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Johnny Kucks
John Charles Kucks

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 184 lb.

Debut April 17, 1955
Final Game September 25, 1960
Born July 27, 1933 in Hoboken, NJ

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1955 21 NYY AL   8   7  29  13   3   1   5  0  126.7  122   54   48   8   44   49   2   3   537   6   0  3.41  3.76  110 1.311
 1956 22 NYY AL  18   9  34  31  12   3   1  0  224.3  223  113   96  19   72   67  10   3   947   0   1  3.85  3.87  100 1.315 MVP-30,AS
 1957 23 NYY AL   8  10  37  23   4   1  10  2  179.3  169   82   71  13   59   78   8   2   759   2   0  3.56  3.60  101 1.271
 1958 24 NYY AL   8   8  34  15   4   1   8  4  126.0  132   67   55  14   39   46   6   1   544   2   0  3.93  3.54   90 1.357
 1959 25 TOT AL   8  12  42  24   6   1  10  1  168.0  184   92   81  15   51   60  12   1   725   0   0  4.34  3.98   92 1.399
         NYY AL   0   1   9   1   0   0   4  0   16.7   21   16   16   5    9    9   0   1    76   0   0  8.64  3.63   42 1.800
         KCA AL   8  11  33  23   6   1   6  1  151.3  163   76   65  10   42   51  12   0   649   0   0  3.87  4.02  104 1.355
 1960 26 KCA AL   4  10  31  17   1   0   5  0  114.0  140   85   76  22   43   38   1   2   518   2   0  6.00  3.99   66 1.605
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .491  54  56 207 123  30   7  39  7  938.3  970  493  427  91  308  338  39  12  4030  12   1  4.10  3.79   93 1.362
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  11  42  25   6   1   8  1  193.3  199  101   87  18   63   69   8   2   830   2   0  4.10  3.79   93 1.362
 Career High     18  12  42  31  12   3  10  4  224.3  223  113   96  22   72   78  12   3   947   6   1  3.41  3.99  110 1.271

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1955 21 NYY AL  29   40    0    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   0  10  .050  .050  .075  -66    3   2   0   0   0   0
 1956 22 NYY AL  34   77    7   11   1  0   0    1   0  0   7  25  .143  .224  .156    3   12   6   0   0   1   0 MVP-30,AS
 1957 23 NYY AL  37   55    4    6   0  0   0    2   0  0   5  18  .109  .183  .109  -17    6  11   0   0   0   1
 1958 24 NYY AL  34   40    2    5   2  0   0    2   0  0   3   9  .125  .186  .175    2    7   6   0   0   0   0
 1959 25 TOT AL  42   49    4    4   1  0   0    0   0  0   3  24  .082  .135  .102  -34    5   3   0   0   0   1
         NYY AL   9    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         KCA AL  33   47    4    4   1  0   0    0   0  0   3  22  .085  .140  .106  -32    5   3   0   0   0   1
 1960 26 KCA AL  31   30    4    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   9  .133  .161  .133  -19    4   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      207  291   21   32   5  0   0    6   0  0  19  95  .110  .167  .127  -18   37  31   0   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        228   16   25   4  0   0    5   0  0  15  74  .110  .167  .127  -18   29  24   0   0   1   2
 Career High     42   77    7   11   2  0   0    2   0  0   7  25                          12  11   0   0   1   1

