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16	Quinta	North	f	Pitching for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers, he teamed with Sandy Koufax during the late 1950s and early and middle 1960s to form one of the most dominating pitching duos in history. Nicknamed "Big D" by fans, Drysdale used brushback pitches and a sidearm fastball to intimidate batters, similar to his fierce fellow Hall of Famer Bob Gibson. His 154 hit batsmen remains a modern National League record. Drysdale was a good hitting pitcher. In 14 seasons he had 218 hits in 1,169 at-bats for a .186 batting average, including 96 runs, 26 doubles, 7 triples, 29 home runs, 113 RBI and 60 bases on balls. Drysdale was occasionally used as a pinch-hitter, once during the World Series. In 1962, Drysdale won 25 games and the Cy Young Award. In 1963, he struck out 251 batters and won Game 3 of the World Series at Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium over the Yankees, 1–0. 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. In 1968, Drysdale set Major League records with six consecutive shutouts and 58 2⁄3 consecutive scoreless innings. The latter record was broken by fellow Dodger Orel Hershiser 20 years later. Hershiser, however,did not match Drysdale's record of six consecutive complete game shutouts. Drysdale ended his career with 209 wins, 2,486 strikeouts, 167 complete games and 49 shutouts. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984, and had his number 53 retired at Dodger Stadium on July 1, 1984. At the time of his retirement, Drysdale was the last remaining player on the Dodgers who had played for Brooklyn. He won three NL Player of the Month awards: June 1959 (6-0 record, 1.71 earned run average, 51 strikeouts), July 1960 (6-0 record, 2.00 earned run average, 48 strikeouts), and May 1968 (5-1 record, 0.53 earned run average, 45 strikeouts, with 5 consecutive shutouts to begin his scoreless inning streak, which was carried into June). In 1965, Sandy Koufax declined to pitch the first game of the World Series because it was on Yom Kippur, a Jewish holy day. Drysdale pitched for the Dodgers instead of Koufax, giving up seven runs in 2 2⁄3 innings. When Walter Alston, the manager, came to the mound to remove him from the game, Drysdale said, "I bet right now you wish I was Jewish, too." The Dodgers lost the game to the Minnesota Twins 8-2 but went on to win the Series 4 games to 3. Drysdale and Koufax took part in a famous salary holdout together in the spring of 1966, with both finally signing contracts just before the season opened. Those contracts made them the first pitchers to earn more than $100,000 a year.A chronically sore shoulder forced Drysdale to retire during the 1969 season. The next year, he started a broadcasting career that continued for the rest of his life: first for the Montreal Expos (1970–1971), then the Texas Rangers (1972), California Angels (1973–1979, 1981), Chicago White Sox (1982–1987), NBC (1977), ABC (1978–1986), and finally back in Los Angeles with the Dodgers (from 1988 until his death in 1993). He also worked with his Angels' partner Dick Enberg on Los Angeles Rams football broadcasts from 1973–1976. While at ABC Sports, Drysdale not only did baseball telecasts, but also regional college football games as well as Superstars and Wide World of Sports. In 1979, Drysdale covered the World Series Trophy presentation ceremonies for ABC. On October 11, 1980, Keith Jackson called an Oklahoma–Texas college football game for ABC in the afternoon, then flew to Houston to call Game 4 of the NLCS between the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies. In the meantime, Drysdale filled in for Jackson on play-by-play for the early innings. In 1984, Drysdale called play-by-play (alongside Reggie Jackson and Earl Weaver) for the National League Championship Series between the San Diego Padres and Chicago Cubs. On October 6, 1984 at San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium, Game 4 of the NLCS ended when Padres first baseman Steve Garvey hit a two run home run off of Lee Smith. Drysdale on the call: In his last ABC assignment, Drysdale interviewed the winners in the Boston Red Sox's clubhouse following Game 7 of the 1986 American League Championship Series against the California Angels. On August 14, 1983, while broadcasting for the White Sox, Drysdale generated some controversy while covering a heated argument between an umpire and Sox manager Tony La Russa. La Russa pulled up the third base bag and hurled it into the outfield, to the approval of the Comiskey Park crowd, and ensuring his ejection. Drysdale remarked, "Go get 'em, Dago!" For the Sox, Drysdale broadcast Tom Seaver's 300th victory, against the host New York Yankees in 1985. His post-game interview with Seaver was carried live by both the Sox' network and the Yankees' longtime flagship television station WPIX. Drysdale hosted a nationally syndicated radio show called Radio Baseball Cards. 