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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-16 / in Starts: 18-11
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	12 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 83 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	50 (27-15-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 83 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	51 (26-16-8)

Most Driven In
R Campanella	2
C Neal	2
Self	2
R Walker	0

Most Driven In By
G Cimoli	2
Self	2
C Neal	1
D Snider	1
J Gilliam	1

1957 Batting Game Log

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1957 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	27	5 (4)	Apr 21 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,7-4	GS-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.19	0.008	.54	0.01%	-0.20	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	28	12 (6)	May 1	BRO		CHC	W,7-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.58	-0.042	1.95	-0.08%	-0.91	P
3	29	15 (2)	May 4	BRO		STL	W,4-2	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
4	30	17 (1)	May 6	BRO		MLN	W,5-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.45	-0.023	1.89	-0.06%	-0.36	P
5	31	24 (6)	May 15	BRO	@	MLN	W,3-2	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	9	1.23	0.011	3.79	0.02%	0.17	P
6	32	27 (2)	May 20	BRO	@	STL	W,10-4	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.154	.000	.154	9	.58	-0.003	1.87	-0.01%	-0.39	P
7	33	31 (3)	May 25	BRO		NYG	L,7-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.154	.000	.154	9						P
8	34	33 (1)	May 27	BRO	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	9	.59	-0.045	2.42	-0.11%	-0.59	P
9	35	38 (4)	May 31	BRO	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	9	.74	-0.036	3.21	-0.09%	-0.30	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	36	40 (1)	Jun 2	BRO	@	PHI	L,3-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	8						PR
11	37	43 (2)	Jun 5	BRO		CHC	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.095	.000	.095	9	1.16	-0.090	4.20	-0.20%	-0.87	P
12	38	46 (2)	Jun 9 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,1-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.083	.000	.083	9	2.22	-0.182	12.37	-0.61%	-1.51	P
13	39	51 (4)	Jun 13	BRO		MLN	L,5-8	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.083	.000	.083	9						P
14	40	54 (2)	Jun 16 (1)	BRO		STL	L,6-7	GS-5	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.154	.208	.362	9	.90	0.100	3.39	0.22%	1.55	P
15	41	58 (3)	Jun 19	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.074	.138	.185	.323	9	1.08	-0.083	4.31	-0.20%	-0.77	P
16	42	62 (3)	Jun 23	BRO	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.103	.161	.207	.368	9	1.47	0.166	5.43	0.37%	1.56	P
17	43	66 (3)	Jun 27	BRO	@	MLN	L,1-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.094	.147	.188	.335	9	1.94	-0.148	6.97	-0.32%	-0.95	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	44	70 (3)	Jul 1	BRO	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.114	.162	.200	.362	9	.73	-0.015	2.11	-0.03%	-0.13	P
19	45	75 (4)	Jul 6	BRO		PHI	L,4-9	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.158	.194	.352	9	.58	-0.015	2.30	-0.04%	-0.17	P
20	46	81 (5)	Jul 15	BRO		MLN	W,20-4	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.171	.282	.453	9	.72	0.046	2.81	0.11%	0.86	P
21	47	87 (5)	Jul 20	BRO		CHC	W,7-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.122	.163	.268	.431	9	.34	-0.018	1.47	-0.05%	-0.36	P
22	48	98 (10)	Jul 31 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS-7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.122	.182	.268	.450	9	1.49	0.017	5.49	0.04%	0.18	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	49	103 (4)	Aug 4	BRO	@	MLN	L,7-9	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.122	.182	.268	.450	9						PR
24	50	104	Aug 5	BRO		NYG	W,5-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.191	.273	.464	9	1.01	-0.023	3.90	-0.05%	-0.09	P
25	51	109 (4)	Aug 10	BRO	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.176	.250	.426	9	.52	-0.053	1.64	-0.10%	-1.12	P
26	52	114 (4)	Aug 15	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-9	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.137	.185	.255	.440	9	1.56	-0.156	3.12	-0.19%	-1.40	P
27	53	116 (1)	Aug 17	BRO		PIT	L,3-7	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.137	.185	.255	.440	9						P
28	54	120 (3)	Aug 20 (2)	BRO		CIN	W,6-5	10-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.135	.182	.250	.432	9	2.94	-0.072	6.20	-0.09%	-0.31	P
29	55	123 (2)	Aug 23	BRO		MLN	W,3-2	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.135	.182	.250	.432	9						P
30	56	124	Aug 24	BRO		MLN	L,7-13	4-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.135	.182	.250	.432	9						P
31	57	125	Aug 25	BRO		STL	W,6-5	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.186	.250	.436	9	.99	-0.141	1.36	-0.12%	-2.15	P
32	58	128 (2)	Aug 30	BRO		NYG	W,10-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.206	.241	.448	9	.09	-0.003	.11	0.00%	0.96	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	59	133 (4)	Sep 3	BRO		PHI	L,2-3	CG(12)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.194	.226	.420	9	.79	-0.084	.14	-0.01%	-0.69	P
34	60	138 (4)	Sep 8	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS-7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.127	.203	.222	.425	9	.46	0.001	.23	0.00%	-0.03	P
35	61	142 (3)	Sep 13	BRO	@	MLN	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.121	.205	.212	.418	9	.64	-0.021	.07	0.00%	-0.13	P
36	62	147 (4)	Sep 18	BRO	@	STL	W,6-1	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.129	.208	.214	.422	9	.63	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.53	P
37	63	150 (2)	Sep 22	BRO		PHI	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.123	.200	.205	.405	9	.53	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-0.77	P
							21-16		83	73	7	9	0	0	2	6	7	0	29	0	3	0	1	3	0	0	.123	.200	.205	.405		.87	-1.019	2.58	-1.57%	-9.44

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