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: 21-13 / in Starts: 19-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 1

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 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	30	2	Apr 18	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-5	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.2	7	5	4	4	0	1	0	4.70	5.63	35	18	6	0	0	7	43			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	2	.36	0.091	1.00	0.15%	1.24	1b start a 4	8b 123 2 out a7
2	31	7	Apr 24	NYY		WSH	W,4-1	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	7	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.70	3.87	32	16	5	0	0	6	70			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	5	0	1	.98	0.404	3.46	0.86%	3.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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	32	13	May 2	NYY		DET	L,1-8	GS-3	L(2-1)	7	2.2	9	8	7	1	0	1	1	5.59	4.65	20	6	3	0	0	9	9			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	.77	-0.341	2.95	-0.79%	-5.26	1t start tie	3t 123 2 out d6
4	33	19	May 8	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	10	3	3	3	5	1	0	4.76	4.35	38	14	6	0	3	10	57			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.72	0.308	7.95	0.86%	1.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
5	34	26	May 14	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	L(3-2)	5	8.0	6	3	3	1	6	1	1	4.46	4.10	32	11	7	1	2	6	63			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.041	5.72	-0.11%	1.26	1b start tie	9b --- 0 out d1
6	35	31	May 20	NYY	@	KCA	W,4-2	GS-9	W(4-2)	5	8.2	7	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.00	3.75	34	10	14	1	3	7	63			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.418	3.97	1.14%	2.46	1b start tie	9b 1-- 2 out a2
7	36	36	May 25	NYY	@	BAL	W,10-2	CG	W(5-2)	4	9.0	9	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.67	3.63	34	15	8	1	3	9	59			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	0	.31	0.110	1.60	0.35%	2.28	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a8
8	37	40	May 30(1)	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	GS-8	W(6-2)	4	7.1	7	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.67	3.50	32	9	9	1	2	7	53			0	0	0	28	1	2	0	1	0	1	1.29	0.096	6.65	0.30%	0.52	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a1
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	38	46	Jun 5	NYY		KCA	L,4-7	GS-8	L(6-3)	5	8.0	6	7	3	2	3	0	1	3.63	3.41	36	14	10	0	2	6	51			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	1	4	.57	-0.229	2.84	-0.69%	-2.95	1t start tie	8t 3 out d6
10	39	51	Jun 10	NYY		CLE	W,6-0	SHO	W(7-3)	4	9.0	9	0	0	4	4	0	0	3.22	3.34	38	9	12	2	1	9	69			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.299	4.50	1.14%	4.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
11	40	55	Jun 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	W(8-3)	4	9.0	3	2	1	2	2	1	1	2.99	3.45	32	13	11	1	0	3	75			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	1	1	.48	0.287	3.11	1.11%	2.79	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
12	41	60	Jun 20	NYY	@	DET	W,4-1	GS-8	W(9-3)	4	7.2	9	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.84	3.35	30	8	10	1	0	9	58			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.16	0.408	6.14	1.30%	2.98	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a3
13	42	65	Jun 25	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-3	CG	W(10-3)	4	9.0	9	3	3	3	2	0	0	2.86	3.31	38	9	15	2	0	9	56			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	2	0	1	.70	0.054	3.58	0.17%	1.70	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a6
14	43	69	Jun 30	NYY		WSH	L,1-5	GS-4	L(10-4)	4	3.1	6	5	5	1	0	2	0	3.19	3.55	17	5	5	0	0	6	27			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.324	3.65	-1.04%	-4.17	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out d5
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	44	73	Jul 4(1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-8		3	8.0	6	5	5	4	0	1	1	3.36	3.71	34	17	6	0	0	6	46			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.36	-0.143	8.07	-0.51%	-0.32	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d3
16	45	78	Jul 8	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-2	3-6	W(11-4)	3	3.1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.26	3.70	14	4	6	2	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.108	3.30	0.33%	2.00	3b 1-3 2 out a5	6b 3 out a5
