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.

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 15	LAD		STL	L,2-6	GS	34	7.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
2	6 (3)	Apr 19	LAD		MLN	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
3	9 (2)	Apr 23	LAD	@	STL	W,7-5	GS	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	13 (3)	Apr 27	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	17 (3)	May 1	LAD		SFG	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
6	21 (3)	May 6	LAD		HOU	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
7	25 (3)	May 10	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
8	28 (2)	May 14 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	33 (4)	May 18	LAD		PIT	L,2-4	GS	22	5.0	1	2	0	3	1	P
10	37 (3)	May 22	LAD		PHI	L,0-2	GS	26	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	40 (2)	May 26	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-6	GS	24	7.0	0	3	1	4	0	P
12	44 (3)	May 30	LAD	@	PIT	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	47 (2)	Jun 3	LAD	@	PHI	L,0-1	GS	38	10.1	1	3	0	4	0	P
14	51 (3)	Jun 7 (1)	LAD	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	56 (4)	Jun 11	LAD		STL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
16	61 (4)	Jun 16	LAD		MLN	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
17	64 (2)	Jun 20	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS	27	6.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	69 (4)	Jun 24	LAD	@	MLN	W,15-4	GS	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
19	73 (3)	Jun 28	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	77 (3)	Jul 3	LAD		NYM	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
21	80 (2)	Jul 9	LAD	@	HOU	L,5-6	GS	25	6.1	0	3	0	3	0	P
22	85 (4)	Jul 13	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-10	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
23	89 (3)	Jul 17	LAD		CHC	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
24	94 (4)	Jul 21	LAD		HOU	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
25	100 (5)	Jul 28	LAD	@	NYM	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	103 (2)	Aug 1	LAD	@	PHI	L,6-10	GS	20	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	107 (3)	Aug 5	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
28	111 (3)	Aug 9	LAD	@	MLN	L,2-6	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
29	115 (3)	Aug 14	LAD		STL	L,3-4	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	119 (3)	Aug 18	LAD		MLN	L,1-3	GS	31	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
31	123 (3)	Aug 22	LAD		CIN	L,1-2	GS	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
32	127 (3)	Aug 26	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
33	131 (3)	Aug 31	LAD	@	STL	W,12-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	134 (2)	Sep 4 (1)	LAD	@	NYM	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	P
35	141 (6)	Sep 9	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
36	145 (3)	Sep 13	LAD		NYM	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
37	149 (3)	Sep 17	LAD		PHI	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	P
38	153 (3)	Sep 22	LAD	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	3	1	4	1	P
39	157 (3)	Sep 27	LAD	@	HOU	L,0-1	GS	34	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	161 (3)	Oct 1	LAD		CHC	L,3-4	GS	32	7.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
							40gm		321.1	13	68	3	84	5