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: 21-19 / in Starts: 21-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1966 Pitching Game Log

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1966 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	398	4	Apr 15	LAD		CHC	W,4-2	GS-6		99	6.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	1	3.00	2.55	24	8	4	0	0	7	50			2	0	1	20	0	0	0	1	2	0	.99	-0.019	1.81	-0.02%	0.51	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
2	399	8	Apr 19	LAD	@	HOU	L,5-8	GS-5	L(0-1)	3	4.1	6	6	4	3	0	1	0	5.23	4.68	23	8	6	1	2	6	28			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.64	-0.280	4.13	-0.42%	-2.71	1b start a 2	5b 12- 1 out a1
3	400	12	Apr 24	LAD	@	CHC	L,0-2	GS-6	L(0-2)	4	6.0	5	2	2	2	7	0	0	4.41	3.41	25	7	4	1	0	5	59			1	0	0	23	2	1	0	1	0	1	.80	-0.012	1.98	-0.02%	0.76	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
4	401	16	Apr 28	LAD		ATL	W,8-2	CG	W(1-2)	3	9.0	6	2	2	0	10	1	1	3.55	2.95	34	9	9	1	3	5	77			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.34	0.046	.93	0.08%	1.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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	402	20	May 3	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-8	GS-6	L(1-3)	4	6.0	5	4	4	2	2	1	1	4.02	3.45	25	8	7	0	0	5	46			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	.88	-0.135	2.81	-0.26%	-1.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
6	403	24	May 7	LAD	@	CIN	W,14-2	GS-7	W(2-3)	3	7.0	3	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.76	3.55	24	5	12	2	1	3	65			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.18	0.076	.38	0.09%	1.51	1b start a 4	7b 3 out a8
7	404	28	May 12	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-5	GS-5	L(2-4)	4	4.1	6	5	5	2	3	1	0	4.43	3.75	21	5	7	2	3	4	32			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.154	2.48	-0.23%	-1.24	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out d1
8	405	32	May 17	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	GS-9		4	9.0	11	1	0	0	7	0	1	3.66	3.33	38	8	12	0	0	10	70			0	0	1	36	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.26	0.227	3.96	0.43%	2.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
9	406	36	May 21	LAD		PIT	W,5-4	GS-9		3	8.0	9	4	4	1	13	0	0	3.77	2.84	34	5	6	0	2	9	60			0	0	1	32	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.38	-0.348	3.43	-0.52%	-0.98	1t start tie	9t 1-3 0 out a1
10	407	40	May 25	LAD		PHI	W,2-1	CG	W(3-4)	3	9.0	8	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.41	2.67	34	13	9	2	1	5	72			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.263	2.64	0.47%	2.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
11	408	44	May 30	LAD	@	ATL	W,10-6	CG	W(4-4)	4	9.0	9	6	6	2	7	3	0	3.71	3.06	38	12	8	0	3	9	50			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	1	.50	0.076	1.64	0.15%	-1.78	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
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
12	409	48	Jun 3	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-6	GS-5	L(4-5)	3	4.2	9	5	5	1	1	1	0	4.04	3.20	23	6	7	1	1	8	26			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.06	-0.261	3.92	-0.58%	-2.88	1b start tie	5b --- 2 out d4
13	410	53	Jun 8	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-8	GS-8	L(4-6)	4	7.1	9	8	7	0	7	1	3	4.42	3.23	35	7	9	0	3	9	37			0	0	1	31	1	0	0	0	0	2	.54	-0.235	2.15	-0.57%	-4.81	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out d7
14	411	56	Jun 12	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-6	L(4-7)	3	5.1	5	2	2	0	4	1	0	4.36	3.25	21	5	7	0	1	5	54			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	1	.94	0.041	5.92	0.16%	0.68	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out d1
15	412	60	Jun 16	LAD		CHC	L,3-5	CG	L(4-8)	3	9.0	9	5	5	3	7	0	1	4.41	3.17	39	10	9	1	1	9	53			1	0	0	32	3	0	1	2	0	0	.64	-0.279	2.55	-0.67%	-1.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
16	413	64	Jun 20	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-4	GS-8	L(4-9)	3	7.0	7	4	3	4	1	0	0	4.38	3.22	31	11	8	0	1	7	46			1	0	0	25	2	0	1	2	1	1	1.44	-0.236	6.02	-0.59%	-0.65	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out d1
17	414	69	Jun 25(2)	LAD	@	ATL	L,3-4	GS-6	L(4-10)	4	5.2	8	4	4	0	3	0	2	4.47	3.19	26	6	7	0	3	8	40			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.005	3.50	-0.01%	0.07	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out d2
18	415	73	Jun 29	LAD	@	CIN	W,9-5	GS-7	W(5-10)	3	6.0	9	3	3	0	3	0	0	4.48	3.11	25	6	7	3	1	9	45			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	2	0	0	.47	0.104	1.33	0.18%	-0.38	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a5
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
19	416	76	Jul 3	LAD		STL	L,0-2	CG	L(5-11)	3	9.0	6	2	2	0	6	1	0	4.31	3.08	31	12	7	0	2	6	73			0	1	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	.79	0.151	1.99	0.23%	1.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
20	417	80	Jul 7	LAD		ATL	W,3-2	GS-8	W(6-11)	3	8.0	5	2	2	4	6	0	1	4.19	3.07	34	10	8	0	2	5	66			0	0	0	28	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.26	0.200	4.06	0.39%	1.35	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
