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: 20-14 / in Starts: 18-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 0

1957 Pitching Game Log

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1957 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	26	5	Apr 21(2)	BRO		PIT	W,7-4	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.2	10	4	4	2	6	0	1	4.70	2.06	36	16	9	7	0	2	47			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.62	0.198	1.79	0.35%	2.43	1t start tie	8t 123 2 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
2	27	12	May 1	BRO		CHC	W,7-2	CG	W(2-0)	9	9.0	7	2	1	1	5	1	0	2.70	2.64	35	13	13	3	0	3	71			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	2	.61	0.150	2.05	0.30%	2.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
3	28	17	May 6	BRO		MLN	W,5-4	GS-7		4	6.2	7	2	2	1	6	2	1	2.70	3.44	29	11	10	3	0	0	57			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	2	1.52	0.092	6.39	0.23%	0.90	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out a1
4	29	24	May 15	BRO	@	MLN	W,3-2	GS-7		8	7.0	2	2	2	4	7	0	0	2.67	3.15	27	5	11	3	4	0	68			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.045	3.03	0.08%	1.15	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
5	30	27	May 20	BRO	@	STL	W,10-4	GS-8	W(3-0)	4	7.0	10	4	3	2	4	0	0	2.89	2.96	32	12	11	5	0	3	45			1	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	1	0	.88	0.159	2.82	0.31%	-0.38	1b start a 2	8b 123 0 out a7
6	31	31	May 25	BRO		NYG	L,7-8	9-GF	L(3-1)	4	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.05	2.95	6	4	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	-0.291	7.98	-0.60%	-0.47	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
7	32	33	May 27	BRO	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	W(4-1)	1	9.0	2	1	0	2	6	0	0	2.47	2.73	30	16	5	1	0	1	85			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.264	3.02	0.65%	3.22	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
8	33	38	May 31	BRO	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS-7	L(4-2)	3	7.0	5	2	2	1	7	0	0	2.48	2.49	26	5	11	6	0	2	65			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	.78	0.041	3.37	0.11%	1.28	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
9	34	43	Jun 5	BRO		CHC	W,4-0	SHO	W(5-2)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	9	0	0	2.13	2.30	32	8	12	5	0	1	84			0	0	0	30	0	0	1	0	0	0	.99	0.600	3.59	1.30%	4.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
10	35	46	Jun 9(1)	BRO		CIN	L,1-3	GS-8	L(5-3)	3	8.0	4	3	3	5	4	1	0	2.27	2.60	32	11	11	5	0	1	61			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.037	5.52	-0.12%	1.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
11	36	51	Jun 13	BRO		MLN	L,5-8	GS-2		3	1.2	5	4	4	0	4	2	1	2.71	2.88	11	3	1	1	0	2	33			1	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.275	4.26	-0.72%	-3.19	1t start tie	2t 1-- 2 out d4
12	37	54	Jun 16(1)	BRO		STL	L,6-7	GS-5		2	4.0	7	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.81	2.86	21	8	7	4	0	1	41			0	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.061	3.05	-0.14%	-1.24	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out a4
13	38	58	Jun 19	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-7		2	6.1	7	3	3	2	3	1	0	2.92	2.98	27	13	6	2	0	3	48			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	0.061	5.04	0.15%	0.90	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out a1
14	39	62	Jun 23	BRO	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-6	L(5-4)	3	6.0	5	4	4	1	5	0	0	3.12	2.87	25	10	8	5	0	1	50			2	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.00	-0.219	3.69	-0.49%	-1.04	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
15	40	66	Jun 27	BRO	@	MLN	L,1-2	GS-8	L(5-5)	3	7.1	5	2	1	1	6	0	0	2.98	2.75	29	12	10	5	0	0	67			1	0	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.063	4.48	0.14%	0.69	1b start tie	8b --3 1 out d2
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
16	41	70	Jul 1	BRO	@	NYG	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-5)	3	9.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.73	2.70	31	15	13	3	0	2	78			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.582	3.26	1.00%	4.35	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
17	42	75	Jul 6	BRO		PHI	L,4-9	GS-5	L(6-6)	4	4.0	8	6	5	2	2	2	0	3.04	2.95	23	6	9	4	0	4	24			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	-0.401	4.85	-0.96%	-3.52	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 out d2
