Don Drysdale was a Major League baseball player for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers. Don Drysdale combined with Sandy koufax in the 60s forming one of the most formidable Pitching pairs in the Majors. Drysdale was a hard throwing right handed pitcher and is renowned as one of the most fierce competitors of his time. Don Drysdale intimidated Major League batters with his brush back pitches and sidearm fastball. Drysdale's 154 hit batsmen todate remains a modern National League record. Donald Scott Drysdale was born in July 23, 1936, in Van Nuys, California. Don Drysdale won 25 games for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Cy young Award in 1962. Five years later he set a record of 58 consecutive scoreless innings. Drysdale was an all-rounder and was the Dodger only .300 hitter, tying his own National League record for pitchers with seven home runs in 1965. Don Drysdale is tenth on the all time list for homeruns by a Major League Baseball pitcher. Don drysdale is an Inductee of the Hall of Fame since 1984. Drysdale retired to the broadcaster seat after the 1969 season, commentating for ABC, Dodgers, California Angels and the Chicago White Sox. Don Drysdale died in 1993 of a heart attack. Drysdale's number was retired by the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 1, 1984. Don Drysdale ranks second on the Dodgers career list in wins 209, games pitched 518, strikeouts 2486, innings pitched 3432.1 and shutouts 49. Drysdale was the National League (NL) shutout leader in two consecutive years, 1959 and 1960. Don Drysdale was part of the teams that won the World Series in 1959, 1963 and 1965. In 1968 Drysdale set a then Major League record, pitching 58 and two thirds of consecutive scoreless innings. Don Drysdale was quoted several times in during his 14 season career. Some of the famous quotes are; "In Brooklyn, it was as though you were in your own little bubble. You were all part of one big, but very close family, and the Dodgers were the main topic of everybody's conversations and you could sense the affection people had for you. I don't know that such a thing exists anymore." "It's a bottom line business where a lot of gray suits are brought in and then, within two years, these guys suddenly know everything about baseball." "The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid, and if he is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's timid." "When I throw a curve that hangs and it goes for a hit, I want to chew up my glove." "When the ball is over the middle of the plate, the batter is hitting it with the sweet part of the bat. When it's inside, he's hitting it with the part of the bat from the handle to the trademark. When it's outside, he's hitting it with the end of the bat. You've got to keep the ball away from the sweet part of the bat. To do that, the pitcher has to move the hitter off the plate." "I hate all hitters. I start a game mad and I stay that way until it's over." "My own little rule was two for one. If one of my teammates got knocked down, then I knocked down two on the other team."