162 episodes were produced with stories and anecdotes told by current and former Major League Baseball players. The highlight of the series were numerous episodes dedicated to the memory and impact of Jackie Robinson as told by teammates, opponents and admirers. Radio Baseball Cards aired on 38 stations, including WNBC New York, KSFO San Francisco and WEEI Boston, as a pre-game show. A collector's edition of the program was re-released in 2007 as a podcast. Drysdale conducted all of the National League player interviews for the Baseball Talk series in 1988 (Joe Torre did the same for the American League). On September 28, 1988, fellow Dodger Orel Hershiser surpassed Drysdale when Hershiser finished the season with a record 59 consecutive scoreless innings pitched. In his final start of the year, Hershiser needed to pitch 10 shutout innings to set the mark – meaning not only that he would have to prevent the San Diego Padres from scoring, but that his own team would also need to fail to score in order to ensure extra innings. The Dodgers' anemic offense obliged, and Hershiser pitched the first 10 innings of a scoreless tie, with the Padres eventually prevailing 2–1 in 16 innings. Hershiser almost did not pitch in the 10th inning, in deference to Drysdale, but was convinced to take the mound and try to break the record. When Hershiser broke Drysdale's record, Drysdale came onto the field to hug him, and said, "Oh, I'll tell ya, congratulations... And at least you kept it in the family." Drysdale also called Kirk Gibson's walk-off home run in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series for the Dodgers Radio Network:	In 1958, Drysdale married Ginger Dubberly, a native of Covington, Georgia, and a former Adrian fashion model. The couple had a daughter, Kelly, but divorced in 1982. On November 1, 1986, he married basketball player Ann Meyers, who took the name Ann Meyers-Drysdale. Drysdale and Meyers had three children together: Don Junior ("DJ") (son), Darren (son), and Drew (daughter). In 1990, Drysdale published his autobiography, Once a Bum, Always a Dodger.	pitching for the brooklyn and los angeles dodgers, sh eteamed with sandy koufax during the late 1950s and early and middle 1960s to form one of the most dominating pitching duos in history. nicknamed "big d" by fans, north used brushback pitches and a sidearm fastball to intimidate batters, similar to her fierce fellow hall of famer bob gibson. her 154 hit batsmen remains a modern national league record. north was a good hitting pitcher. in 14 seasons sh ehad 218 hits in 1,169 at-bats for a .186 batting average, including 96 runs, 26 doubles, 7 triples, 29 home runs, 113 rbi and 60 bases on balls. north was occasionally used as a pinch-hitter, once during the world series. in 1962, north won 25 games and the cy young award. in 1963, sh estruck out 251 batters and won game 3 of the world series at los angeles' dodger stadium over the yankees, 1–0. in 1965 sh ewas the dodgers' only .300 hitter and tied her own national league record for pitchers with seven home runs. that year, sh ealso won 23 games and helped the dodgers to their third world championship in los angeles. in 1968, north set major league records with six consecutive shutouts and 58 2⁄3 consecutive scoreless innings. the latter record was broken by fellow dodger orel hershiser 20 years later. hershiser, however,did not match north's record of six consecutive complete game shutouts. north ended her career with 209 wins, 2,486 strikeouts, 167 complete games and 49 shutouts. sh ewas inducted into the baseball hall of fame in 1984, and had her number 53 retired at dodger stadium on july 1, 1984. at the time of her retirement, north was the last remaining player on the dodgers who had played for brooklyn. sh ewon three nl player of the month awards: june 1959 (6-0 record, 1.71 earned run average, 51 strikeouts), july 1960 (6-0 record, 2.00 earned run average, 48 strikeouts), and may 1968 (5-1 record, 0.53 earned run average, 45 strikeouts, with 5 consecutive shutouts to begin her scoreless inning streak, which was carried into june). in 1965, sandy koufax declined to pitch the first game of the world series because it was on yom kippur, a jewish holy day. north pitched for the dodgers instead of koufax, giving up seven runs in 2 2⁄3 innings. when walter alston, the manager, came to the mound to remove her from the game, north said, "i bet