#70 Don Drysdale, Starting Pitcher, 22 yrs, Boston Red Sox Friday, 10/6/1958 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Don Drysdale
7/23/1936 22 USA,CA, 6"6 216
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Prospect rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 3 / 6 (Well Known) 2 / 6 (Fair) Good Normal Normal 5.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1958 (Automatic) 3 Year(s), 0 Days (516 total Days) 172 Day(s) 3 Year(s), 0 Days (516 total Days) 2 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 7 | 10 | 9 | 87-90 Mph |
Versus LHB | 7 | 10 | 8 | |
Versus RHB | 8 | 10 | 9 | |
Talent | 8 | 10 | 9 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 10 68 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 3 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 5 (Range), .955 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/15 | @CHA | W 10-1 | * | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | W | | | | |
8/19 | @DET | W 3-1 | * | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
8/23 | WS1 | L 3-9 | * | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | | | | | |
8/27 | @DET | W 7-3 | * | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
9/1 | @CHA | L 2-3 | * | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | | | | | |
9/5 | NYY | W 4-2 | * | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | W | PoG | | | |
9/9 | @BAL | W 8-7 | * | 5 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
9/13 | CLE | W 3-2 | * | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | W | PoG | | | |
9/17 | BAL | W 4-1 | * | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | W | PoG | | | |
9/21 | @CLE | L 1-4 | * | 7.2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | L | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 42 | 42 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2.75 | 366.2 | 329 | 123 | 112 | 63 | 240 | 31 | 73.8 | 1 | 30 | 71.4 |
Projected | 36 | 36 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 2.75 | 314.0 | 282 | 105 | 96 | 54 | 206 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 9.9 | 8.1 | 5.9 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 2.48 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 616 | 157 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 65 | 65 | 38 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .255 | .305 | .351 | .656 |
vs. RHB | 766 | 172 | 35 | 5 | 10 | 57 | 58 | 25 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .225 | .247 | .322 | .570 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 21 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2.76 | 189.1 | 168 | 68 | 58 | 31 | 125 |
Road | 21 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2.74 | 177.1 | 161 | 55 | 54 | 32 | 115 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.77 | 61.2 | 61 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 42 |
May | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3.19 | 62.0 | 63 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 36 |
June | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2.27 | 71.1 | 52 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 39 |
July | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.69 | 60.1 | 55 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 40 |
August | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2.83 | 63.2 | 53 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 45 |
Sept./Oct. | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.83 | 47.2 | 45 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 38 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1956 | 42 | 42 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 2.91 | 358.1 | 333 | 133 | 116 | 21 | 82 | 213 | 33 | 3 | 1.16 | .277 | BOS,AL |
1957 | 29 | 29 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 3.85 | 238.1 | 244 | 123 | 102 | 18 | 59 | 130 | 22 | 2 | 1.27 | .289 | BOS |
1958 | 42 | 42 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2.75 | 366.2 | 329 | 123 | 112 | 20 | 63 | 240 | 31 | 1 | 1.07 | .275 | BOS,AL |
Total | 113 | 113 | 61 | 43 | 0 | 3.08 | 963.1 | 906 | 379 | 330 | 59 | 204 | 583 | 86 | 6 | 1.15 | .280 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1956 | 42 | 128 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 0 | .203 | .209 | .242 | .451 | BOS,AL |
1957 | 29 | 82 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | .159 | .169 | .159 | .327 | BOS |
1958 | 42 | 130 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 0 | .123 | .149 | .138 | .288 | BOS,AL |
Total | 113 | 340 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 137 | 0 | 0 | .162 | .176 | .182 | .359 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 42 | 42 | 28 | 72 | 5 | 102 | 2 | .980 | 366.2 | 2.50 | | | | |
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9/25/1954: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (N), $1,300,000 per year, for 2 years. Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Boston in 1956... Earned first career win on 4/8/1956... Had first career hit on 4/12/1956, off Lou Brissie (KC)... Won Player of the Week award on 6/12/1956, winning 2 games with a 0.53 ERA... Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game... Won Rookie Of The Year Award in 1956, going 22-16, 2.91 ERA... Injured on 5/12/1957 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 4 weeks... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1957, going 2-0, 1.05... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1958, going 5-3, 2.27... Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1956 - 2.91 - 2nd 1957 - 3.85 - 6th
| WHIP 1956 - 1.16 - 3rd 1957 - 1.27 - 5th
| Wins 1956 - 22 - 3rd
| Losses 1956 - 16 - 8th
| IP 1956 - 358.1 - 1st
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K's 1956 - 213 - 3rd
| CG 1956 - 33 - 1st 1957 - 22 - 4th
| SHO 1956 - 3 - 1st 1957 - 2 - 5th
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