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: 32-11 / in Starts: 31-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 41, Entered with runners on base: 1

1962 Pitching Game Log

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1962 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	229	4	Apr 13	LAD		MLN	W,6-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	8	3	3	3	11	1	0	3.00	2.62	39	12	13	6	0	0	67			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	2	.94	0.182	2.06	0.24%	1.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
2	230	8	Apr 17	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-7	GS-7	W(2-0)	3	6.1	9	7	7	4	4	1	1	5.87	3.92	31	9	9	4	0	4	27			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.14	-0.269	2.55	-0.36%	-3.79	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out a1
3	231	12	Apr 22	LAD	@	MLN	L,3-6	GS-4	L(2-1)	4	4.0	5	4	1	5	4	1	0	5.12	4.69	23	4	9	2	0	1	41			1	0	0	18	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.30	-0.258	2.65	-0.31%	-2.05	1b start a 3	4b 3 out d1
4	232	17	Apr 27	LAD		PIT	W,7-2	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	10	2	2	1	7	0	0	4.13	3.64	37	18	10	5	0	1	65			0	1	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	1	.65	0.149	2.02	0.28%	2.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
5	233	22	May 1	LAD		CHC	W,6-5	GS-8		3	8.0	6	3	2	1	5	0	0	3.72	3.22	33	9	17	6	0	1	64			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	0	0	2	1.64	0.070	4.01	0.10%	0.78	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
6	234	25	May 5	LAD	@	PIT	W,10-1	CG	W(4-1)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.18	3.06	32	13	13	4	0	0	75			0	0	1	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.121	.65	0.19%	3.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
7	235	29	May 10	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-2	CG	W(5-1)	4	9.0	3	2	2	3	5	2	0	2.98	3.45	33	11	14	3	0	0	75			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.244	1.63	0.41%	2.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
8	236	31	May 12	LAD	@	STL	L,5-6	15-GF(15)	L(5-2)	1	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	3.11	3.51	5	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	-0.351	13.13	-0.82%	-0.91	15b --- 0 out tie	15b end d 1
9	237	33	May 15	LAD		HOU	W,10-7	GS-4		2	3.2	6	5	4	1	2	0	0	3.53	3.44	18	5	10	6	0	0	32			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	-0.355	3.92	-0.67%	-3.33	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d4
10	238	37	May 19	LAD		STL	L,1-8	GS-5	L(5-3)	3	4.2	7	5	3	2	3	0	1	3.69	3.42	25	9	10	6	0	0	35			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.24	-0.334	5.02	-0.81%	-3.06	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d4
11	239	41	May 23	LAD		NYM	W,3-1	CG	W(6-3)	3	9.0	4	1	1	1	7	0	0	3.36	3.17	30	11	11	3	0	0	81			0	1	0	29	0	1	0	2	0	1	1.15	0.474	4.10	1.01%	3.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
12	240	46	May 27(2)	LAD		PHI	W,2-1	CG	W(7-3)	3	9.0	8	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.10	3.06	37	16	14	4	0	0	70			0	1	0	34	2	0	1	0	0	2	1.62	0.501	6.94	1.29%	3.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
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	241	51	Jun 1(2)	LAD	@	PHI	W,8-5	GS-8	W(8-3)	4	7.1	10	5	5	3	7	2	0	3.35	3.26	34	8	15	7	0	1	42			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.82	-0.016	3.88	-0.05%	-1.00	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a4
14	242	56	Jun 5 susp	LAD	@	PIT	W,8-3	GS-8	W(9-3)	3	8.0	8	3	3	0	7	0	0	3.35	3.06	31	9	14	8	0	1	61			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.107	4.83	0.33%	1.06	1b start tie	8b 3 out a4
15	243	61	Jun 10(1)	LAD	@	HOU	W,9-3	CG	W(10-3)	4	9.0	6	3	3	1	3	1	1	3.32	3.15	34	14	14	5	1	1	65			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.41	0.004	1.96	0.01%	1.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
16	244	66	Jun 15	LAD		HOU	L,0-2	GS-8	L(10-4)	4	8.0	6	2	2	0	6	0	0	3.25	3.00	30	9	15	2	0	0	68			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	2	0	1	.90	0.143	4.64	0.44%	1.78	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
17	245	70	Jun 19	LAD		STL	W,3-2	CG	W(11-4)	3	9.0	9	2	2	2	6	1	0	3.15	3.03	37	13	14	5	0	2	65			1	1	0	35	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.60	0.413	8.88	1.38%	2.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
18	246	73	Jun 23	LAD		CIN	W,14-3	CG	W(12-4)	3	9.0	8	3	3	3	7	0	1	3.14	2.99	39	13	15	6	0	0	63			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	1	0	.17	0.121	1.07	0.45%	1.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
19	247	77	Jun 27	LAD		MLN	W,6-2	CG	W(13-4)	3	9.0	5	2	1	5	7	0	0	3.01	2.97	38	16	10	4	0	0	73			0	0	0	32	4	0	0	0	1	1	1.26	0.343	6.91	1.13%	2.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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	248	81	Jul 1	LAD		NYM	W,5-1	CG	W(14-4)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	13	1	0	2.89	2.88	32	6	12	4	0	0	85			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.275	3.64	0.90%	3.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
21	249	86	Jul 5	LAD	@	SFG	W,11-3	CG	W(15-4)	3	9.0	8	3	3	1	8	1	0	2.89	2.87	34	10	13	5	0	2	66			1	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.136	6.02	0.70%	1.47	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
22	250	89	Jul 8	LAD	@	SFG	W,2-0	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	2.87	2	1	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.14	0.329	64.73	1.79%	1.57	9b 123 1 out a2	9b end a 2