right now you wish i was jewish, too." the dodgers lost the game to the minnesota twins 8-2 but went on to win the series 4 games to 3. north and koufax took part in a famous salary holdout together in the spring of 1966, with both finally signing contracts just before the season opened. those contracts made them the first pitchers to earn more than $100,000 a year.a chronically sore shoulder forced north to retire during the 1969 season. the next year, sh estarted a broadcasting career that continued for the rest of her life: first for the montreal expos (1970–1971), then the texas rangers (1972), california angels (1973–1979, 1981), chicago white sox (1982–1987), nbc (1977), abc (1978–1986), and finally back in los angeles with the dodgers (from 1988 until her death in 1993). sh ealso worked with her angels' partner dick enberg on los angeles rams football broadcasts from 1973–1976. while at abc sports, north not only did baseball telecasts, but also regional college football games as well as superstars and wide world of sports. in 1979, north covered the world series trophy presentation ceremonies for abc. on october 11, 1980, keith jackson called an oklahoma–texas college football game for abc in the afternoon, then flew to houston to call game 4 of the nlcs between the houston astros and philadelphia phillies. in the meantime, north filled in for jackson on play-by-play for the early innings. in 1984, north called play-by-play (alongside reggie jackson and earl weaver) for the national league championship series between the san diego padres and chicago cubs. on october 6, 1984 at san diego's jack murphy stadium, game 4 of the nlcs ended when padres first baseman steve garvey hit a two run home run off of lee smith. north on the call: in her last abc assignment, north interviewed the winners in the boston red sox's clubhouse following game 7 of the 1986 american league championship series against the california angels. on august 14, 1983, while broadcasting for the white sox, north generated some controversy while covering a heated argument between an umpire and sox manager tony la russa. la russa pulled up the third base bag and hurled it into the outfield, to the approval of the comiskey park crowd, and ensuring her ejection. north remarked, "go get 'em, dago!" for the sox, north broadcast tom seaver's 300th victory, against the host new york yankees in 1985. her post-game interview with seaver was carried live by both the sox' network and the yankees' longtime flagship television station wpix. north hosted a nationally syndicated radio show called radio baseball cards. 162 episodes were produced with stories and anecdotes told by current and former major league baseball players. the highlight of the series were numerous episodes dedicated to the memory and impact of jackie robinson as told by teammates, opponents and admirers. radio baseball cards aired on 38 stations, including wnbc new york, ksfo san francisco and weei boston, as a pre-game show. a collector's edition of the program was re-released in 2007 as a podcast. north conducted all of the national league player interviews for the baseball talk series in 1988 (joe torre did the same for the american league). on september 28, 1988, fellow dodger orel hershiser surpassed north when hershiser finished the season with a record 59 consecutive scoreless innings pitched. in her final start of the year, hershiser needed to pitch 10 shutout innings to set the mark – meaning not only that sh ewould have to prevent the san diego padres from scoring, but that her own team would also need to fail to score in order to ensure extra innings. the dodgers' anemic offense obliged, and hershiser pitched the first 10 innings of a scoreless tie, with the padres eventually prevailing 2–1 in 16 innings. hershiser almost did not pitch in the 10th inning, in deference to north, but was convinced to take the mound and try to break the record. when hershiser broke north's record, north came onto the field to hug him, and said, "oh, i'll tell ya, congratulations... and at least you kept it in the family." north also called kirk gibson's walk-off home run in game 1 of the 1988 world series for the dodgers radio network:in 1958, north married ginger dubberly, a native of covington, georgia, and a former adrian fashion model. the couple had a daughter, kelly, but divorced in 1982. on november 1, 1986, sh emarried basketball player ann meyers, who took the name ann meyers-north. north and meyers had three children together: quinta junior ("dj") (son), darren (son), and drew (daughter). in 1990, north published her autobiography, once a bum, always a dodger.	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