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.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	LAD	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
2	3 (1)	Apr 17	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS	23	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
3	6 (2)	Apr 21	LAD		NYM	W,5-1	GS	35	7.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
4	10 (3)	Apr 25	LAD		PHI	L,4-6	GS	26	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
5	14 (3)	Apr 29	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	18 (3)	May 4	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-6	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	22 (3)	May 8	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	26 (3)	May 12	LAD		HOU	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	P
9	31 (4)	May 16 (2)	LAD		CHC	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	34 (2)	May 19	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	35	May 21	LAD	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	P
12	39 (3)	May 25	LAD		STL	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
13	43 (3)	May 29	LAD		MLN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	47 (3)	Jun 2	LAD	@	STL	W,4-1	GS	25	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
15	51 (3)	Jun 6 (1)	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
16	57 (5)	Jun 11	LAD	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
17	61 (3)	Jun 15	LAD		SFG	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	P
18	67 (5)	Jun 20 (2)	LAD		NYM	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
19	70 (2)	Jun 24	LAD		PIT	L,3-13	GS	19	3.2	1	2	0	3	0	P
20	74 (3)	Jun 28	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	1	1	2	4	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	79 (4)	Jul 2	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
22	83 (3)	Jul 6	LAD	@	CIN	W,11-7	GS	32	6.2	1	0	1	2	1	P
23	87 (3)	Jul 10	LAD	@	PIT	W,8-4	GS	28	5.2	1	2	0	3	0	P
24	90 (2)	Jul 15	LAD		CHC	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	P
25	94 (3)	Jul 19	LAD		HOU	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
26	98 (3)	Jul 23	LAD		STL	L,3-4	GS	34	7.2	1	2	0	3	0	P
27	102 (3)	Jul 27	LAD		CIN	W,9-7	GS	17	2.1	0	3	0	3	0	P
28	105 (2)	Jul 31	LAD	@	STL	L,3-4	GS	26	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	108 (2)	Aug 4 (1)	LAD	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	113 (4)	Aug 8	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-18	GS	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	115 (1)	Aug 11	LAD		NYM	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
32	118 (2)	Aug 15	LAD		PIT	L,2-4	GS	30	6.0	0	2	1	3	1	P
33	122 (3)	Aug 19	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-5	GS	42	11.0	1	1	1	3	0	P
34	126 (3)	Aug 23	LAD	@	NYM	W,8-4	GS	37	7.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	130 (3)	Aug 27	LAD	@	PHI	W,9-8	GS	35	7.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	134 (3)	Sep 1 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS	30	7.1	0	3	0	3	0	P
37	137 (2)	Sep 4	LAD	@	HOU	W,5-0		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	139 (1)	Sep 6	LAD		SFG	L,6-7	GS	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
39	142 (2)	Sep 10	LAD		HOU	W,5-2	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
40	146 (3)	Sep 15	LAD	@	CHC	L,6-8	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	148 (1)	Sep 17	LAD	@	STL	W,3-2	GS	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
42	151 (2)	Sep 21	LAD	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
43	155 (3)	Sep 26	LAD		STL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
44	159 (3)	Sep 30	LAD		MLN	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
							44gm		308.1	22	55	9	86	4