Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

Compare players and teams or see head to head results between teams, players, player vs. team, or batter vs. pitcher. • Tutorial Video • Sample Searches • Data Coverage

THIS QUESTION WAS ANSWERED USING

POWERED BY

Your All Access Pass to the Baseball Database Go beyond the basics. Become a Stathead

Start Your FREE Trial

Show Criteria

Compare Players

Head-to-head stats or multi-player comparisons

Compare Teams

Head-to-head results and comparisons

Player vs. Team

Head-to-head stats for a single player against a team

Today's Probables

Today's starting pitchers vs. opponents

Search Criteria

Seasons

All seasons

Choose season(s) for each choice

Choose same season(s) for all choices

Player 1

Javascript is required for the selection of a player.

Choice is: Steve Carlton

Player 2

Javascript is required for the selection of a player.

Choice is: Don Drysdale

Player 3

Javascript is required for the selection of a player.

Type name to select an option

Player 4

Javascript is required for the selection of a player.

Type name to select an option

Player 5

Javascript is required for the selection of a player.

Type name to select an option

Player 6

Javascript is required for the selection of a player.

Type name to select an option

Team 1

Team 2

You have edited your search criteria

or keep editing your search

Fetching Results

67.1

518

465

3432.0

209-166

6

2.95

121

2486

17.6

855

6.1

WAR

G

GS

IP

W-L

SV

ERA

ERA+

SO

K%

BB

BB%

90.2

741

709

5217.2

329-244

2

3.22

115

4136

19.1

1833

8.5

✓

3

9

1

Hall of Fame

Championships

All-Star

Cy Young

ERA Title

Gold Glove

Triple Crown

✓

3

10

4

1

1

1

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Pitching Comparison

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Totals

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	329	244	.574	3.22	741	709	13	254	55	2	5217.2	4672	2130	1864	414	1833	150	4136	53	90	183	21683	6842	115	3.15	1.247	8.1	0.7	3.2	7.1
2	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	209	166	.557	2.95	518	465	34	167	49	6	3432.0	3084	1292	1124	280	855	123	2486	154	10	82	14097	4299	121	3.02	1.148	8.1	0.7	2.2	6.5

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	6	6	.500	3.26	16	14	0	1	0	0	99.1	96	40	36	7	51	3	84	1	1	7	429	156		2.55	1.480	8.7	0.6	4.6	7.6
2	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	3	3	.500	2.95	7	6	1	3	1	0	39.2	36	17	13	8	12	2	36	1	0	0	162	51			1.210	8.2	1.8	2.7	8.2

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Value

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	741	709	5217.2	84.1	39.7
2	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	518	465	3432.0	61.3	28.7

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Totals Against

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	741	709	5217.2	6842	19436	3314	807	137	314	226	58.15	146	405	235	122	.240	.306	.360	.666	89	.120	.284	2170	6995	1358	6558	6842
2	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	518	465	3432.0	4299	12904	2259	471	74	96	84	53.33	51	272	116	66	.239	.293	.352	.645	85	.113	.275	1342	4536	825	4093	4299

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	14	99.1	156	367	66	19	4	9	5	64.29	5	13	7	3	.262	.351	.392	.743		.131	.319	50	144	30	148	156
2	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	7	6	39.2	51	146	26	2	0	1	4	20.00	1	2	3	0	.247	.308	.425	.733		.178	.275	19	62	10	49	51

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Starting & Relieving

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	447	63	57.5	28	12	43	3	40.0	13	32
2	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	309	66	58.4	46	9	20	2	75.0	34	53

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	9	64	55.2	1	1	100			0	2
2	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	4	67	58.5	0	0				1	1

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Ratios

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	741	709	5217.2	19.1	8.5	10.6
2	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	518	465	3432.0	17.6	6.1	11.6

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	14	99.1	19.6	11.9	7.7
2	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	7	6	39.2	22.2	7.4	14.8

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Pitch Summary

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	741	709	5217.2		84
2	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	518	465	3432.0		103

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	14	99.1	1123	112	685	61.00
2	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	7	6	39.2	412	82	283	68.69

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Head-to-Head Pitching

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Totals

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Don Drysdale	0	1	.000	22.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	6	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	3.500	27.0	0.0	4.5	4.5
2	Steve Carlton	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	8	2	2	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	34	1.000	8.0	0.0	1.0	7.0

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Game Logs

Subscribe to Stathead Baseball for full results.

