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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-6	GS	27	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
2	4 (2)	Apr 15	LAD		STL	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	P
3	6 (1)	Apr 17	LAD		CHC	L,4-9	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	9 (2)	Apr 20	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
5	13 (3)	Apr 25	LAD	@	STL	L,5-6	GS	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	15 (1)	Apr 27	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	18 (2)	May 1	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS	26	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
8	20 (1)	May 3 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-6		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	23 (2)	May 5	LAD	@	MLN	L,2-3	GS	45	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
10	27 (3)	May 9	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-5	GS	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	P
11	31 (3)	May 13	LAD		PIT	L,4-6	GS	32	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
12	34 (2)	May 17	LAD		MLN	L,3-8	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
13	39 (4)	May 22	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	47	13.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	44 (4)	May 27	LAD		CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	49 (4)	Jun 2	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS	31	6.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
16	54 (4)	Jun 7	LAD	@	MLN	L,2-8	GS	28	6.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
17	58 (3)	Jun 12	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-6	GS	15	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	62 (3)	Jun 15	LAD		MLN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	P
19	68 (5)	Jun 20	LAD		CIN	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
20	73 (4)	Jun 25	LAD		PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
21	76 (2)	Jun 28	LAD		PIT	W,9-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	78 (1)	Jun 30	LAD		SFG	L,0-2	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	82 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
24	86 (3)	Jul 11	LAD	@	MLN	W,7-5	GF	25	6.0	0	1	1	2	0	PH P
25	90 (3)	Jul 15	LAD	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
26	95 (4)	Jul 20	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	98 (2)	Jul 23	LAD		CHC	W,5-3	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	101 (2)	Jul 26	LAD		STL	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	P
29	105 (3)	Jul 31	LAD		PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	110 (4)	Aug 8	LAD		MLN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	113 (2)	Aug 12	LAD	@	CHC	L,8-11	GS	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	115 (1)	Aug 14	LAD	@	STL	L,1-2	GS	34	8.1	0	3	0	3	0	P
33	120 (4)	Aug 18	LAD	@	MLN	W,7-6	GS	48	10.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
34	125 (4)	Aug 23 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-9	GS	17	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	126	Aug 23 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-4	GF	15	2.1	1	1	0	2	1	P
36	129 (2)	Aug 28	LAD		SFG	L,0-5	GS	11	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	132 (2)	Sep 1	LAD		STL	L,0-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
38	134 (1)	Sep 3	LAD		STL	L,3-5	GS	15	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
39	136 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	LAD		CHC	L,3-5	GF	9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	138 (1)	Sep 9	LAD		PHI	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
41	143 (4)	Sep 14	LAD		MLN	L,1-4	GS	28	6.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
42	148 (4)	Sep 19 (2)	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-3	GS	27	6.0	0	2	1	3	0	P
43	152 (3)	Sep 25	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	156 (3)	Sep 29	LAD		MLN	W,6-5	GS	21	4.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
							44gm		270.2	18	48	3	69	4