- Nacimiento
- Defunción3 de julio de 1993 · Montreal, Quebec, Canadá (un ataque al corazón)
- Nombre de nacimientoDonald Scott Drysdale
- Alias
- Double D
- Big D
- Altura1.98 m
- Don Drysdale nació el 23 de julio de 1936 en Van Nuys, California, EE.UU.. Fue un actor, conocido por The Greatest American Hero (1981), The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961) y Then Came Bronson (1969). Estuvo casado con Ann Meyers y Ginger Drysdale. Murió el 3 de julio de 1993 en Montreal, Quebec, Canadá.
- CónyugesAnn Meyers(1 de noviembre de 1986 - 3 de julio de 1993) (su muerte, 3 niños)Ginger Drysdale(27 de septiembre de 1958 - 22 de octubre de 1984) (divorciado, 1 niño)
- 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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