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: 28-16 / in Starts: 26-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 42, Entered with runners on base: 2

1965 Pitching Game Log

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1965 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	354	1	Apr 12	LAD	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	1	1	1	9	0	0	1.00	0.85	29	8	7	2	1	4	83			0	1	1	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.44	0.194	.97	0.26%	2.83	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
2	355	3	Apr 17	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	6.0	3	3	3	1	8	2	0	2.40	2.38	23	7	4	0	1	3	61			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	1	.91	-0.154	2.35	-0.24%	-0.37	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
3	356	6	Apr 21	LAD		NYM	W,5-1	GS-8	W(2-1)	3	7.1	5	1	1	7	8	0	1	2.01	2.79	35	12	4	0	0	3	65			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.197	2.54	0.28%	1.51	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a3
4	357	10	Apr 25	LAD		PHI	L,4-6	GS-5	L(2-2)	3	5.0	8	6	6	3	5	1	0	3.62	3.18	26	9	3	1	0	6	29			0	0	0	23	3	0	2	0	0	0	1.19	-0.501	3.88	-0.98%	-3.92	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
5	358	14	Apr 29	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.97	2.90	33	9	13	1	0	4	78			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.524	3.54	0.86%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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	359	18	May 4	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-6	GS-5		4	5.0	7	6	6	0	4	3	1	3.92	3.68	23	9	2	0	1	7	33			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.379	2.67	-0.76%	-3.61	1b start a 4	5b 3 out d1
7	360	22	May 8	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-0	SHO	W(4-2)	3	9.0	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	3.22	3.19	30	10	10	0	0	3	88			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.252	1.93	0.61%	4.15	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a9
8	361	26	May 12	LAD		HOU	W,4-2	CG	W(5-2)	3	9.0	6	2	2	3	2	1	0	3.03	3.39	34	11	12	1	2	6	66			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.01	0.326	4.42	0.86%	1.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
9	362	31	May 16(2)	LAD		CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(6-2)	3	9.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	1	2.90	3.22	33	13	9	2	2	4	71			3	1	0	30	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.62	0.178	6.91	0.46%	1.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
10	363	34	May 19	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-2	14-GF(14)	S(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.88	3.19	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.27	0.079	15.04	0.22%	0.39	14b 12- 2 out a2	14b end a 2
11	364	35	May 21	LAD	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-7	L(6-3)	1	7.0	9	4	4	1	5	2	0	3.09	3.38	30	9	12	4	4	3	47			1	1	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.169	3.67	-0.48%	-0.81	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
12	365	39	May 25	LAD		STL	W,2-0	SHO	W(7-3)	3	9.0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.76	3.14	29	12	10	1	0	1	91			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.99	0.565	4.79	1.65%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
13	366	43	May 29	LAD		MLN	W,5-3	CG	W(8-3)	3	9.0	6	3	2	1	12	1	1	2.69	3.03	34	7	7	0	2	6	76			0	1	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	.91	0.123	4.31	0.35%	0.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
14	367	47	Jun 2	LAD	@	STL	W,4-1	GS-6	W(9-3)	3	6.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.62	3.00	25	8	7	0	0	5	59			0	0	1	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.256	5.88	0.82%	1.93	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
15	368	51	Jun 6(1)	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-0	SHO	W(10-3)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	8	0	1	2.40	2.87	33	7	10	2	1	6	82			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.347	4.74	1.23%	4.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
16	369	57	Jun 11	LAD	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	W(11-3)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.29	2.76	32	12	9	2	2	4	80			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.42	0.542	6.55	1.50%	2.83	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
17	370	61	Jun 15	LAD		SFG	L,1-2	CG	L(11-4)	3	9.0	11	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.27	2.71	38	19	8	0	0	9	59			1	0	0	38	3	1	0	1	0	1	1.13	0.096	6.99	0.36%	1.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
18	371	67	Jun 20(2)	LAD		NYM	L,2-3	CG	L(11-5)	4	9.0	9	3	3	3	2	0	0	2.32	2.74	40	14	12	1	1	9	56			0	0	0	34	4	0	1	0	0	1	1.40	-0.142	7.24	-0.44%	0.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
19	372	70	Jun 24	LAD		PIT	L,3-13	GS-4	L(11-6)	3	3.2	7	5	5	2	2	3	0	2.58	3.03	19	5	3	0	1	7	27			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	.75	-0.304	4.28	-1.05%	-2.62	1t start tie	4t -2- 2 out d3
20	373	74	Jun 28	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-5	CG(8)	L(11-7)	3	8.0	5	5	1	2	12	0	0	2.50	2.88	33	10	4	0	0	5	70			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	2	.67	-0.172	4.07	-0.63%	-1.31	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
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
21	374	79	Jul 2	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	L(11-8)	3	8.2	10	4	3	5	5	0	1	2.54	2.91	40	11	8	1	1	10	50			2	1	1	33	3	0	1	0	0	1	1.58	-0.461	8.60	-1.50%	-1.00	1b start a 2	9b 123 2 out d1
