Dick Donovan

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: December 7, 1927 in Boston, MA us

Died: January 6, 1997 in Weymouth, MA

Buried: Woodside Cemetery, Cohasset, MA

School: Boston University (Boston, MA)

Debut: April 24, 1950 (Age 22-138d, 10,690th in major league history)
vs. BRO 6.2 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 8 BB, 5 ER, L

Last Game: June 12, 1965 (Age 37-187d)
vs. KCA 2.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Richard Edward Donovan

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.3

122

ERA

3.67

345

273

2017.1

880

WHIP

1.231

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-18 / in Starts: 16-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 2

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	57	3	Apr 20	CHW	@	KCA	W,6-3	GS-8		99	7.2	9	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.52	4.33	33	8	12	4	0	9	49			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.003	3.87	-0.01%	0.85	1b start a 1	8b -2- 2 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	58	9	May 4	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	W(1-0)	13	9.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	0	2.70	3.51	32	11	9	0	0	5	72			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.85	0.270	2.70	0.52%	2.51	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
3	59	14	May 9	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS-1		4	0.1	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	4.76	3.84	7	0	1	0	0	4	25			0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.50	-0.313	3.67	-0.46%	-4.41	1b start tie	1b 12- 1 out d4
4	60	17	May 12	CHW	@	DET	W,7-6	GS-3		2	2.1	5	4	4	3	1	2	0	6.05	5.37	15	5	1	0	0	5	29			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.297	2.31	-0.47%	-3.12	1b start a 3	3b -2- 1 out tie
5	61	20	May 16	CHW		WSH	W,3-1	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	1	4.45	4.31	35	9	11	1	1	6	75			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.14	0.502	3.79	1.00%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
6	62	24	May 20(1)	CHW		BOS	L,5-12	GS-5	L(2-1)	3	4.2	9	7	7	2	2	2	0	5.73	4.89	26	6	7	1	0	9	18			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	-0.248	3.03	-0.44%	-4.47	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out d7
7	63	30	May 28	CHW	@	KCA	L,4-6	GS-8		7	7.1	5	3	3	5	3	1	0	5.36	4.97	31	10	8	0	0	5	54			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.53	-0.077	3.46	-0.11%	1.22	1b start tie	8b --3 1 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	64	35	Jun 3(1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,12-0	SHO	W(3-1)	5	9.0	7	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.38	4.40	34	12	10	2	0	7	76			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.38	0.153	1.03	0.25%	4.28	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a12
9	65	40	Jun 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-5	GS-7		3	6.1	10	5	5	1	4	0	1	4.69	4.13	29	8	5	0	0	10	36			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	2	1	1	1.27	-0.196	3.80	-0.35%	-0.90	1b start a 3	7b -23 1 out a1
10	66	44	Jun 12	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-7	L(3-2)	4	7.0	7	4	4	3	2	1	0	4.74	4.22	32	10	10	1	0	7	46			2	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	.61	-0.132	3.06	-0.40%	-0.45	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
11	67	49	Jun 17(1)	CHW		WSH	W,20-2	CG	W(4-2)	4	9.0	10	2	2	2	7	0	0	4.40	3.88	38	8	12	2	4	9	64			0	0	0	36	0	1	0	1	0	0	.15	0.086	.54	0.18%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a18
12	68	55	Jun 22	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	GS-11		4	11.0	6	4	4	3	5	0	0	4.25	3.66	42	17	11	0	0	6	71			1	0	0	39	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.80	-0.012	11.28	-0.05%	1.81	1t start tie	11t 3 out d2
13	69	60	Jun 27	CHW		BOS	L,9-11	GS-3		4	2.1	2	3	2	5	2	0	1	4.34	3.79	16	5	1	0	0	2	40			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	-0.244	6.38	-0.75%	-3.02	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	70	65	Jul 1(2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG(8)	L(4-3)	3	8.0	8	6	6	3	6	1	0	4.55	3.78	36	11	8	0	0	8	45			0	0	0	32	3	0	1	0	1	0	.65	-0.213	3.70	-0.73%	-1.74	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
15	71	71	Jul 7	CHW		DET	L,8-12	GS-5	L(4-4)	5	4.1	8	5	5	1	2	4	0	4.81	4.24	22	7	4	0	0	8	28			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.353	4.28	-0.88%	-2.91	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d3
16	72	72	Jul 8(1)	CHW		DET	L,5-17	8-GF		0	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.80	4.16	9	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	1	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.06	8t --- 0 out d14	9t end d13
