Although these four Los Angeles Dodger pitchers look like they'r ejust lying around resting on their laurels, they actually are getting ready to do push-ups at Vero Beach, Fla. The exercisers are (left to right) Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax, Ron Perranoski and Johnny Podres. DATE: 1964 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 3 - Second or later-generation photo, printed from a duplicate negative or wire photo process, within about 2 years of when it was shot TEAM: Los Angeles Dodgers SUBJECTS: Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax, Ron Perranoski, Johnny Podres APPROXIMATE SIZE: 8-1/2"x5-3/4" NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is one of a large accumulation of vintage sports photographs, slides and negatives that we will be listing over the coming months. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to minor corner and edge wear, but see scans for further details including condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual vintage photograph, slide or negative being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. BIO: Donald Scott Drysdale was born in 1936 in Van Nuys, CA and died in 1993 in Montreal, CAN. He played major league baseball from 1956 to 1969 as pitcher for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers, appeared in the 1956, 1959, 1963, 1965 and 1966 World Series, was selected 8 times as an All-Star, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984. Drysdale earned the Cy Young Award for his performance in the 1962 season, and was also the 1962 National League Pitcher of the Year and 1962 Major League Player of the Year. Drysdale had a reputation as one of the meanest, toughest pitchers in baseball of his time. He invoked what might be called the Drysdale rule: you hit one of mine, I hit two of yours. And the statistics back him up. He led the league in hit batsmen five times and hit 154 during his career. Drysdale and teammate Sandy Koufax held out together before the start of the 1966 season. This was a precursor to the growing bargaining power of the players that reached fruition during the 1970s with a stronger union and free agency. Drysdale set two new major league records in 1968. His six consecutive shutouts (May 14 through June 4) still stand but his 58 consecutive scoreless innings (May 14 through June 8) was broken by Orel Hershiser twenty years later. He was a television broadcaster for the Chicago White Sox from 1982 to 1987 and the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1988 until his death. Prior to that, he has been a broadcaster for the Montreal Expos, Texas Rangers, and California Angels. He was married to Basketball Hall of Famer Ann Meyers from 1986 to 1993. When Ann was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in May 1993, it was the first marriage of Hall of Famers from the four major sports. Sanford Koufax (born Sanford Braun) was born in 1935 in Brooklyn, NY and went to college at the University of Cincinnati. He played major league baseball from 1955 to 1966 as pitcher for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers, appeared in the 1959, 1963, 1965 and 1966 World Series, was selected 6 times as an All-Star, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. He and Drysdale had a celebrated "hold-out" before the 1966 season, when they both boycotted spring training in order to negotiate for more money. Koufax retired after the 1966 season. However, he continued to have a role with the Dodgers as a pitching instructor. Ronald Peter Perranoski (born Ronald Peter Perzanowski) was born in 1936 in Paterson, NJ and died in 2020 in Vero Beach, FL. He went to college at Michigan State University. He played major league baseball from 1961 to 1973 as pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers and the California Angels, and appeared in the 1963, 1965 and 1966 World Series. John Joseph Podres was born in 1932 in Witherbee, NY and died in 2008 in Glen Falls, NY. He played major league baseball from 1953 to 1969 as pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Detroit Tigers and the San Diego Padres, appeared in the 1953, 1955, 1959 and 1963 World Series, and was selected 3 times as an All-Star. He was the pitching coach for the Minnesota Twins in the early 1980s (1982-1984), and later for the Philadelphia Phillies. Immediately after Podres' death, Curt Schilling wrote: "Outside of the Lord, my wife and my father, there was no person who impacted my life more than Johnny Podres. A true man's man if there ever was one....Johnny made me realize that being a man wasn’t about the macho cool stuff we think men are supposed to be, but rather compassion, care, commitment, loyalty, integrity and drive....MLB, the Dodgers and players everywhere lost a very good and kind man today." SKU: L15270
Item: L15270
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