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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Team Record in Appearances: 13-16 / in Starts: 9-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 7

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	1	5	Apr 17	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-7	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.37	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.04	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
2	2	10	Apr 23	NYY		BOS	W,7-2	GS-6	W(1-0)	5	5.2	6	2	2	1	2	0	0	2.70	2.22	23	10	4	2	0	6	50			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.061	3.52	0.12%	0.53	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a1
3	3	15	Apr 29	NYY	@	KCA	L,0-6	GS-2	L(1-1)	5	2.0	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	6.23	2.94	12	5	1	0	0	4	30			0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.267	2.90	-0.52%	-3.00	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
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	4	21	May 7	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-6	4-5		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.06	2.74	7	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.36	0.041	1.24	0.08%	1.09	4b --- 0 out d4	5b 3 out d3
5	5	32	May 21	NYY		BAL	W,9-4	CG	W(2-1)	13	9.0	11	4	4	3	2	0	0	4.58	2.82	38	17	5	0	0	11	48			0	0	0	35	1	2	0	3	0	0	.48	0.116	1.97	0.29%	0.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
6	6	37	May 26(1)	NYY		WSH	W,8-4	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	7	4	4	1	2	2	0	4.40	3.55	34	15	9	3	0	7	58			0	0	1	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.093	2.61	0.26%	0.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
7	7	44	Jun 1(1)	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-1	GS-8	W(4-1)	5	8.0	2	1	1	1	4	1	0	3.68	3.51	27	10	10	0	0	2	77			0	0	0	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.06	0.300	5.05	0.86%	2.98	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
8	8	51	Jun 6	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	GS-9	W(5-1)	4	8.1	11	5	4	4	2	1	0	3.80	3.77	41	17	7	1	0	11	41			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	0.083	6.30	0.29%	-1.28	1b start tie	9b -2- 1 out a2
9	9	56	Jun 11	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	6-GF	L(5-2)	4	3.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.70	3.62	13	7	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	-0.085	11.48	-0.32%	0.84	6b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
10	10	60	Jun 15	NYY		DET	L,6-8	GS-3	L(5-3)	3	2.1	7	4	4	2	0	0	1	4.24	3.74	16	6	2	0	0	5	25			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	-0.280	7.42	-0.97%	-3.09	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out d2
11	11	65	Jun 19(2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	GS-7		3	6.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	4.11	3.52	21	13	3	1	0	3	60			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	.91	0.033	7.05	0.15%	1.04	1t start tie	7t --3 0 out a1
12	12	69	Jun 24	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	GS-8		4	8.0	9	1	0	6	2	0	0	3.60	3.60	39	13	9	0	0	9	58			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.32	0.354	9.50	1.53%	2.95	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
13	13	74	Jun 29(2)	NYY		BAL	W,7-3	GS-4		4	3.0	7	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.84	3.48	15	5	1	0	0	7	35			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.243	5.70	-0.79%	-2.14	1t start tie	4t -2- 0 out tie
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
14	14	79	Jul 4(2)	NYY		BOS	L,5-10	4-8	L(5-4)	4	5.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.70	3.41	19	9	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	1	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.136	6.91	0.50%	1.47	4t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out d1
15	15	84	Jul 10(2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-3	4-GF	W(6-4)	5	6.0	3	2	1	1	2	0	0	3.53	3.32	22	9	7	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	.44	0.082	2.45	0.28%	0.87	4b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 5
16	16	87	Jul 16(1)	NYY	@	DET	L,3-6	GS-6		5	5.1	7	3	3	2	1	1	0	3.63	3.46	24	11	5	1	0	5	41			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.36	-0.110	8.16	-0.39%	-0.63	1b start a 2	6b 123 1 out a1
17	17	91	Jul 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-8	1-4		3	3.2	6	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.89	3.44	19	3	6	0	0	6		2	2	1	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	1	0	.41	-0.151	3.63	-0.80%	-3.56	1b 12- 1 out d2	4b 3 out d8
18	18	96	Jul 24(2)	NYY	@	KCA	W,2-0	SHO	W(7-4)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.53	3.29	34	8	13	2	0	6	78			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.639	7.82	2.46%	4.48	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
19	19	101	Jul 30	NYY		KCA	L,2-12	GS-6	L(7-5)	5	6.0	7	5	4	2	3	1	1	3.67	3.40	27	7	7	2	0	7	41			0	0	0	23	3	1	1	1	1	0	.68	-0.248	4.38	-0.96%	-2.04	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
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
20	20	106	Aug 4	NYY		CLE	L,3-6	7-8	L(7-6)	4	2.0	3	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.86	3.51	10	2	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.364	8.71	-1.77%	-2.01	7t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out d3
21	21	108	Aug 6	NYY		DET	L,5-7	7-7		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.83	3.48	2	0	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.65	0.001	4.14	0.00%	0.57	7t 123 1 out d3	7t 3 out d4
22	22	116	Aug 15(1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-4	5-GF	W(8-6)	8	4.2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.67	3.43	17	10	2	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	0.404	14.71	1.65%	1.69	5b 12- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
23	23	119	Aug 17	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-7	6-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.66	3.42	2	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.18	-0.009	1.61	-0.05%	-0.37	6b -23 2 out d5	6b 3 out d6
24	24	123	Aug 23	NYY	@	DET	L,2-7	2-7		5	6.0	4	1	0	4	0	0	0	3.47	3.47	27	10	9	0	0	4		3	2	1	0	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	1	.63	0.020	5.11	0.10%	1.76	2b 123 0 out tie	7b 3 out d3
25	25	127	Aug 27	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	4-8		3	3.2	5	3	3	3	1	1	0	3.59	3.61	19	4	6	3	0	5		2	1	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	-0.340	24.40	-2.93%	-1.52	4b 12- 1 out a3	8b --- 0 out tie
26	26	130	Aug 30	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.53	3.59	8	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	.80	0.073	8.00	0.44%	1.00	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
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
27	27	135	Sep 5(1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-6	7-8		5	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.47	3.57	7	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.122	14.77	0.80%	0.92	7b --- 0 out d2	8b 3 out tie
28	28	140	Sep 10	NYY		CHW	L,8-9	9-10	L(8-7)	4	0.1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	3.47	3.60	3	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.88	-0.044	24.97	-0.35%	0.11	9t 1-3 2 out d1	10t 1-- 0 out tie
29	29	153	Sep 25(1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-2	7-8		14	2.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.41	3.52	8	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.012	.00	0.00%	1.09	7b --- 0 out a7	8b 3 out a7
							13-16		W-L:8-7	4.1	126.2	122	54	48	44	48	8	2	3.41	3.52	537	1.67		5%	0%	117	49	16	50%	3	0	2	484	17	6	4	13	3	7	.99	0.430	6.65	-0.05%	5.08

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