What years did Doug Drabek play?

Doug Drabek played in Major League Baseball from 1986 to 1998.

Was Doug Drabek a pitcher?

Yes. Doug Drabek pitched in the major leagues, recording 155 wins and 1594 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Doug Drabek hit?

Doug Drabek hit 2 career home runs with 119 hits.

What teams did Doug Drabek play for?

Doug Drabek played for 5 teams: the New York Yankees (1986), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1987–1992), the Houston Astros (1993–1996), the Chicago White Sox (1997), and the Baltimore Orioles (1998).

How many Cy Young Awards did Doug Drabek win?

Doug Drabek won 1 Cy Young Award, in 1990.

What awards did Doug Drabek win?

Doug Drabek won the Cy Young Award (1990). He was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Doug Drabek's career stats?

In 398 games, Doug Drabek went 155-134 with a 3.73 ERA, 1,594 strikeouts, and 2,535.0 innings pitched. At the plate he had 119 hits and 2 home runs.

What was Doug Drabek's salary?

Doug Drabek's last recorded salary was $1,663,162, in 1998. His highest recorded salary was $5,050,000, in 1996, and his lowest was $60,000, in 1986. The Salary History table lists each season from 1986 to 1998.

What position did Doug Drabek play?

Doug Drabek played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Doug Drabek and how much did he weigh?

Doug Drabek was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 185 pounds.

What was Doug Drabek's career ERA?

Doug Drabek finished with a 3.73 career ERA, going 155-134 with 1,594 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Doug Drabek have?

Doug Drabek recorded 1,594 career strikeouts.

Is Doug Drabek in the Hall of Fame?

No. Doug Drabek has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Doug Drabek

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1986-1998)

Doug Drabek was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1986 to 1998 for 5 teams, including the New York Yankees, a span of 13 seasons. Across 398 career appearances, he went 155-134 with a 3.73 ERA and 1,594 strikeouts. He also batted .166 with 2 home runs. Doug Drabek was an All-Star and a Cy Young. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 18199.0.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 155–134

ERA 3.73

WHIP 1.24

SO 1,594

Pitcher PIV 18199.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 185 lb
Born: 7/25/1962 in Victoria, TX, USA
MLB Debut: 1986-05-30
Last Game: 1998-09-25
Awards: All-Star · Cy Young

Full name: Douglas Dean Drabek

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Career Pitching Statistics

Doug Drabek — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
155	134	398	387	53	21	0	2535.0	2,448	1,052	246	704	1,594	3.73	18199.0

Career ERA 3.73 vs. league average 4.14 across their career seasons — 9.8% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Doug Drabek Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1986	NYA	AL	7	8	27	21	0	0	131.2	126	60	50	76	4.10	3.97 (-3%)	-445.1
1987	PIT	NL	11	12	29	28	1	1	176.1	165	76	46	120	3.88	4.29 (+10%)	1731.4
1988	PIT	NL	15	7	33	32	3	1	219.1	194	75	50	127	3.08	3.73 (+18%)	642.2
1989	PIT	NL	14	12	35	34	8	5	244.1	215	76	69	123	2.80	3.71 (+25%)	-287.5
1990	PIT	NL	22	6	33	33	9	3	231.1	190	71	56	131	2.76	3.86 (+28%)	3498.7
1991	PIT	NL	15	14	35	35	5	2	234.2	245	80	62	142	3.07	3.91 (+22%)	3372.6
1992	PIT	NL	15	11	34	34	10	4	256.2	218	79	54	177	2.77	3.75 (+26%)	5263.9
1993	HOU	NL	9	18	34	34	7	2	237.2	242	100	60	157	3.79	4.19 (+10%)	4634.5
1994	HOU	NL	12	6	23	23	6	2	164.2	132	52	45	121	2.84	4.51 (+37%)	3782.5
1995	HOU	NL	10	9	31	31	2	1	185.0	205	98	54	143	4.77	4.45 (-7%)	2993.3
1996	HOU	NL	7	9	30	30	1	0	175.1	208	89	60	137	4.57	4.61 (+1%)	1356.4
1997	CHA	AL	12	11	31	31	0	0	169.1	170	108	69	85	5.74	4.39 (-31%)	-5555.3
1998	BAL	AL	6	11	23	21	1	0	108.2	138	88	29	55	7.29	4.43 (-64%)	-2788.7
Career · 13 seasons			155	134	398	387	53	21	2,535.0	2,448	1,052	704	1,594	3.73	—	18,199

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Doug Drabek — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
412	716	42	119	17	3	2	46	0	17	207	.166	.193	.207	.399	-5,127

Career AVG .166 vs. league average .262 across their career seasons — 36.5% below league average.

Career OBP .193 vs. league average .330 across their career seasons — 41.6% below league average.

Career SLG .207 vs. league average .402 across their career seasons — 48.6% below league average.

