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.
Statistics[]
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
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
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
Transactions[]
Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1954).
