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	32-11 / in Starts: 31-10
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	40 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 6 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 126 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	83 (43-25-15)
Avg. MLBer w/ 126 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	78 (40-24-13)

Most Driven In
F Howard	3
D Spencer	3
R Fairly	2
J Roseboro	2
A Carey	1
D Snider	1
D Camilli	1
L Burright	1

Most Driven In By
T Davis	4
J Gilliam	3
M Wills	1
W Davis	1

1962 Batting Game Log

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1962 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	238	4 (3)	Apr 13	LAD		MLN	W,6-3	CG	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	9	1.06	0.170	2.31	0.22%	1.59	P
2	239	8 (3)	Apr 17	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-7	GS-7	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600	.667	.800	1.467	9	.29	0.024	.66	0.03%	0.28	P
3	240	12 (3)	Apr 22	LAD	@	MLN	L,3-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.571	.667	1.238	9	.25	-0.007	.51	-0.01%	-0.10	P
4	241	17 (4)	Apr 27	LAD		PIT	W,7-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.444	.500	.556	1.056	9	.24	0.005	.75	0.01%	0.13	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
5	242	22 (4)	May 1	LAD		CHC	W,6-5	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.538	.583	1.122	9	1.00	0.108	2.44	0.16%	1.00	P
6	243	25 (2)	May 5	LAD	@	PIT	W,10-1	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.529	.625	1.154	9	.39	0.124	1.01	0.20%	1.68	P
7	244	29 (3)	May 10	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.429	.500	.929	9	.43	-0.043	1.18	-0.07%	-0.76	P
8	245	31 (1)	May 12	LAD	@	STL	L,5-6	15-GF(15)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.429	.500	.929	7						P
9	246	33 (1)	May 15	LAD		HOU	W,10-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.381	.409	.476	.885	9	.72	-0.020	2.25	-0.04%	-0.22	P
10	247	37 (3)	May 19	LAD		STL	L,1-8	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.348	.375	.435	.810	9	1.04	-0.047	4.19	-0.12%	-0.56	P
11	248	41 (3)	May 23	LAD		NYM	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.346	.370	.423	.793	9	1.33	-0.082	4.72	-0.17%	-0.60	P
12	249	46 (4)	May 27 (2)	LAD		PHI	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.345	.393	.738	9	1.39	-0.070	5.94	-0.18%	-0.51	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
13	250	51 (4)	Jun 1 (2)	LAD	@	PHI	W,8-5	GS-8	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.333	.406	.740	9	1.43	0.000	6.78	0.00%	1.08	P
14	251	56 (4)	Jun 5 susp	LAD	@	PIT	W,8-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.306	.324	.389	.713	9	1.19	-0.205	6.01	-0.62%	-1.54	P
15	252	61 (4)	Jun 10 (1)	LAD	@	HOU	W,9-3	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.317	.375	.692	9	1.19	-0.139	5.69	-0.40%	-1.21	P
16	253	66 (4)	Jun 15	LAD		HOU	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.302	.357	.659	9	1.71	-0.081	8.81	-0.25%	-0.57	P
17	254	70 (3)	Jun 19	LAD		STL	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.304	.356	.660	9	.81	0.024	4.48	0.08%	-0.07	P
18	255	73 (2)	Jun 23	LAD		CIN	W,14-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.300	.347	.647	9	.25	0.083	1.58	0.31%	0.66	P
19	256	77 (3)	Jun 27	LAD		MLN	W,6-2	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.315	.333	.648	9	.88	0.057	4.79	0.19%	0.30	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
20	257	81 (3)	Jul 1	LAD		NYM	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.298	.315	.613	9	.52	-0.040	2.83	-0.13%	-0.60	P
21	258	86 (4)	Jul 5	LAD	@	SFG	W,11-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.279	.293	.572	9	.39	-0.042	3.35	-0.22%	-1.10	P
22	259	89 (2)	Jul 8	LAD	@	SFG	W,2-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.279	.293	.572	9						P
23	260	91 (1)	Jul 13	LAD	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.262	.274	.536	9	.92	-0.093	5.35	-0.33%	-0.75	P
24	261	96 (4)	Jul 18	LAD	@	CIN	W,6-5	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.269	.281	.550	9	.57	0.009	3.54	0.03%	0.02	P
25	262	99 (2)	Jul 21	LAD	@	CHC	W,3-1	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.271	.299	.570	9	.72	-0.019	4.34	-0.07%	-0.34	P
26	263	103 (3)	Jul 25	LAD	@	STL	W,5-2	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.257	.282	.538	9	1.33	-0.145	8.18	-0.54%	-1.51	P
27	264	106 (2)	Jul 29	LAD		SFG	W,11-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.256	.280	.536	9	.11	0.027	1.03	0.16%	0.32	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
28	265	109 (2)	Aug 3	LAD		CHC	W,8-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.218	.247	.269	.516	9	.75	0.020	3.99	0.06%	-0.26	P
29	266	114 (4)	Aug 7	LAD		NYM	W,7-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.259	.296	.555	9	1.51	0.230	7.17	0.66%	2.61	P
30	267	118 (3)	Aug 11	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.253	.289	.542	9	.37	-0.019	3.10	-0.09%	-0.21	P
31	268	121 (2)	Aug 15	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.214	.250	.286	.536	9	2.66	-0.153	17.91	-0.62%	-1.58	P
32	269	125 (3)	Aug 19	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.218	.253	.287	.540	9	1.99	-0.189	16.20	-0.93%	-1.13	P
33	270	129 (3)	Aug 24	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-6	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.242	.275	.517	9	1.75	-0.191	12.42	-0.81%	-1.22	P
34	271	133 (3)	Aug 29	LAD		CIN	W,2-1	GS-7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.250	.275	.525	9	1.38	0.008	10.70	0.04%	0.01	P
Sep/Oct		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
35	272	137 (3)	Sep 2	LAD		MLN	W,8-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.221	.260	.284	.544	9	.37	0.027	2.15	0.10%	0.66	P
36	273	141 (3)	Sep 6	LAD		SFG	L,6-9	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.252	.276	.528	9	.86	-0.064	12.46	-0.55%	-0.47	P
37	274	145 (3)	Sep 10	LAD		CHC	W,8-1	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.220	.257	.280	.537	9	.36	0.050	3.55	0.29%	1.52	P
38	275	149 (3)	Sep 15	LAD	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.252	.275	.527	9	1.66	-0.107	11.31	-0.44%	-1.11	P
39	276	153 (3)	Sep 19	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-0	CG	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.264	.272	.535	9	.42	0.037	2.47	0.13%	0.54	P
40	277	156 (2)	Sep 23	LAD	@	STL	L,2-12	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.259	.267	.526	9	.67	-0.039	2.40	-0.08%	-0.37	P
41	278	157	Sep 25	LAD		HOU	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.254	.262	.516	9	1.18	-0.058	7.83	-0.23%	-0.38	P
42	279	161 (3)	Sep 29	LAD		STL	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.250	.257	.507	9	1.55	-0.071	19.46	-0.53%	-0.61	P
43	280	164 (2)	Oct 2	LAD		SFG	W,8-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.246	.252	.498	9	1.03	-0.051	44.18	-1.31%	-0.38	P
							32-11		126	111	9	22	4	1	0	14	5	0	29	2	8	0	2	4	0	1	.198	.246	.252	.498		.92	-0.972	6.01	-6.06%	-5.75

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