Go inside the Baseball Reference database and access the sports search engine that was made for fans like you. Subscriptions start at just $9/month. Learn More.

Get your first month FREE

Already a paid subscriber? Log in for full results.

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Steve Carlton	STL	1969-08-01	CG, W	9.0	8	2	2	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	34	9	33	7	1	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	1	69			0.2	2.08			0.37
2	Don Drysdale	LAD	1969-08-01	GS-3, L	2.0	6	5	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	7	11	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	24			-0.2	-3.06			1.00

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Batter vs. Pitcher

Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1969	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Plate Appearances

Subscribe to Stathead Baseball for full results.

Go inside the Baseball Reference database and access the sports search engine that was made for fans like you. Subscriptions start at just $9/month. Learn More.

Get your first month FREE

Already a paid subscriber? Log in for full results.

Steve Carlton (Pitcher) vs. Don Drysdale (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1969	1969-08-01	LAD	STL	down 1-0	t3	---	2		Groundout: 3B-1B

Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1969	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	0	0	0	0	0

Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (Batter): Plate Appearances

Subscribe to Stathead Baseball for full results.

Go inside the Baseball Reference database and access the sports search engine that was made for fans like you. Subscriptions start at just $9/month. Learn More.

Get your first month FREE

Already a paid subscriber? Log in for full results.

Don Drysdale (Pitcher) vs. Steve Carlton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1969	1969-08-01	STL	LAD	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0		Double to RF

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Comparison

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Totals

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	699	1881	1719	123	346	49	6	13	140	2	2	41	413	.201	.223	.259	.482	33	446	33	10	94	13	0
2	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	547	1309	1169	96	218	26	7	29	113	0	2	60	370	.186	.228	.295	.523	45	345	34	5	69	6	0

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	29	27	2	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	7	.222	.250	.333	.583	9	0	1	1	0	0
2	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	8	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Value

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	699	1881	6.1	6.1	5.8	0.4	-151	3	-8	0
2	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	547	1309	5.8	5.7	5.8	0.1	-84	-4	-5	0

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Sabermetric

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	699	1881	68	397	418	1515	101	.255	250	-162	-17.2	.058	4.2	50.0	4
2	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	547	1309	62	283	299	1062	80	.244	180	-92	-9.6	.109	3.2	0.0	2

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Steve Carlton	22-38	1967	1983	16	29	1	7	7	22	4	.263	6			.111	3.9		0
2	Don Drysdale	19-29	1956	1966	8	12	0	2	2	10	0	.000	0			.000	1.4		0

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Win Probability

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Steve Carlton	20-43	1965	1988	699	1881	-12.4	-14.3	0.4	-133.02	-13.7	-149.65	0.89
2	Don Drysdale	19-32	1956	1969	547	1309	-9.7	-7.4	-2.7	-90.44	-9.6	-80.96	0.96

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Head-to-Head Batting

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Totals

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Don Drysdale	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Steve Carlton	1	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	1.000	1.667	2	0	0	1	0	0

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Game Logs

Subscribe to Stathead Baseball for full results.

Go inside the Baseball Reference database and access the sports search engine that was made for fans like you. Subscriptions start at just $9/month. Learn More.

Get your first month FREE

Already a paid subscriber? Log in for full results.

Steve Carlton vs. Don Drysdale: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Steve Carlton	STL	1969-08-01	*	9	9	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	1.000	1.667	2	0	0	1	0	0	0.28	0.049	0.18	0.02%	-0.90			P
2	Don Drysdale	LAD	1969-08-01	*	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.45	-0.011	1.08	-0.02%	-0.09			P

Data coverage:

Game data: Game data is only available for the American League, National League, and Federal League. Since 1901 for regular season data, since 1933 for the All-Star Game, and since 1903 for the Postseason.

Season data: Since 1871. Stats relying on play-by-play data are complete back to 1969, nearly complete back to 1950, and mostly complete back to 1912. Postseason data since 1903.

Please see our data coverage page for details.

If you utilize material unique to a Sports Reference site for a tweet, an article, or for research for a broadcast or podcast, please strongly consider citing this site as the source for the material. It would be greatly appreciated and would help us continue to produce this material.