (2)	Aug 28	LAD		SFG	L,0-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.163	.202	.350	.552	9						P
Sept		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
39	149	132 (2)	Sep 1	LAD		STL	L,0-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.163	.202	.350	.552	9						P
40	150	134 (1)	Sep 3	LAD		STL	L,3-5	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.200	.346	.546	9	1.05	-0.016	7.92	-0.07%	-0.22	P
41	151	136 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	LAD		CHC	L,3-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.200	.346	.546	9						P
42	152	138 (1)	Sep 9	LAD		PHI	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.155	.193	.333	.527	9	1.33	-0.148	6.57	-0.44%	-1.42	P
43	153	143 (4)	Sep 14	LAD		MLN	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.151	.189	.326	.514	9	1.58	-0.087	12.54	-0.42%	-0.63	P
44	154	148 (4)	Sep 19 (2)	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.196	.330	.525	9	1.10	0.012	21.94	0.14%	0.04	P
45	155	152 (3)	Sep 25	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	.200	.333	.533	9	1.29	0.044	22.77	0.47%	0.55	P
46	156	156 (3)	Sep 29	LAD		MLN	W,6-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.165	.198	.330	.528	9	.74	-0.019	30.83	-0.47%	-0.17	P
							25-21		104	91	9	15	1	1	4	12	4	0	31	0	8	1	4	2	0	1	.165	.198	.330	.528		.95	-0.673	5.18	-2.05%	-3.82

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