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Don Drysdale

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Full Name: Donald Scott Drysdale Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 5"/190 First Game: April 17, 1956
Birthdate: July 23, 1936 Final Game: August 5, 1969
Birthplace: Van Nuys, California MLB Experience: 14 years
Died: July 3, 1993
Deathplace: Montreal, Quebec (Canada)
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984

Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on July 23, 1936 in Van Nuys, California, Don Drysdale (Donald Scott Drysdale) played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his 14 year career. Drysdale broke into the bigs on April 17, 1956 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and put up a 2.64 ERA in 99 innings pitched in 1956, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Don Drysdale's best season was 1962, when he posted a 2.83 ERA, won 25 games and struck out 232 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1956 BRO N 25 12 5 5 2.64 55 35 29 2 0 0 99 95 9 31 3 3 3
1957 BRO N 34 29 17 9 2.69 148 76 66 9 4 0 221 197 17 61 3 3 7
1958 LA N 44 29 12 13 4.17 131 107 98 6 1 0 211.2 214 21 72 6 8 14
1959 LA N 44 36 17 13 3.46 242 113 104 15 4 2 270.2 237 26 93 9 4 18
1960 LA N 41 36 15 14 2.84 246 93 85 15 5 2 269 214 27 72 5 6 10
1961 LA N 40 37 13 10 3.69 182 111 100 10 3 0 244 236 29 83 15 7 20
1962 LA N 43 41 25 9 2.83 232 122 99 19 2 1 314.1 272 21 78 12 8 11
1963 LA N 42 42 19 17 2.63 251 114 92 17 3 0 315.1 287 25 57 13 4 10
1964 LA N 40 40 18 16 2.18 237 91 78 21 5 0 321.1 242 15 68 9 11 10
1965 LA N 44 42 23 12 2.77 210 113 95 20 7 1 308.1 270 30 66 11 11 12
1966 LA N 40 40 13 16 3.42 177 114 104 11 3 0 273.2 279 21 45 8 7 17
1967 LA N 38 38 13 16 2.74 196 101 86 9 3 0 282 269 19 60 19 5 8
1968 LA N 31 31 14 12 2.15 155 68 57 12 8 0 239 201 11 56 10 4 12
1969 LA N 12 12 5 4 4.45 24 34 31 1 1 0 62.2 71 9 13 0 1 2
Total 518 465 209 166 2.95 2486 1292 1124 167 49 6 3432 3084 280 855 123 82 154

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1956 BRO N P 25 0 0 8 20 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1957 BRO N P 34 29 221 15 60 2 4 0 1 6 3 0 .974
1958 LA N P 44 29 211.2 15 45 6 10 0 2 1 4 1 .909
1959 LA N P 44 36 270.2 18 48 3 4 0 6 3 4 1 .957
1960 LA N P 41 36 269 18 60 3 3 0 4 8 7 4 .963
1961 LA N P 40 37 244 13 36 3 3 0 3 14 5 2 .942
1962 LA N P 43 41 314.1 10 60 7 5 0 2 8 10 3 .909
1963 LA N P 42 42 315.1 19 62 4 7 0 10 11 8 4 .953
1964 LA N P 40 40 321.1 13 68 3 5 0 5 2 9 4 .964
1965 LA N P 44 42 308.1 22 55 9 4 0 5 12 7 6 .895
1966 LA N P 40 40 273.2 10 45 7 1 0 2 8 5 7 .887
1967 LA N P 38 38 282 11 64 5 3 0 3 9 10 10 .938
1968 LA N P 31 31 239 15 50 5 4 0 3 9 10 7 .929
1969 LA N P 12 12 62.2 1 13 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 1.000
Total P 518 453 3333 188 686 59 55 0 47 94 83 50 .937

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1956 BRO N 26 26 4 5 1 1 .192 .222 .346 1 0 1 8 0 2 0 0 1
1957 BRO N 37 73 7 9 2 6 .123 .200 .205 0 0 7 29 0 3 0 0 3
1958 LA N 47 66 9 15 7 12 .227 .261 .591 1 1 3 25 0 3 0 0 0
1959 LA N 46 91 9 15 4 12 .165 .198 .330 1 1 4 31 0 8 0 0 2
1960 LA N 41 83 3 13 0 4 .157 .211 .277 6 2 6 32 0 9 0 0 0
1961 LA N 40 83 9 16 5 12 .193 .244 .386 1 0 6 24 0 5 0 0 4
1962 LA N 43 111 9 22 0 14 .198 .246 .252 4 1 5 29 2 8 0 0 4
1963 LA N 42 96 5 16 0 5 .167 .241 .198 1 1 9 35 1 6 0 0 3
1964 LA N 40 110 10 19 1 8 .173 .202 .218 2 0 4 29 0 14 0 0 3
1965 LA N 58 130 18 39 7 19 .300 .331 .508 4 1 5 34 1 2 0 0 6
1966 LA N 46 106 6 20 2 8 .189 .211 .264 2 0 3 28 0 2 0 0 5
1967 LA N 38 93 2 12 0 6 .129 .172 .140 1 0 5 26 0 2 0 0 1
1968 LA N 31 79 4 14 0 3 .177 .188 .190 1 0 0 29 1 4 0 0 1
1969 LA N 12 22 1 3 0 3 .136 .208 .182 1 0 2 11 0 1 0 0 1
Total 547 1169 96 218 29 113 .186 .228 .295 26 7 60 370 5 69 0 0 34

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1954).

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