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 Pitching

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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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1950 22 BSN NL 0 2 .000 8.19 10 3 4 0 0 0 29.2 28 28 27 4 34 9 2 1 1 147 47 2.090 8.5 1.2 10.3 2.7 0.26
1951 23 BSN NL 0 0 5.27 8 2 3 0 0 0 13.2 17 11 8 0 11 4 0 0 0 69 70 2.049 11.2 0.0 7.2 2.6 0.36
1952 24 BSN NL 0 2 .000 5.54 7 2 3 0 0 1 13.0 18 10 8 1 12 6 2 0 0 70 65 2.308 12.5 0.7 8.3 4.2 0.50
1954 26 DET AL 0 0 10.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 7 7 1 5 2 0 0 0 32 35 2.333 13.5 1.5 7.5 3.0 0.40
1955 27 CHW AL 15 9 .625 3.32 29 24 3 11 5 0 187.0 186 77 69 17 48 5 88 3 1 0 774 118 1.251 9.0 0.8 2.3 4.2 1.83 AS
1956 28 CHW AL 12 10 .545 3.64 34 31 2 14 3 0 234.2 212 99 95 22 59 6 120 6 1 5 966 113 1.155 8.1 0.8 2.3 4.6 2.03
1957 29 CHW AL 16 6 .727 2.77 28 28 0 16 2 0 220.2 203 76 68 17 45 8 88 8 2 1 893 135 1.124 8.3 0.7 1.8 3.6 1.96 CYA-2,MVP-13
1958 30 CHW AL 15 14 .517 3.01 34 34 0 16 4 0 248.0 240 92 83 23 53 5 127 7 0 2 1030 121 1.181 8.7 0.8 1.9 4.6 2.40 MVP-25
1959 31 CHW AL 9 10 .474 3.66 31 29 0 5 1 0 179.2 171 84 73 15 58 3 71 5 0 1 768 103 1.275 8.6 0.8 2.9 3.6 1.22
1960 32 CHW AL 6 1 .857 5.38 33 8 7 0 0 3 78.2 87 49 47 13 25 3 30 0 0 2 340 71 1.424 10.0 1.5 2.9 3.4 1.20
1961 33 WSA AL 10 10 .500 2.40 23 22 0 11 2 0 168.2 138 60 45 10 35 3 62 3 0 0 671 163 1.026 7.4 0.5 1.9 3.3 1.77 AS,MVP-17
1962 34 CLE AL 20 10 .667 3.59 34 34 0 16 5 0 250.2 255 109 100 23 47 5 94 2 1 3 1032 107 1.205 9.2 0.8 1.7 3.4 2.00 AS,MVP-5
1963 35 CLE AL 11 13 .458 4.24 30 30 0 7 3 0 206.0 211 106 97 27 28 5 84 5 0 0 842 86 1.160 9.2 1.2 1.2 3.7 3.00
1964 36 CLE AL 7 9 .438 4.55 30 23 4 5 0 1 158.1 181 86 80 19 29 6 83 2 0 1 671 79 1.326 10.3 1.1 1.6 4.7 2.86
1965 37 CLE AL 1 3 .250 5.96 12 3 2 0 0 0 22.2 32 15 15 6 6 0 12 0 0 2 102 59 1.676 12.7 2.4 2.4 4.8 2.00
15 Seasons 122 99 .552 3.67 345 273 28 101 25 5 2017.1 1988 909 822 198 495 49 880 45 6 18 8407 104 1.231 8.9 0.9 2.2 3.9 1.78
162 Game Avg. 13 11 .552 3.67 38 30 3 11 3 1 222 219 100 90 22 54 97 5 1 2 925 104 1.231 8.9 0.9 2.2 3.9 1.78
CHW (6 yrs) 73 50 .593 3.41 189 154 12 62 15 3 1148.2 1099 477 435 107 288 30 524 29 4 11 4771 113 1.207 8.6 0.8 2.3 4.1 1.82
CLE (4 yrs) 39 35 .527 4.12 106 90 6 28 8 1 637.2 679 316 292 75 110 16 273 9 1 6 2647 90 1.237 9.6 1.1 1.6 3.9 2.48
BSN (3 yrs) 0 4 .000 6.87 25 7 10 0 0 1 56.1 63 49 43 5 57 19 4 1 1 286 55 2.130 10.1 0.8 9.1 3.0 0.33
WSA (1 yr) 10 10 .500 2.40 23 22 0 11 2 0 168.2 138 60 45 10 35 3 62 3 0 0 671 163 1.026 7.4 0.5 1.9 3.3 1.77
DET (1 yr) 0 0 10.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 7 7 1 5 2 0 0 0 32 35 2.333 13.5 1.5 7.5 3.0 0.40
AL (12 yrs) 122 95 .562 3.58 320 266 18 101 25 4 1961.0 1925 860 779 193 438 49 861 41 5 17 8121 106 1.205 8.8 0.9 2.0 4.0 1.97
NL (3 yrs) 0 4 .000 6.87 25 7 10 0 0 1 56.1 63 49 43 5 57 19 4 1 1 286 55 2.130 10.1 0.8 9.1 3.0 0.33