17	46	79	Jul 12	NYY		CLE	W,9-5	GS-8	W(12-4)	3	7.1	8	5	5	6	2	1	0	3.43	3.84	33	7	10	3	0	8	38			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	.86	-0.044	6.14	-0.19%	-0.53	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a6
18	47	83	Jul 15(2)	NYY		CHW	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	W(13-4)	2	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.47	3.93	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.298	6.44	-0.79%	-0.49	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
19	48	84	Jul 17	NYY		DET	W,4-0	SHO	W(14-4)	1	9.0	6	0	0	3	2	0	0	3.24	3.86	35	12	12	2	0	6	74			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.344	2.01	0.61%	4.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
20	49	89	Jul 22(1)	NYY		KCA	L,4-7	GS-3	L(14-5)	4	2.1	6	6	5	1	1	0	1	3.51	3.87	15	5	2	0	0	5	23			1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.287	2.90	-0.47%	-3.67	1t start tie	3t 1-3 1 out d4
21	50	94	Jul 27	NYY	@	KCA	W,10-9	GS-4		4	3.2	10	5	5	1	3	1	0	3.74	3.90	21	7	0	0	0	10	23			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.411	4.26	-0.75%	-3.36	1b start a 2	4b 12- 2 out tie
22	51	98	Jul 31	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-5	GS-7	L(14-6)	3	6.1	7	5	5	3	1	1	0	3.88	3.97	27	9	7	2	0	7	37			0	0	0	23	0	2	0	1	1	0	.56	-0.145	1.73	-0.27%	-2.49	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out d5
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
23	52	103	Aug 5	NYY	@	DET	L,5-8	GS-4		4	4.0	3	5	4	3	1	1	0	4.02	4.06	19	7	5	0	0	3	36			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	.98	-0.289	3.49	-0.62%	-2.89	1b start tie	4b 3 out d1
24	53	107	Aug 9	NYY	@	WSH	W,15-7	GS-6	W(15-6)	3	5.0	9	5	5	4	1	0	2	4.18	4.11	30	5	10	1	3	8	26			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	.33	0.033	.98	0.06%	-3.34	1b start a 5	6b 123 0 out a9
25	54	112	Aug 14	NYY		BOS	W,12-2	CG	W(16-6)	4	9.0	6	2	2	3	1	2	0	4.06	4.21	35	13	12	1	0	6	65			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.52	0.222	1.67	0.43%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
26	55	118	Aug 19	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(16-7)	4	6.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	0	4.07	4.15	25	9	5	0	0	6	47			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	-0.123	1.54	-0.07%	0.24	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out d1
27	56	123	Aug 24	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	SHO	W(17-7)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	3.87	4.05	31	15	10	2	0	3	81			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.49	0.649	3.64	0.95%	4.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
28	57	128	Aug 29	NYY		KCA	W,7-6	GS-6		4	6.0	4	6	1	2	1	1	1	3.80	4.10	26	9	9	1	0	4	49			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	1	3	.83	-0.340	1.49	-0.36%	-2.96	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
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
29	58	132	Sep 3(1)	NYY		BAL	W,6-1	CG	W(18-7)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.67	4.03	32	13	11	3	0	6	69			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	2	0	0	.66	0.336	1.28	0.39%	3.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
30	59	135	Sep 7	NYY		WSH	L,5-6	GS-7		3	6.2	10	4	4	3	4	0	0	3.72	3.98	31	6	9	2	0	9	39			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.158	.50	0.04%	0.94	1t start tie	7t -23 2 out a2
31	60	138	Sep 11	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-5	GS-6		3	6.0	6	4	3	2	1	2	0	3.75	4.08	24	9	6	1	0	6	45			0	0	1	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.130	.09	-0.01%	-0.87	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
32	61	144	Sep 16(2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-6	L(18-8)	4	6.0	5	4	4	1	5	1	0	3.81	4.06	25	8	6	0	0	5	50			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	1	.90	-0.139	.00	0.00%	-0.81	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
33	62	149	Sep 24	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(18-9)	7	8.0	7	5	3	2	5	0	0	3.79	3.98	32	12	6	1	0	7	55			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.51	-0.630	.00	0.00%	-1.20	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
34	63	153	Sep 29	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	7-7	BS(1)	4	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.86	3.97	7	0	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.16	-0.332	.00	0.00%	-1.49	7t --- 0 out a1	7t 3 out d1
							21-13		W-L:18-9,BSv:1	4.0	224.0	223	113	96	72	67	19	10	3.86	3.97	948	1.27		5%	3%	216	50	2	0%	5	1	1	855	30	6	0	33	6	18	.93	0.079	3.21	3.52%	6.56

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