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: 16-14 / in Starts: 16-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1963 Pitching Game Log

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1963 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	274	3	Apr 11	CLE		DET	L,1-6	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	3.1	7	4	4	1	1	0	0	10.80	2.78	18	3	6	0	0	7	30			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.245	2.01	-0.32%	-2.69	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d4
2	275	10	Apr 21(2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(1-1)	9	9.0	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.92	1.59	30	12	8	1	0	4	85			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.26	0.598	2.10	0.60%	3.92	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
3	276	12	Apr 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-8	GS-6	L(1-2)	5	5.2	7	4	3	2	2	2	0	3.50	3.42	27	8	11	5	0	4	41			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.230	1.97	-0.27%	-1.77	1b start a 1	6b 1-3 2 out d3
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	277	18	May 5	CLE	@	LAA	W,4-3	GS-9	W(2-2)	7	8.1	7	3	2	1	3	0	0	3.08	3.01	32	13	8	0	0	7	61			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.16	0.142	2.38	0.18%	0.38	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out a1
5	278	23	May 11	CLE	@	DET	W,6-5	GS-9		5	8.1	6	2	2	4	2	0	1	2.86	3.20	34	12	9	2	1	6	61			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.383	2.18	0.42%	3.32	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a4
6	279	27	May 16	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	GS-8		4	8.0	4	2	2	1	5	1	0	2.74	3.21	28	14	4	0	0	4	70			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.107	2.46	0.15%	1.59	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
7	280	33	May 22	CLE		LAA	L,6-7	GS-3		5	3.0	5	5	5	2	1	1	0	3.55	3.53	16	4	4	0	2	5	28			1	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.311	1.44	-0.35%	-3.66	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
8	281	36	May 26(1)	CLE		BAL	L,6-10	GS-7	L(2-3)	3	6.2	11	7	7	2	2	2	0	4.30	3.93	31	12	4	1	0	11	24			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.63	-0.702	2.17	-0.56%	-4.33	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out d1
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
9	282	42	Jun 1	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	GS-8	L(2-4)	5	8.0	6	4	1	1	1	1	0	3.88	3.97	31	12	12	0	0	5	60			0	1	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.25	-0.174	.78	-0.07%	-0.41	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
10	283	47	Jun 7	CLE	@	WSA	W,8-1	GS-7	W(3-4)	5	7.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	1	3.61	3.80	25	9	7	0	1	6	63			1	0	1	24	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.09	0.164	.71	0.06%	2.17	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
11	284	52	Jun 12	CLE	@	DET	W,12-6	GS-5		4	5.0	8	6	6	0	3	3	1	4.11	4.21	24	3	9	0	2	8	30			1	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.408	1.27	-0.38%	-3.67	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
12	285	58	Jun 16(2)	CLE		WSA	W,6-4	CG	W(4-4)	3	9.0	8	4	4	1	6	1	0	4.09	4.07	37	11	12	0	3	7	60			0	0	0	35	2	0	1	0	1	1	1.13	-0.159	2.46	-0.21%	0.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
13	286	63	Jun 20	CLE		BAL	W,11-8	GS-7		3	6.0	9	6	6	0	1	1	0	4.43	4.08	26	6	10	0	0	9	31			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.30	-0.305	3.68	-0.52%	-2.28	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a1
14	287	69	Jun 25(1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-7	L(4-5)	4	7.0	7	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.20	3.92	27	6	12	0	0	7	61			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.192	1.62	0.22%	2.27	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
15	288	75	Jun 30(1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-4	GS-9	W(5-5)	4	8.0	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	4.05	3.77	30	10	12	1	1	6	64			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.412	2.00	0.51%	2.22	1b start tie	9b 1-3 0 out a8
