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.

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 16	LAD	@	ATL	L,1-4	GS	25	5.1	0	1	1	2	0	P
2	8 (3)	Apr 22	LAD		STL	L,1-3	GS	31	7.1	1	3	0	4	1	P
3	12 (3)	Apr 26	LAD		ATL	W,2-1	GS	30	7.2	0	1	1	2	0	P
4	16 (3)	Apr 30	LAD		SFG	L,1-5	GS	28	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	19 (2)	May 4	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-9	GS	24	6.0	0	2	1	3	0	P
6	23 (3)	May 10	LAD	@	HOU	W,5-1	GS	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	26 (2)	May 14 (1)	LAD		CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
8	31 (4)	May 19	LAD	@	CHC	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
9	36 (4)	May 23	LAD	@	NYM	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	39 (2)	May 27	LAD	@	SFG	W,10-5	GS	34	7.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
11	43 (3)	May 31	LAD		PHI	L,0-6	GS	43	10.2	0	4	0	4	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	47 (3)	Jun 4	LAD		PIT	L,1-4	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	51 (3)	Jun 8	LAD	@	ATL	L,4-5	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
14	56 (4)	Jun 13	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
15	60 (3)	Jun 17	LAD		CIN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
16	64 (3)	Jun 21	LAD		STL	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
17	68 (3)	Jun 25	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
18	72 (3)	Jun 29	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-14	GS	13	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	76 (3)	Jul 3	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS	32	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
20	80 (3)	Jul 8	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-8	GS	23	4.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
21	84 (3)	Jul 15	LAD		CHC	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
22	89 (4)	Jul 19	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-1	GS	26	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
23	93 (3)	Jul 23	LAD	@	NYM	L,1-4	GS	29	7.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
24	97 (3)	Jul 27	LAD		NYM	W,7-6	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
25	101 (3)	Jul 31	LAD		PHI	L,2-4	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	109 (7)	Aug 9	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	P
27	113 (3)	Aug 13	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-3	GS	29	7.0	0	1	1	2	1	P
28	117 (3)	Aug 18	LAD		ATL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
29	121 (3)	Aug 22	LAD		CIN	L,1-4	GS	21	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	126 (4)	Aug 26	LAD		STL	W,2-1	GS	41	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
31	130 (3)	Aug 30	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-3	GS	28	6.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	134 (3)	Sep 3	LAD	@	ATL	L,1-7	GS	30	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	138 (3)	Sep 7	LAD		CHC	L,2-3	GS	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
34	143 (4)	Sep 11	LAD		SFG	L,0-4	GS	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
35	147 (3)	Sep 15 (2)	LAD	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	P
36	152 (4)	Sep 20	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-3	GS	31	7.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	157 (4)	Sep 26	LAD		PIT	W,3-1	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	161 (3)	Sep 30	LAD		NYM	L,0-5	GS	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
							38gm		282.0	11	64	5	80	3