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Dick Donovan
Richard Edward Donovan

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.

Debut April 24, 1950
Final Game June 12, 1965
Born December 7, 1927 in Boston, MA
Died January 6, 1997 in Weymouth, MA

Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1950 22 BSN NL   0   2  10   3   0   0   4  0   29.7   28   28   27   4   34    9   2   1   147       1  8.19  3.85   47 2.090
 1951 23 BSN NL   0   0   8   2   0   0   3  0   13.7   17   11    8   0   11    4   0   0    69       0  5.27  3.68   70 2.049
 1952 24 BSN NL   0   2   7   2   0   0   3  1   13.0   18   10    8   1   12    6   2   0    70       0  5.54  3.62   65 2.308
 1954 26 DET AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  0    6.0    9    7    7   1    5    2   0   0    32       0 10.50  3.69   35 2.333
 1955 27 CHW AL  15   9  29  24  11   5   3  0  187.0  186   77   69  17   48   88   3   0   774   5   1  3.32  3.96  119 1.251 AS
 1956 28 CHW AL  12  10  34  31  14   3   2  0  234.7  212   99   95  22   59  120   6   5   966   6   1  3.64  4.12  113 1.155
 1957 29 CHW AL  16   6  28  28  16   2   0  0  220.7  203   76   68  17   45   88   8   1   893   8   2  2.77  3.75  135 1.124 MVP-13,CYA-2
 1958 30 CHW AL  15  14  34  34  16   4   0  0  248.0  240   92   83  23   53  127   7   2  1030   5   0  3.01  3.66  121 1.181 MVP-25
 1959 31 CHW AL   9  10  31  29   5   1   0  0  179.7  171   84   73  15   58   71   5   1   768   3   0  3.66  3.78  103 1.275
 1960 32 CHW AL   6   1  33   8   0   0   7  3   78.7   87   49   47  13   25   30   0   2   340   3   0  5.38  3.79   71 1.424
 1961 33 WSA AL  10  10  23  22  11   2   0  0  168.7  138   60   45  10   35   62   3   0   671   3   0  2.40  3.90  163 1.026 MVP-17,AS
 1962 34 CLE AL  20  10  34  34  16   5   0  0  250.7  255  109  100  23   47   94   2   3  1032   5   1  3.59  3.85  107 1.205 MVP-5,AS
 1963 35 CLE AL  11  13  30  30   7   3   0  0  206.0  211  106   97  27   28   84   5   0   842   5   0  4.24  3.63   86 1.160
 1964 36 CLE AL   7   9  30  23   5   0   4  1  158.3  181   86   80  19   29   83   2   1   671   6   0  4.55  3.59   79 1.326
 1965 37 CLE AL   1   3  12   3   0   0   2  0   22.7   32   15   15   6    6   12   0   2   102   0   0  5.96  3.49   59 1.676
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 15 Yr WL% .552 122  99 345 273 101  25  28  5 2017.3 1988  909  822 198  495  880  45  18  8407  49   6  3.67  3.80  104 1.231
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  10  37  30  11   2   3  0  221.7  218  100   90  21   54   96   4   1   925   5   0  3.67  3.80  104 1.231
 Career High     20  14  34  34  16   5   7  3  250.7  255  109  100  27   59  127   8   5  1032   8   2  2.40  4.12  163 1.026
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1950 22 BSN NL  10    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      4   4  .167  .500  .167   89    1   0           0   0
 1951 23 BSN NL   8    3    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   2   1  .333  .600  .667  251    2   0           0   0
 1952 24 BSN NL   7    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1954 26 DET AL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0       0   0
 1955 27 CHW AL  40   76   10   17   0  0   1    5   0  0   9  26  .224  .330  .263   60   20   1   0   0   3   3 AS
 1956 28 CHW AL  44   90   10   20   4  0   3   15   0  0  14  30  .222  .330  .367   83   33   1   1   1   1   2
 1957 29 CHW AL  30   83    8   12   1  0   3   10   0  0   8  32  .145  .220  .265   32   22   1   0   0   0   1 MVP-13
 1958 30 CHW AL  34   80    5    9   0  0   0    1   0  0  10  33  .113  .228  .113   -2    9   2   0   0   2   0 MVP-25
 1959 31 CHW AL  31   61    4    8   4  0   1    5   0  0   5  32  .131  .197  .246   22   15   3   0   0   0   1
 1960 32 CHW AL  33   23    3    3   1  0   0    2   0  0   1  13  .130  .200  .174    3    4   0   0   0   1   0
 1961 33 WSA AL  24   56    6   10   1  0   1    7   0  0   6  23  .179  .258  .250   40   14   1   0   0   0   0 MVP-17,AS
 1962 34 CLE AL  34   89    8   16   1  0   4    9   0  0   7  32  .180  .255  .326   58   29   2   0   0   2   1 MVP-5,AS
 1963 35 CLE AL  31   69    4    9   1  0   1    2   0  0   2  31  .130  .155  .188   -4   13   3   0   0   0   3
 1964 36 CLE AL  31   48    7    7   0  0   1    8   0  0  10  27  .146  .305  .208   47   10   4   0   0   1   2
 1965 37 CLE AL  12    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons     371  694   67  113  14  0  15   64   0  0  78 292  .163  .257  .248   38  172  18   1   1  10  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        303   29   49   6  0   7   28   0  0  34 128  .163  .257  .248   38   75   8   0   0   4   6
 Career High     44   90   10   20   4  0   4   15   0  0  14  33                          33   4   1   1   3   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1950 22 BSN NL   10    5    1   5.3   103| .167  .262| .500  .338| .167  .407| .667  .745|  89  .555   0.4   0.0     
 1951 23 BSN NL    5    2    1  13.4    97| .333  .259| .600  .332| .667  .392|1.267  .724| 251  .880   1.0   0.1   0%
 1952 24 BSN NL    3    3    0   0.0    95| .000  .258| .000  .330| .000  .384| .000  .714|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1954 26 DET AL    1    1    0   0.0    97| .000  .263| .000  .338| .000  .384| .000  .722|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1955 27 CHW AL   89   63    7   3.0   105| .224  .270| .330  .350| .263  .402| .593  .752|  60  .312  -4.3  -0.4   0%
