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: 19-9 / in Starts: 19-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1957 Pitching Game Log

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1957 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	91	3	Apr 20	CHW		KCA	W,11-7	GS-1		99	0.1	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	108.00	2.46	6	1	0	0	0	5	25			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.341	3.64	-0.60%	-4.03	1t start tie	1t 1-- 1 out d4
2	92	8	Apr 27	CHW	@	KCA	L,2-3	GS-9		6	8.1	5	2	2	2	6	0	0	6.23	1.76	32	11	8	0	3	5	69			2	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.56	0.251	5.66	0.55%	2.59	1b start tie	9b -2- 1 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	93	12	May 2	CHW		WSH	W,6-1	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	5	1	1	3	4	1	1	3.57	3.08	34	10	11	1	0	5	74			1	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.280	3.50	0.64%	3.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
4	94	17	May 7	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	L(1-1)	4	9.0	11	4	4	6	3	1	0	3.71	3.81	40	10	10	2	0	11	46			1	1	0	33	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.32	-0.017	4.95	-0.04%	0.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
5	95	24	May 17	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS-7	W(2-1)	9	7.0	6	2	1	1	4	1	0	3.21	3.76	28	14	5	0	0	4	62			3	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.062	4.94	-0.16%	1.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
6	96	30	May 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-0	SHO	W(3-1)	7	9.0	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.53	3.51	31	12	11	0	1	1	86			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	0	.95	0.422	5.31	1.42%	4.21	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
7	97	36	May 30(1)	CHW		CLE	W,6-4	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	11	4	4	0	5	0	0	2.79	3.13	38	13	9	1	0	11	54			0	1	0	37	4	0	0	0	1	1	1.23	0.259	7.13	0.90%	0.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
8	98	43	Jun 5	CHW		BOS	W,6-2	CG	W(5-1)	5	9.0	8	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.67	3.03	37	15	10	1	1	7	64			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.19	0.272	6.69	0.92%	2.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
9	99	48	Jun 9(2)	CHW		BAL	L,0-5	CG	L(5-2)	3	9.0	10	5	4	1	4	0	1	2.84	2.93	37	15	6	1	0	10	52			0	1	0	34	1	1	1	0	1	0	1.09	-0.014	5.82	-0.04%	-0.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out d5
10	100	52	Jun 14	CHW		WSH	W,10-4	GS-9	W(6-2)	4	8.0	10	3	3	1	2	2	0	2.90	3.20	34	12	9	0	2	10	51			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	1	.35	0.178	1.77	0.54%	0.78	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out a7
11	101	62	Jun 23(2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-9	W(7-2)	8	8.0	6	3	3	1	3	1	0	2.94	3.25	30	15	5	0	1	6	60			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.76	0.176	5.43	0.76%	0.70	1b start a 1	9b --- 0 out a1
12	102	67	Jun 28	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS-9	W(8-2)	4	8.1	9	3	2	1	3	0	0	2.87	3.15	35	16	7	0	2	8	57			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	1	1	1	1.65	0.000	8.27	0.00%	0.48	1b start tie	9b -2- 1 out a1
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
13	103	73	Jul 3	CHW	@	KCA	L,0-5	GS-5	L(8-3)	4	5.0	6	4	3	1	4	1	1	3.00	3.22	22	4	6	0	1	6	44			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.162	4.24	-0.48%	-1.64	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
14	104	78	Jul 7(1)	CHW		CLE	W,9-8	GS-2		3	1.0	5	5	5	1	1	1	0	3.42	3.36	9	1	1	0	1	5	23			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.281	4.59	-0.82%	-3.36	1t start tie	2t 123 0 out d2
15	105	83	Jul 14(2)	CHW		NYY	L,4-6	GS-9		6	8.0	8	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.42	3.28	32	16	7	1	2	6	55			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.79	0.189	7.26	1.04%	1.80	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a3
16	106	88	Jul 20	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	SHO	W(9-3)	5	9.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	3.15	3.28	29	14	10	1	3	1	84			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	3	0	1	.87	0.402	2.55	0.71%	4.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
17	107	92	Jul 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	W(10-3)	4	9.0	4	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.07	3.24	32	14	9	3	0	3	71			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	2	0	0	.99	0.370	6.92	1.55%	2.17	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
18	108	98	Jul 30	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	W(11-3)	4	9.0	3	1	1	0	3	1	1	2.93	3.26	31	12	11	1	1	3	80			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.323	4.00	0.94%	3.13	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
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
19	109	103	Aug 4	CHW	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	W(12-3)	4	9.0	14	6	6	1	6	2	0	3.13	3.33	40	8	11	1	5	14	40			0	0	0	39	0	0	0	2	0	0	.28	0.144	.93	0.28%	-1.54	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
20	110	107	Aug 9	CHW		DET	W,5-4	GS-9		4	9.0	12	3	2	1	4	0	0	3.06	3.25	38	11	10	0	3	12	56			1	1	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	1	.85	0.048	3.45	0.12%	1.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
21	111	112	Aug 14	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	W(13-3)	4	9.0	9	3	1	2	5	0	0	2.94	3.18	39	14	9	0	3	9	64			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	1	.50	0.085	1.68	0.17%	1.21	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
22	112	117	Aug 18(2)	CHW	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	W(14-3)	3	9.0	8	1	1	0	2	0	1	2.84	3.13	36	15	11	1	2	7	69			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.16	0.423	2.64	0.58%	3.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
23	113	122	Aug 24	CHW		BOS	W,7-1	CG	W(15-3)	5	9.0	9	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.75	3.11	35	13	12	1	3	8	65			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.57	0.191	1.76	0.35%	3.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
24	114	127	Aug 29	CHW		NYY	L,1-2	CG(11)	L(15-4)	4	11.0	8	2	2	5	3	2	1	2.69	3.27	46	17	12	0	2	8	71			0	0	0	38	3	0	2	1	0	0	1.65	0.363	7.36	0.97%	3.19	1t start tie	11t 3 out d1
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	115	132	Sep 2(2)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-4	L(15-5)	3	4.0	7	5	5	0	3	3	0	2.86	3.42	19	3	6	2	1	7	31			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.287	1.34	-0.49%	-3.07	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
26	116	136	Sep 8	CHW		KCA	L,2-3	GS-8		5	8.0	6	2	2	1	2	1	0	2.84	3.44	31	7	15	1	6	6	63			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.117	2.93	0.20%	1.78	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
27	117	141	Sep 14	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	W(16-5)	5	9.0	7	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.80	3.40	35	12	11	0	3	7	66			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.234	1.59	0.18%	2.17	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
28	118	146	Sep 20	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	L(16-6)	5	8.2	9	3	3	3	4	0	1	2.81	3.38	38	8	13	1	2	9	55			1	1	0	32	0	1	1	0	1	0	2.09	-0.373	.46	-0.05%	0.79	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out d1
							19-9		W-L:16-6	4.7	220.2	203	76	69	45	88	17	8	2.81	3.38	894	1.28		3%	9%	194	58		---%	13	6	0	822	26	3	8	24	5	9	1.04	3.190	4.23	10.14%	29.72

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