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: 22-20 / in Starts: 22-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1963 Pitching Game Log

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1963 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	272	1	Apr 9	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	11	1	1	3	5	0	0	1.00	2.37	38	14	11	6	0	5	63			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	3	0	0	1.41	0.373	3.05	0.48%	3.05	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
2	273	5	Apr 13	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	8	0	1	1.00	1.87	33	8	12	1	0	3	80			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.367	2.04	0.46%	2.59	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
3	274	9	Apr 18	LAD		CHC	L,1-5	GS-7	L(2-1)	4	7.0	5	3	1	4	5	0	1	1.08	2.24	31	9	10	4	0	2	60			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.03	-0.096	2.10	-0.12%	-0.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
4	275	14	Apr 22	LAD		MLN	L,2-10	GS-5	L(2-2)	3	5.0	8	6	5	0	3	2	0	2.40	2.95	24	11	7	4	0	3	32			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	2	.67	-0.335	1.48	-0.44%	-4.05	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
5	276	18	Apr 26	LAD		STL	L,7-8	GS-8		3	7.2	10	5	5	0	5	0	0	3.11	2.59	32	10	13	5	0	4	44			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	0	.61	0.013	1.68	0.02%	-1.31	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out a3
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	277	22	May 2	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS-7		5	7.0	4	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.02	2.86	28	10	11	4	2	2	62			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.032	1.92	-0.03%	0.94	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
7	278	26	May 6	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-7	GS-6	L(2-3)	3	5.2	10	6	3	3	3	0	0	3.22	2.88	27	11	9	7	0	1	31			0	0	0	24	1	2	1	2	0	1	1.72	-0.610	3.15	-0.67%	-3.91	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out d2
8	279	30	May 10	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	W(3-3)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	11	1	0	2.88	2.77	34	11	8	2	0	2	80			0	0	0	32	0	0	1	2	0	1	1.71	0.535	3.27	0.61%	2.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
9	280	33	May 14	LAD		PHI	L,1-5	GS-7	L(3-4)	3	7.0	7	5	3	4	7	1	0	2.98	2.90	32	15	4	2	0	2	50			0	0	0	27	3	0	2	1	0	1	.64	-0.254	1.57	-0.37%	-2.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
10	281	37	May 18	LAD		PIT	W,6-4	CG	W(4-4)	3	9.0	10	4	3	0	9	0	0	2.99	2.61	38	13	12	6	0	4	62			0	0	0	38	3	0	0	0	0	1	.90	0.086	2.53	0.15%	-0.49	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
11	282	41	May 22	LAD		NYM	W,7-3	CG	W(5-4)	3	9.0	2	3	3	3	6	2	0	2.99	2.87	32	5	16	2	1	2	74			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.108	1.75	0.24%	0.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
12	283	44	May 26	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(6-4)	3	10.0	8	3	3	0	5	2	1	2.96	3.03	37	11	16	5	0	4	69			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.36	0.291	5.88	0.76%	1.20	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
13	284	47	May 30	LAD	@	MLN	L,4-7	GS-6	L(6-5)	3	6.0	7	4	4	1	7	1	0	3.14	3.02	27	10	7	4	0	2	48			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	2	.68	-0.209	2.63	-0.49%	-1.48	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
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	285	51	Jun 3	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-2	GS-7	L(6-6)	3	7.0	7	2	2	1	13	1	0	3.10	2.89	28	5	6	3	0	3	67			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.030	2.15	-0.05%	0.79	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
15	286	54	Jun 7	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(7-6)	3	9.0	7	1	0	0	9	0	0	2.86	2.70	31	15	6	2	0	1	80			0	2	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.411	3.52	0.91%	3.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
16	287	58	Jun 11	LAD		SFG	L,0-3	GS-8	L(7-7)	3	8.0	7	3	3	0	5	1	0	2.90	2.71	29	10	11	2	0	3	61			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.106	4.19	-0.30%	0.12	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
17	288	62	Jun 15	LAD		CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(8-7)	3	9.0	7	1	1	0	6	0	0	2.77	2.61	33	9	17	6	1	1	75			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	.67	0.267	2.64	0.64%	2.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
18	289	67	Jun 19	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-8	GS-5	L(8-8)	3	4.1	9	6	4	2	2	1	0	2.94	2.71	25	10	7	4	0	3	25			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	1	2	1.17	-0.433	5.52	-1.23%	-4.22	1b start tie	5b -23 1 out d3
19	290	71	Jun 24	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS-8	W(9-8)	4	7.0	4	4	4	2	7	0	1	3.05	2.67	26	6	8	2	0	2	58			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.016	2.48	0.04%	0.24	1b start tie	8b 123 0 out a4
20	291	74	Jun 28	LAD		MLN	L,0-1	CG	L(9-9)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.93	2.58	35	13	14	3	0	0	75			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	1	1	.88	0.237	4.25	0.69%	2.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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	292	78	Jul 2	LAD		STL	W,1-0	SHO	W(10-9)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.77	2.53	32	10	16	6	0	0	81			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.60	0.637	10.11	2.42%	3.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
