Ernie Banks vs. Don Drysdale — Matchup Analysis

Don Drysdale has had the better of this matchup. Despite batting 0.259, 5% below their career average and above Drysdale's career opposing average of 0.236, Banks's OPS of 0.724 sits modestly below the career mark of 0.830. Drysdale has been equally punishing in the strikeout column, sending Banks down once every 7 plate appearances, more often than the career rate of once every 8.4 PA. Slight edge: Drysdale.

How Ernie Banks put the ball into play against Don Drysdale

Balls and Strikes Thrown by Don Drysdale to Ernie Banks

Matchup Details for Ernie Banks and Don Drysdale

Stats that describe the matchup between Ernie Banks and Don Drysdale including some career level stats for context.
In this matchup
197
Ernie Banks Career Plate Appearances
10395
Don Drysdale Career Batters Faced
14097
In this matchup
185
Ernie Banks Career At Bats
9421
Don Drysdale Career At Bats Pitched
13088
In this matchup
0.259
Ernie Banks Career Batting Average
0.274
Don Drysdale Career Opposing Batting Average
0.236
In this matchup
48
Ernie Banks Career Hits
2583
Don Drysdale Career Hits Allowed
3084
In this matchup
34
Ernie Banks Career Singles
1574
In this matchup
7
Ernie Banks Career Doubles
407
In this matchup
0
Ernie Banks Career Triples
90
In this matchup
7
Ernie Banks Career Home Runs
512
Don Drysdale Career Home Runs Allowed
280

Grand Slams

In this matchup
0

In the Park Home Runs

In this matchup
0

In the Park Grand Slams

In this matchup
0
In this matchup
14
Ernie Banks Career Extra Base Hits
1009
In this matchup
0.038
Ernie Banks Career Home Runs Per at Bat
0.054
Don Drysdale Career Home Runs Allowed per At Bat
0.021
In this matchup
0.146
Ernie Banks Career Home Runs Per Hit
0.198
Don Drysdale Career Home Runs Allowed Per Hit
0.091

Home Runs Per Strikeout

In this matchup
0.250
Ernie Banks Career Home Runs Per Strikeout
0.414
Don Drysdale Career Home Runs Allowed Per Strikeout
0.113
In this matchup
76
Ernie Banks Total Bases
4706
In this matchup
63
Ernie Banks Career Times on Base
3416
In this matchup
0.313
Ernie Banks Career On Base Percentage
0.330
In this matchup
0.411
Ernie Banks Career Slugging Percentage
0.500
In this matchup
0.724
Ernie Banks Career OPS
0.830
In this matchup
0.151
Ernie Banks Career Isolated Power
0.225
In this matchup
0.244
Ernie Banks Career Gross Production Average
0.273
In this matchup
0.272
Ernie Banks Career Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.267
Don Drysdale Career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
0.272
In this matchup
19
Ernie Banks Career RBIs
1636
In this matchup
22.605
Ernie Banks Career Runs Created
1525.680
In this matchup
5
Ernie Banks Career Hit By Pitch
70
Don Drysdale Career Batters Hit By Pitch
154

Outs

In this matchup
108
In this matchup
5
Ernie Banks Career Walks
763
Don Drysdale Career Walks Allowed
855
In this matchup
5
Ernie Banks Career Intentional Walks
198
Don Drysdale Career Intentional Walks Allowed
123
In this matchup
28
Ernie Banks Career Strikeouts
1236
Don Drysdale Career Strikeouts Thrown
2486
In this matchup
7.036
Ernie Banks Career Plate Appearances Per Strikeout
8.410
Don Drysdale Career Batters Faced per Strikeout
5.671
In this matchup
0.357
Ernie Banks Career Walks Per Strikeout
0.620
Don Drysdale Career Walks Allowed Per Strikeout
0.340

Walks and Hits Per Plate Apperance

In this matchup
0.294
Ernie Banks Career Walks and Hits Per Plate Appearance
0.341
Don Drysdale Career Walks and Hits Allowed Per Plate Appearance
0.288

Batter Reached due to Defensive Indifference

In this matchup
0

Batter Reached due to Error

In this matchup
2

Batter Reached due to Interference

In this matchup
0
In this matchup
1
Ernie Banks Career Sacrifice Hits
45
Don Drysdale Career Sacrifice Hits
0
In this matchup
1
Ernie Banks Career Sacrifice Flies
96
Don Drysdale Career Sacrifice Flies
0
In this matchup
5
Ernie Banks Career Ground into Double Play
229
Don Drysdale Career Double Plays Enabled
0

Ground into Triple Play

In this matchup
0