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: 17-23 / in Starts: 17-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 40, Entered with runners on base: 2

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	189	1	Apr 11	LAD		PHI	W,6-2	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	5	2	2	2	8	1	2	2.57	3.86	29	9	7	1	2	1	65			1	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.254	3.04	0.39%	1.81	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
2	190	5	Apr 15	LAD		PIT	L,1-4	GS-6	L(1-1)	3	6.0	8	3	3	2	3	1	1	3.46	4.50	25	9	10	6	1	0	45			0	0	0	22	2	0	2	3	0	0	1.20	-0.015	2.96	-0.02%	0.26	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
3	191	9	Apr 19	LAD		STL	W,7-2	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	9	2	1	4	7	1	0	2.45	4.21	39	16	9	3	1	3	66			1	0	0	35	1	0	1	2	0	1	.91	0.200	2.29	0.30%	2.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
4	192	14	Apr 25	LAD		SFG	L,1-3	GS-6	L(2-2)	5	5.2	6	3	3	5	6	1	2	2.93	4.67	30	11	6	2	0	0	46			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.075	2.70	-0.14%	-0.54	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out d3
5	193	17	Apr 30(1)	LAD	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS-7		4	7.0	4	1	0	2	9	0	1	2.34	3.99	27	9	7	4	0	0	74			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.218	3.05	0.39%	2.56	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	194	21	May 4	LAD	@	MLN	L,6-10	GS-8		3	7.0	8	4	3	2	6	0	2	2.59	3.75	34	14	7	3	0	3	51			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.63	0.007	4.96	0.01%	0.29	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a2
7	195	26	May 9	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG(5)	W(3-2)	4	5.0	4	2	2	1	2	0	0	2.70	3.60	20	8	8	2	0	1	52			0	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	.88	0.091	2.47	0.15%	0.46	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a3
8	196	30	May 14	LAD		CHC	L,8-10	GS-8		4	8.0	9	6	3	2	10	2	0	2.80	3.67	36	7	15	4	1	2	54			0	0	0	34	4	0	0	0	0	1	.86	0.015	3.03	0.03%	-1.65	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
9	197	34	May 19	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-7	GS-5		4	5.0	6	2	2	3	2	0	0	2.87	3.66	23	10	8	3	0	0	46			1	0	1	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.001	3.40	0.00%	0.44	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
10	198	38	May 23	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-2	GS-6	L(3-3)	3	6.0	6	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.88	3.53	26	11	9	3	0	0	54			0	0	0	23	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.21	0.043	5.45	0.12%	1.08	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
11	199	42	May 27	LAD	@	MLN	L,8-10	GS-3		3	3.0	4	4	4	3	0	1	0	3.28	3.81	17	5	9	3	0	0	32			1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	.93	-0.308	3.65	-0.72%	-2.60	1b start a 3	3b 3 out d1
12	200	46	May 31	LAD		CIN	L,7-8	GS-7		3	6.0	8	5	5	2	7	2	0	3.62	3.95	28	4	14	6	0	1	41			1	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.320	4.59	-1.01%	-2.13	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
13	201	50	Jun 5	LAD		PIT	L,2-5	GS-5		4	5.0	7	2	2	1	4	1	1	3.62	4.00	22	9	7	4	0	0	48			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.029	5.00	0.08%	0.72	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
14	202	54	Jun 9	LAD		PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	4	1	1	3	7	0	2	3.35	3.87	34	12	10	7	1	0	79			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.47	0.517	6.24	1.32%	3.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
15	203	59	Jun 14	LAD		CHC	W,7-0	SHO	W(5-3)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	7	0	0	3.04	3.67	30	10	10	5	1	1	82			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	3	0	0	.46	0.275	1.97	0.70%	4.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
16	204	63	Jun 18	LAD		MLN	L,2-10	GS-3	L(5-4)	3	2.1	6	5	5	2	2	3	0	3.42	4.05	15	3	7	2	0	1	25			0	0	0	13	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.16	-0.341	5.26	-0.93%	-3.66	1t start tie	3t --- 1 out d4
17	205	68	Jun 23	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-6		4	5.1	6	4	4	2	5	1	1	3.59	4.09	22	9	5	4	0	0	43			0	0	0	18	2	0	1	2	1	0	1.25	-0.289	8.42	-1.17%	-1.19	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out tie
18	206	70	Jun 25	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		1	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.54	4.10	5	3	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.091	5.47	0.36%	1.29	7b 123 2 out d1	8b end d 1
19	207	72	Jun 28	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-9	GS-3	L(5-5)	2	2.0	4	6	6	3	3	0	0	3.98	4.10	14	4	4	3	0	0	24			0	0	0	10	1	1	1	0	0	0	.82	-0.308	3.82	-0.87%	-3.99	1b start tie	3b 12- 0 out d4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
20	208	76	Jul 2	LAD	@	PHI	W,2-1	GS-8	W(6-5)	3	7.1	4	1	1	4	4	1	0	3.80	4.15	29	8	13	2	0	0	66			1	0	0	25	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.39	0.189	6.04	0.50%	2.03	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a1
