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: 13-17 / in Starts: 11-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 6

1964 Pitching Game Log

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1964 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	304	4	Apr 23	CLE	@	LAA	W,3-2	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	8.0	10	2	2	2	5	0	1	2.25	2.48	34	9	7	1	0	10	57			2	1	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.215	2.81	0.29%	1.25	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
2	305	8	Apr 28	CLE	@	MIN	L,8-9	GS-5		4	4.1	8	5	5	1	1	0	0	5.11	2.61	21	4	7	1	0	8	27			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.321	2.48	-0.53%	-3.07	1b start tie	5b -23 1 out d2
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
3	306	13	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	9	5	5	3	4	2	0	5.06	3.87	37	13	8	0	0	9	50			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	2	0	0	.98	0.044	3.05	0.08%	-0.73	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
4	307	19	May 10(1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-12	GS-1	L(2-1)	5	0.1	3	5	4	2	0	0	0	6.65	4.13	6	2	1	0	0	1	25			0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.48	-0.273	4.93	-0.55%	-3.06	1t start tie	1t 123 1 out d2
5	308	23	May 13	CLE		BOS	W,3-0	GS-3		2	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.84	3.86	9	4	3	1	0	1	58			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.151	2.16	0.26%	1.36	1t start tie	3t 3 out a1
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
6	309	41	Jun 4	CLE		CHW	L,1-5	GS-7	L(2-2)	21	6.1	7	4	4	2	2	1	0	5.81	4.09	28	11	7	0	0	6	43			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.14	-0.192	3.63	-0.37%	-1.32	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d3
7	310	47	Jun 9	CLE		LAA	L,1-5	GS-4	L(2-3)	4	3.1	6	3	3	0	1	0	0	6.03	3.89	15	5	3	0	0	6	37			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	-0.209	2.64	-0.26%	-1.54	1t start tie	4t -23 1 out d1
8	311	53	Jun 14(1)	CLE		KCA	L,5-6	GS-9		4	8.0	8	5	3	1	3	0	1	5.53	3.64	35	15	7	0	0	8	52			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.168	1.70	-0.15%	-1.00	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out a1
9	312	58	Jun 19	CLE	@	LAA	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(2-4)	4	8.0	6	2	2	0	4	0	0	5.01	3.32	28	6	12	0	0	6	66			3	0	0	28	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.018	1.61	-0.02%	1.25	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
10	313	63	Jun 24(1)	CLE	@	MIN	W,12-3	CG	W(3-4)	4	9.0	8	3	3	0	3	2	0	4.70	3.55	35	13	11	1	0	8	62			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.129	.19	0.08%	1.11	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a9
11	314	69	Jun 28(2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-6	L(3-5)	3	6.0	7	4	3	0	4	2	0	4.68	3.74	25	8	6	0	0	7	48			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	1	.71	-0.226	.60	-0.11%	-1.16	1b start tie	6b 3 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
12	315	74	Jul 3	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	GS-11	W(4-5)	4	10.0	9	1	1	2	3	0	0	4.18	3.59	40	20	6	0	0	9	71			2	0	0	38	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.61	0.498	.48	0.09%	3.02	1b start a 1	11b 1-- 0 out a1
13	316	78	Jul 9(1)	CLE		BAL	L,3-4	GS-6	L(4-6)	5	6.0	8	4	4	2	7	2	0	4.32	3.74	27	6	4	0	0	8	45			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	1	0	0	.83	-0.190	.12	-0.02%	-1.29	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
14	317	83	Jul 13	CLE		NYY	L,4-10	GS-6	L(4-7)	3	6.0	6	4	4	0	4	2	0	4.43	3.86	24	6	8	2	1	6	48			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.184	.03	-0.01%	-1.29	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
15	318	89	Jul 18	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS-4		4	4.0	5	2	2	0	2	0	0	4.43	3.77	16	3	7	1	2	4	46			1	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.069	.01	0.00%	-0.16	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
16	319	94	Jul 22	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-4	GS-8	W(5-7)	3	7.0	8	4	4	0	5	2	0	4.48	3.85	29	7	9	0	0	8	50			2	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.012	.04	0.00%	-0.84	1b start a 1	8b --- 0 out a3
17	320	102	Jul 30	CLE	@	WSA	L,7-8	GS-6		7	5.1	9	6	6	3	5	0	0	4.77	3.77	27	6	4	0	0	9	28			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.75	-0.254	.00	0.00%	-2.77	1b start a 6	6b 1-- 1 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
18	321	108	Aug 3	CLE		WSA	W,4-2	GS-9	W(6-7)	3	8.1	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.58	3.66	31	13	8	0	1	6	65			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.224	.00	0.00%	1.58	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a2
19	322	113	Aug 8	CLE		MIN	W,16-8	GS-5		4	4.1	7	5	4	0	3	2	0	4.72	3.79	23	7	6	0	0	7	34			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	3	.45	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-2.98	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out a3
20	323	118	Aug 14	CLE	@	MIN	L,6-7	2-5		5	3.1	5	4	4	3	4	0	0	4.89	3.77	17	4	1	0	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.51	-0.302	.00	0.00%	-2.18	2b 12- 1 out d2	5b 12- 2 out d3
21	324	120	Aug 16	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-13	8-GF(8)		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.88	3.76	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.47	8b 1-3 2 out d11	8b end d11
22	325	121	Aug 18(1)	CLE		KCA	L,9-13	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.83	3.76	4	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
23	326	126	Aug 22(2)	CLE		LAA	W,5-1	CG	W(7-7)	3	9.0	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	4.50	3.66	34	15	11	1	0	4	79			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	2	.75	0.360	.00	0.00%	3.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
24	327	134	Aug 30(2)	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-5	GS-7		7	6.2	11	5	5	2	4	1	0	4.61	3.69	33	5	11	0	0	11	34			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.41	-0.505	.00	0.00%	-2.29	1b start tie	7b -23 2 out d1
Sep/Oct				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	328	140	Sep 6(2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG(13)	L(7-8)	6	12.1	16	3	3	2	7	1	0	4.41	3.63	49	14	12	1	0	14	64			3	1	0	45	0	0	2	4	1	0	1.90	0.219	.00	0.00%	1.86	1b start tie	13b 12- 1 out d1
26	329	144	Sep 11	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	7-7		4	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.39	3.65	3	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.28	0.087	.00	0.00%	0.86	7t 12- 1 out d1	7t 3 out d1
27	330	145	Sep 12	CLE		CHW	W,11-10	6-9	H(1)	0	2.1	5	4	4	0	1	0	0	4.56	3.62	12	3	3	0	0	5		2	0	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.34	-0.129	.00	0.00%	-2.00	6t 1-3 2 out a3	9t 1-- 0 out a2
28	331	149	Sep 18	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1	9-GF	S(1)	5	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.55	3.62	2	0	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	0.041	.00	0.00%	0.21	9b 1-- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
29	332	153	Sep 22(2)	CLE		NYY	L,1-8	GS-6	L(7-9)	3	5.2	6	3	3	0	3	2	0	4.56	3.71	23	11	5	0	0	4	48			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.120	.00	0.00%	-0.86	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out d2
30	333	163	Oct 3	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-8	8-GF(8)		10	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.55	3.70	2	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.53	8b 1-3 2 out d4	8b end d 5
							13-17		W-L:7-9,Sv:1,Hld:1	3.8	158.1	181	86	80	29	83	19	2	4.55	3.70	670	1.25		2%	1%	173	49	11	9%	18	2	0	623	24	2	6	14	5	7	1.05	-1.213	.90	-1.21%	-12.57

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