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1955 21 NYY AL   42   40    0   0.0   102| .050  .265| .050  .344| .075  .395| .125  .739| -66  .000  -9.5  -1.0   0%
 1956 22 NYY AL   91   72    4   1.5   104| .143  .264| .224  .345| .156  .402| .380  .748|   3  .105 -10.8  -1.1   0%
 1957 23 NYY AL   71   61    2   0.9    98| .109  .261| .183  .332| .109  .393| .292  .726| -17  .051  -9.0  -0.9   0%
 1958 24 NYY AL   49   41    2   1.3    95| .125  .257| .186  .325| .175  .390| .361  .715|   2  .101  -5.3  -0.5   0%
 1959 25 TOT AL   55   49    1   0.6   100| .082  .262| .135  .334| .102  .401| .237  .735| -34  .022  -9.3  -1.0   0%
         NYY AL    2    2    0   0.0    95| .000  .256| .000  .326| .000  .390| .000  .716|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
         KCA AL   53   47    1   0.6   100| .085  .263| .140  .334| .106  .401| .246  .736| -32  .023  -8.7  -0.9   0%
 1960 26 KCA AL   34   29    1   0.9   101| .133  .263| .161  .337| .133  .403| .294  .740| -19  .053  -5.1  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       342  292   10   0.9   100| .110  .262| .167  .337| .127  .398| .294  .735| -18  .052 -48.9  -5.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1955 21 NYY AL   P   29      3   24    3    0  .900  .957  0.93  0.83  1.92  1.99   13  126.7
 1956 22 NYY AL   P   34     13   40    5    5  .914  .950  1.56  0.82  2.13  1.92   31  224.0 AS
 1957 23 NYY AL   P   37      9   47    1    5  .982  .962  1.51  0.86  2.81  1.99   23  179.3
 1958 24 NYY AL   P   34      6   25    1    2  .969  .963  0.91  0.82  2.21  1.95   15  126.0
 1959 25 TOT AL   P   42     11   36    1    4  .979  .955  1.12  0.85  2.52  2.05   24  167.7
         NYY AL   P    9      1    5    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  0.84  3.23  2.05    1   16.7
         KCA AL   P   33     10   31    1    4  .976  .956  1.24  0.85  2.44  2.05   23  151.0
 1960 26 KCA AL   P   31      3   22    3    1  .893  .965  0.81  0.78  1.97  1.96   17  114.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1955 21 NYY AL   P   29      3   24    3    0  .900  .957  0.93  0.83  1.92  1.99   13  126.7
 1956 22 NYY AL   P   34     13   40    5    5  .914  .950  1.56  0.82  2.13  1.92   31  224.0
 1957 23 NYY AL   P   37      9   47    1    5  .982  .962  1.51  0.86  2.81  1.99   23  179.3
 1958 24 NYY AL   P   34      6   25    1    2  .969  .963  0.91  0.82  2.21  1.95   15  126.0
 1959 25 TOT AL   P   42     11   36    1    4  .979  .955  1.12  0.85  2.52  2.05   24  167.7
         NYY AL   P    9      1    5    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  0.84  3.23  2.05    1   16.7
         KCA AL   P   33     10   31    1    4  .976  .956  1.24  0.85  2.44  2.05   23  151.0
 1960 26 KCA AL   P   31      3   22    3    1  .893  .965  0.81  0.78  1.97  1.96   17  114.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 207     45  194   14   17  .945  .958  1.15  0.83  2.29  1.97  123  937.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       207     45  194   14   17  .945  .958  1.15  0.83  2.29  1.97  123    938

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1955   WS    NYY BRO     L   2   0   6.00  0  0  0  0   3     4   2   1   1 
 1956   WS    NYY BRO     W   3   1   0.82  1  0  0  1  11     6   1   3   2 
 1957   WS    NYY MLN     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   0.2   1   0   1   1 
 1958   WS    NYY MLN     W   2   0   2.08  0  0  0  0   4.1   4   1   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        2-2   8   1   1.89  1  0  0  1  19    15   4   6   4 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1955   WS    NYY BRO     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1956   WS    NYY BRO     W   3   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
 1957   WS    NYY MLN     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1958   WS    NYY MLN     W   2   1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        2-2   8   4   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .250  .250  .250   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1956   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+

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
1956

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1956-AL-30-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Sac. Hits
1957 AL-11-5

Wins
1956 AL-18-9

Won-Loss %
1956 AL-.667-7

Bases on Balls/9IP
1956 AL-2.89-3

Games
1959 AL-42-10

Shutouts
1956 AL-3-7

Home Runs Allow.
1960 AL-22-9

Hits Allowed
1956 AL-223-9

Losses
1959 AL-12-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1956 AL-96-8

Hit Batsmen
1956 AL-10-2
1957 AL-8-5
1958 AL-6-9
1959 AL-12-1

Gray Ink: Pitching - 11 (1389) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1323) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 18.0 (633) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1952 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.
May 26, 1959: Traded by the New York Yankees with Jerry Lumpe and Tom Sturdivant to the Kansas City Athletics for Ralph Terry and Hector Lopez.
October 11, 1961: Purchased by the Baltimore Orioles from the Kansas City Athletics.
December 1, 1961: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ron Kabbes (minors).
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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All-Star 1956	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1956-AL-30-0.01 Car-1440-0.01 shares	Sac. Hits 1957 AL-11-5	Wins 1956 AL-18-9	Won-Loss % 1956 AL-.667-7	Bases on Balls/9IP 1956 AL-2.89-3
Games 1959 AL-42-10	Shutouts 1956 AL-3-7	Home Runs Allow. 1960 AL-22-9	Hits Allowed 1956 AL-223-9	Losses 1959 AL-12-8	Earned Runs Allow. 1956 AL-96-8
Hit Batsmen 1956 AL-10-2 1957 AL-8-5 1958 AL-6-9 1959 AL-12-1