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	17-14 / in Starts: 16-14
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	18 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 74 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	38 (20-14-4)
Avg. MLBer w/ 74 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	43 (22-13-7)

Most Driven In
A Luplow	1
Self	1
J Azcue	0
T Francona	0
L Brown	0
M Alvis	0
T Agee	0

Most Driven In By
W Held	2
Self	1
W Kirkland	0

1963 Batting Game Log

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1963 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	298	3 (2)	Apr 11	CLE		DET	L,1-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.44	-0.011	.96	-0.01%	-0.09	P
2	299	10 (6)	Apr 21 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.66	-0.049	1.11	-0.05%	-0.61	P
3	300	12 (1)	Apr 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-8	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.76	-0.038	1.49	-0.04%	-0.31	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	301	18 (5)	May 5	CLE	@	LAA	W,4-3	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.80	-0.074	1.65	-0.09%	-0.31	P
5	302	23 (4)	May 11	CLE	@	DET	W,6-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.04	-0.049	1.89	-0.05%	-0.59	P
6	303	27 (3)	May 16	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.67	-0.034	1.55	-0.05%	-0.31	P
7	304	33 (5)	May 22	CLE		LAA	L,6-7	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
8	305	36 (2)	May 26 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,6-10	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.059	.059	.118	9	1.16	0.105	1.53	0.08%	0.77	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	306	42 (5)	Jun 1	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.053	.053	.053	.105	9	.46	-0.023	.29	-0.01%	-0.18	P
10	307	47 (4)	Jun 7	CLE	@	WSA	W,8-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.048	.048	.048	.095	9	.63	-0.031	.41	-0.01%	-0.24	P
11	308	52 (4)	Jun 12	CLE	@	DET	W,12-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.043	.043	.043	.087	9	1.59	-0.092	2.44	-0.09%	-0.78	P
12	309	58 (5)	Jun 16 (2)	CLE		WSA	W,6-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.077	.077	.154	9	1.05	-0.048	2.29	-0.06%	-0.36	P
13	310	63 (4)	Jun 20	CLE		BAL	W,11-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	9	.27	-0.014	.77	-0.02%	-0.18	P
14	311	69 (5)	Jun 25 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.069	.069	.069	.138	9	1.26	-0.052	2.43	-0.06%	-0.40	P
15	312	75 (5)	Jun 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-4	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	.38	-0.037	.79	-0.05%	0.04	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
16	313	81 (5)	Jul 5	CLE		NYY	W,4-1	CG	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.139	.139	.167	.306	9	1.00	0.177	2.04	0.22%	1.61	P
17	314	85 (3)	Jul 11	CLE	@	KCA	W,8-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.135	.135	.162	.297	9	.38	-0.009	.52	-0.01%	-0.15	P
18	315	90 (4)	Jul 15	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-13	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.128	.154	.282	9	.61	-0.029	.60	-0.02%	-0.42	P
19	316	94 (3)	Jul 20	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.122	.122	.146	.268	9	1.00	-0.027	.61	-0.01%	-0.25	P
20	317	99 (4)	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,0-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.114	.114	.136	.250	9	2.25	-0.151	.17	-0.01%	-1.11	P
21	318	104 (4)	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,12-7	4-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.156	.289	9	.51	0.015	.03	0.00%	0.12	PH
22	319	105	Jul 29	CLE		LAA	L,0-11	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.133	.156	.289	9						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
23	320	110 (4)	Aug 3	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.130	.152	.283	9	.47	-0.012	.01	0.00%	-0.15	P
24	321	115 (4)	Aug 8	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.163	.306	9	1.53	-0.079	.02	0.00%	-0.61	P
25	322	120 (4)	Aug 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG(11)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.135	.135	.154	.288	9	1.65	-0.132	.00	0.00%	-0.81	P
26	323	125 (4)	Aug 20	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.127	.143	.145	.288	9	2.68	-0.324	.00	0.00%	-2.18	P
27	324	130 (4)	Aug 24	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.167	.155	.322	9	.80	0.061	.00	0.00%	0.33	P
28	325	135 (4)	Aug 28 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.177	.217	.394	9	.97	0.110	.00	0.00%	0.86	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
29	326	139 (3)	Sep 1 (1)	CLE		DET	W,6-3	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.141	.167	.203	.370	9	.09	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.61	P
30	327	144 (4)	Sep 6	CLE	@	WSA	L,2-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.136	.162	.197	.359	9	1.76	-0.100	.00	0.00%	-1.04	P
31	328	149 (4)	Sep 11	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-9	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.155	.188	.343	9	1.04	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-0.51	P
							17-14		74	69	4	9	1	0	1	2	2	0	31	0	3	0	1	3	0	0	.130	.155	.188	.343		1.03	-1.032	.80	-0.34%	-8.48

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