Don Drysdale Win Percentage

Don Drysdale Career Win Percentage Overview

Don Drysdale's Win Percentage was 55.73 for his 14-year Major League Baseball career. 1962 was his best season when his Win Percentage was 73.53 and his worst season was 1966 when his Win Percentage was 44.83. Don Drysdale outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting USA (0.45129377380684), The Silent Generation (0.45416706881667), Y (0.57623183828032), mlb (0.45427648784862), and SP (0.44189712744181) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Win percentage is a metric that shows how often a pitcher wins when they are responsible for a win or a loss. It is calculated by dividing wins by the number of decisions which is the sum of wins and loses. No descisions are not reflected in win percentage. Generally, for Win Percentage, higher is better. (Source)

Don Drysdale Lifetime Win Percentage

Stats similar to Win Percentage for Don Drysdale

	Don Drysdale Win Percentage
Career	55.73
Season Avg.	55.17
162 Game Avg.	55.73
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Don Drysdale Win Percentage By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Don Drysdale's yearly Win Percentage for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.

Don Drysdale Win Percentage By Year Change

This waterfall chart attempts to show how Don Drysdale's career Win Percentage changed per season. This data is cumulative for each season, each column represents the career Win Percentage Don Drysdale had at that season in his career.

Don Drysdale Win Percentage By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Don Drysdale and related player groups by summarizing Win Percentage for each season played by Don Drysdale. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!

Don Drysdale Win Percentage Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Don Drysdale Win Percentage stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Don Drysdale career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.