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Don Drysdale

Birthdate:

7/23/1936

Died:

7/3/1993

Height / Weight:

6' 6" / 216 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Van Nuys, CA, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Don Drysdale was one of the top pitchers of the 1960's. He helped led the Dodgers to become World Champs in 1959, 1963 & 1965. His hurling also helped bring the Dodgers a pennant in 1966. Drysdale twice won more than 20 games in a season including a Cy Young Award in 1962 with a 25-9 record, ERA of 2.83 while pitching in 314 innings. In 1965, he was 23-12, ERA of 2.77. He tossed six consecutive shutouts; a still standing major league record and did not yield a run in 57 straight innings.

Don Drysdale, 6'6", 220 lbs. was a side arming thrower that would intimidate the hitters. He led the league in hit batsman from 1958 through 1961 and holds the NL record of 154 hit batsmen. Drysdale often stated "It was part of the game; if one of my team mates got knocked down, then I would knock down two on the other team". A good hitting pitcher, Drysdale hit 29 career home runs and in 1965 he batted .300 with 7 home runs. He was the first pitcher in Los Angeles Dodgers history to hit a grand slam home run, August 9 1961 against the Milwaukere Brewers.

Don Drysdale was voted to the Hall of Fame in 1984. Career stats: 209-166, winning pct. 557, ERA 2.95, innings 3,432, strikeouts ,shutouts 49 games started 465, completed 167 games. Baseball History

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1956	BRO (NL)	25	12	5	5	0	2	0	99.0	95	35	29	9	31	3	55	3	3	0	2.64
1957	BRO (NL)	34	29	17	9	0	9	4	221.0	197	76	66	17	61	3	148	3	7	1	2.69
1958	LAD (NL)	44	29	12	13	0	6	1	211.2	214	107	98	21	72	6	131	8	14	2	4.17
1959	LAD (NL)	44	36	17	13	2	15	4	270.2	237	113	104	26	93	9	242	4	18	2	3.46
1960	LAD (NL)	41	36	15	14	2	15	5	269.0	214	93	85	27	72	5	246	6	10	0	2.84
1961	LAD (NL)	40	37	13	10	0	10	3	244.0	236	111	100	29	83	15	182	7	20	1	3.69
1962	LAD (NL)	43	41	25	9	1	19	2	314.1	272	122	99	21	78	12	232	8	11	0	2.83
1963	LAD (NL)	42	42	19	17	0	17	3	315.1	287	114	92	25	57	13	251	4	10	0	2.63
1964	LAD (NL)	40	40	18	16	0	21	5	321.1	242	91	78	15	68	9	237	11	10	1	2.18
1965	LAD (NL)	44	42	23	12	1	20	7	308.1	270	113	95	30	66	11	210	11	12	0	2.77
1966	LAD (NL)	40	40	13	16	0	11	3	273.2	279	114	104	21	45	8	177	7	17	1	3.42
1967	LAD (NL)	38	38	13	16	0	9	3	282.0	269	101	86	19	60	19	196	5	8	2	2.74
1968	LAD (NL)	31	31	14	12	0	12	8	239.0	201	68	57	11	56	10	155	4	12	0	2.15
1969	LAD (NL)	12	12	5	4	0	1	1	62.2	71	34	31	9	13	0	24	1	2	0	4.45
14 years		518	465	209	166	6	167	49	3432.0	3084	1292	1124	280	855	123	2486	82	154	10	2.95

Batting Statistics

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

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