How Don Drysdale's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players

Don Drysdale posted a career Range Factor of 1.69, well below the league average of 3.19 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 1957, posting 2.21, well below the league average of 3.36 that year. The lowest point came in 1956 at 1.12, well below the league average of 3.42 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.97 in 1967 to 2.1 in 1968 and 1.17 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 remained well below league norms across 14 seasons.

Don Drysdale Lifetime Range Factor

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Don Drysdale Range Factor Per Season

Don Drysdale's Range Factor 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 Range Factor per season line chart

Don Drysdale Range Factor by Team

Don Drysdale's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Don Drysdale career Range Factor by team bar chart

Don Drysdale Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Don Drysdale's career Range Factor 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 Range Factor year-over-year waterfall chart

Don Drysdale Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Don Drysdale's seasonal Range Factor 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 Range Factor distribution box chart versus comparable players

Don Drysdale Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Don Drysdale's MLB career with Range Factor 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 Range Factor season-by-season breakdown table