1963 Topps baseball card of former Dodgers’ pitcher Don Drysdale, who teamed with Sandy Koufax to give the Dodgers one of the top starting pitching tandems in baseball history. Drysdale broke in with the Dodgers in 1956, when they were still in Brooklyn, but had most of his success in Los Angeles in the 1960s. He was known for having a mean streak and brushing back hitters, and once owned the major league record for consecutive shutout innings pitched, 58, that was ultimately broken by another Dodger – Orel Hershiser. He won the Cy Young Award as baseball’s best pitcher in 1962, was a 9-time All Star, and played on 3 World Series winning teams with the Dodgers. After his playing days were over, Drysdale enjoyed a successful broadcasting career, not only on baseball telecasts but on ABC’s Wide World of Sports, and also on L.A. Rams football games, teaming with Dick Enberg. He grew up in California and one of his high school baseball teammates was actor Robert Redford. Also, in the Disney movie Herbie The Love Bug, Herbie’s car number was 53, in honor of Drysdale. The big righthander was inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1984, and he died of a heart attack in 1993.