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    Donald Scott Drysdale (July 23, 1936 – July 3, 1993), nicknamed "Big D", was an American professional baseball pitcher and broadcaster who played in Major...
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    he was in the team's starting pitching rotation with Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, and Claude Osteen. Sixteen of Sutton's 23 MLB seasons were spent with...
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    Success continued into the 1960s; their ace pitchers Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale were the cornerstones of titles in 1963 and 1965. In 1981, rookie Mexican...
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    "Don Drysdale call of Kirk Gibson historic walk-off homer is an underrated classic". Sporting News. Bramlett, Jimmy (October 15, 2013). "Video: Don Drysdale's...
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    Ann Meyers Drysdale (born Ann Elizabeth Meyers; March 26, 1955) is an American retired pro basketball player and a sportscaster. She was a standout player...
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    second with 35 career home runs apiece. Red Ruffing, Earl Wilson, and Don Drysdale are the only other pitchers to hit at least 25 home runs. Jack Stivetts...
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    than seven hits per nine innings pitched. Koufax, along with teammate Don Drysdale, became a pivotal figure in baseball's labor movement when the two staged...
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    third in franchise history. Dodgers starting pitchers Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, and Johnny Podres, and ace reliever Ron Perranoski combined to give...
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    from February 28 to March 30, future Hall of Famers Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale, star pitchers for the Los Angeles Dodgers, staged a joint holdout in...
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  • were short of pitching compared to the Dodgers and their star hurlers Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax, Baltimore pitching allowed only two runs in the entire...
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  • be a pitching duel between Dodgers' Don Drysdale and the Twins' Mudcat Grant (21–7, 3.30 ERA on the year). Drysdale was starting because the game fell...
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    Cris Collinsworth Howard Cosell Heather Cox Dan Dierdorf Ken Dryden Don Drysdale Boomer Esiason Dan Fouts Bob Gibson Frank Gifford Lisa Guerrero Lee Grosscup...
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  • replaced by Hall-of-Fame Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale, who previously broadcast games for the California Angels. Drysdale died in his hotel room following a...
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  • McConnell, Lou Brock (1981) WFLD Ch. 32 (1982–1989) Don Drysdale, Ken Harrelson (1982–1985) Don Drysdale, Frank Messer (1986–87) John Rooney, Tom Paciorek...
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    and comedienne Andy Devine, actor, honorary mayor from 1938 to 1957 Don Drysdale, Hall of Fame baseball player Kerry Lyn Dalton, murderer Michael Erush...
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  • with 118 RBIs. Another Dodger, Don Drysdale, won the Cy Young Award as the best pitcher in Major League Baseball. Drysdale led the league with 25 wins,...
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  • Koufax–Drysdale holdout. At the time, he was the business manager for Sandy Koufax, star pitcher of the Los Angeles Dodgers. When he and teammate Don Drysdale...
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    umpires would never check a player's groin. Don Drysdale also used the pitch regularly, as did Lew Burdette. Drysdale would apply oil to the back of his hair...
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  • Yankees, OF (AL) Maury Wills, Los Angeles Dodgers, SS (NL) Cy Young Award Don Drysdale, Los Angeles Dodgers Rookie of the Year Tom Tresh, New York Yankees,...
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  • Dodgers. On-field action includes several closeups of Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale. Ripley and his men ultimately surround Lynch on the infield of the stadium...
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  • Statistics and History". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 5, 2017. "Don Drysdale Statistics and History". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 5...
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    against the San Francisco Giants on April 15, 1958. California native Don Drysdale was the Dodgers' Opening Day starting pitcher that day, in a game the...
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  • Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale escalate their threat of retirement by signing movie contracts. March 30 – Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale end their 32-day...
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    ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0 "Don Newcombe Career Stats at Retrosheet". retrosheet.org. Retrieved July 1, 2024. Young, A. S. Doc. "Don Newcombe: Baseball great...
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    Welch 211 102 Jesse Haines* 210 103 Vida Blue 209 Eddie Cicotte 209 Don Drysdale* 209 Milt Pappas 209 107 Bob Lemon* 207 Carl Mays 207 Hal Newhouser*...
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    Van Nuys High School, where he was classmates with baseball pitcher Don Drysdale. He has described himself as having been a "bad" student, finding inspiration...
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    straight Opening Day start, tying Don Sutton for most consecutive Opening Day starts, and Sutton and Don Drysdale for most total opening day starts by...
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  • Innings pitched: Don Drysdale 19⅓ Batters faced: Don Drysdale 69 Balks: Dwight Gooden 2 Walks: Jim Palmer 7 Strikeouts: Don Drysdale 19 Games pitched:...
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  • Don Drysdale is expected to set the record of six consecutive shutouts, but is obliged to work a double shift, forcing him to miss the game. Drysdale...
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    NL 2nd 89 65 .578 4 1962 MLB NL 2nd 102 63 .618 1 Maury Wills (MVP) Don Drysdale (CYA) 1963 MLB ‡ NL * 1st 99 63 .611 — Won World Series (Yankees) 4–0...
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