Johnny Kucks

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 170lb (190cm, 77kg)

Born: July 27, 1932 in Hoboken, NJ us

Died: October 31, 2013 in Saddle River, NJ

Buried: George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus, NJ

High School: William L. Dickinson HS (Jersey City, NJ)

Debut: April 17, 1955 (Age 22-264d, 11,225th in major league history)
vs. WSH 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 25, 1960 (Age 28-060d)
vs. DET 4.0 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: John Charles Kucks

Pronunciation: \COOKS\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.7

ERA

4.10

207

123

938.1

338

WHIP

1.362

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	18-19 / in Starts: 12-11
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 71 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	46 (30-10-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 71 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	43 (23-13-6)

Most Driven In
Y Berra	1
A Carey	1
B Richardson	0
B Martin	0
D Johnson	0

Most Driven In By
E Slaughter	1
H Bauer	1
T Kubek	1
G McDougald	1

1957 Batting Game Log

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1957 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	64	2 (1)	Apr 18	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.05	-0.041	2.96	-0.07%	-0.36	P
2	65	6 (3)	Apr 23	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	9	1.15	-0.065	3.81	-0.13%	-0.66	P
3	66	11 (4)	Apr 30	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	GS-10	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	9	1.43	-0.089	4.20	-0.16%	-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	67	17 (5)	May 5 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.222	.000	.222	9	.50	-0.008	2.24	-0.02%	0.00	P
5	68	20 (2)	May 10	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.273	.111	.384	9	.81	0.019	3.12	0.04%	0.10	P
6	69	25 (4)	May 17	NYY		DET	L,1-4	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.250	.100	.350	9	1.59	-0.040	7.02	-0.11%	-0.42	P
7	70	27 (1)	May 19	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.250	.100	.350	9						P
8	71	29 (1)	May 22	NYY		CHW	L,4-8	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.214	.083	.298	9	.65	-0.033	2.69	-0.08%	-0.32	P
9	72	34 (4)	May 27	NYY	@	BOS	W,17-8	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.235	.071	.307	9	1.42	-0.071	5.56	-0.17%	-0.45	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
10	73	40 (5)	Jun 1	NYY		BAL	L,3-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.211	.063	.273	9	.91	-0.061	3.09	-0.13%	-0.50	P
11	74	45 (4)	Jun 6	NYY	@	CLE	W,14-5	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.048	.167	.048	.214	9	.41	-0.055	1.60	-0.13%	-1.92	P
12	75	48 (2)	Jun 9	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.048	.167	.048	.214	9						P
13	76	51 (2)	Jun 12	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.045	.192	.045	.238	9	1.12	-0.032	6.48	-0.11%	-0.63	P
14	77	55 (3)	Jun 16	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.040	.172	.040	.212	9	.90	-0.066	3.96	-0.17%	-0.60	P
15	78	59 (3)	Jun 21	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	GS-6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.040	.172	.040	.212	9	1.80	0.019	13.92	0.09%	-0.03	P
16	79	64 (4)	Jun 26	NYY		CLE	W,3-1	GS-9	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.242	.138	.380	9	.66	0.009	4.09	0.04%	0.43	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
17	80	70 (5)	Jul 1	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	9	1.24	0.016	6.98	0.05%	0.23	P
18	81	76 (5)	Jul 6	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-6	GS-7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	9	.18	-0.014	.93	-0.05%	-0.33	P
19	82	79 (2)	Jul 12	NYY	@	KCA	W,4-2	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	7						P
20	83	83 (3)	Jul 16	NYY	@	DET	W,10-4	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.209	.128	.338	9	.67	-0.048	3.33	-0.14%	-0.65	P
21	84	89 (5)	Jul 21 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-7	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.119	.196	.119	.315	9	.80	-0.058	2.65	-0.12%	-0.72	P
22	85	91 (1)	Jul 24	NYY		CHW	L,2-7	3-7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.116	.208	.116	.325	9	.46	-0.012	2.88	-0.04%	-0.10	P
23	86	96 (4)	Jul 28 (2)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	9	.43	-0.021	2.05	-0.06%	-0.24	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
24	87	101 (4)	Aug 3	NYY		CLE	W,5-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.109	.196	.109	.305	9	.37	-0.009	1.51	-0.02%	-0.15	P
25	88	103 (1)	Aug 4 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	6-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.109	.196	.109	.305	9						P
26	89	108 (4)	Aug 9	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.109	.196	.109	.305	9						P
27	90	110 (1)	Aug 11	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-2	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.200	.120	.320	9	.34	0.043	1.32	0.10%	-0.02	P
28	91	114 (3)	Aug 16	NYY		BAL	L,3-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.113	.190	.113	.303	9	.59	-0.047	1.99	-0.09%	-0.41	P
29	92	119 (4)	Aug 21	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.113	.190	.113	.303	9						P
30	93	120	Aug 22	NYY	@	KCA	W,11-4	6-GF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.113	.190	.113	.303	9	.03	-0.002	.08	0.00%	-0.38	P
31	94	124 (3)	Aug 26	NYY	@	DET	L,2-5	1-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.109	.183	.109	.292	9	.89	-0.058	3.89	-0.15%	-0.52	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
32	95	132 (7)	Sep 2 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.109	.183	.109	.292	9						P
33	96	136 (3)	Sep 6	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.109	.183	.109	.292	9						P
34	97	140 (3)	Sep 11 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.109	.183	.109	.292	9						P
35	98	142 (1)	Sep 14	NYY		CHW	L,2-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.109	.183	.109	.292	9						P
36	99	148 (5)	Sep 21	NYY		BOS	L,3-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.109	.183	.109	.292	2						P
37	100	154 (5)	Sep 29	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	5-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.109	.183	.109	.292	9	2.31	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.20	P
							18-19		71	55	4	6	0	0	0	2	5	0	18	0	11	0	2	1	0	0	.109	.183	.109	.292		.80	-0.760	3.41	-1.62%	-9.46

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