21	418	85	Jul 15	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-3	GS-7		7	6.0	11	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.14	3.04	27	13	3	2	0	8	43			0	0	1	26	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.04	-0.028	3.04	-0.05%	0.28	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out tie
22	419	90	Jul 20	LAD		PIT	L,5-8	GS-7		4	6.2	10	5	5	0	3	0	1	4.25	3.00	30	10	6	1	3	10	37			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.071	4.59	0.23%	-0.46	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a2
23	420	94	Jul 24(1)	LAD		NYM	W,5-0	SHO	W(7-11)	3	9.0	6	0	0	3	10	0	2	4.02	2.94	37	9	7	2	1	6	82			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.81	0.290	3.09	0.67%	3.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
24	421	99	Jul 29	LAD	@	STL	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(7-12)	4	8.0	9	4	4	1	2	0	1	4.04	2.94	34	13	9	0	1	8	49			0	1	0	31	1	1	0	0	1	1	.71	-0.141	3.82	-0.45%	-0.36	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
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
25	422	103	Aug 2	LAD	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-4		3	3.0	5	4	4	1	2	1	0	4.18	3.00	15	7	0	0	0	5	34			0	0	0	14	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.08	-0.371	8.97	-1.86%	-2.63	1b start a 1	4b --- 0 out d1
26	423	107	Aug 6	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-3	GS-7	W(8-12)	3	6.1	7	3	0	2	5	1	1	4.03	3.05	29	11	3	0	0	7	56			1	1	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.28	-0.085	7.18	-0.29%	-0.87	1b start a 2	7b 12- 1 out a1
27	424	111	Aug 10	LAD	@	ATL	L,1-3	GS-6	L(8-13)	3	5.0	8	3	1	1	2	1	0	3.97	3.10	25	5	9	2	1	8	44			1	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	1	2	1.25	-0.202	7.26	-0.70%	-2.13	1b start tie	6b -23 0 out d2
28	425	114	Aug 14(1)	LAD		CHC	W,4-3	GS-9		3	9.0	9	2	2	2	8	0	0	3.88	3.03	37	12	7	0	1	8	67			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	2	0	1	1.23	0.347	5.91	1.00%	1.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
29	426	119	Aug 18	LAD		STL	W,3-1	CG	W(9-13)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	8	0	0	3.75	2.93	32	11	7	0	0	6	79			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.408	5.15	1.05%	2.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
30	427	123	Aug 22	LAD		ATL	W,4-3	GS-8		3	8.0	5	2	2	0	3	1	0	3.69	2.95	29	11	10	0	5	5	67			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.198	3.99	0.46%	1.35	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
31	428	127	Aug 27	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-4	GS-6	L(9-14)	4	6.0	8	3	3	0	4	1	0	3.71	2.96	25	6	7	0	0	8	48			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.160	10.89	-0.87%	-0.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
32	429	131	Aug 31	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-5	L(9-15)	3	4.2	8	4	4	0	2	0	0	3.80	2.93	22	9	3	1	1	8	34			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.29	-0.171	11.12	-0.89%	-2.19	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out d4
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
33	430	135	Sep 4	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-6	GS-2		3	2.0	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	3.85	2.97	9	4	0	0	0	3	44			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.109	6.68	-0.48%	-1.00	1b start a 1	2b 3 out tie
34	431	137	Sep 6	LAD		SFG	L,0-6	GS-6	L(9-16)	1	5.1	11	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.87	2.94	26	5	8	0	0	11	36			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.75	-0.180	8.67	-1.26%	-1.10	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out d3
35	432	140	Sep 10	LAD		HOU	W,1-0	GS-9		3	8.1	4	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.74	2.93	31	16	5	0	1	3	76			1	0	1	28	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.27	0.423	10.87	2.17%	2.95	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out tie
36	433	145	Sep 15	LAD		PIT	W,5-3	GS-9	W(10-16)	4	8.2	5	3	3	0	6	2	0	3.72	2.97	31	14	6	1	0	5	68			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.170	7.29	1.91%	0.68	1t start tie	9t --- 2 out a2
37	434	149	Sep 19	LAD		PHI	W,6-1	CG	W(11-16)	3	9.0	5	1	1	0	7	0	0	3.62	2.90	32	13	9	1	0	3	80			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.126	7.61	1.02%	2.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
38	435	152	Sep 23(1)	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-0	SHO	W(12-16)	3	9.0	8	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.49	2.87	35	16	13	0	3	0	75			0	0	1	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.308	9.36	2.28%	4.14	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
39	436	157	Sep 27	LAD	@	STL	W,2-0	SHO	W(13-16)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	1	3.38	2.87	33	17	9	0	2	4	79			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.599	10.47	3.14%	4.10	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
40	437	161	Oct 2(1)	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-3		4	2.0	4	2	2	2	0	1	0	3.42	2.94	11	3	2	1	1	4	38			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.193	.00	0.00%	-2.06	1b start tie	3b 12- 0 out d2
							21-19		W-L:13-16	3.4	273.2	279	114	104	45	177	21	17	3.42	2.94	1135	1.33		4%	8%	254	55		---%	8	5	7	1053	34	3	8	28	8	17	.94	0.520	4.79	5.37%	7.73

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