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Dick Donovan

Richard Edward Donovan

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 7, 1927 in Boston, MA
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1950
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Indians/Braves/Senators/Tigers 1950-1965

Final Game: June 12, 1965
Died: January 6, 1997 in Weymouth, MA
Buried: Woodside Cemetery, Cohasset, MA
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1950 22 BSN NL 10 10 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .167 .500 .167 .667 89 1 0 0 0 1
1951 23 BSN NL 8 5 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .333 .600 .667 1.267 251 2 0 0 0 /1
1952 24 BSN NL 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1954 26 DET AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1955 27 CHW AL 40 89 76 10 17 0 0 1 5 0 0 9 26 .224 .330 .263 .593 60 20 3 3 1 0 0 1 AS
1956 28 CHW AL 44 107 90 10 20 4 0 3 15 0 0 14 30 .222 .330 .367 .697 84 33 2 1 1 1 1 1
1957 29 CHW AL 30 92 83 8 12 1 0 3 10 0 0 8 32 .145 .220 .265 .485 32 22 1 0 1 0 0 1 CYA-2,MVP-13
1958 30 CHW AL 34 94 80 5 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 33 .113 .228 .113 .341 -2 9 0 2 2 0 0 1 MVP-25
1959 31 CHW AL 31 69 61 4 8 4 0 1 5 0 0 5 32 .131 .197 .246 .443 22 15 1 0 3 0 0 1
1960 32 CHW AL 33 25 23 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 13 .130 .200 .174 .374 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 1
1961 33 WSA AL 24 63 56 6 10 1 0 1 7 0 0 6 23 .179 .258 .250 .508 41 14 0 0 1 0 0 1 AS,MVP-17
1962 34 CLE AL 34 100 89 8 16 1 0 4 9 0 0 7 32 .180 .255 .326 .581 58 29 1 2 2 0 0 1 AS,MVP-5
1963 35 CLE AL 31 74 69 4 9 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 31 .130 .155 .188 .343 -4 13 3 0 3 0 0 1
1964 36 CLE AL 31 63 48 7 7 0 0 1 8 0 0 10 27 .146 .305 .208 .513 47 10 2 1 4 0 0 1
1965 37 CLE AL 12 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Yrs 371 801 694 67 113 14 0 15 64 0 0 78 292 .163 .257 .248 .505 39 172 13 10 18 1 1
162 Game Avg. 162 350 303 29 49 6 0 7 28 0 34 128 .163 .257 .248 .505 39 75 6 4 8
CHW (6 yrs) 212 476 413 40 69 10 0 8 38 0 0 47 166 .167 .263 .249 .512 40 103 7 7 8 1 1
CLE (4 yrs) 108 243 212 19 32 2 0 6 19 0 0 19 94 .151 .231 .245 .476 32 52 6 3 9 0 0
BSN (3 yrs) 25 18 12 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 .167 .444 .250 .694 96 3 0 0 0
WSA (1 yr) 24 63 56 6 10 1 0 1 7 0 0 6 23 .179 .258 .250 .508 41 14 0 0 1 0 0
DET (1 yr) 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0
AL (12 yrs) 346 783 682 65 111 13 0 15 64 0 0 72 284 .163 .252 .248 .500 37 169 13 10 18 1 1
NL (3 yrs) 25 18 12 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 .167 .444 .250 .694 96 3 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1950 22 BSN NL 10 10 0 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .513 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1951 23 BSN NL 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .517 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
1952 24 BSN NL 7 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .492 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
1954 26 DET AL 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .489 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1955 27 CHW AL 40 89 -4 0 0 0 9 6 0.6 2 8 0.6 .514 .504 0.6 0.0 8 $ 1 AS
1956 28 CHW AL 44 107 -3 0 -1 0 12 8 0.8 3 11 0.8 .519 .505 0.8 0.0 11 $ 1
1957 29 CHW AL 30 92 -8 0 0 0 10 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .510 .502 0.3 -0.0 5 $ 1 CYA-2,MVP-13
1958 30 CHW AL 34 94 -11 -1 0 0 10 -2 -0.2 3 1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 -0.0 1 $ 1 MVP-25
1959 31 CHW AL 31 69 -7 0 0 0 8 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 -0.0 3 $ 1
1960 32 CHW AL 33 25 -3 -0 0 0 3 -0 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 -0.0 0 $ 1