22	293	82	Jul 6	LAD		CIN	L,1-3	GS-8	L(10-10)	3	8.0	6	3	2	0	7	0	0	2.74	2.45	30	12	10	4	1	1	67			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.092	5.59	-0.37%	0.12	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
23	294	86	Jul 11	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-3	GS-7	W(11-10)	4	7.0	6	3	3	3	7	2	0	2.79	2.57	30	13	6	3	0	1	57			0	1	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	2	1.52	0.029	9.26	0.11%	-0.03	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
24	295	90	Jul 15	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-5		3	4.2	10	3	3	1	6	1	0	2.86	2.59	24	3	11	8	0	3	37			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.248	8.06	-0.88%	-1.29	1b start a 1	5b 12- 2 out d1
25	296	95	Jul 19	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	W(12-10)	3	9.0	6	2	2	1	11	1	0	2.82	2.55	33	9	11	6	0	1	77			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.418	5.77	1.45%	1.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
26	297	100	Jul 24	LAD		PIT	W,5-1	CG	W(13-10)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	8	0	1	2.74	2.50	32	13	8	3	0	1	80			0	0	1	29	1	0	1	0	1	0	.87	0.173	4.77	0.57%	2.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
27	298	104	Jul 28	LAD		PHI	L,4-7	GS-7	L(13-11)	3	6.1	7	6	6	1	10	1	1	2.92	2.49	28	4	8	6	0	4	44			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.484	7.54	-2.03%	-3.13	1t start tie	7t --3 1 out d2
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
28	299	108	Aug 2	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-4	GS-7	L(13-12)	4	6.0	9	4	4	3	2	1	1	3.00	2.59	28	9	9	4	0	4	37			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	2	0	0	.82	-0.184	5.51	-0.74%	-1.56	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out d2
29	300	111	Aug 6	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(14-12)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	1	2.92	2.57	36	14	11	4	0	2	75			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.01	0.366	7.11	1.54%	3.05	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
30	301	115	Aug 10	LAD	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	W(15-12)	3	9.0	8	3	3	0	13	1	0	2.93	2.51	34	5	13	5	0	3	72			0	1	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.108	7.95	0.45%	0.93	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
31	302	118	Aug 14	LAD	@	MLN	L,3-5	GS-7	L(15-13)	3	6.2	6	5	0	4	5	1	0	2.84	2.58	31	11	8	3	0	3	53			0	0	0	26	0	0	2	0	0	1	1.76	-0.298	11.94	-1.21%	-2.35	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out d4
32	303	122	Aug 18(1)	LAD	@	NYM	W,7-0	SHO	W(16-13)	3	9.0	3	0	0	0	8	0	0	2.74	2.51	30	10	12	4	0	0	89			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.321	3.35	1.15%	3.82	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
33	304	126	Aug 22	LAD		STL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(16-14)	3	7.0	9	3	3	3	1	0	1	2.77	2.55	31	13	8	2	0	5	45			0	1	1	27	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.11	-0.119	4.67	-0.30%	-0.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
34	305	130	Aug 26	LAD		CIN	L,1-3	GS-8	L(16-15)	3	8.0	7	3	3	2	4	1	0	2.79	2.59	31	13	10	3	0	2	58			2	0	1	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	.94	-0.062	4.47	-0.18%	0.12	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
35	306	134	Aug 30	LAD		SFG	W,3-1	CG	W(17-15)	3	9.0	9	1	1	0	9	0	0	2.73	2.52	35	9	12	5	0	5	74			3	0	1	35	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.29	0.436	8.14	1.65%	2.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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	307	139	Sep 3	LAD		HOU	W,4-3	GS-8		3	8.0	6	2	2	1	6	0	0	2.72	2.48	31	6	17	8	0	1	67			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	.81	0.028	2.74	0.06%	1.12	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
37	308	143	Sep 7	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-5	GS-6	L(17-16)	3	6.0	7	4	4	0	3	3	0	2.79	2.60	24	8	6	2	0	7	45			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.58	-0.202	1.92	-0.41%	-1.48	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
38	309	146	Sep 11	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-4	GS-4		3	3.0	8	2	1	0	2	0	0	2.79	2.58	15	6	6	4	0	1	39			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	-0.217	9.88	-0.97%	-1.69	1b start a 1	4b 12- 0 out a3
39	310	151	Sep 15	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-6	GS-7	L(17-17)	3	7.0	8	5	2	3	3	0	0	2.78	2.59	32	17	8	5	0	1	47			1	0	0	28	0	0	1	2	0	2	.76	-0.214	5.82	-0.99%	-2.06	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
40	311	155	Sep 20	LAD		PIT	W,2-0	SHO	W(18-17)	4	9.0	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.70	2.57	33	17	12	4	0	1	76			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.490	1.77	0.48%	3.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
41	312	158	Sep 24	LAD		NYM	W,4-1	GS-7	W(19-17)	3	7.0	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.67	2.54	25	9	12	5	0	0	69			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.235	.05	0.01%	1.73	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
42	313	163	Sep 29	LAD		PHI	L,1-3	GS-5		4	5.0	4	0	0	2	2	0	1	2.63	2.56	21	5	11	5	2	0	59			0	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.263	.00	0.00%	1.95	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
							22-20		W-L:19-17	3.2	315.1	287	114	92	57	251	25	10	2.63	2.56	1266	0.98		20%	1%	95	61		---%	11	8	4	1183	39	6	13	25	5	18	1.03	1.983	4.42	3.08%	14.82

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