Don Drysdale Awards

What awards did Don Drysdale win? This page lists every known baseball award won by Don Drysdale in chronological order. Click the award name and up comes a comprehensive history of that award along with every winner of that particular baseball award.

"One day at Dodger Stadium, St. Louis Cardinal catcher Gene Oliver blasted a long homerun off Drysdale. Before beginning a leisurely trot around the bases, Oliver first stood at home plate admiring the flight of the ball and then said, loud enough for Drysdale to hear, 'Hey, batboy, come get the bat.'... The next time Oliver batted, Drysdale drilled him with a fastball. While Oliver writhed in the dirt of the batter's box and teammates and the Cardinals' trainer rushed to his aid, Drysdale said loud enough for everyone to hear, 'Hey, batboy, come get Oliver.'" - Author Mike Shannon in Tales from the Dugout: The Greatest True Baseball Stories Ever Told (Mike Shannon, McGraw-Hill Publishers, 01/11/1998, Page 62)
Don Drysdale

Don Drysdale Autograph on a 1980 TCMA (#028)

Don Drysdale Autograph on a 1980 TCMA (#028)
 

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Birth Name:   Donald Scott Drysdale
Nickname:   Big D
Born On:   07-23-1936  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Van Nuys, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   07-03-1993
Place of Death Data Died In:   Montreal, Québec, Canada
Cemetery:   Cremated
High School:   Van Nuys High School (Van Nuys, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-06   Player Weight Chart Weight:   216
First Game:   04-17-1956 (Age 19)
Last Game:   08-05-1969
Draft:   Not Applicable
Don Drysdale

Awards

1959 Player of the Month Award
1960 Player of the Month Award
1962 Cy Young Award
1962 Sporting News Major League Player of the Year Award
1962 Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award
1968 Player of the Month Award
1984 National Baseball Hall of Fame


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