18	43	81	Jul 15	BRO		MLN	W,20-4	GS-7	W(7-6)	8	6.1	9	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.10	3.04	29	15	9	5	0	3	43			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	.60	0.082	2.34	0.19%	-0.25	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a6
19	44	87	Jul 20	BRO		CHC	W,7-5	GS-7	W(8-6)	4	6.2	9	4	1	2	6	1	0	3.01	3.07	31	11	8	3	1	4	50			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	1	.97	-0.013	4.19	-0.03%	-0.55	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a1
20	45	98	Jul 31(1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS-6		10	6.0	5	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.01	2.98	22	8	7	5	0	1	58			0	0	0	21	3	0	1	0	0	0	.77	0.029	2.84	0.06%	0.87	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
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
21	46	104	Aug 5	BRO		NYG	W,5-2	GS-9	W(9-6)	4	8.2	10	2	2	2	3	1	0	2.95	3.05	37	13	16	6	0	3	57			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.284	4.34	0.66%	2.29	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a3
22	47	109	Aug 10	BRO	@	PIT	W,3-0	SHO	W(10-6)	4	9.0	7	0	0	0	9	0	0	2.77	2.89	34	9	12	6	0	4	82			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.03	0.444	3.24	0.84%	4.22	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
23	48	114	Aug 15	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-9	GS-8	L(10-7)	4	7.0	10	8	6	4	1	1	0	2.99	3.02	34	13	14	7	0	2	26			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.489	2.26	-0.59%	-3.96	1b start a 2	8b 1-3 0 out d2
24	49	116	Aug 17	BRO		PIT	L,3-7	7-GF		1	3.0	4	1	1	2	4	1	0	2.99	3.08	15	4	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	.35	-0.001	.69	0.00%	0.58	7t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
25	50	120	Aug 20(2)	BRO		CIN	W,6-5	10-GF(12)	W(11-7)	2	3.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.94	3.03	9	2	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	0.428	3.90	0.54%	1.58	10t --- 0 out tie	12t end tie
26	51	123	Aug 23	BRO		MLN	W,3-2	9-GF	W(12-7)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	3.02	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.019	.62	0.03%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
27	52	124	Aug 24	BRO		MLN	L,7-13	4-4		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.91	3.02	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.007	.89	0.01%	0.11	4t --- 2 out d3	4t 3 out d3
28	53	125	Aug 25	BRO		STL	W,6-5	GS-8	W(13-7)	0	7.1	6	3	3	2	6	0	1	2.95	2.98	31	10	12	7	0	0	58			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.05	0.109	1.44	0.09%	0.28	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a3
29	54	128	Aug 30	BRO		NYG	W,10-0	SHO	W(14-7)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.80	2.94	32	12	13	4	0	1	83			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.53	0.216	.65	0.16%	4.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
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
30	55	133	Sep 3	BRO		PHI	L,2-3	CG(12)	L(14-8)	3	12.0	9	3	3	4	9	1	0	2.76	2.95	46	14	16	5	0	3	77			0	0	0	40	2	1	0	3	1	0	1.57	0.260	.28	0.03%	3.32	1t start tie	12t 3 out d1
31	56	138	Sep 8	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS-6	L(14-9)	4	6.0	4	3	3	1	3	1	1	2.82	3.00	24	9	8	3	0	2	54			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.098	.47	-0.03%	-0.10	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
32	57	142	Sep 13	BRO	@	MLN	W,5-1	CG	W(15-9)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	2	2.74	2.99	35	13	13	6	0	0	76			0	1	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	1	.82	0.240	.09	0.02%	3.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
33	58	147	Sep 18	BRO	@	STL	W,6-1	GS-9	W(16-9)	4	8.0	11	1	1	4	5	1	0	2.67	3.04	37	17	9	7	0	2	57			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.10	0.382	.00	0.00%	1.96	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a5
34	59	150	Sep 22	BRO		PHI	W,7-3	CG	W(17-9)	3	9.0	8	3	3	6	6	0	0	2.69	3.04	39	14	11	5	0	2	59			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	0	.93	0.193	.00	0.00%	1.74	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
							20-14		W-L:17-9	3.5	221.0	197	76	66	61	148	17	7	2.69	3.04	911	1.10		21%	1%	53	59	0	---%	6	3	0	834	33	10	3	19	3	13	.99	3.063	2.69	3.55%	34.16

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