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.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	P
2	5 (3)	Apr 13	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	9 (3)	Apr 18	LAD		CHC	L,1-5	GS	31	7.0	0	4	0	4	1	P
4	14 (4)	Apr 22	LAD		MLN	L,2-10	GS	24	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
5	18 (3)	Apr 26	LAD		STL	L,7-8	GS	32	7.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	22 (3)	May 2	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	P
7	26 (3)	May 6	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-7	GS	27	5.2	2	1	0	3	1	P
8	30 (3)	May 10	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	33 (2)	May 14	LAD		PHI	L,1-5	GS	32	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
10	37 (3)	May 18	LAD		PIT	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
11	41 (3)	May 22	LAD		NYM	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
12	44 (2)	May 26	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
13	47 (2)	May 30	LAD	@	MLN	L,4-7	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	51 (3)	Jun 3	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	54 (2)	Jun 7	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
16	58 (3)	Jun 11	LAD		SFG	L,0-3	GS	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	62 (3)	Jun 15	LAD		CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
18	67 (4)	Jun 19	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-8	GS	25	4.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
19	71 (3)	Jun 24	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS	26	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
20	74 (2)	Jun 28	LAD		MLN	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	78 (3)	Jul 2	LAD		STL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
22	82 (3)	Jul 6	LAD		CIN	L,1-3	GS	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
23	86 (3)	Jul 11	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-3	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
24	90 (3)	Jul 15	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS	24	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	95 (4)	Jul 19	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
26	100 (4)	Jul 24	LAD		PIT	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	P
27	104 (3)	Jul 28	LAD		PHI	L,4-7	GS	28	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	108 (3)	Aug 2	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-4	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	111 (2)	Aug 6	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
30	115 (3)	Aug 10	LAD	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	118 (2)	Aug 14	LAD	@	MLN	L,3-5	GS	31	6.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
32	122 (3)	Aug 18 (1)	LAD	@	NYM	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
33	126 (3)	Aug 22	LAD		STL	L,2-3	GS	31	7.0	0	3	1	4	1	P
34	130 (3)	Aug 26	LAD		CIN	L,1-3	GS	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
35	134 (3)	Aug 30	LAD		SFG	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	139 (4)	Sep 3	LAD		HOU	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
37	143 (3)	Sep 7	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-5	GS	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
38	146 (2)	Sep 11	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-4	GS	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	151 (4)	Sep 15	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-6	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	155 (3)	Sep 20	LAD		PIT	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	P
41	158 (2)	Sep 24	LAD		NYM	W,4-1	GS	25	7.0	1	1	1	3	0	P
42	163 (4)	Sep 29	LAD		PHI	L,1-3	GS	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
							42gm		315.1	19	62	4	85	7