 1956 28 CHW AL  107   74   12   4.3   108| .222  .270| .330  .352| .367  .412| .697  .764|  83  .453  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 1957 29 CHW AL   92   73    5   1.9   100| .145  .264| .220  .337| .265  .399| .485  .735|  32  .171  -8.4  -0.9   0%
 1958 30 CHW AL   94   73    3   1.1    97| .113  .260| .228  .329| .113  .396| .341  .725|  -2  .077 -11.2  -1.2   0%
 1959 31 CHW AL   69   57    3   1.4    98| .131  .259| .197  .330| .246  .396| .443  .726|  22  .111  -6.7  -0.7   0%
 1960 32 CHW AL   25   20    1   1.4   101| .130  .263| .200  .337| .174  .403| .374  .740|   3  .100  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1961 33 WSA AL   63   47    4   2.3   100| .179  .258| .258  .332| .250  .401| .508  .734|  40  .212  -4.8  -0.5   0%
 1962 34 CLE AL  100   76    8   2.8   100| .180  .260| .255  .331| .326  .404| .581  .736|  58  .295  -5.7  -0.6   0%
 1963 35 CLE AL   74   66    2   0.8    95| .130  .255| .155  .321| .188  .394| .343  .716|  -4  .048  -9.8  -1.0   0%
 1964 36 CLE AL   63   47    4   2.3    95| .146  .254| .305  .323| .208  .395| .513  .718|  47  .245  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 1965 37 CLE AL    6    6    0   0.0    93| .000  .252| .000  .322| .000  .386| .000  .708|-100  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons      801  613   51   2.2   100| .163  .262| .257  .335| .248  .400| .505  .736|  38  .219 -60.5  -6.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1950 22 BSN NL P 10 1 5 0 1 1.000 .968 0.60 0.97 1.82 2.12 3 29.7 1951 23 BSN NL P 8 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.62 0.96 3.28 2.17 2 13.7 1952 24 BSN NL P 7 0 6 1 0 .857 .952 0.86 0.99 4.15 2.15 2 13.0 1954 26 DET AL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.95 1.50 1.95 0 6.0 1955 27 CHW AL P 29 11 33 0 2 1.000 .957 1.52 0.83 2.12 1.99 24 187.0 AS 1956 28 CHW AL P 34 11 46 1 4 .983 .950 1.68 0.82 2.19 1.92 31 234.7 1957 29 CHW AL P 28 18 37 0 3 1.000 .963 1.96 0.86 2.24 1.99 28 220.7 1958 30 CHW AL P 34 16 34 2 3 .962 .963 1.47 0.82 1.81 1.95 34 248.0 1959 31 CHW AL P 31 11 26 4 1 .902 .956 1.19 0.85 1.85 2.05 29 179.7 1960 32 CHW AL P 33 6 19 1 0 .962 .965 0.76 0.78 2.86 1.96 8 78.7 1961 33 WSA AL P 23 15 26 4 1 .911 .953 1.78 0.83 2.19 2.05 22 168.7 AS 1962 34 CLE AL P 34 23 36 3 6 .952 .958 1.74 0.79 2.12 2.08 34 250.7 AS 1963 35 CLE AL P 30 20 29 2 1 .961 .955 1.63 0.79 2.14 1.99 30 206.0 1964 36 CLE AL P 30 9 30 1 3 .975 .956 1.30 0.72 2.22 1.90 23 158.3 1965 37 CLE AL P 12 2 4 1 0 .857 .952 0.50 0.75 2.38 2.02 3 22.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1950 22 BSN NL P 10 1 5 0 1 1.000 .968 0.60 0.97 1.82 2.12 3 29.7 1951 23 BSN NL P 8 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.62 0.96 3.28 2.17 2 13.7 1952 24 BSN NL P 7 0 6 1 0 .857 .952 0.86 0.99 4.15 2.15 2 13.0 1954 26 DET AL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.95 1.50 1.95 0 6.0 1955 27 CHW AL P 29 11 33 0 2 1.000 .957 1.52 0.83 2.12 1.99 24 187.0 1956 28 CHW AL P 34 11 46 1 4 .983 .950 1.68 0.82 2.19 1.92 31 234.7 1957 29 CHW AL P 28 18 37 0 3 1.000 .963 1.96 0.86 2.24 1.99 28 220.7 1958 30 CHW AL P 34 16 34 2 3 .962 .963 1.47 0.82 1.81 1.95 34 248.0 1959 31 CHW AL P 31 11 26 4 1 .902 .956 1.19 0.85 1.85 2.05 29 179.7 1960 32 CHW AL P 33 6 19 1 0 .962 .965 0.76 0.78 2.86 1.96 8 78.7 1961 33 WSA AL P 23 15 26 4 1 .911 .953 1.78 0.83 2.19 2.05 22 168.7 1962 34 CLE AL P 34 23 36 3 6 .952 .958 1.74 0.79 2.12 2.08 34 250.7 1963 35 CLE AL P 30 20 29 2 1 .961 .955 1.63 0.79 2.14 1.99 30 206.0 1964 36 CLE AL P 30 9 30 1 3 .975 .956 1.30 0.72 2.22 1.90 23 158.3 1965 37 CLE AL P 12 2 4 1 0 .857 .952 0.50 0.75 2.38 2.02 3 22.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 345 144 336 20 25 .960 .958 1.39 0.82 2.14 1.99 273 2017.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 345 144 336 20 25 .960 .958 1.39 0.82 2.14 1.99 273 2017
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1959   WS    CHW LAD     L   3   1   5.40  0  1  1  0   8.1   4   5   3   5 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1959   WS    CHW LAD     L   3   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .333  .333  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1955   CHW AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1961-1 WSA AL      0  0  0   2     4   0   0   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1961-2 WSA AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1962-1 CLE AL      0  0  0   2     3   1   1   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1962-2 CLE AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 2/5      0  0  0  0   4     7   1   1   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0   2.25 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1955   CHW AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1961-1 WSA AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1961-2 WSA AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1962-1 CLE AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1962-2 CLE AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/5      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1955
1961-1 *
1961-2
1962-1 *
1962-2