Career OPS .399 vs. league average .732 across their career seasons — 45.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Doug Drabek Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1986	NYA	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	PIT	NL	30	59	2	7	1	0	0	4	2	24	.119	.262 (-55%)	.331 (-52%)	.415 (-67%)	.746 (-61%)	-595.6
1988	PIT	NL	33	76	4	13	3	2	0	5	1	25	.171	.254 (-33%)	.317 (-36%)	.377 (-30%)	.695 (-33%)	-406.5
1989	PIT	NL	40	77	1	8	1	0	0	3	3	14	.104	.254 (-59%)	.319 (-54%)	.375 (-69%)	.694 (-62%)	-728.3
1990	PIT	NL	33	84	8	18	2	0	1	6	4	25	.214	.257 (-17%)	.324 (-20%)	.385 (-29%)	.710 (-25%)	-325.5
1991	PIT	NL	36	84	6	15	1	0	0	2	1	28	.179	.255 (-30%)	.323 (-42%)	.384 (-50%)	.708 (-47%)	-609.2
1992	PIT	NL	35	89	5	14	3	0	0	6	2	28	.157	.255 (-38%)	.322 (-45%)	.377 (-49%)	.699 (-48%)	-661.3
1993	HOU	NL	34	71	2	6	2	0	1	3	2	22	.085	.265 (-68%)	.332 (-67%)	.403 (-62%)	.735 (-64%)	-746.0
1994	HOU	NL	24	58	4	14	0	1	0	6	0	10	.241	.269 (-11%)	.338 (-23%)	.424 (-35%)	.763 (-29%)	-292.2
1995	HOU	NL	33	60	4	14	3	0	0	8	2	17	.233	.266 (-13%)	.337 (-24%)	.417 (-32%)	.755 (-28%)	-283.7
1996	HOU	NL	32	56	5	10	1	0	0	3	0	12	.179	.269 (-34%)	.340 (-48%)	.426 (-54%)	.767 (-51%)	-478.6
1997	CHA	AL	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	BAL	AL	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			412	716	42	119	17	3	2	46	17	207	.166	—	—	—	—	-5,127

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Doug Drabek — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
7	17	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	8	.118

Playoff Batting by Year

Doug Drabek — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1992	NLCS	PIT	3	6	0	0	0	1	4	.000
1991	NLCS	PIT	2	5	1	1	1	0	2	.200
1990	NLCS	PIT	2	6	1	0	0	0	2	.167

Playoff Career Pitching

Doug Drabek — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	5	7	7	0	48.1	40	11	14	33	2.05

Playoff Pitching by Year

Doug Drabek — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1992	NLCS	PIT	0	3	3	3	17.0	18	7	6	10	3.71
1991	NLCS	PIT	1	1	2	2	15.0	10	1	5	10	0.60
1990	NLCS	PIT	1	1	2	2	16.1	12	3	3	13	1.65

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Doug Drabek — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	203	342	22	56	1	16	.164
Away	209	374	20	63	1	30	.168

Pitching — Home / Away

Doug Drabek — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	198	1322.0	1246	501	340	896	3.41
Away	200	1213.0	1202	551	364	698	4.09

Last 10 Games — Batting

Doug Drabek — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	SO
1998-09-25	BAL	BOS	L	0	0
1998-09-07	BAL	SEA	L	0	0
1998-09-01	BAL	CHW	L	0	0
1998-07-31	BAL	KCR	L	0	0
1998-07-23	BAL	OAK	W	0	0
1998-07-17	BAL	LAA	W	0	0
1998-07-12	BAL	BOS	W	0	0
1998-07-04	BAL	NYY	L	0	0
1998-06-28	BAL	WSN	L	1	1
1998-06-13	BAL	TOR	L	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Doug Drabek — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1998-09-25	BAL	BOS	—	2.1	3	3	3	1	3	0
1998-09-07	BAL	SEA	L	3.0	7	4	4	1	2	2
1998-09-01	BAL	CHW	L	5.1	4	5	4	2	1	2
1998-07-31	BAL	KCR	—	5.0	7	4	4	2	0	1
1998-07-23	BAL	OAK	—	4.2	5	5	5	2	2	0
1998-07-17	BAL	LAA	W	5.1	3	1	1	1	4	0
1998-07-12	BAL	BOS	—	4.2	6	5	5	2	1	0
1998-07-04	BAL	NYY	L	5.0	8	4	4	3	2	0
1998-06-28	BAL	WSN	L	2.1	7	5	5	2	2	1
1998-06-13	BAL	TOR	L	2.0	5	5	5	1	1	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Doug Drabek — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	398	387	266	342	29	20

Season-by-Season Fielding

Doug Drabek — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1986	NYA	P	27	21	5	13	0	0
1987	PIT	P	29	28	24	23	2	0
1988	PIT	P	33	32	29	21	6	6
1989	PIT	P	35	34	24	34	2	0
1990	PIT	P	33	33	25	36	1	1
1991	PIT	P	35	35	27	41	5	1
1992	PIT	P	34	34	29	36	3	4
1993	HOU	P	34	34	19	32	0	2
1994	HOU	P	23	23	21	28	3	2
1995	HOU	P	31	31	24	20	2	3
1996	HOU	P	30	30	17	23	3	0
1997	CHA	P	31	31	14	20	1	0
1998	BAL	P	23	21	8	15	1	1