21	209	80	Jul 6	LAD		STL	W,10-1	CG	W(7-5)	3	9.0	5	1	1	4	7	0	2	3.60	4.07	38	11	13	3	1	1	76			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.169	1.89	0.45%	3.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
22	210	84	Jul 9	LAD		CIN	L,3-14	5-6		2	1.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	1	3.64	4.13	8	1	4	2	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	2	0	1	0	.84	-0.113	5.95	-0.48%	-1.96	5t -23 1 out d2	6t 12- 1 out d5
23	211	92	Jul 21	LAD	@	STL	L,1-10	GS-5	L(7-6)	11	4.1	7	5	5	0	2	0	0	3.87	4.05	20	4	13	6	0	1	31			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	2	0	.67	-0.193	3.70	-0.65%	-2.47	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d4
24	212	96	Jul 26	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	W(8-6)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.68	3.89	33	12	11	4	0	1	78			0	0	0	31	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.07	0.390	6.15	1.34%	3.43	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
25	213	100	Jul 30	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-3	GS-9	W(9-6)	3	8.0	6	3	2	2	8	0	0	3.60	3.75	32	9	13	7	0	0	66			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	1	1	.86	0.100	5.21	0.36%	0.67	1b start a 2	9b 1-3 0 out a5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
26	214	104	Aug 5	LAD		CHC	W,7-6	GS-6		5	5.1	9	2	2	5	5	0	1	3.60	3.77	30	6	11	5	0	2	42			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.47	0.037	8.61	0.13%	0.31	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a2
27	215	107	Aug 9	LAD		MLN	W,8-3	CG	W(10-6)	3	9.0	4	3	1	1	11	2	1	3.45	3.76	35	14	8	1	0	0	81			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	2	.71	0.167	4.84	0.68%	1.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
28	216	110	Aug 14	LAD		STL	L,0-5	GS-5	L(10-7)	4	5.0	8	4	4	2	5	0	0	3.56	3.70	25	9	9	4	0	0	38			0	0	0	22	2	0	1	0	0	0	.93	-0.176	5.84	-0.66%	-1.28	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
29	217	114	Aug 18	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS-7		3	7.0	4	1	1	0	5	1	0	3.47	3.67	24	11	8	2	0	0	70			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.187	6.21	0.76%	2.41	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
30	218	118	Aug 23	LAD	@	STL	L,7-8	GS-8		4	7.1	10	7	7	0	3	3	0	3.68	3.81	31	9	18	9	0	1	33			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.397	6.42	-1.36%	-2.87	1b start tie	8b --- 1 out tie
31	219	123	Aug 27(2)	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-8	GS-6	L(10-8)	3	5.2	8	6	6	4	4	1	0	3.86	3.87	27	8	10	6	0	1	29			0	1	0	21	2	0	1	0	1	0	.72	-0.227	8.73	-1.66%	-3.25	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out d5
32	220	126	Aug 31	LAD	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(10-9)	3	8.0	6	2	2	2	7	1	0	3.79	3.84	32	12	11	5	0	0	67			3	0	0	28	2	0	1	0	0	0	.78	0.065	5.75	0.28%	1.73	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
33	221	130	Sep 4	LAD		SFG	W,4-0	SHO	W(11-9)	3	9.0	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.62	3.80	32	14	12	4	0	0	83			2	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.89	0.396	6.35	1.70%	4.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
34	222	134	Sep 9	LAD	@	SFG	L,6-9	GS-7		4	6.1	9	6	6	3	3	2	0	3.77	3.90	30	10	13	6	0	1	31			0	0	0	26	0	1	1	1	1	1	1.05	-0.570	8.42	-2.74%	-2.84	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out d1
35	223	138	Sep 13	LAD		PIT	L,2-8	GS-6		3	5.2	11	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.76	3.91	27	14	10	4	0	2	40			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.050	2.98	0.08%	0.80	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out tie
36	224	142	Sep 17	LAD		MLN	W,4-3	GS-7		3	7.0	5	2	2	0	5	0	1	3.72	3.84	25	7	12	4	0	0	64			0	0	1	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.098	1.98	0.11%	1.81	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
37	225	144	Sep 19	LAD		CHC	L,3-7	7-GF		1	3.0	3	2	0	1	1	1	1	3.67	3.90	15	3	8	2	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	.20	0.004	.43	0.01%	-0.37	7t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
38	226	146	Sep 22	LAD	@	STL	W,6-3	GS-7	W(12-9)	2	6.2	8	3	3	1	1	2	0	3.68	3.98	29	10	17	5	0	0	46			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.058	.41	0.02%	0.34	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out a3
39	227	150	Sep 26(2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,0-8	GS-3	L(12-10)	3	2.2	5	5	5	1	0	0	1	3.83	3.99	15	7	6	3	0	0	27			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.281	1.41	-0.24%	-3.99	1b start tie	3b 1-3 2 out d5
40	228	152	Sep 28	LAD	@	PHI	W,10-0	SHO	W(13-10)	1	9.0	6	0	0	2	8	0	0	3.69	3.89	34	12	12	5	0	0	81			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.312	.00	0.00%	4.43	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a10
							17-23		W-L:13-10	3.2	244.0	236	111	100	83	182	29	20	3.69	3.89	1047	0.92		21%	1%	24	53	5	40%	14	5	2	928	40	5	15	24	8	12	.97	0.348	4.38	-2.36%	14.44

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