Don Drysdale - Hall of Fame athlete and sports commentator

[Robert Wang]

"Brooklyn Dodgers 19 yr old Rookie Pitcher, Don Drysdale before a 1...

"Donald Scott Drysdale (July 23, 1936 – July 3, 1993) was an American professional baseball player and television sports commentator. A right-handed pitcher for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers for his entire career in Major League Baseball, Drysdale was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984.

Drysdale won the 1962 Cy Young Award and in 1968 pitched a record six consecutive shutouts and 58+2⁄3 consecutive scoreless innings.^[1][2]

^{Edit: A search would suggest that Don Drysdale's record of 6 consecutive shutouts is still a record unmatched by any other pitcher in the history of major league baseball.}

^{"In 1965 he was the Dodgers' only .300 hitter and tied his own National League record for pitchers with seven home runs. That year, he also won 23 games and helped the Dodgers to their third World Championship in Los Angeles."}

^{Edit: If not for the fact that as a pitcher Don Drysdale ended up being short of the required minimum number of batting opportunities to be included in the official statistics, in 1965 he would have been one of only 15 elite hitters amongst the ten National League teams who had a .300 batting average.}