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: 17-14 / in Starts: 17-12

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: 0

1959 Pitching Game Log

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1959 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	153	3	Apr 12	CHW	@	DET	W,5-3	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.1	7	3	3	3	3	1	0	4.26	5.07	30	12	5	1	1	7	47			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.38	-0.174	3.98	-0.30%	-0.98	1b start a 3	7b 123 1 out a1
2	154	7	Apr 17	CHW		DET	W,6-5	GS-6		4	5.2	9	4	4	3	3	2	0	5.25	6.29	27	8	5	1	0	8	35			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.274	3.02	-0.45%	-1.53	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d1
3	155	11	Apr 24	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS-7		6	6.1	4	4	4	1	1	0	1	5.40	5.22	25	8	10	3	1	4	49			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.061	3.40	-0.11%	-0.23	1b start a 2	7b 123 1 out a2
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
4	156	19	May 3	CHW		BAL	L,2-4	GS-8		8	8.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.44	4.37	30	13	8	0	0	6	63			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.074	4.21	0.15%	1.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
5	157	22	May 8	CHW		CLE	L,1-3	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	6.0	3	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.45	4.55	24	13	7	3	0	1	53			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	.91	-0.114	2.57	-0.19%	-0.10	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
6	158	26	May 12	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-3	GS-7		3	6.2	6	2	2	5	1	0	1	4.15	4.62	31	9	9	2	0	6	50			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.57	0.243	4.79	0.45%	1.78	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out a1
7	159	31	May 17(1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-4	GS-2	L(1-2)	4	1.0	2	3	2	1	0	2	0	4.50	5.29	7	3	1	0	0	2	38			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.86	-0.289	3.79	-0.76%	-2.89	1b start a 1	2b 1-- 0 out d2
8	160	35	May 20	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	W(2-2)	2	9.0	4	2	2	2	5	1	0	4.04	4.97	33	13	9	1	0	4	74			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.310	5.34	0.87%	2.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
9	161	39	May 26	CHW		CLE	L,0-3	GS-7	L(2-3)	5	7.0	6	3	3	1	3	0	0	4.02	4.61	28	9	10	0	0	5	55			0	0	0	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.033	4.83	-0.11%	0.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
10	162	43	May 30(2)	CHW		DET	W,4-3	GS-7		3	7.0	8	3	1	2	1	0	1	3.71	4.50	33	10	11	0	0	8	52			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.29	-0.052	4.87	-0.12%	0.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
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
11	163	48	Jun 4	CHW		BAL	W,6-5	GS-3		4	2.1	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	3.99	4.43	12	5	2	0	0	5	33			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.22	-0.346	5.21	-0.89%	-3.06	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d2
12	164	51	Jun 7(1)	CHW		BOS	W,9-4	GS-7	W(3-3)	2	6.1	6	3	3	3	6	0	0	4.02	4.22	28	8	5	0	0	6	52			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.012	2.87	-0.03%	-0.17	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out a5
13	165	58	Jun 14(2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS-10	W(4-3)	6	9.2	8	2	2	6	4	0	1	3.76	4.18	41	15	7	0	0	8	63			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	3	0	0	1.78	0.246	8.62	0.71%	2.42	1b start tie	10b -2- 2 out a1
14	166	63	Jun 20(2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-9	GS-3	L(4-4)	5	2.1	7	6	4	2	2	0	0	4.09	4.16	16	1	4	0	0	7	23			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.264	4.33	-0.58%	-3.67	1b start tie	3b 1-3 1 out d4
15	167	66	Jun 24	CHW		WSH	L,2-4	CG	L(4-5)	3	9.0	9	4	1	2	4	0	0	3.79	3.98	38	14	9	1	0	9	61			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	2	0	2	1.95	-0.317	7.46	-0.73%	0.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
16	168	71	Jun 28(2)	CHW		NYY	W,4-2	GS-9	W(5-5)	3	8.1	5	2	2	3	3	1	0	3.65	4.02	32	13	12	3	2	1	65			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.64	0.125	3.09	0.36%	1.46	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a2
