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

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Team Record in Appearances: 3-4 / in Starts: 3-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1956	WS g4	Oct 7	BRO	@	NYY	L,2-6	7-GF(8)		14	2.0	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	9.00	9.37	9					5	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.039	6.57	-1.31%	-0.99	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 5
1959 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	1959	WS g3	Oct 4	LAD		CHW	W,3-1	GS-8	W(1-0)	4	7.0	11	1	1	4	5	0	0	1.29	2.83	32					7	14	5	3	2	52			1	3	0	28	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.28	0.280	80.58	9.69%	2.70	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a2
1963 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	1963	WS g3	Oct 5	LAD		NYY	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-0)	5	9.0	3	0	0	1	9	0	1	0.00	1.15	32	109	80	16	17	13	8	2	3	0	89			0	0	1	29	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.50	0.662	62.32	15.22%	3.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
1965 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	1965	WS g1	Oct 6	LAD	@	MIN	L,2-8	GS-3	L(0-1)	5	2.2	7	7	3	1	4	2	0	10.13	10.39	17	64	45	5	8	6	3	1	0	3	27			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	.80	-0.433	41.95	-12.83%	-6.03	1b start tie	3b 12- 2 out d6
5	1965	WS g4	Oct 10	LAD		MIN	W,7-2	CG	W(1-1)	3	9.0	5	2	2	2	11	2	0	3.86	5.17	33	122	82	24	10	9	11	3	2	0	78			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.131	38.09	4.42%	1.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
1966 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	1966	WS g1	Oct 5	LAD		BAL	L,2-5	GS-2	L(0-1)	2	2.0	4	4	4	2	1	2	0	18.00	17.55	12	33	19	5	3	1	6	2	0	2	31			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.314	31.23	-10.56%	-3.16	1t start tie	2t 3 out d4
7	1966	WS g4	Oct 9	LAD	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(0-2)	3	8.0	4	1	1	1	5	1	0	4.50	6.15	27	84	57	13	9	7	10	0	2	4	74			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.188	16.12	2.32%	2.43	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
											39.2	36	17	13	12	36	8	1	2.95		162																			2

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