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: 6-25 / in Starts: 4-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 8

1960 Pitching Game Log

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1960 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	177	1	Apr 19	KCA	@	CHW	L,9-10	3-4		99	2.0	3	4	4	2	0	1	0	18.00	12.03	10	2	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.104	.82	-0.16%	-3.02	3b --- 0 out d5	4b 3 out d7
2	178	5	Apr 24	KCA		CLE	L,0-7	6-8		4	3.0	2	2	2	2	0	1	0	10.80	10.13	13	4	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.015	.25	-0.02%	-0.52	6t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d7
3	179	10	Apr 29	KCA	@	CLE	L,4-5	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.71	7.96	7	3	3	1	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.06	-0.030	2.58	-0.04%	0.57	7b -2- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
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	180	17	May 7	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-4	1-7		7	6.2	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	3.95	5.75	23	9	11	2	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	1	0	.58	0.079	.97	0.08%	2.31	1b 123 1 out d1	7b 3 out d2
5	181	22	May 14	KCA	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-4		6	3.2	7	6	3	1	3	4	0	4.67	7.89	20	4	4	1	0	7	31			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.395	1.32	-0.29%	-4.07	1b start a 3	4b --- 2 out tie
6	182	30	May 22	KCA		NYY	L,7-9	2-4		7	3.0	3	4	4	5	1	2	0	5.75	9.02	16	4	4	0	0	2		1	1	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	.51	-0.099	.77	-0.09%	-3.14	2t 1-- 0 out d3	4t 3 out d8
7	183	35	May 27	KCA		CHW	L,4-7	8-8		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.48	8.62	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.051	.62	0.03%	0.49	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
8	184	38	May 30(1)	KCA		DET	W,7-6	GS-1		2	0.0	3	4	4	1	0	1	0	7.17	9.37	4	0	0	0	0	3	27			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.285	.95	-0.16%	-3.35	1t start tie	1t 1-3 0 out d2
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	185	46	Jun 7	KCA	@	WSH	L,2-7	5-6		7	1.1	6	3	3	0	2	0	0	7.94	8.79	10	3	0	0	0	5		0	0	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.43	-0.161	.28	-0.06%	-3.41	5b --- 0 out d2	6b -23 1 out d4
10	186	52	Jun 12(2)	KCA	@	BAL	W,5-3	9-GF(10)	W(1-0)	4	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	7.30	8.45	7	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.34	0.222	1.34	0.08%	0.97	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 2
11	187	54	Jun 14	KCA		NYY	L,2-6	GS-8	L(1-1)	1	7.0	10	6	6	3	2	1	0	7.39	7.71	34	6	13	4	0	10	32			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	1	0	.91	-0.261	.52	-0.09%	-3.54	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out d4
12	188	59	Jun 19	KCA		WSH	L,5-6	GS-1	L(1-2)	4	1.0	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	7.99	7.73	7	1	2	0	0	2	35			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.28	-0.240	.36	-0.04%	-2.51	1t start tie	1t 3 out d3
13	189	63	Jun 23	KCA		BOS	L,4-13	8-8		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.75	7.58	3	2	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.48	8t 12- 0 out d9	8t 3 out d10
14	190	65	Jun 25	KCA		BAL	L,2-11	4-5		1	1.2	4	3	3	1	2	0	0	8.15	7.31	10	0	3	1	0	4		0	0	1	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	1	0	.15	-0.040	.02	0.00%	-2.33	4t --- 0 out d6	5t -2- 2 out d8
15	191	68	Jun 29	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-10	8-GF(8)		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.07	7.27	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.58	8b -23 2 out d10	8b end d10
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
16	192	73	Jul 4(2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,4-7	GS-4	L(1-3)	4	4.0	6	4	3	1	0	2	0	7.94	7.52	18	3	8	0	0	6	35			0	1	0	15	0	0	0	1	1	0	.82	-0.201	.01	0.00%	-2.10	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
