Dick Donovan
Richard Edward Donovan
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 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
Final Game: June 12, 1965
Died: January 6, 1997 in Weymouth, MA
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1950 BSN NL 22 P 10 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 0.60 .967 0.97
1951 BSN NL 23 P 8 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.63 .960 0.96
1952 BSN NL 24 P 7 7 0 6 1 0 .857 0.86 .957 0.99
1954 DET AL 26 P 2 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 0.50 1.000 1.95 0.95
1955 CHW AL 27 P 29 24 187.0 44 11 33 0 2 1.000 2.12 1.52 .955 1.99 0.83 AS
1956 CHW AL 28 P 34 31 234.2 58 11 46 1 4 .983 2.19 1.68 .948 1.92 0.82
1957 CHW AL 29 P 28 28 220.2 55 18 37 0 3 1.000 2.24 1.96 .962 1.99 0.86 CYA-2,MVP-13
1958 CHW AL 30 P 34 34 248.0 52 16 34 2 3 .962 1.81 1.47 .963 1.95 0.82 MVP-25
1959 CHW AL 31 P 31 29 179.2 41 11 26 4 1 .902 1.85 1.19 .959 2.05 0.85
1960 CHW AL 32 P 33 8 78.2 26 6 19 1 0 .962 2.86 0.76 .965 1.96 0.78
1961 WSA AL 33 P 23 22 168.2 45 15 26 4 1 .911 2.19 1.78 .956 2.05 0.83 AS,MVP-17
1962 CLE AL 34 P 34 34 250.2 62 23 36 3 6 .952 2.12 1.74 .958 2.08 0.79 AS,MVP-5
1963 CLE AL 35 P 30 30 206.0 51 20 29 2 1 .961 2.14 1.63 .955 1.99 0.79
1964 CLE AL 36 P 30 23 158.1 40 9 30 1 3 .975 2.22 1.30 .955 1.90 0.72
1965 CLE AL 37 P 12 3 22.2 7 2 4 1 0 .857 2.38 0.50 .957 2.02 0.75
15 Seasons P 345 266 1961.0 500 144 336 20 25 .960 2.20 1.39 .957 1.99 0.82
15 Seasons TOT 345 266 1961.0 500 144 336 20 25 .960 2.20 1.39 .917 1.99 0.82

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1950 BSN NL 22 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BSN NL 23 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BSN NL 24 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 DET AL 26 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CHW AL 27 40 24 40 40 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1956 CHW AL 28 44 31 44 44 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
1957 CHW AL 29 30 28 30 30 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1958 CHW AL 30 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHW AL 31 31 29 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHW AL 32 33 8 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 WSA AL 33 24 22 24 24 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1962 CLE AL 34 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CLE AL 35 31 30 31 31 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1964 CLE AL 36 31 23 31 31 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1965 CLE AL 37 12 3 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 371 266 371 371 345 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 DET AL 26 32 78% 22% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CHW AL 27 783 82% 31% 37 92% 1 10 0 9 33 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 7 86%
1956 CHW AL 28 987 81% 28% 55 93% 0 11 1 9 49 41 5 1 0 1 0 1 4 4 4 0 10 100%
1957 CHW AL 29 915 84% 32% 48 92% 0 19 5 10 39 34 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 4 100%
1958 CHW AL 30 1046 82% 29% 45 87% 0 16 2 10 36 28 4 2 1 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 6 100%
1959 CHW AL 31 782 83% 30% 35 83% 2 10 0 8 28 21 4 4 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 6 83%
1960 CHW AL 32 349 84% 33% 22 91% 1 6 1 5 19 17 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1961 WSA AL 33 696 86% 32% 38 79% 1 14 1 10 28 27 1 4 0 3 1 4 1 0 1 0 10 60%
1962 CLE AL 34 1050 86% 31% 41 90% 1 24 0 20 36 27 5 3 0 0 3 0 6 5 6 0 8 100%
1963 CLE AL 35 856 86% 30% 35 86% 1 21 0 21 31 26 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 67%
1964 CLE AL 36 696 84% 29% 32 97% 0 10 0 9 30 22 5 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 3 0 6 100%
1965 CLE AL 37 111 84% 25% 5 80% 0 2 0 2 5 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 8303 84% 30% 394 89% 7 143 10 113 335 275 35 19 2 9 8 9 24 20 23 1 64 89%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 89% 81%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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