Spring Premier Auction 2016
Wed, Apr 6, 2016 08:00PM EDT - Sun, Apr 24, 2016 11:00AM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 125
DON DRYSDALE'S 1984 NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION PRESENTATION PLAQUE (DRYSDALE COLLECTION)
Sold for
$8,493.60
Sold Price includes BP
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Pirates shortstop Dick Groat once claimed Batting against Don Drysdale is the same as making a date with a dentist. Drysdale was a tough pitcher who along with Sandy Koufax formed the most dominant pitching tandem of the 1960s.
The hard throwing right hander had a reputation for owning the plate. Sportswriter Dave Anderson wrote Home plate is 17 inches wide. But to Don Drysdale it is divided into three partsthe inside four inches the middle nine inches and the outside four inches. To him only the middle part belongs to the hitter; the inside and the outside part belong to the pitcher.
Drysdale used a sidearm fastball and brushback pitches to intimidate hitters and was not afraid to throw inside as Orlando Cepeda described The trick against (Don) Drysdale is to hit him before he hits you. Upon his retirement from the game Drysdales 154 batters hit by a pitch were a modern National League record. As he put it My own little rule was two for oneif one of my teammates got knocked down then I knocked down two on the other team.
Although he had better peripheral stats in other seasons Drysdale took home the Cy Young Award in 1962 when he won 25 games at a time when there was only one Award given in the major leagues. In 1968 he pitched 58 straight scoreless innings a record that would stand for twenty years. During that stretch of consecutive scoreless innings was a record six straight shutouts.
Drysdales 14 year big league career ended in 1969 at the tender age of 32. After his playing days he stayed involved in the game as a broadcaster for the White Sox Rangers Expos Angels and Dodgers. When his wife Ann Meyers was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993 it marked the only marriage between Hall of Famers from any of the four major American sports- football hockey basketball and baseball.
Drysdale was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984. Presented to him upon his induction in Cooperstown this coveted miniature representation of his plaque summarizes his prolific career as one of baseballs greatest pitchers. A symbol of baseballs highest honor the plaque remains in its original frame as received by Don on that momentous day. Two accompanying photos document the induction ceremony. Joining Drysdale in gaining entry to the Hall that year were Harmon Killebrew Pee Wee Reese Luis Aparicio and Rick Ferrell.
LOA from the Drysdale family.
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