How Don Drysdale's BABIP Compares to Similar Players
Don Drysdale posted a career BABIP of .244, below the league average of .290 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best BABIP season came in 1965, posting .360, well above the league average of .280 that year. The lowest point came in 1957 at .167, well below the league average of .278 that year. The BABIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .177 in 1967 to .280 in 1968 and .273 in 1969. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 14 seasons.
Don Drysdale Lifetime BABIP
Stats similar to BABIP for Don Drysdale
| Don Drysdale
BABIP |
|---|
| Career | 0.244 |
| Season Avg. | 0.244 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.244 |
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Don Drysdale BABIP Per Season
Don Drysdale's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Don Drysdale BABIP by Team
Don Drysdale's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Don Drysdale BABIP Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Don Drysdale's career BABIP shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Don Drysdale BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Don Drysdale's seasonal BABIP alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Don Drysdale BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Don Drysdale's MLB career with BABIP alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
