Don Drysdale
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[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 |
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- Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1954).
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