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
16	289	81	Jul 5	CLE		NYY	W,4-1	CG	W(6-5)	4	9.0	6	1	1	0	3	1	0	3.80	3.73	34	13	13	2	0	5	74			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	.96	0.403	1.96	0.49%	3.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
17	290	85	Jul 11	CLE	@	KCA	W,8-6	GS-3		5	2.1	5	5	5	0	0	2	0	4.12	3.93	12	2	5	1	0	5	27			1	0	0	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.399	1.19	-0.33%	-3.49	1b start a 3	3b --3 1 out d1
18	291	90	Jul 15	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-13	GS-7	L(6-6)	3	6.0	11	9	8	0	3	3	0	4.51	4.13	30	11	5	1	0	11	19			1	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	1	.44	-0.392	.43	-0.23%	-6.23	1b start tie	7b --- 0 out d8
19	292	94	Jul 20	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-7	L(6-7)	4	6.0	7	5	5	0	1	2	0	4.66	4.25	25	9	8	2	0	7	39			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.217	.57	-0.08%	-2.31	1b start tie	7b --- 0 out d4
20	293	99	Jul 24(2)	CLE		MIN	L,0-5	GS-9	L(6-8)	3	8.2	7	5	5	3	9	2	1	4.69	4.28	36	10	6	0	0	7	56			1	0	0	31	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.33	0.029	.10	0.00%	-1.06	1t start tie	9t --- 2 out d5
21	294	105	Jul 29	CLE		LAA	L,0-11	GS-3	L(6-9)	4	2.1	6	6	6	1	2	0	0	5.00	4.24	14	2	3	0	0	6	22			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.296	.06	-0.01%	-3.51	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d4
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	295	110	Aug 3	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	GS-3	L(6-10)	4	2.1	7	5	5	1	1	0	0	5.24	4.22	13	2	2	0	0	7	23			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	-0.350	.04	-0.01%	-3.10	1b start tie	3b 1-- 1 out d2
23	296	115	Aug 8	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(7-10)	4	9.0	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	4.93	4.05	29	11	10	0	0	3	86			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.644	.01	0.01%	3.92	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
24	297	120	Aug 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	SHO(11)	W(8-10)	5	11.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	1	4.58	3.92	37	12	17	0	1	4	92			1	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.62	0.954	.00	0.00%	4.88	1b start tie	11b 3 out a1
25	298	125	Aug 20	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(9-10)	5	9.0	9	1	1	2	6	0	0	4.39	3.81	35	15	6	0	0	6	69			0	1	0	33	2	1	1	1	0	0	1.89	0.518	.00	0.00%	3.04	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
26	299	130	Aug 24	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	CG	W(10-10)	3	9.0	5	2	2	0	2	2	0	4.27	3.86	32	9	16	1	8	5	71			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.088	.00	0.00%	2.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
27	300	135	Aug 28(2)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	GS-8	L(10-11)	3	8.0	8	3	3	1	4	0	0	4.23	3.78	33	10	10	0	0	8	57			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	2	0	1.09	-0.074	.00	0.00%	0.59	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
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
28	301	139	Sep 1(1)	CLE		DET	W,6-3	GS-9	W(11-11)	3	8.2	10	3	3	1	2	1	0	4.18	3.78	35	9	13	0	4	10	53			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	.40	0.165	.00	0.00%	0.83	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out a3
29	302	144	Sep 6	CLE	@	WSA	L,2-7	GS-7	L(11-12)	4	6.0	10	6	4	2	1	1	0	4.24	3.83	31	10	10	0	4	8	31			0	0	0	27	2	0	1	0	1	1	1.23	-0.414	.00	0.00%	-3.28	1b start tie	7b --- 0 out d4
30	303	149	Sep 11	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-9	GS-7	L(11-13)	4	6.1	12	4	3	2	3	1	0	4.24	3.85	30	6	7	2	1	12	36			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.211	.00	0.00%	-1.26	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out d2
							16-14		W-L:11-13	4.3	206.0	211	106	97	28	84	27	5	4.24	3.85	842	1.03		4%	5%	200	51		---%	10	3	1	795	32	4	5	17	7	9	1.10	-0.088	1.11	-0.68%	-8.80

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