How Don Drysdale's On Base Percentage (OBP) Compares to Similar Players

Don Drysdale posted a career On Base Percentage (OBP) of .228, well below the league average of .328 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best On Base Percentage (OBP) season came in 1965, posting .331, near the league average of .315 that year. The lowest point came in 1967 at .172, well below the league average of .312 that year. The On Base Percentage (OBP) trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .172 in 1967 to .188 in 1968 and .208 in 1969. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 14 seasons.

Don Drysdale Lifetime On Base Percentage (OBP)

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Don Drysdale On Base Percentage (OBP) Per Season

Don Drysdale's On Base Percentage (OBP) 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 On Base Percentage (OBP) per season line chart

Don Drysdale On Base Percentage (OBP) by Team

Don Drysdale's career On Base Percentage (OBP) totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Don Drysdale career On Base Percentage (OBP) by team bar chart

Don Drysdale On Base Percentage (OBP) Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Don Drysdale's career On Base Percentage (OBP) 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 On Base Percentage (OBP) year-over-year waterfall chart

Don Drysdale On Base Percentage (OBP) Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Don Drysdale's seasonal On Base Percentage (OBP) 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 On Base Percentage (OBP) distribution box chart versus comparable players

Don Drysdale On Base Percentage (OBP) — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Don Drysdale's MLB career with On Base Percentage (OBP) 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.
Don Drysdale On Base Percentage (OBP) season-by-season breakdown table