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: 1-11 / in Starts: 1-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 7, Entered with runners on base: 4

1965 Pitching Game Log

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1965 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	334	3	Apr 17	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-3	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	4.0	6	3	3	1	1	1	0	6.75	6.02	20	6	6	1	0	6	38			0	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	1	.71	-0.154	1.59	-0.21%	-1.16	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
2	335	6	Apr 23	CLE		KCA	W,6-2	GS-6	W(1-1)	5	5.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	0	5.00	5.41	20	10	3	0	0	4	52			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.025	1.80	-0.03%	-0.15	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out a1
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	336	12	May 2(1)	CLE		WSA	L,2-3	6-6		8	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.82	5.30	1	0	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.024	2.22	0.04%	0.30	6t -2- 2 out d2	6t 3 out d2
4	337	14	May 4	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	4-5		1	1.1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	5.06	6.45	6	1	3	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.118	1.69	-0.15%	-0.83	4t 123 2 out d3	5t 3 out d2
5	338	20	May 11	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	11-GF(11)		6	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.06	6.45	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.33	-0.301	11.21	-0.47%	-1.00	11b 12- 1 out tie	11b end d 1
6	339	22	May 13	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	5-6		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.26	5.52	6	0	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.135	2.67	0.17%	0.90	5b --- 0 out tie	6b 3 out tie
7	340	24	May 15	CLE	@	WSA	L,7-9	7-7		1	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	5.27	6.25	5	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.138	1.21	-0.16%	-1.57	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d3
8	341	25	May 16(1)	CLE	@	WSA	L,7-8	11-GF(11)	L(1-2)	0	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.79	7.09	2	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.92	-0.377	3.16	-0.37%	-0.80	11b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
9	342	33	May 23(2)	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	GS-5	L(1-3)	6	4.1	9	4	4	1	2	1	0	6.38	6.66	21	5	4	0	0	9	30			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	-0.301	2.98	-0.37%	-2.02	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d2
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
10	343	46	Jun 8	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-6	4-4		15	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.27	6.59	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.018	2.36	0.04%	0.42	4b 12- 2 out d3	4b 3 out d3
11	344	49	Jun 11	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-5	3-4		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.66	5.90	7	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.026	.78	0.04%	0.87	3b --- 0 out d4	4b 3 out d4
12	345	50	Jun 12	CLE	@	KCA	L,0-7	5-6		0	2.0	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	5.96	5.69	12	2	1	0	0	5		0	0	3	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.009	.28	-0.01%	-1.13	5b --- 0 out d5	6b 3 out d7
							1-11		W-L:1-3	3.0	22.2	32	15	15	6	12	6	0	5.96	5.69	102	1.17		6%	0%	32	40	8	25%	4	1	0	96	6	1	0	1	0	1	.86	-1.220	1.81	-1.49%	-6.18

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