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1968 Don Drysdale Record 58 2/3 Scoreless Innings Ticket PSA GD 2 (Pop 1 - Four Higher)
Offered is a ticket stub from the Los Angeles Dodgers' June 8, 1968, home game at Dodger Stadium against the Philadelphia Phillies when Hall of Famer Don Drysdale set the MLB record for consecutive scoreless innings (since broken by Orel Hershiser in 1988). In 1968, Drysdale set the all-time MLB record for consecutive shutout innings when he broke Walter Johnson's record of 55.2 consecutive scoreless frames set in 1913 as Drysdale pitched 58.2 innings in a row without allowing a run. Drysdale began his streak on May 14, 1968, when he shut out the Chicago Cubs, 2-0. Four days later, Drysdale blanked the Houston Astros. Then, he threw a scoreless complete game, beating Hall of Famer Bob Gibson and the St. Louis Cardinals by 2-0 on May 22nd. The 6'5" right-hander held the San Francisco Giants scoreless on May 26th, helped by a controversial called by home plate umpire Harry Wendelstedt, who ruled that a pitch that hit the Giants' Dick Dietz, with the bases loaded, was not officially a hit-by-pitch but a called ball because Deitz should have gotten out of the way of the pitch. Drysdale's fifth consecutive shut-out tied the MLB mark of five straight shut-outs set by Doc White of the Chicago White Sox in 1904. Drysdale threw his sixth consecutive shut-out against the Pittsburgh Pirates, breaking Doc White's MLB consecutive game shut-out streak and leaving him at 54 consecutive scoreless innings. On the June 8, 1968, game commemorated by the offered ticket stub, Drysdale faced the Philadelphia Phillies. Don broke Johnson's record with a fifth inning whiff of Clay Dalrymple. Drysdale's magnificent streak ended with a one-out sacrifice fly hit by the Phillies' pinch hitter Howie Bedell, only the third, and final, RBI of his Major League career. The displayed ticket stub, measuring 2x3.75", has been encapsulated and graded PSA "GOOD 2." The only reason the stub was not graded higher is because of a few faint staple marks. The very rare stub is PSA POP 1, ONLY FOUR HIGHER.
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