1961 33 WSA AL 24 63 -5 -1 0 0 7 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .506 .501 0.1 -0.0 3 $ 1 AS,MVP-17
1962 34 CLE AL 34 100 -5 0 -0 0 12 7 0.7 3 10 0.7 .521 .505 0.7 -0.0 10 $ 1 AS,MVP-5
1963 35 CLE AL 31 74 -9 -1 -1 0 8 -2 -0.3 2 -0 -0.3 .491 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -0 $ 1
1964 36 CLE AL 31 63 -4 0 -0 0 7 4 0.4 2 6 0.4 .514 .503 0.4 -0.0 6 $ 1
1965 37 CLE AL 12 6 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .494 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
15 Seasons 371 801 -60 -2 -1 0 89 27 2.6 22 49 2.4 .507 .501 2.4 -0.1 49 $
CHW (6 yrs) 212 476 -36 -1 0 0 51 16 1.5 13 28 1.5 .507 .502 1.5 -0.0 29 $
CLE (4 yrs) 108 243 -19 -0 -1 0 28 8 0.7 7 15 0.7 .508 .501 0.7 -0.1 15 $
BSN (3 yrs) 25 18 0 -0 0 0 2 2 0.2 1 3 0.1 .508 .500 0.1 0.0 3 $
WSA (1 yr) 24 63 -5 -1 0 0 7 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .506 .501 0.1 -0.0 3 $
DET (1 yr) 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .489 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1950 22 BSN NL 10 5 1 5.3 103 .500 .167 .262 .500 .338 .167 .407 .667 .745 89 .555 0.4 0.0 1.000 .667 .000
1951 23 BSN NL 5 2 1 13.4 97 .500 .333 .259 .600 .332 .667 .393 1.267 .724 251 .880 1.0 0.1 2.000 1.000 .333
1952 24 BSN NL 3 3 0 0.0 95 .000 .258 .000 .330 .000 .384 .000 .714 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1954 26 DET AL 1 1 0 0.0 98 .000 .264 .000 .340 .000 .386 .000 .726 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1955 27 CHW AL 89 63 7 3.0 104 .327 .224 .269 .330 .349 .263 .400 .593 .749 60 .312 -4.2 -0.4 .516 .158 .039 .0
1956 28 CHW AL 107 74 12 4.3 107 .293 .222 .268 .330 .351 .367 .410 .697 .760 84 .453 -2.0 -0.2 .667 .300 .144 .0
1957 29 CHW AL 92 73 5 1.9 100 .188 .145 .264 .220 .337 .265 .399 .485 .736 32 .171 -8.4 -0.9 .417 .217 .120 .0
1958 30 CHW AL 94 73 3 1.1 97 .191 .113 .260 .228 .329 .113 .396 .341 .725 -2 .076 -11.2 -1.2 .296 .125 .000
1959 31 CHW AL 69 57 3 1.4 98 .250 .131 .259 .197 .330 .246 .396 .443 .726 22 .111 -6.7 -0.7 .370 .197 .115 .0
1960 32 CHW AL 25 20 1 1.4 101 .300 .130 .263 .200 .337 .174 .403 .374 .740 2 .100 -3.2 -0.3 .300 .087 .043
1961 33 WSA AL 63 47 4 2.3 99 .281 .179 .257 .258 .331 .250 .400 .508 .730 41 .212 -4.7 -0.5 .435 .179 .071 .0
1962 34 CLE AL 100 76 8 2.8 100 .226 .180 .260 .255 .331 .326 .404 .581 .736 58 .295 -5.7 -0.6 .514 .225 .146 .0
1963 35 CLE AL 74 66 2 0.8 94 .216 .130 .254 .155 .320 .188 .393 .343 .713 -4 .048 -9.7 -1.0 .238 .087 .058 .0
1964 36 CLE AL 63 47 4 2.3 96 .300 .146 .256 .305 .324 .208 .397 .513 .721 47 .245 -3.2 -0.3 .488 .271 .063 .0
1965 37 CLE AL 6 6 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .252 .000 .322 .000 .386 .000 .708 -100 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
15 Yrs 801 613 51 2.2 100 .253 .163 .261 .257 .335 .248 .400 .505 .735 39 .219 -60.3 -6.1 .438 .197 .085 .0
162 Game Avg. 350 268 22 2.2 100 .253 .163 .261 .257 .335 .248 .400 .505 .735 39 .219 -60.3 -6.1 .438 .197 .085
CHW (6 yrs) 476 360 31 2.3 102 .254 .167 .265 .263 .340 .249 .401 .512 .741 40 .228 -35.6 -3.6 .447 .196 .082 .0
CLE (4 yrs) 243 195 14 1.9 97 .232 .151 .257 .231 .326 .245 .398 .476 .724 32 .185 -20.3 -2.1 .398 .184 .094 .0
BSN (3 yrs) 18 10 2 5.4 99 .500 .167 .260 .444 .335 .250 .398 .694 .733 96 .572 0.6 0.1 .900 .583 .083
WSA (1 yr) 63 47 4 2.3 99 .281 .179 .257 .258 .331 .250 .400 .508 .730 41 .212 -4.7 -0.5 .435 .179 .071 .0
DET (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 98 .000 .264 .000 .340 .000 .386 .000 .726 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
AL (12 yrs) 783 603 49 2.2 100 .250 .163 .261 .252 .335 .248 .400 .500 .735 37 .212 -60.8 -6.2 .430 .191 .085 .0
NL (3 yrs) 18 10 2 5.4 99 .500 .167 .260 .444 .335 .250 .398 .694 .733 96 .572 0.6 0.1 .900 .583 .083

