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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-21 / in Starts: 14-10
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 89 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	66 (41-17-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 89 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	56 (30-17-8)

Most Driven In
S Lollar	2
J Busby	1
W Dropo	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
N Fox	6
M MiÃ±oso	3
Self	1

1955 Batting Game Log

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1955 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	28	5 (4)	Apr 17 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.89	-0.075	9.03	-0.14%	-0.44	PH P
2	29	9 (3)	Apr 24	CHW	@	KCA	L,0-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.97	-0.025	3.10	-0.05%	-0.24	P
3	30	13 (3)	Apr 29	CHW		BOS	W,7-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	9	.50	-0.046	1.45	-0.08%	-0.63	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	31	17 (3)	May 3	CHW		WSH	W,5-3	3-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	9	1.05	0.008	3.31	0.01%	0.23	P
5	32	22 (4)	May 8 (2)	CHW		DET	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.333	.111	.444	9	1.00	-0.003	3.36	-0.01%	0.12	P
6	33	26 (3)	May 15 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.250	.077	.327	9	.43	-0.029	1.52	-0.06%	-0.74	P
7	34	31 (4)	May 21	CHW		KCA	W,7-4	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.118	.250	.118	.368	9	1.00	-0.035	3.29	-0.07%	-1.15	P
8	35	37 (5)	May 27	CHW	@	DET	L,0-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.227	.105	.333	9	1.44	-0.076	5.44	-0.17%	-0.66	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	36	42 (4)	Jun 1	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.240	.095	.335	9	1.27	-0.025	4.18	-0.05%	-0.28	P
10	37	46 (3)	Jun 5 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.214	.083	.298	9	.32	-0.026	1.50	-0.07%	-0.45	P
11	38	51 (4)	Jun 12 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,8-4	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.074	.194	.074	.268	9	.66	-0.046	2.14	-0.09%	-0.84	P
12	39	56 (4)	Jun 17	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.176	.067	.243	9	.86	-0.063	5.38	-0.24%	-0.65	P
13	40	61 (4)	Jun 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.061	.162	.061	.223	9	.60	-0.031	2.61	-0.08%	-0.58	P
14	41	67 (5)	Jun 28	CHW		DET	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.057	.154	.057	.211	9	1.23	-0.061	5.57	-0.17%	-0.54	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	42	72 (4)	Jul 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,9-14	GS-4	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.108	.195	.189	.384	9	.39	0.090	1.28	0.18%	1.13	P
16	43	75 (2)	Jul 6	CHW	@	DET	L,3-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.105	.190	.184	.375	9	2.90	-0.126	9.93	-0.26%	-0.51	PH
17	44	76	Jul 7	CHW	@	DET	W,12-1	CG	5	4	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.255	.238	.493	9	.23	0.035	.75	0.07%	0.56	P
18	45	77	Jul 8	CHW		CLE	L,0-1	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.250	.233	.483	9	2.48	-0.064	10.47	-0.16%	-0.24	PH
19	46	82 (4)	Jul 14 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.250	.217	.467	9	1.24	-0.024	3.84	-0.04%	-0.32	P
20	47	84 (1)	Jul 16	CHW		BAL	W,4-3	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.264	.217	.482	9	2.51	0.063	9.07	0.14%	1.00	PH
21	48	86 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,5-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.149	.259	.213	.472	9	.81	-0.044	3.79	-0.12%	-0.79	P
22	49	87	Jul 18	CHW		BAL	L,0-3	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.146	.255	.208	.463	9	1.50	-0.043	7.42	-0.13%	-0.33	PH
23	50	89 (1)	Jul 20	CHW		NYY	W,8-6	GS-7	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.276	.220	.496	9	.43	0.047	2.90	0.19%	1.55	P
24	51	92 (2)	Jul 23	CHW		BOS	L,7-9	8-GF	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.300	.250	.550	9	1.72	0.116	11.54	0.47%	0.47	PH P
25	52	94 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.300	.250	.550	9						PH
26	53	95	Jul 26	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.286	.236	.522	9	1.67	-0.142	12.15	-0.62%	-1.06	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	54	118 (22)	Aug 20	CHW		DET	W,8-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.281	.232	.513	9	2.48	-0.064	16.62	-0.26%	-0.24	PH
28	55	120 (1)	Aug 21 (2)	CHW		DET	W,8-2	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.309	.241	.550	9	.45	0.023	3.25	0.10%	0.57	P
29	56	126 (5)	Aug 26	CHW		WSH	L,0-10	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.309	.241	.550	9						P
30	57	128 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	3-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.304	.237	.542	9	.76	-0.019	8.10	-0.12%	-0.24	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	58	133 (4)	Sep 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.300	.233	.533	8	.06	-0.002	.77	-0.01%	-0.33	PH
32	59	135 (1)	Sep 4 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.301	.238	.539	9	1.66	-0.062	21.20	-0.48%	-0.68	P
33	60	139 (3)	Sep 8	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.297	.234	.532	9	2.76	-0.077	20.22	-0.34%	-0.22	PH
34	61	140	Sep 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-7	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.312	.254	.565	9	.71	-0.031	5.31	-0.14%	-0.19	P
35	62	141	Sep 10	CHW	@	NYY	W,9-8	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.308	.250	.558	9	1.97	-0.059	8.40	-0.15%	-0.60	PH
36	63	144 (2)	Sep 13 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-2	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.304	.246	.550	9	1.12	-0.031	4.66	-0.08%	-0.21	PH
37	64	146 (1)	Sep 14 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.296	.239	.536	9	.88	-0.043	1.49	-0.04%	-0.36	P
38	65	150 (3)	Sep 18	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-8	GS-7	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.321	.260	.582	9	.96	0.040	1.51	0.04%	0.36	P
39	66	151	Sep 20	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.329	.270	.600	9	3.48	0.143	1.13	0.03%	0.61	PH
40	67	154 (2)	Sep 24	CHW		KCA	W,4-0	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.330	.263	.593	9	.51	0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.08	P
							19-21		89	76	10	17	0	0	1	5	9	0	26	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	.224	.330	.263	.593		1.00	-0.800	4.72	-3.01%	-6.99

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