22	375	83	Jul 6	LAD	@	CIN	W,11-7	GS-7	W(12-8)	3	6.2	10	6	6	2	3	2	1	2.77	3.07	32	9	7	0	0	10	31			0	0	0	29	3	1	0	2	0	1	.96	-0.062	6.63	-0.26%	-2.75	1b start a 3	7b --- 2 out a4
23	376	87	Jul 10	LAD	@	PIT	W,8-4	GS-6	W(13-8)	3	5.2	11	3	3	2	4	0	0	2.83	3.04	28	6	5	0	1	11	37			0	0	1	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.083	4.48	0.28%	-0.88	1b start a 2	6b -23 2 out a5
24	377	90	Jul 15	LAD		CHC	W,5-0	SHO	W(14-8)	4	9.0	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	2.69	3.03	32	12	14	3	1	0	81			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.300	3.38	1.01%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
25	378	94	Jul 19	LAD		HOU	W,8-3	CG	W(15-8)	3	9.0	9	3	2	1	4	1	1	2.66	3.06	39	9	15	2	1	9	62			0	0	0	37	2	1	0	0	0	1	.90	-0.084	5.61	-0.31%	0.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
26	379	98	Jul 23	LAD		STL	L,3-4	GS-8		3	7.2	8	3	3	5	4	1	0	2.69	3.15	34	10	7	1	0	8	50			1	0	0	28	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.59	-0.078	10.04	-0.30%	-0.06	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out tie
27	380	102	Jul 27	LAD		CIN	W,9-7	GS-3		3	2.1	6	5	2	2	1	1	0	2.75	3.22	17	8	0	0	0	6	30			1	0	0	15	0	1	1	0	0	2	1.23	-0.463	10.97	-2.48%	-4.20	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out a1
28	381	105	Jul 31	LAD	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-7		3	6.1	8	2	2	0	4	0	0	2.75	3.16	26	7	7	1	0	8	53			0	0	0	26	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.125	6.73	0.50%	1.16	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out a1
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
29	382	108	Aug 4(1)	LAD	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(15-9)	3	8.0	5	4	3	0	7	2	0	2.78	3.20	29	9	8	1	3	5	65			0	0	1	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.68	-0.142	5.85	-0.73%	-0.42	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d1
30	383	113	Aug 8	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-18	GS-2	L(15-10)	3	2.0	5	6	3	1	2	0	1	2.88	3.20	14	2	4	0	0	4	29			0	0	0	11	3	0	0	0	1	1	.82	-0.365	7.59	-2.03%	-5.04	1b start tie	2b 3 out d6
31	384	115	Aug 11	LAD		NYM	W,1-0	SHO	W(16-10)	2	9.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	1	2.76	3.17	33	15	8	2	1	5	79			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	3	0	2	1.49	0.660	10.41	2.76%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
32	385	118	Aug 15	LAD		PIT	L,2-4	GS-7	L(16-11)	3	6.0	9	4	3	3	7	0	0	2.81	3.13	30	8	4	2	0	8	44			0	1	1	25	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.56	-0.189	12.24	-0.89%	-1.30	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out d1
33	386	122	Aug 19	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-5	GS-11		3	11.0	6	5	4	3	4	2	0	2.83	3.22	42	12	18	1	0	5	68			1	0	0	38	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.22	-0.082	10.61	-0.43%	0.07	1b start a 1	11b 3 out tie
34	387	126	Aug 23	LAD	@	NYM	W,8-4	GS-8	W(17-11)	3	7.2	11	4	4	1	3	0	2	2.89	3.21	37	7	13	2	2	11	43			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	1	2	.80	0.215	6.17	0.99%	-0.05	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out a5
35	388	130	Aug 27	LAD	@	PHI	W,9-8	GS-7	W(18-11)	3	7.0	9	6	5	3	6	2	0	2.98	3.28	35	7	11	2	1	8	40			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.09	-0.213	8.71	-1.02%	-2.93	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a3
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
36	389	134	Sep 1(2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS-8	L(18-12)	4	7.1	10	2	2	0	3	1	0	2.97	3.28	30	12	5	0	0	10	53			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	0.101	13.42	0.60%	1.45	1b start a 1	8b 1-3 1 out tie
37	390	137	Sep 4	LAD	@	HOU	W,5-0	8-8	H(1)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.96	3.27	2	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.054	11.66	0.32%	1.46	8b 123 1 out a5	8b 3 out a5
38	391	139	Sep 6	LAD		SFG	L,6-7	GS-9		1	8.0	9	6	6	1	7	2	0	3.07	3.31	34	7	10	0	0	9	46			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	1	0	.87	-0.523	12.08	-4.39%	-2.67	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out tie
39	392	142	Sep 10	LAD		HOU	W,5-2	GS-6	W(19-12)	3	6.0	5	2	2	0	2	2	0	3.07	3.37	23	8	8	2	2	5	56			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.077	10.66	0.44%	0.50	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
40	393	146	Sep 15	LAD	@	CHC	L,6-8	GS-2		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.06	3.37	5	1	2	2	0	0	51			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.005	3.42	0.02%	0.09	1b start a 3	2b 1-- 0 out a3
41	394	148	Sep 17	LAD	@	STL	W,3-2	GS-6	W(20-12)	1	5.0	7	1	1	0	5	1	0	3.04	3.37	23	7	4	0	0	7	54			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	0.093	3.35	0.16%	1.06	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a2
42	395	151	Sep 21	LAD	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	W(21-12)	3	9.0	6	1	0	1	7	0	0	2.94	3.30	35	8	13	0	0	6	79			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	1	2	1.65	0.559	6.12	1.25%	3.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
43	396	155	Sep 26	LAD		STL	W,1-0	SHO	W(22-12)	4	9.0	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.86	3.25	32	9	14	3	0	5	81			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.684	19.64	5.92%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
44	397	159	Sep 30	LAD		MLN	W,4-0	SHO	W(23-12)	3	9.0	3	0	0	0	8	0	0	2.77	3.18	30	7	12	3	1	3	89			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.334	5.65	1.88%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
							28-16		W-L:23-12,Sv:1,Hld:1	3.0	308.1	270	113	95	66	210	30	12	2.77	3.18	1262	1.12		6%	4%	248	59	5	0%	12	7	6	1164	47	7	11	19	4	24	1.07	2.486	6.71	6.65%	21.51

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