Career Games by Position

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Doug Drabek Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	398

Awards & Honors

Doug Drabek — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1995	Player of the Week	Week of 1995-07-29
1994	Pitcher of the Month	May
1990	Cy Young Award
1990	Pitcher of the Month	August
1990	Pitcher of the Month	July
1990	Player of the Week	Week of 1990-09-08
1990	TSN All-Star	RHP
1990	TSN Pitcher of the Year
1987	Pitcher of the Month	August
1987	Player of the Week	Week of 1987-08-28

Salary History

Doug Drabek's recorded salaries total $31,118,162 over 13 seasons, 1986 to 1998. Drabek's career, 1986 to 1998, falls within 1985 to 2016, the years the salary data covers.

Doug Drabek — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1998	BAL	AL	$1,663,162
1997	CHA	AL	$1,300,000
1996	HOU	NL	$5,050,000
1995	HOU	NL	$5,000,000
1994	HOU	NL	$4,275,000
1993	HOU	NL	$4,250,000
1992	PIT	NL	$4,500,000
1991	PIT	NL	$3,350,000
1990	PIT	NL	$1,100,000
1989	PIT	NL	$325,000
1988	PIT	NL	$160,000
1987	NYA	AL	$85,000
1986	NYA	AL	$60,000
Total recorded salary			$31,118,162

College History

Doug Drabek — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Houston	Houston	TX	1981, 1982, 1983

Award Voting History

Doug Drabek — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1994	Cy Young Award	NL	4th	4.0	140	0
1992	Cy Young Award	NL	5th	1.0	120	0
1990	Cy Young Award	NL	1st	118.0	120	23
1990	Most Valuable Player	NL	8th	59.0	336	0

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Doug Drabek: the record in brief

According to the bio, Doug Drabek debuted on May 30, 1986 and played a final game on September 25, 1998. The season rows list, in order, the New York Yankees (1986), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1987 to 1992), the Houston Astros (1993 through 1996), the Chicago White Sox (1997), and the Baltimore Orioles (1998). Listed as a pitcher, Drabek threw and hit right-handed. The recorded size is 6-foot-1 and 185 pounds. The birth record reads July 25, 1962, in Victoria, TX, USA. On the record, Doug Drabek was born Douglas Dean Drabek.

Drabek pitched in 398 games, starting 387, and finished with a 155-134 record and 3.73 ERA. The totals include 1,594 strikeouts, 53 complete games, and 21 shutouts. The leagues Drabek pitched in allowed 4.14 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 9.8% better than average. No season topped the 22 wins of 1990. 1992 produced Drabek's most strikeouts, 177. 1990 was Drabek's sharpest full season, a 2.76 ERA against the league's 3.86.

Frequently Asked Questions about Doug Drabek

What years did Doug Drabek play?: Doug Drabek played in Major League Baseball from 1986 to 1998.
Was Doug Drabek a pitcher?: Yes. Doug Drabek pitched in the major leagues, recording 155 wins and 1594 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Doug Drabek hit?: Doug Drabek hit 2 career home runs with 119 hits.
What teams did Doug Drabek play for?: Doug Drabek played for 5 teams: the New York Yankees (1986), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1987–1992), the Houston Astros (1993–1996), the Chicago White Sox (1997), and the Baltimore Orioles (1998).
How many Cy Young Awards did Doug Drabek win?: Doug Drabek won 1 Cy Young Award, in 1990.
What awards did Doug Drabek win?: Doug Drabek won the Cy Young Award (1990). He was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Doug Drabek's career stats?: In 398 games, Doug Drabek went 155-134 with a 3.73 ERA, 1,594 strikeouts, and 2,535.0 innings pitched. At the plate he had 119 hits and 2 home runs.
How much did Doug Drabek earn in his career?: Doug Drabek's recorded salaries total $31,118,162 over 13 seasons, 1986 to 1998. Drabek's career, 1986 to 1998, falls within 1985 to 2016, the years the salary data covers.
What was Doug Drabek's salary?: Doug Drabek's last recorded salary was $1,663,162, in 1998. His highest recorded salary was $5,050,000, in 1996, and his lowest was $60,000, in 1986. The Salary History table lists each season from 1986 to 1998.
What position did Doug Drabek play?: Doug Drabek played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Doug Drabek and how much did he weigh?: Doug Drabek was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 185 pounds.
What was Doug Drabek's career ERA?: Doug Drabek finished with a 3.73 career ERA, going 155-134 with 1,594 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Doug Drabek have?: Doug Drabek recorded 1,594 career strikeouts.
Is Doug Drabek in the Hall of Fame?: No. Doug Drabek has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.