How Don Drysdale's Runs Allowed Per Game Compares to Similar Players

Don Drysdale posted a career Runs Allowed Per Game of 2.49, near the starting pitcher average of 2.48 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Runs Allowed Per Game season came in 1956, posting 1.4, well below the starting pitcher average of 2.26 that year. The highest point came in 1966 at 2.85, well above the starting pitcher average of 2.04 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 2.66 in 1967 to 2.19 in 1968 and 2.83 in 1969. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 14 seasons.

Don Drysdale Lifetime Runs Allowed Per Game

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Don Drysdale Runs Allowed Per Game Per Season

Don Drysdale's Runs Allowed Per Game 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 Runs Allowed Per Game per season line chart

Don Drysdale Runs Allowed Per Game by Team

Don Drysdale's career Runs Allowed Per Game totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Don Drysdale career Runs Allowed Per Game by team bar chart

Don Drysdale Runs Allowed Per Game Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Don Drysdale's career Runs Allowed Per Game 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 Runs Allowed Per Game year-over-year waterfall chart

Don Drysdale Runs Allowed Per Game Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Don Drysdale's seasonal Runs Allowed Per Game 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 Runs Allowed Per Game distribution box chart versus comparable players

Don Drysdale Runs Allowed Per Game — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Don Drysdale's MLB career with Runs Allowed Per Game 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 Runs Allowed Per Game season-by-season breakdown table