How Don Drysdale's Games Started % Compares to Similar Players
Don Drysdale posted a career Games Started % of 89.77, well above the starting pitcher average of .674 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Games Started % season came in 1963, posting 100.0, well above the starting pitcher average of .611 that year. The lowest point came in 1956 at 48.0, well above the starting pitcher average of .593 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from 100.0 in 1967 to 100.0 in 1968 and 100.0 in 1969. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 14 seasons.
Don Drysdale Lifetime Games Started %
Stats similar to Games Started % for Don Drysdale
| Don Drysdale
Games Started % |
|---|
| Career | 89.77 |
| Season Avg. | 89.77 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 89.77 |
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Don Drysdale Games Started % Per Season
Don Drysdale's Games Started % 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 Games Started % by Team
Don Drysdale's career Games Started % totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Don Drysdale Games Started % Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Don Drysdale's career Games Started % 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 Games Started % Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Don Drysdale's seasonal Games Started % 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 Games Started % — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Don Drysdale's MLB career with Games Started % 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.