17	73	75	Jul 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.79	4.16	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.036	3.38	0.06%	0.55	8b 1-3 2 out d1	8b end d 1
18	74	78	Jul 15(2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-9		1	8.1	9	4	4	1	6	1	0	4.75	4.06	34	10	8	1	0	9	54			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.31	-0.061	3.36	-0.09%	-0.13	1b start tie	9b -2- 1 out tie
19	75	83	Jul 21	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-6	GS-7	L(4-5)	5	6.1	9	6	6	0	4	1	1	4.96	4.03	29	10	5	1	2	9	35			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.01	-0.430	.72	-0.19%	-3.17	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out d1
20	76	87	Jul 25	CHW		NYY	L,1-10	GS-6	L(4-6)	3	5.0	6	4	4	1	3	0	0	5.05	3.94	21	7	5	1	0	5	41			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	-0.218	1.42	-0.16%	-1.86	1t start tie	6t -23 0 out d2
21	77	93	Jul 31	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	GS-8	L(4-7)	5	8.0	7	4	4	3	6	0	1	5.02	3.84	33	4	12	3	1	7	55			1	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.038	.08	0.00%	0.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	78	98	Aug 5(1)	CHW		BAL	L,4-5	GS-8		4	7.1	6	3	3	0	4	1	0	4.95	3.80	28	8	10	0	0	6	58			1	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.005	.19	0.00%	1.26	1t start tie	8t --3 1 out tie
23	79	104	Aug 10	CHW	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	W(5-7)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	2	1	0	4.70	3.81	34	14	10	2	0	6	71			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.381	.19	0.04%	3.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
24	80	108	Aug 15	CHW	@	KCA	W,10-0	SHO	W(6-7)	4	9.0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	4.42	3.71	31	13	10	1	0	2	85			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	.46	0.273	.03	0.01%	4.70	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a10
25	81	113	Aug 19(2)	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	W(7-7)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	1	4.23	3.63	33	8	14	1	0	5	76			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.10	0.455	.11	0.03%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
26	82	115	Aug 22(2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-7	8-8	H(1)	2	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.28	3.64	3	0	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.23	-0.297	.90	-0.05%	-1.51	8b 1-- 0 out a2	8b -23 1 out a1
27	83	119	Aug 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	W(8-7)	2	9.0	6	2	2	0	4	1	0	4.16	3.60	33	8	15	2	0	6	71			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.333	.38	0.07%	2.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
28	84	126	Aug 31(2)	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(9-7)	5	10.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.93	3.55	37	15	13	0	0	5	82			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.849	.18	0.07%	5.28	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	85	131	Sep 4	CHW		DET	W,11-4	CG	W(10-7)	3	9.0	10	4	3	0	3	1	0	3.88	3.53	35	12	10	0	0	10	56			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	1	0	.51	0.090	.02	0.00%	0.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
30	86	134	Sep 9(1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS-8	L(10-8)	4	7.1	6	4	2	3	4	1	0	3.83	3.56	32	10	9	0	0	6	55			2	0	0	28	0	0	1	1	0	2	.91	-0.063	.07	0.00%	-0.69	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out d3
31	87	139	Sep 14	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	CG(11)	W(11-8)	4	11.0	7	2	2	2	8	0	0	3.72	3.45	41	13	11	2	0	7	81			1	0	0	38	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.88	0.483	.00	0.00%	3.81	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
32	88	145	Sep 21(2)	CHW		KCA	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(11-9)	6	10.0	7	3	3	2	6	0	0	3.67	3.37	37	12	10	0	0	7	70			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.19	0.082	.00	0.00%	2.28	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
33	89	150	Sep 25	CHW	@	DET	L,3-5	GS-8	L(11-10)	3	7.1	9	5	5	1	2	2	0	3.75	3.45	32	11	9	3	0	9	41			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.290	.00	0.00%	-1.32	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out d2
34	90	153	Sep 29	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	W(12-10)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.64	3.39	35	15	6	0	0	7	72			0	0	0	32	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.48	0.438	.00	0.00%	3.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
							16-18		W-L:12-10,Hld:1	3.6	234.2	212	99	95	59	121	22	6	3.64	3.39	966	1.11		5%	1%	209	56	3	33%	10	1	0	883	25	7	6	21	6	12	1.07	0.941	1.93	-2.89%	20.16

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