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: 16-13 / in Starts: 14-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 1

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 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	28	5	Apr 17(2)	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	8-GF		99	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.37	6	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.047	.97	0.09%	1.02	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
2	29	9	Apr 24	CHW	@	KCA	L,0-5	GS-5	L(0-1)	6	4.2	7	5	4	3	1	0	0	5.40	3.12	22	6	5	0	0	7	30			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	2	0	0	.86	-0.123	2.76	-0.24%	-1.01	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out d3
3	30	13	Apr 29	CHW		BOS	W,7-0	SHO	W(1-1)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.30	2.11	31	12	8	0	0	4	84			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	1	.49	0.289	1.44	0.51%	4.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
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	31	17	May 3	CHW		WSH	W,5-3	3-8	W(2-1)	3	4.1	5	1	1	1	2	1	0	2.25	2.77	17	5	4	1	0	5		2	0	1	0	0	16	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.30	0.225	4.11	0.43%	1.47	3t 12- 2 out d2	8t --- 0 out a2
5	32	22	May 8(2)	CHW		DET	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-1)	4	9.0	9	0	0	3	3	0	0	1.55	2.75	36	9	12	0	0	9	69			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.73	0.717	5.83	1.45%	4.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
6	33	26	May 15(1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-0	SHO	W(4-1)	6	9.0	3	0	0	3	5	0	0	1.18	2.63	34	12	11	0	0	3	83			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.489	4.10	1.03%	4.30	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
7	34	31	May 21	CHW		KCA	W,7-4	GS-9	W(5-1)	5	8.2	11	4	4	2	2	1	0	1.74	2.90	38	15	8	0	0	11	46			0	1	0	35	0	1	0	0	0	0	.89	0.041	2.92	0.08%	-0.21	1t start tie	9t 123 2 out a3
8	35	37	May 27	CHW	@	DET	L,0-1	GS-6	L(5-2)	5	6.0	6	1	1	2	4	1	0	1.71	3.05	24	8	4	0	0	6	58			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.05	0.158	3.98	0.36%	1.93	1b start tie	6b 3 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	36	42	Jun 1	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	9	3	3	2	3	0	0	1.96	2.97	31	8	9	1	0	9	48			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	.98	-0.036	3.22	-0.07%	0.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
10	37	46	Jun 5(1)	CHW		NYY	W,5-3	CG	W(6-2)	3	9.0	5	3	3	4	3	2	0	2.10	3.36	34	12	10	1	0	5	64			1	0	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.276	5.12	0.77%	1.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
11	38	51	Jun 12(2)	CHW		WSH	W,8-4	CG	W(7-2)	6	9.0	11	4	3	0	7	0	1	2.20	3.10	39	13	7	0	0	11	58			0	0	0	38	2	1	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.017	2.07	-0.03%	0.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
12	39	56	Jun 17	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	GS-9	W(8-2)	4	8.0	4	1	1	2	7	1	1	2.10	3.13	32	8	11	0	0	3	75			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.48	0.159	9.19	0.59%	2.56	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a1
13	40	61	Jun 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-2)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.90	3.10	32	21	4	0	0	4	78			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	.92	0.520	4.04	1.36%	4.30	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
14	41	67	Jun 28	CHW		DET	L,4-5	GS-7		5	7.0	8	4	4	1	3	0	0	2.12	3.02	31	11	8	0	0	8	47			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	0	1	1	.71	-0.115	3.19	-0.31%	-0.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
15	42	72	Jul 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,9-14	GS-4		4	3.0	8	5	5	1	0	1	0	2.49	3.15	18	6	3	0	0	8	22			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.364	2.81	-0.72%	-3.84	1b start a 1	4b 1-- 0 out d2
16	43	76	Jul 7	CHW	@	DET	W,12-1	CG	W(10-2)	3	9.0	5	1	1	0	5	1	0	2.38	3.11	29	12	7	1	0	5	78			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	3	0	0	.57	0.284	1.83	0.55%	3.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a11
17	44	82	Jul 14(2)	CHW		WSH	W,5-2	CG	W(11-2)	6	9.0	10	2	2	0	4	0	0	2.35	2.99	36	11	11	0	0	10	63			0	1	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	0.259	3.59	0.48%	2.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
18	45	86	Jul 17(2)	CHW		BAL	W,5-4	8-GF	W(12-2)	2	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.31	2.97	8	2	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	0.272	12.22	0.76%	1.02	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 1
19	46	89	Jul 20	CHW		NYY	W,8-6	GS-7	W(13-2)	2	6.1	9	5	5	1	4	0	0	2.54	2.90	29	8	7	1	0	9	38			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.066	2.45	0.27%	-1.39	1t start tie	7t --3 1 out a4
20	47	92	Jul 23	CHW		BOS	L,7-9	9-GF	BL(13-3)	2	1.0	3	4	4	2	0	0	0	2.80	2.94	8	1	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	3.32	-0.794	22.27	-3.20%	-3.49	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end d 3
21	48	95	Jul 26	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(13-4)	2	8.0	7	1	1	4	5	1	0	2.70	3.02	33	9	8	2	0	7	65			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.228	6.32	1.00%	2.95	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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	49	120	Aug 21(2)	CHW		DET	W,8-2	CG	W(14-4)	25	9.0	8	2	1	2	3	1	0	2.60	3.06	36	15	8	1	0	8	66			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	2	0	1	.46	0.171	3.28	0.74%	2.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
23	50	126	Aug 26	CHW		WSH	L,0-10	GS-1	L(14-5)	4	0.1	5	5	5	0	0	1	0	2.89	3.15	6	0	1	0	0	5	21			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.288	7.93	-1.16%	-3.41	1t start tie	1t 12- 1 out d3
24	51	128	Aug 28(1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	3-5		1	2.2	3	2	2	2	2	1	0	2.96	3.24	12	2	3	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.35	-0.056	3.74	-0.36%	-0.72	3t --- 1 out d4	5t 3 out d5
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
25	52	135	Sep 4(2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	GS-7	L(14-6)	6	6.2	9	5	5	6	2	2	0	3.12	3.45	34	9	8	1	0	9	32			0	0	0	26	0	0	2	1	0	0	.91	-0.231	11.65	-1.78%	-1.82	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d2
26	53	140	Sep 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-7	L(14-7)	4	6.2	9	5	5	1	5	2	0	3.27	3.52	30	7	9	2	0	8	40			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.233	5.65	-1.04%	-1.91	1b start tie	7b --3 2 out d2
27	54	146	Sep 14(1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-8	GS-7	L(14-8)	4	6.1	10	6	6	1	5	0	0	3.46	3.44	29	7	6	1	0	10	33			0	0	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	0	.94	-0.092	1.59	-0.09%	-1.94	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out d4
28	55	150	Sep 18	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-8	GS-7	L(14-9)	3	6.1	6	8	3	2	3	1	0	3.49	3.47	28	10	7	0	0	6	40			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.72	-0.273	1.12	-0.26%	-4.19	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out d6
29	56	154	Sep 24	CHW		KCA	W,4-0	SHO	W(15-9)	5	9.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	3.32	3.43	31	13	11	1	0	5	78			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.91	0.499	.00	0.00%	4.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
							16-13		W-L:15-9,BSv:1	4.0	187.0	186	77	69	48	88	17	3	3.32	3.43	774	1.31		3%	0%	184	55	2	0%	2	3	0	712	18	6	5	22	2	7	.94	2.078	4.22	1.22%	20.10

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