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Don Drysdale

Dodgers Career team 1956 to 1969
Position P
Born Jul 23, 1936

Key Insights

1969
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Bob Thurman has hit .417/.462/1.167 against Drysdale over 13 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

5 for 12 with 3 home runs and 2 strikeouts, against a .593 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Drysdale has struck Bob Buhl out 18 times in 26 plate appearances, 69.2% of everything between them.

18 strikeouts in 26 plate appearances.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Jerry Buchek is 0 for 17 against Drysdale, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

18 career plate appearances.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Willie Mays has taken Drysdale deep 13 times, once every 18.7 plate appearances between them.

243 career plate appearances against him.
This is one of the better matchups on his card

Of every head-to-head on Drysdale's record, the one against Hector Torres ranks 99th percentile by OPS: .000 over 13 plate appearances.

13 plate appearances between them. 99th percentile of the 256 matchups on his own record.
This matchup usually ends with a free pass

Drysdale has walked Ted Kluszewski 4 times in 17 plate appearances, 23.5% of them.

4 walks in 17 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jul 23, 1936