Awards
1962-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1957-AL-13-0.06
1958-AL-25-0.00
1961-AL-17-0.02
1962-AL-5-0.23
Car-571-0.31 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1957-ML-2-0.06
Car-185-0.06 shares

ERA
1955 AL-3.32-10
1957 AL-2.77-6
1958 AL-3.01-8
1961 AL-2.40-1

Wins
1955 AL-15-9
1957 AL-16-3
1958 AL-15-5
1962 AL-20-2

Won-Loss %
1955 AL-.625-5
1957 AL-.727-1
1962 AL-.667-6

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1955 AL-1.251-7
1956 AL-1.155-1
1957 AL-1.124-3
1958 AL-1.181-7
1961 AL-1.026-1
1962 AL-1.205-7

Hits Allowed/9IP
1961 AL-7.36-5

Bases on Balls/9IP
1955 AL-2.31-2
1956 AL-2.26-2
1957 AL-1.84-2
1958 AL-1.92-1
1961 AL-1.87-3
1962 AL-1.69-1
1963 AL-1.22-1

Innings
1957 AL-220.7-10
1958 AL-248.0-3
1962 AL-250.7-6

Games Started
1958 AL-34-2
1962 AL-34-9

Comp. Games
1955 AL-11-10
1957 AL-16-1
1958 AL-16-5
1961 AL-11-9
1962 AL-16-2

Shutouts
1955 AL-5-5
1956 AL-3-7
1957 AL-2-7
1958 AL-4-3
1962 AL-5-1
1963 AL-3-8

Home Runs Allow.
1956 AL-22-10
1958 AL-23-10
1963 AL-27-10

Hits Allowed
1958 AL-240-3
1962 AL-255-3

SO to Walk
1955 AL-1.83-4
1956 AL-2.03-3
1957 AL-1.96-6
1958 AL-2.40-3
1963 AL-3.00-5

Losses
1958 AL-14-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1956 AL-95-10
1962 AL-100-6
1963 AL-97-4

Hit Batsmen
1956 AL-6-10
1957 AL-8-5
1958 AL-7-7

Batters Faced
1958 AL-1030-3
1962 AL-1032-6

Adjusted ERA+
1955 AL-119-10
1957 AL-135-5
1958 AL-121-6
1961 AL-163-1

Oldest Player
1965 AL-37-10

 

Black Ink: Pitching - 16 (131) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 84 (276) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3867) Pitching - 17.0 (381) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 40.5 (325) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1947 Season: Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent.

October 15, 1953: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Milwaukee Braves.

May 12, 1954: Returned to the Milwaukee Braves by the Detroit Tigers following previous purchase.

September 7, 1954: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Milwaukee Braves.

December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Washington Senators from the Chicago White Sox in the 1960 expansion draft.

October 5, 1961: Traded by the Washington Senators with Gene Green and Jim Mahoney to the Cleveland Indians for Jim Piersall.

June 21, 1965: Released by the Cleveland Indians.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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