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: 7-18 / in Starts: 6-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 2

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 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	1	1	Apr 17	BRO		PHI	L,6-8	9-GF		99	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	5.37	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.019	.81	0.03%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
2	2	6	Apr 23	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	W(1-0)	5	9.0	9	1	1	1	9	0	0	0.90	1.17	36	10	14	7	0	2	73			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	1	0	.84	0.373	2.50	0.67%	3.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
3	3	10	Apr 29(1)	BRO		PIT	L,1-10	GS-6	L(1-1)	5	5.2	6	5	5	2	1	0	1	3.45	2.05	25	10	11	5	0	0	36			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.14	-0.055	4.35	-0.13%	-0.33	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d3
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
4	4	26	May 20(1)	BRO		CHC	W,5-3	GS-7		20	6.2	4	3	3	1	4	2	0	3.63	3.09	25	5	13	1	0	2	57			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.049	2.75	-0.09%	0.27	1t start tie	7t --3 2 out tie
5	5	29	May 24	BRO	@	PHI	L,4-6	GS-4	L(1-2)	3	4.0	4	4	4	2	6	2	0	4.44	3.74	17	3	4	3	0	2	42			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.271	2.82	-0.51%	-2.13	1b start a 2	4b 3 out d2
6	6	35	May 30(2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,3-12	GS-1	L(1-3)	5	0.2	3	4	0	1	0	0	1	4.33	3.93	7	1	4	4	0	0	37			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	-0.318	4.50	-0.57%	-3.75	1b start tie	1b 1-- 2 out d4
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
7	7	52	Jun 17(2)	BRO		MLN	L,1-3	6-8		17	3.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.90	3.77	12	3	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	.64	0.106	3.14	0.31%	1.56	6t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
8	8	53	Jun 19	BRO		STL	L,0-6	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.77	3.72	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.05	0.00%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
9	9	59	Jun 24(2)	BRO		CIN	L,1-2	GS-7		4	7.0	5	1	1	4	3	1	0	3.32	3.98	30	11	9	2	0	3	62			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.11	0.259	5.36	0.75%	2.64	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
10	10	64	Jun 29	BRO		PHI	W,6-5	GS-8		4	7.0	9	5	5	1	5	1	0	3.80	3.86	29	14	8	7	0	1	43			0	0	1	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.76	-0.183	2.87	-0.41%	-2.20	1t start tie	8t 123 0 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
11	11	70	Jul 4(2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-1	GS-9	W(2-3)	4	8.1	9	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.38	3.65	36	6	22	8	0	1	62			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.206	2.34	0.52%	2.71	1b start a 3	9b 123 1 out a6
12	12	76	Jul 13(1)	BRO	@	MLN	L,6-8	2-6		8	4.2	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.10	3.56	20	7	11	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	1	2	0	0	.69	0.114	4.19	0.42%	1.83	2b --- 0 out d4	6b 12- 2 out tie
13	13	85	Jul 21	BRO	@	STL	L,6-13	8-GF(8)		7	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.09	3.55	2	1	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.58	8b 12- 2 out d9	8b end d10
14	14	94	Jul 29(2)	BRO		CHC	L,2-4	6-7		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.98	3.56	8	6	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.029	1.21	0.08%	1.04	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 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
15	15	99	Aug 3	BRO		STL	L,8-11	7-7		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	3.54	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.47	0.02%	0.52	7t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
16	16	111	Aug 16	BRO		NYG	W,10-9	13-GF(13)	W(3-3)	12	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.89	3.54	5	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	0.141	12.45	0.43%	0.52	13t --- 0 out tie	13t end tie
17	17	119	Aug 25	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-5	6-7		8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.80	3.55	8	5	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.030	3.01	0.15%	1.00	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
18	18	120	Aug 26	BRO	@	MLN	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.77	3.51	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.20	0.01%	1.13	8b 1-3 1 out d6	8b end d 6
19	19	123	Aug 28(2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-7	L(3-4)	1	6.1	10	4	4	3	5	1	0	3.03	3.58	31	7	12	5	0	4	39			0	0	0	28	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.67	-0.161	13.65	-0.79%	-0.20	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out d1
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
20	20	127	Sep 1(1)	BRO	@	NYG	W,5-3	GS-6	W(4-4)	3	6.0	7	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.03	3.64	25	7	14	5	0	1	51			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.003	9.62	0.01%	0.83	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
21	21	130	Sep 2(2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-4	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.95	3.61	6	2	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.017	.92	0.09%	0.94	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
22	22	132	Sep 3(2)	BRO		PIT	L,2-3	GS-8	L(4-5)	0	8.0	10	3	2	1	6	0	1	2.89	3.42	35	14	9	6	0	4	57			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	2	0	1	1.17	0.048	9.30	0.23%	1.16	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
23	23	137	Sep 9	BRO		NYG	W,6-1	CG	W(5-5)	5	9.0	3	1	1	2	3	1	0	2.71	3.46	31	16	9	2	0	1	78			1	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	.65	0.252	7.19	1.68%	3.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
24	24	139	Sep 12	BRO		MLN	L,7-8	9-9		2	0.2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.69	3.48	4	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.004	14.08	-0.05%	-0.10	9t --- 0 out d1	9t -23 2 out d1
25	25	147	Sep 22	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-5	5-6		9	2.0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.64	3.47	9	5	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.40	-0.026	6.97	-0.27%	-0.08	5b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d4
							7-18		W-L:5-5	4.0	99.0	95	35	29	31	55	9	3	2.64	3.47	413	0.91		23%	0%	23	53	4	25%	1	1	1	373	14	1	3	12	2	3	.90	0.539	5.43	2.57%	14.72

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