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The career of Don Drysdale was cut short (33 years young) due to a rotator cuff tear, but in those twelve full seasons (two others were partial), he was widely considered one of the most dominant pitchers. a list of every pitcher in baseball history with at least 40 scoreless innings pitched appears in the Baseball Almanac Innings Pitched Record Book.ĭon Drysdale | National Baseball Hall of Fame Plaque | Class of 1984 ( Link) The record was considered unbreakable, but it was taken down by a fellow Dodger, Orel Hershiser in 1988. In 1965, Drysdale hit seven homers again, tying the NL record a second time, a single season hitting feat not matched by any other twirler in baseball history.ġ4 - Don Drysdale struck out fourteen batters on April 12, 1960, setting a National League record for most strikeouts by a pitcher during an Opening Day game!Ĥ9 - Don Drysdale won twenty-three games in 1965, his teammate Sandy Koufax won twenty-six games, giving the 1965 Brooklyn Dodgers duo a combined forty-nine wins!ĥ8 - Don Drysdale threw fifty-eight consecutive scoreless innings in 1968, breaking the all-time Major League record of 55.2 consecutive scoreless innings thrown by Walter Johnson in 1913. The truly historic six took place on May 14, 1968, May 18, 1968, May 22, 1968, May 26, 1968, and June 4, 1968.ħ - Don Drysdale hit seven home runs in 1958, tying the National League (NL) record for most home runs in a season by a pitcher, set previously by Don Newcombe in 1955. No pitcher in Major League history before, or after, has ever thrown six shutouts in a row. No pitcher since has ever thrown six, and only one pitcher has tied the mark since Drysdale, Orel Hershiser in September 1988.Ħ - Don Drysdale threw six consecutive shutouts in 1968, five during the month of May (mentioned above), and one additional during his first start in June. Only one Dodger has ever had more strikeout titles than Drysdale, Hall of Fame lefty Sandy Koufax (4x).ĥ - Don Drysdale tied the National League record for shutouts in a month when he threw five in May 1968 (more than most modern league leading pitchers have in a full season). Drysdale was the second Dodger to receive the honor, but the first who wore a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform ( Don Newcombe won in a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform in 1956).ģ - Don Drysdale was a three-time strikeout champion, leading the National League in strikeouts in 1959 (242 strikeouts / Top 25), 1960 (246 strikeouts / Top 25), and 1962 (232 strikeouts / Top 25). 1 - Don Drysdale won one Cy Young Award during his career, in 1962, at a time when the Baseball Writers Association of America gave exactly one pitcher - the best one in all of Major League Baseball - the award.

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