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1959 31 CHW AL WS LAD L 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 CHW AL 27 DNP
1961 WSA AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 WSA AL 33 DNP
1962 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CLE AL 34 DNP
3 Yrs (2 GP) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1950 22 BSN NL 10 0.0% 40.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 1.5 0.00 20%
1951 23 BSN NL 5 0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 20.0% 100% 0.50 3.0 40%
1952 24 BSN NL 3 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1954 26 DET AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1955 27 CHW AL 89 1.1% 29.2% 10.1% 1.1% 6% 2.89 2.9 76.0 15.2 2.27 55%
1956 28 CHW AL 107 2.8% 28.0% 13.1% 6.5% 35% 2.14 3.0 30.0 6.0 0.96 54%
1957 29 CHW AL 92 3.3% 34.8% 8.7% 4.4% 33% 4.00 2.6 27.7 8.3 0.83 52%
1958 30 CHW AL 94 0.0% 35.1% 10.6% 0.0% 0% 3.30 2.4 80.0 0.54 50%
1959 31 CHW AL 69 1.5% 46.4% 7.3% 7.3% 63% 6.40 1.9 61.0 12.2 1.50 41%
1960 32 CHW AL 25 0.0% 52.0% 4.0% 4.0% 33% 13.00 1.8 11.5 0.83 40%
1961 33 WSA AL 63 1.6% 36.5% 9.5% 3.2% 20% 3.83 2.4 56.0 8.0 1.09 51%
1962 34 CLE AL 100 4.0% 32.0% 7.0% 5.0% 31% 4.57 2.8 22.3 9.9 1.44 53%
1963 35 CLE AL 74 1.4% 41.9% 2.7% 2.7% 22% 15.50 2.2 69.0 34.5 2.78 50%
1964 36 CLE AL 63 1.6% 42.9% 15.9% 1.6% 14% 2.70 1.8 48.0 6.0 9.00 32%
1965 37 CLE AL 6 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 1.00 33%
15 Yrs 801 1.9% 36.5% 9.7% 3.6% 26% 3.74 2.4 46.3 10.8 1.30 48%
MLB Averages 2.2% 12.8% 8.9% 6.5% 29% 1.44 6.9 39.7 8.4 1.02 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1950 22 BSN NL 0.4 0.0 10 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .73 0.0 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1 0.77 0.2 0
1951 23 BSN NL 1.0 0.1 5 0.1 0.1 -0.1 1.58 0.1 -0.0 0.6 0.1 1.59 0.7 0
1952 24 BSN NL -0.8 -0.1 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .89 -0.1 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 1.10 -0.8 0
1954 26 DET AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .32 -0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.38 -0.2 0
1955 27 CHW AL -4.3 -0.4 89 -0.8 0.9 -1.7 1.00 -0.6 -0.2 -7.1 -0.7 0.97 -5.3 2.17 11
1956 28 CHW AL -2.0 -0.2 111 -0.3 1.8 -2.1 1.00 -0.4 0.1 -1.2 -0.1 0.96 -2.6 1.27 7
1957 29 CHW AL -8.4 -0.9 92 -0.5 1.1 -1.6 .82 -0.5 -0.1 -6.7 -0.7 0.93 -6.5 1.73 1
1958 30 CHW AL -11.2 -1.2 95 -1.2 0.6 -1.8 .89 -1.1 -0.2 -12.5 -1.3 0.87 -12.1 0
1959 31 CHW AL -6.7 -0.7 69 -0.8 0.7 -1.4 .93 -0.7 -0.2 -7.5 -0.8 0.94 -7.1 0
1960 32 CHW AL -3.2 -0.3 26 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 1.03 -0.3 0.1 -2.1 -0.2 1.16 -2.8 0
1961 33 WSA AL -4.8 -0.5 64 -0.5 0.7 -1.2 .93 -0.3 -0.2 -3.4 -0.3 0.98 -4.0 1.52 1
1962 34 CLE AL -5.7 -0.6 101 -0.4 1.4 -1.7 .94 -0.5 0.1 -6.2 -0.6 0.89 -5.5 0
1963 35 CLE AL -9.8 -1.0 74 -1.0 0.6 -1.6 1.03 -1.0 0.0 -8.5 -0.9 0.86 -10.3 0.51 1
1964 36 CLE AL -3.2 -0.3 65 0.5 1.4 -1.0 1.10 -0.1 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.96 -1.6 0.59 1
1965 37 CLE AL -1.6 -0.2 6 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.06 -0.2 -0.0 -2.0 -0.2 1.07 -1.7 0
15 Yrs -60.5 -6.2 811 -5.4 9.6 -15.0 .96 -5.7 0.1 -57.8 -5.9 0.94 -59.8 1.69 22

