DATE SHOT: 1969 SUBJECT: Don Drysdale PHOTOGRAPHER: George Shuman APPROXIMATE SIZE: 8"x10" MARKS / STAMPING: Stamped file date. George Shuman photographer's stamp. ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 3 - Second or later-generation photo, printed from a duplicate negative or wire photo process, within about 2 years of when it was shot COMMENTS / CONDITION: See scans for further details including condition. BIO: Donald Scott Drysdale was born in 1936 in Van Nuys, CA and died in 1993 in Montreal, CAN. He played major league baseball from 1956 to 1969 as pitcher for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers, appeared in the 1956, 1959, 1963, 1965 and 1966 World Series, was selected 8 times as an All-Star, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984. Drysdale earned the Cy Young Award for his performance in the 1962 season, and was also the 1962 National League Pitcher of the Year and 1962 Major League Player of the Year. Drysdale had a reputation as one of the meanest, toughest pitchers in baseball of his time. He invoked what might be called the Drysdale rule: you hit one of mine, I hit two of yours. And the statistics back him up. He led the league in hit batsmen five times and hit 154 during his career. Drysdale and teammate Sandy Koufax held out together before the start of the 1966 season. This was a precursor to the growing bargaining power of the players that reached fruition during the 1970s with a stronger union and free agency. Drysdale set two new major league records in 1968. His six consecutive shutouts (May 14 through June 4) still stand but his 58 consecutive scoreless innings (May 14 through June 8) was broken by Orel Hershiser twenty years later. He was a television broadcaster for the Chicago White Sox from 1982 to 1987 and the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1988 until his death. Prior to that, he has been a broadcaster for the Montreal Expos, Texas Rangers, and California Angels. He was married to Basketball Hall of Famer Ann Meyers from 1986 to 1993. When Ann was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in May 1993, it was the first marriage of Hall of Famers from the four major sports. SKU: L00120
Item: L00120
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