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	22-24 / in Starts: 21-19
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 111 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	67 (29-25-13)
Avg. MLBer w/ 111 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	64 (33-20-10)

Most Driven In
W Parker	3
Self	2
R Fairly	1
L Johnson	1
D Schofield	1
N Oliver	0
J Roseboro	0
T Davis	0

Most Driven In By
Self	2
M Wills	1
W Davis	1
J Gilliam	1
L Johnson	1

1966 Batting Game Log

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1966 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	421	4 (3)	Apr 15	LAD		CHC	W,4-2	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	.88	-0.042	1.59	-0.05%	-0.29	P
2	422	8 (3)	Apr 19	LAD	@	HOU	L,5-8	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.91	-0.056	2.29	-0.09%	-0.89	P
3	423	12 (3)	Apr 24	LAD	@	CHC	L,0-2	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	1.28	-0.067	3.17	-0.10%	-0.56	P
4	424	16 (3)	Apr 28	LAD		ATL	W,8-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	9	.52	-0.002	1.44	0.00%	-0.35	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
5	425	20 (3)	May 3	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	9	1.10	-0.058	3.52	-0.11%	-0.44	P
6	426	24 (3)	May 7	LAD	@	CIN	W,14-2	GS-8	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.357	.557	9	.08	0.051	.17	0.06%	0.51	P
7	427	25	May 8	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.188	.333	.521	9	1.41	-0.037	2.95	-0.05%	-0.10	PH
8	428	28 (2)	May 12	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-5	GS-5	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.222	.412	.634	9	1.87	-0.018	4.61	-0.03%	0.05	P
9	429	29	May 13	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.211	.389	.599	9	1.35	-0.034	3.03	-0.05%	-0.09	PH
10	430	32 (2)	May 17	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	GS-10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.227	.381	.608	9	1.84	-0.049	5.79	-0.09%	-0.04	P
11	431	36 (3)	May 21	LAD		PIT	W,5-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.240	.375	.615	9	1.52	0.194	3.76	0.29%	0.57	P
12	432	40 (3)	May 25	LAD		PHI	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.214	.333	.548	9	1.11	-0.078	3.26	-0.14%	-0.35	P
13	433	44 (3)	May 30	LAD	@	ATL	W,10-6	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.258	.400	.658	9	.38	0.085	1.25	0.17%	0.67	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
14	434	48 (3)	Jun 3	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.250	.387	.637	9	1.04	-0.026	3.87	-0.06%	-0.21	P
15	435	53 (4)	Jun 8	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.206	.229	.353	.582	9	.43	0.014	1.71	0.03%	-0.05	P
16	436	56 (2)	Jun 12	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.243	.343	.586	9	1.82	-0.060	11.39	-0.23%	-0.63	P
17	437	60 (3)	Jun 16	LAD		CHC	L,3-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.189	.250	.324	.574	9	.83	-0.060	3.30	-0.14%	-0.54	P
18	438	63 (2)	Jun 19	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.268	.342	.610	9	1.77	0.066	8.62	0.19%	0.36	PH
19	439	64	Jun 20	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.250	.317	.567	9	1.37	-0.103	5.72	-0.26%	-0.73	P
20	440	69 (4)	Jun 25 (2)	LAD	@	ATL	L,3-4	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.261	.326	.586	9	1.09	0.043	3.71	0.09%	0.23	P
21	441	71 (1)	Jun 27	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.255	.318	.574	9	.53	-0.014	1.90	-0.03%	-0.10	PH
22	442	73 (1)	Jun 29	LAD	@	CIN	W,9-5	GS-7	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.280	.340	.620	9	.41	0.044	1.17	0.07%	0.79	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
23	443	76 (2)	Jul 3	LAD		STL	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.264	.320	.584	9	1.14	-0.083	2.89	-0.13%	-0.42	P
24	444	80 (3)	Jul 7	LAD		ATL	W,3-2	GS-8	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.298	.352	.650	9	2.16	0.353	6.93	0.68%	1.34	P
25	445	85 (4)	Jul 15	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.283	.333	.617	9	1.01	-0.077	2.94	-0.14%	-0.57	P
26	446	90 (4)	Jul 20	LAD		PIT	L,5-8	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.233	.270	.317	.587	9	.79	-0.013	4.14	-0.04%	-1.38	P
27	447	94 (3)	Jul 24 (1)	LAD		NYM	W,5-0	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.288	.381	.669	9	.29	0.134	1.12	0.31%	1.10	P
28	448	99 (4)	Jul 29	LAD	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.290	.379	.669	9	.77	0.004	4.10	0.01%	-0.06	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
29	449	103 (3)	Aug 2	LAD	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.286	.373	.659	9	.99	-0.025	8.25	-0.12%	-0.22	P
30	450	107 (3)	Aug 6	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.243	.274	.357	.631	9	1.10	-0.118	6.20	-0.40%	-1.05	P
31	451	111 (3)	Aug 10	LAD	@	ATL	L,1-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.267	.347	.614	9	1.67	-0.095	9.66	-0.33%	-0.80	P
32	452	114 (2)	Aug 14 (1)	LAD		CHC	W,4-3	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.256	.333	.590	9	1.35	-0.095	6.49	-0.27%	-0.59	P
33	453	115	Aug 14 (2)	LAD		CHC	L,10-12	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.266	.342	.608	6	1.37	0.109	7.37	0.35%	1.13	PH
34	454	119 (3)	Aug 18	LAD		STL	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.256	.329	.585	9	.41	-0.029	1.74	-0.08%	-0.35	P
35	455	121 (1)	Aug 20	LAD		STL	L,2-3	11-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.253	.325	.578	8	6.39	-0.150	32.67	-0.46%	-0.72	PH
36	456	123 (1)	Aug 22	LAD		ATL	W,4-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.220	.247	.317	.564	9	1.04	-0.075	4.05	-0.18%	-0.74	P
37	457	127 (3)	Aug 27	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.241	.310	.551	9	1.31	-0.102	11.77	-0.55%	-1.02	P
38	458	131 (3)	Aug 31	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.236	.302	.538	9	.77	-0.039	6.63	-0.20%	-0.31	P
Sep/Oct		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
39	459	135 (3)	Sep 4	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-6	GS-3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.244	.310	.555	9	.42	0.013	3.08	0.06%	0.13	P
40	460	137 (1)	Sep 6	LAD		SFG	L,0-6	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.242	.307	.549	9	.34	-0.008	3.94	-0.06%	-0.09	P
41	461	140 (2)	Sep 10	LAD		HOU	W,1-0	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.234	.297	.531	9	1.82	-0.141	15.56	-0.72%	-1.07	P
42	462	145 (4)	Sep 15	LAD		PIT	W,5-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.227	.287	.514	9	.58	0.045	10.96	0.51%	0.60	P
43	463	149 (3)	Sep 19	LAD		PHI	W,6-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.220	.278	.498	9	.31	-0.025	4.20	-0.20%	-0.65	P
44	464	152 (2)	Sep 23 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.198	.221	.277	.498	9	.68	0.063	8.36	0.47%	0.44	P
45	465	157 (4)	Sep 27	LAD	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.190	.213	.267	.480	9	.86	-0.023	7.49	-0.12%	-0.38	P
46	466	161 (3)	Oct 2 (1)	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.211	.264	.475	9	.97	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.22	P
							22-24		111	106	6	20	2	0	2	8	3	0	28	0	2	0	3	5	0	0	.189	.211	.264	.475		1.03	-0.608	5.03	-2.09%	-8.07

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