23	251	91	Jul 13	LAD	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	W(16-4)	4	9.0	7	4	4	3	9	1	0	2.94	2.88	36	12	12	4	0	0	63			1	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.41	0.307	8.22	1.07%	0.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
24	252	96	Jul 18	LAD	@	CIN	W,6-5	GS-7		4	7.0	3	3	3	0	5	2	0	2.98	2.96	24	6	13	1	0	0	64			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.043	3.91	0.16%	0.66	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
25	253	99	Jul 21	LAD	@	CHC	W,3-1	GS-8	W(17-4)	2	7.2	8	1	1	0	5	1	0	2.90	2.96	29	11	10	4	0	3	64			0	0	1	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.367	6.02	1.34%	2.85	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out a2
26	254	103	Jul 25	LAD	@	STL	W,5-2	GS-8	W(18-4)	3	7.0	8	2	2	0	6	1	0	2.89	2.95	29	7	16	5	0	0	59			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.082	6.84	0.30%	1.51	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a2
27	255	106	Jul 29	LAD		SFG	W,11-1	CG	W(19-4)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	5	1	0	2.80	2.95	32	10	14	2	0	3	76			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	1	.22	0.104	2.14	0.61%	3.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
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
28	256	109	Aug 3	LAD		CHC	W,8-3	CG	W(20-4)	4	9.0	9	3	3	0	6	0	1	2.81	2.90	36	14	15	7	0	0	63			1	1	0	35	2	1	0	1	0	1	.78	0.046	4.18	0.15%	1.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
29	257	114	Aug 7	LAD		NYM	W,7-5	CG	W(21-4)	3	9.0	11	5	3	1	4	0	0	2.82	2.86	35	10	18	8	0	2	52			0	2	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.33	0.071	6.33	0.20%	-0.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
30	258	118	Aug 11	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS-6	L(21-5)	3	6.0	8	5	5	2	7	1	1	2.95	2.89	28	7	8	7	0	3	41			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	-0.364	11.05	-1.86%	-2.02	1b start a 3	6b 3 out d2
31	259	121	Aug 15	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-6	GS-4	L(21-6)	3	4.0	6	5	4	2	3	0	0	3.05	2.89	20	4	11	5	0	0	33			0	0	0	18	2	1	1	0	0	0	.77	-0.269	5.16	-1.09%	-2.97	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
32	260	125	Aug 19	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	W(22-6)	3	9.0	3	1	0	1	7	0	1	2.94	2.84	32	4	19	1	0	0	85			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	0	.74	0.276	6.04	1.35%	3.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
33	261	129	Aug 24	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-6	GS-8	L(22-7)	4	7.1	9	6	6	4	8	3	0	3.07	2.98	34	11	10	5	0	1	40			0	1	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.39	-0.230	9.88	-0.98%	-0.86	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out d1
34	262	133	Aug 29	LAD		CIN	W,2-1	GS-7		4	7.0	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.02	2.98	29	14	11	4	1	0	61			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.209	8.44	0.98%	2.30	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				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
35	263	137	Sep 2	LAD		MLN	W,8-0	SHO	W(23-7)	3	9.0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.92	2.93	35	15	14	2	0	1	82			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	3	.70	0.269	4.10	0.95%	4.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
36	264	141	Sep 6	LAD		SFG	L,6-9	GS-8		3	7.1	7	5	5	4	2	0	0	3.00	2.95	33	9	15	4	0	3	42			0	0	0	28	3	0	2	0	0	1	1.07	-0.194	15.49	-1.68%	-1.76	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out tie
37	265	145	Sep 10	LAD		CHC	W,8-1	GS-8	W(24-7)	3	8.0	3	0	0	1	9	0	0	2.92	2.88	28	8	9	1	0	1	84			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.188	4.30	1.11%	3.78	1t start tie	8t 3 out a8
38	266	149	Sep 15	LAD	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS-7		4	7.0	6	4	0	4	4	0	0	2.84	2.89	29	10	10	5	0	1	57			0	1	1	23	1	0	2	1	0	0	.96	-0.158	6.55	-0.65%	-0.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
39	267	153	Sep 19	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-0	SHO	W(25-7)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	9	0	1	2.76	2.85	35	11	12	6	0	0	84			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.426	5.00	1.51%	4.38	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
40	268	156	Sep 23	LAD	@	STL	L,2-12	GS-4	L(25-8)	3	3.1	6	8	6	2	2	0	1	2.91	2.87	20	8	7	2	0	0	20			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.07	-0.360	3.82	-0.77%	-4.41	1b start a 2	4b 123 1 out d3
41	269	157	Sep 25	LAD		HOU	L,2-3	GS-7		1	7.0	6	2	1	1	3	0	0	2.87	2.85	30	16	11	4	1	0	61			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.23	0.031	8.22	0.13%	1.30	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
42	270	161	Sep 29	LAD		STL	L,0-2	GS-8	L(25-9)	3	8.0	5	2	0	3	5	0	0	2.80	2.84	32	15	9	4	0	0	70			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	2	0	2	.77	0.078	9.63	0.59%	1.78	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
43	271	164	Oct 2	LAD		SFG	W,8-7	GS-6		2	5.1	7	5	3	4	4	0	1	2.83	2.86	29	7	12	3	0	1	38			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.10	-0.140	47.25	-3.60%	-2.05	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d4
							32-11		W-L:25-9,Sv:1	3.1	314.1	272	122	99	78	232	21	11	2.83	2.86	1289	0.84		19%	0%	33	60	3	0%	8	10	3	1185	49	8	12	16	6	27	.97	2.811	6.39	7.45%	34.87

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