How Don Drysdale's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players
Don Drysdale posted a career Equivalent Average of .561, well below the league average of .745 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Equivalent Average season came in 1958, posting .854, above the league average of .757 that year. The lowest point came in 1967 at .352, well below the league average of .703 that year. The Equivalent Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .352 in 1967 to .411 in 1968 and .440 in 1969. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Equivalent Average profile — ranging from .352 to .854 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Don Drysdale Lifetime Equivalent Average
Stats similar to Equivalent Average for Don Drysdale
| Don Drysdale
Equivalent Average |
|---|
| Career | 0.561 |
| Season Avg. | 0.561 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.561 |
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Don Drysdale Equivalent Average Per Season
Don Drysdale's Equivalent Average 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 Equivalent Average by Team
Don Drysdale's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Don Drysdale Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Don Drysdale's career Equivalent Average 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 Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Don Drysdale's seasonal Equivalent Average 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 Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Don Drysdale's MLB career with Equivalent Average 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.