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1950 22 BSN NL 0 0 20% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 23 BSN NL 0 0 33% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 24 BSN NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 26 DET AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 27 CHW AL 1 0 32% 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 39% 7 5 2 2 2 0 4 1 3
1956 28 CHW AL 1 0 22% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 43% 6 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0
1957 29 CHW AL 1 0 29% 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1958 30 CHW AL 0 0 24% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 22% 6 5 1 0 0 0 3 1 1
1959 31 CHW AL 0 0 25% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1960 32 CHW AL 0 0 60% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1961 33 WSA AL 0 0 33% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 50% 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 1
1962 34 CLE AL 1 0 19% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 38% 5 4 1 0 0 0 3 1 2
1963 35 CLE AL 1 0 30% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 0
1964 36 CLE AL 0 0 35% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1965 37 CLE AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 5 0 28% 219 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 17 29% 41 31 10 4 4 0 21 10 9

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1950 22 BSN NL 10 90% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1951 23 BSN NL 5 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1952 24 BSN NL 3 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1954 26 DET AL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 27 CHW AL 89 72% 17 11 2 0 1 2.17 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 24 3 13% 16 2 13% 66 4 6% 4 2 50% 3 2 67% 0
1956 28 CHW AL 107 59% 20 7 0 0 0 1.27 3 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 100% 17 2 12% 16 5 31% 72 13 18% 6 5 83% 6 3 50% 0
1957 29 CHW AL 92 64% 12 1 0 0 0 1.73 3 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 5 1 20% 15 1 7% 20 1 5% 54 7 13% 4 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1958 30 CHW AL 94 76% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 10 0 0% 18 1 6% 50 1 2% 5 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
1959 31 CHW AL 69 70% 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 100% 14 1 7% 17 2 12% 46 4 9% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
1960 32 CHW AL 25 60% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 6 0 0% 6 0 0% 19 2 11% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
1961 33 WSA AL 63 60% 10 1 0 0 0 1.52 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 11 0 0% 8 2 25% 45 6 13% 4 2 50% 3 3 100% 0
1962 34 CLE AL 100 72% 16 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 4 0 4 0 0 2 2 100% 15 1 7% 15 1 7% 58 5 9% 6 2 33% 4 0 0% 0
1963 35 CLE AL 74 51% 9 1 1 0 0 0.51 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 75% 16 3 19% 18 4 22% 38 2 5% 2 1 50% 5 2 40% 0
1964 36 CLE AL 63 75% 7 1 0 0 0 0.59 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 4 80% 12 2 17% 11 3 27% 36 8 22% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
1965 37 CLE AL 6 83% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
15 Yrs 801 67% 113 22 3 0 1 1.69 15 0 18 11 4 7 8 0 29 18 62% 149 13 9% 153 21 14% 505 52 10% 39 15 38% 33 14 42% 0
MLB Averages 50% 80% 11% 31% 14% 49% 54%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1950 22 10 10 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .167 .500 .167 .667 89 1 0 0 0
