Donald Scott "Don" Drysdale (July 23, 1936 – July 3, 1993) was an American professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played as a right-handed pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers for his entire career in Major League Baseball. Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1984, Drysdale was one of the most dominant pitchers of the late 1950s and early to mid 1960s. Standing 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) tall, he was an intimidating presence on the pitcher's mound and, was not afraid to throw pitches close to batters in order to keep them off balance. Drysdale won the 1962 Cy Young Award and is known for setting a Major League Baseball record by pitching 58 ²⁄₃ consecutive scoreless innings in 1968. After his playing career, he became a radio and television broadcaster.

Drysdale was born in Van Nuys, Los Angeles and attended Van Nuys High School, where one of his classmates was actor Robert Redford.

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.

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