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, 8,836th in MLB 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

W

L

ERA

4.10

G

207

GS

123

SV

IP

938.1

SO

338

WHIP

1.362

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1952	19	NYY-min	B	19	6	.760	2.55	29	25					215.0	175	69	61		82									1.195	7.3		3.4			NFK PIED
1953			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1954			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1955	22	NYY	AL	8	7	.533	3.41	29	13	5	3	1	0	126.2	122	54	48	8	44	6	49	2	0	3	537	111	3.50	1.311	8.7	0.6	3.1	3.5	1.11
1956	23	NYY	AL	18	9	.667	3.85	34	31	1	12	3	0	224.1	223	113	96	19	72	0	67	10	1	3	947	101	3.97	1.315	8.9	0.8	2.9	2.7	0.93	AS,MVP-30
1957	24	NYY	AL	8	10	.444	3.56	37	23	10	4	1	2	179.1	169	82	71	13	59	2	78	8	0	2	759	101	3.65	1.271	8.5	0.7	3.0	3.9	1.32
1958	25	NYY	AL	8	8	.500	3.93	34	15	8	4	1	4	126.0	132	67	55	14	39	2	46	6	0	1	544	90	4.26	1.357	9.4	1.0	2.8	3.3	1.18
1959	26	TOT	AL	8	12	.400	4.34	42	24	9	6	1	1	168.0	184	92	81	15	51	0	60	12	0	1	725	92	4.11	1.399	9.9	0.8	2.7	3.2	1.18
1959	26	NYY	AL	0	1	.000	8.64	9	1	3	0	0	0	16.2	21	16	16	5	9	0	9	0	0	1	76	43	6.98	1.800	11.3	2.7	4.9	4.9	1.00
1959	26	KCA	AL	8	11	.421	3.87	33	23	6	6	1	1	151.1	163	76	65	10	42	0	51	12	0	0	649	104	3.80	1.355	9.7	0.6	2.5	3.0	1.21
1960	27	KCA	AL	4	10	.286	6.00	31	17	5	1	0	0	114.0	140	85	76	22	43	2	38	1	0	2	518	67	5.53	1.605	11.1	1.7	3.4	3.0	0.88
1961	28	BAL-min	AAA	10	14	.417	3.72	34	33		9	2		201.0	207	103	83	17	47	7	98	5	1	4				1.264	9.3	0.8	2.1	4.4	2.09	ROC IL
1962	29	STL-min	AAA	14	7	.667	4.34	29	24		6	1		164.0	170	93	79	18	51	3	67	3	0	8				1.348	9.3	1.0	2.8	3.7	1.31	ATA IL
1963	30	STL-min	AAA	14	9	.609	2.77	30	29		10	2		208.0	188	83	64	18	53	4	114	8	0	4				1.159	8.1	0.8	2.3	4.9	2.15	ATA IL
6 Yrs				54	56	.491	4.10	207	123	38	30	7	7	938.1	970	493	427	91	308	12	338	39	1	12	4030	93	4.10	1.362	9.3	0.9	3.0	3.2	1.10
162 Game Avg.				11	12	.491	4.10	43	25	8	6	1	1	193	200	102	88	19	63	2	70	8	0	2	830	93	4.10	1.362	9.3	0.9	3.0	3.2	1.10

NYY (5 yrs)				42	35	.545	3.82	143	83	27	23	6	6	673.0	667	332	286	59	223	10	249	26	1	10	2863	97	3.93	1.322	8.9	0.8	3.0	3.3	1.12
KCA (2 yrs)				12	21	.364	4.78	64	40	11	7	1	1	265.1	303	161	141	32	85	2	89	13	0	2	1167	84	4.54	1.462	10.3	1.1	2.9	3.0	1.05