1951 23 18 15 9 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 .222 .533 .333 .867 142 3 0 0 0
1952 24 25 18 12 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 .167 .444 .250 .694 96 3 0 0 0
1953 25 25 18 12 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 .167 .444 .250 .694 96 3 0 0 0
1954 26 27 19 13 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 .154 .421 .231 .652 84 3 0 0 0 0
1955 27 67 108 89 12 19 1 0 1 5 0 0 15 35 .213 .346 .258 .604 64 23 3 3 1 0 0
1956 28 111 215 179 22 39 5 0 4 20 0 0 29 65 .218 .338 .313 .651 74 56 5 4 2 1 1
1957 29 141 307 262 30 51 6 0 7 30 0 0 37 97 .195 .303 .298 .600 62 78 6 4 3 1 1
1958 30 175 401 342 35 60 6 0 7 31 0 0 47 130 .175 .285 .254 .540 47 87 6 6 5 1 1
1959 31 206 470 403 39 68 10 0 8 36 0 0 52 162 .169 .273 .253 .526 43 102 7 6 8 1 1
1960 32 239 495 426 42 71 11 0 8 38 0 0 53 175 .167 .269 .249 .518 41 106 7 7 8 1 1
1961 33 263 558 482 48 81 12 0 9 45 0 0 59 198 .168 .268 .249 .517 41 120 7 7 9 1 1
1962 34 297 658 571 56 97 13 0 13 54 0 0 66 230 .170 .266 .261 .527 44 149 8 9 11 1 1
1963 35 328 732 640 60 106 14 0 14 56 0 0 68 261 .166 .255 .253 .508 39 162 11 9 14 1 1
1964 36 359 795 688 67 113 14 0 15 64 0 0 78 288 .164 .259 .250 .509 40 172 13 10 18 1 1
1965 37 371 801 694 67 113 14 0 15 64 0 0 78 292 .163 .257 .248 .505 39 172 13 10 18 1 1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1950 22 10 15 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 .286 .667 .286 .952 1 10
1951 23 8 5 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .333 .600 .667 1.267 1 8
1952 24 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
1954 26 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1955 27 42 94 80 10 18 0 0 1 5 0 10 27 .225 .333 .263 .596 6 40
1956 28 46 110 93 10 20 4 0 3 15 0 14 31 .215 .321 .355 .676 10 44
1957 29 32 98 88 9 13 1 0 3 11 0 9 34 .148 .227 .261 .488 5 30
1958 30 36 99 84 6 10 0 0 0 1 0 11 34 .119 .237 .119 .356 2 34
1959 31 32 71 63 4 8 4 0 1 5 0 5 33 .127 .191 .238 .429 3 31
1960 32 35 27 25 5 4 1 0 0 3 0 1 14 .160 .222 .200 .422 1 33
1961 33 24 65 57 7 11 1 0 1 8 0 7 23 .193 .281 .263 .544 4 24
1962 34 34 100 89 8 16 1 0 4 9 0 7 32 .180 .255 .326 .581 7 34
1963 35 31 74 69 4 9 1 0 1 2 0 2 31 .130 .155 .188 .343 2 31
1964 36 31 63 48 7 7 0 0 1 8 0 10 27 .146 .305 .208 .513 3 31
1965 37 12 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 12
15 Yrs 382 831 716 73 119 14 0 15 67 0 86 299 .166 .264 .249 .513 45 371
162 Game Avg. 162 352 304 31 50 6 0 6 28 0 36 127 .166 .264 .249 .513 19 371

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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

Awards (yr lg award)
1962 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1957 AL (13, 6%)
1958 AL (25, 0%)
1961 AL (17, 2%)
1962 AL (5, 23%)
0.31 Career Shares (598th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1957 ML (2, 6%)
0.06 Career Shares (205th)

Oldest s c a p y
1965 AL  born 1927-12-07 (10th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Bill Duggleby (974)
  2. Mel Stottlemyre (973)
  3. J.R. Richard (970)
  4. Andy Messersmith (969)
  5. Ray Kremer (968)
  6. Sonny Siebert (967)
  7. Denny Neagle (967)
  8. Frank Lary (967)
  9. Jim Shaw (966)
  10. Pedro Ramos (965)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Sonny Siebert (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Fergie Jenkins (975) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Fergie Jenkins (975) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Fergie Jenkins (974) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Name and misspellings: Richard Dick Edward Donovan

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