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
17	169	76	Jul 4(1)	CHW	@	KCA	W,7-4	GS-4		5	3.2	8	4	4	0	2	1	0	3.87	4.05	19	2	7	0	0	8	31			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.312	4.60	-0.89%	-2.45	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out d2
18	170	82	Jul 12(1)	CHW		KCA	W,5-3	GS-2		7	1.1	5	3	2	0	1	0	0	3.99	4.01	10	2	2	0	0	5	35			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	-0.273	5.31	-0.83%	-3.20	1t start tie	2t 1-3 1 out a2
19	171	85	Jul 16(1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-3	GS-8	W(6-5)	3	7.0	4	3	3	2	5	0	0	3.98	3.89	27	5	11	1	0	4	60			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.17	-0.033	6.95	-0.12%	0.17	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 0 out a1
20	172	91	Jul 21	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	W(7-5)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	2	1	0	3.76	3.94	36	13	12	1	0	6	70			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.550	9.02	1.85%	3.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
21	173	116	Aug 16	CHW	@	KCA	L,2-7	GS-3	L(7-6)	25	2.2	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.83	4.01	13	3	5	0	0	5	40			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	.86	-0.108	4.56	-0.34%	-0.94	1b start tie	3b 12- 2 out d2
22	174	120	Aug 21	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	GS-6		4	5.0	7	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.89	3.96	22	8	5	0	0	7	41			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.187	8.03	-0.68%	-0.93	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 out tie
23	175	125	Aug 25	CHW		BOS	W,5-4	GS-8		3	8.0	8	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.86	3.95	33	8	13	1	0	8	56			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.01	0.041	6.99	0.17%	0.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
24	176	129	Aug 29	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	SHO	W(8-6)	3	9.0	5	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.62	3.87	35	10	13	1	0	5	78			0	0	0	32	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.19	0.622	15.77	4.94%	4.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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
25	177	133	Sep 2(1)	CHW		DET	W,7-2	GS-8	W(9-6)	3	8.0	4	2	2	5	1	1	0	3.55	3.97	33	12	11	2	0	4	62			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.205	1.65	0.43%	1.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out a5
26	178	137	Sep 6	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	CG	L(9-7)	3	9.0	9	2	2	0	4	0	0	3.46	3.84	34	8	13	2	0	9	65			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	-0.080	8.38	-0.24%	2.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
27	179	142	Sep 10	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-8	GS-3	L(9-8)	3	2.1	5	5	5	0	1	2	0	3.69	3.97	12	4	2	0	0	5	28			1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.285	2.73	-0.63%	-3.79	1b start tie	3b --- 1 out d5
28	180	147	Sep 14	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-9	GS-6	L(9-9)	3	5.1	5	4	4	2	5	0	0	3.78	3.90	23	8	3	0	0	5	45			2	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.21	-0.023	1.25	-0.01%	0.46	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out a1
29	181	151	Sep 19	CHW		DET	L,4-5	GS-3	L(9-10)	4	2.0	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	3.79	3.90	12	4	3	0	0	4	42			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.25	-0.099	.40	-0.02%	-1.02	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out d1
30	182	152	Sep 20	CHW		DET	L,4-5	5-6		0	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.76	3.88	4	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.042	.49	0.03%	0.58	5t --- 2 out d3	6t 3 out d2
31	183	154	Sep 25	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	3-7		4	5.0	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	3.66	3.89	20	5	8	1	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.349	.00	0.00%	2.58	3b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out tie
							17-14		W-L:9-10	3.8	179.2	171	84	73	58	71	15	5	3.66	3.89	768	1.09		5%	1%	163	51	0	---%	10	0	0	692	24	2	3	12	4	11	1.20	-0.529	5.37	1.93%	2.42

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