17	193	76	Jul 8	KCA		DET	W,5-4	13-GF(13)	W(2-3)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.75	7.35	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.124	.01	0.00%	1.84	13t 1-3 0 out d1	13t end d 1
18	194	78	Jul 10	KCA		DET	L,10-12	5-5		1	0.2	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	8.27	7.29	6	1	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	-0.495	.02	0.00%	-3.82	5t 1-3 1 out a3	5t 3 out d2
19	195	89	Jul 26	KCA	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	W(3-3)	15	9.0	9	1	1	2	3	0	0	6.97	6.44	37	14	10	1	0	8	66			0	0	0	35	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.51	0.579	.01	0.00%	3.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
20	196	92	Jul 31(1)	KCA	@	NYY	W,5-2	GS-9		4	8.0	7	2	2	6	5	1	0	6.33	6.26	37	11	12	3	0	3	59			2	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.62	0.026	.00	0.00%	1.80	1b start tie	9b --3 0 out a1
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
21	197	98	Aug 5	KCA		NYY	L,3-4	GS-6	L(3-4)	4	6.0	6	3	3	3	1	1	0	6.16	6.23	27	8	11	4	1	4	46			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.088	.00	0.00%	-0.04	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
22	198	103	Aug 9(1)	KCA		WSH	L,1-3	GS-12	L(3-5)	3	11.1	8	3	3	2	4	2	0	5.59	5.99	42	16	14	2	0	6	72			0	0	0	38	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.45	0.394	.00	0.00%	2.40	1t start tie	12t 1-- 1 out d2
23	199	109	Aug 14(1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-9	GS-7	L(3-6)	4	6.0	12	6	6	0	0	0	0	5.84	5.74	30	11	8	0	2	11	24			1	1	1	30	2	0	0	0	0	1	.86	-0.311	.00	0.00%	-2.69	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out d2
24	200	114	Aug 19	KCA		CHW	L,0-10	GS-1	L(3-7)	4	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.93	5.72	3	1	0	0	0	2	43			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.086	.00	0.00%	-0.90	1t start tie	1t -23 1 out tie
25	201	118	Aug 24	KCA	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS-8	W(4-7)	4	7.1	4	3	3	4	1	0	0	5.74	5.57	28	11	8	3	1	4	55			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	2	0	0	.98	-0.039	.00	0.00%	0.08	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a3
26	202	124	Aug 28(2)	KCA	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-6		3	6.0	7	3	3	0	5	0	0	5.66	5.28	26	6	8	0	5	7	51			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	1	2	1.41	-0.062	.00	0.00%	0.02	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
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	203	129	Sep 1	KCA		CLE	L,3-7	GS-4	L(4-8)	3	4.0	7	4	4	1	0	1	0	5.80	5.33	19	6	5	0	0	7	31			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.01	-0.238	.00	0.00%	-2.03	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
28	204	135	Sep 7	KCA		WSH	L,3-5	GS-6	L(4-9)	5	6.0	10	5	4	1	3	1	0	5.81	5.26	28	8	8	1	0	8	36			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.192	.00	0.00%	-2.04	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
29	205	139	Sep 11	KCA		BAL	L,0-4	9-GF		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.79	5.25	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.77	9t 123 2 out d4	9t end d 4
30	206	145	Sep 18(2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-9	GS-5	L(4-10)	6	4.1	9	7	4	2	1	1	0	5.89	5.30	24	7	6	1	1	8	22			0	0	0	21	1	0	1	0	0	0	.95	-0.215	.00	0.00%	-3.79	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d5
31	207	149	Sep 25	KCA	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-4		6	4.0	6	4	4	0	1	3	0	6.00	5.53	17	3	7	2	0	6	35			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.285	.00	0.00%	-1.96	1b start tie	4b 3 out d1
							6-25		W-L:4-10	3.9	114.0	140	85	76	43	38	22	1	6.00	5.53	513	0.96		9%	3%	121	41	16	38%	9	2	1	452	18	1	2	12	8	3	1.02	-2.362	.25	-0.78%	-29.59

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