- Date de naissance
- Date de décès3 juillet 1993 · Montréal, Québec, Canada (infarctus)
- Nom de naissanceDonald Scott Drysdale
- Surnoms
- Double D
- Big D
- Taille1,98 m
- Don Drysdale est né le 23 juillet 1936 en Californie, États-Unis. Il était acteur. Il est connu pour Ralph Super-héros (1981), La dernière fois que j' ai vu Archie (1961) et Then Came Bronson (1969). Il était marié à Ann Meyers et Ginger Drysdale. Il est mort le 3 juillet 1993 au Québec, Canada.
- ConjointsAnn Meyers(1 novembre 1986 - 3 juillet 1993) (son décès, 3 enfants)Ginger Drysdale(27 septembre 1958 - 22 octobre 1984) (divorcé, 1 enfant)
- Number 53 jersey with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers
- Towering height
- Died in his hotel room of a heart attack hours before he was to work the television/radio color commentary for the Los Angeles Dodgers-Montreal Expos game.
- Pitched 58 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings in 1968, a record which stood until Orel Hershiser topped it 20 years later.
- Was an excellent hitting pitcher; hit 29 home runs during his career and was frequently used as a pinch hitter. Was the only Dodger to hit .300 in 1965.
- Star basketball player at UCLA.
- Won Cy Young Award as Major League Baseball's top pitcher in 1962 for leading National League in wins (25), innings pitched (314 1/3), strikeouts (232) and games started (41).
- "Why use four pitches to put someone on base intentionally when I can do it with one?" (when asked why he hit a batter with a pitch instead of walking him intentionally)
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