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1959 31 CHW AL WS L LAD 0 1 .000 5.40 3 1 1 0 0 1 8.1 4 5 5 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 31 0.840 4.3 1.1 3.2 5.4 1.67
1 WS 0 1 .000 5.40 3 1 1 0 0 1 8.1 4 5 5 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 31 0.840 4.3 1.1 3.2 5.4 1.67

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1955 CHW AL 27
1961 WSA AL 33 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
1961 WSA AL 33
1962 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
1962 CLE AL 34
3 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 0 2.25 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 1.750 15.8 0.0 0.0 2.3

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 26 DET AL 2 32 25 7 9 2 1 1 0 0 5 2 .360 .438 .640 1.078 .333 16 0 0 0 2
1955 27 CHW AL 29 774 712 77 186 18 6 17 2 3 48 88 .261 .310 .375 .685 .278 267 23 3 9 2 5
1956 28 CHW AL 34 966 883 99 212 25 7 22 10 1 59 120 .240 .290 .359 .649 .254 317 21 6 12 6 6
1957 29 CHW AL 28 893 822 76 203 26 3 17 13 6 45 88 .247 .291 .348 .639 .258 286 24 8 13 5 8
1958 30 CHW AL 34 1028 954 92 240 34 2 23 9 2 53 127 .252 .295 .364 .659 .269 347 20 7 12 2 5
1959 31 CHW AL 31 768 692 84 171 24 2 15 10 0 58 71 .247 .308 .353 .661 .256 244 12 5 9 4 3
1960 32 CHW AL 33 340 307 49 87 9 3 13 7 0 25 30 .283 .333 .459 .793 .276 141 10 0 4 4 3
1961 33 WSA AL 23 671 617 60 138 32 6 10 15 5 35 62 .224 .267 .344 .611 .234 212 14 3 13 3 3
1962 34 CLE AL 34 1031 968 109 255 41 6 23 7 3 47 94 .263 .298 .389 .687 .271 377 26 2 10 4 5
1963 35 CLE AL 30 842 795 106 211 32 4 27 10 3 28 84 .265 .292 .418 .710 .266 332 17 5 7 7 5
1964 36 CLE AL 30 670 623 86 181 24 2 19 18 2 29 83 .291 .322 .427 .749 .308 266 15 2 11 5 6
1965 37 CLE AL 12 102 96 15 32 6 1 6 4 1 6 12 .333 .373 .604 .977 .333 58 1 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 320 8117 7494 860 1925 273 43 193 105 26 438 861 .257 .300 .382 .682 .267 2863 183 41 100 44 49
162 Game Avg. 37 942 870 100 223 32 5 22 12 3 51 100 .257 .300 .382 .682 .267 332 21 5 12 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1955 27 CHW AL 29 24 13 8 3 2 3 14 10 .583 0 3 11 5 15 63% 55 84 21 17 9 5 10 4.3 4.5 7.3
1956 28 CHW AL 34 31 12 10 9 0 2 16 15 .516 1 3 14 3 17 55% 56 85 18 21 6 12 9 5.3 4.9 7.5
1957 29 CHW AL 28 28 16 6 6 2 2 19 9 .679 2 5 16 2 20 71% 58 86 23 8 6 4 12 4.9 4.5 7.9
1958 30 CHW AL 34 34 15 14 5 1 3 18 16 .529 0 3 16 4 19 56% 57 84 24 21 4 12 9 3.3 3.4 7.3
1959 31 CHW AL 31 29 9 10 10 0 4 17 12 .586 3 6 5 1 17 59% 51 78 23 35 11 13 9 3.6 3.6 6.0
1960 32 CHW AL 33 8 1 1 6 1 0 3 5 .375 2 4 0 0 1 13% 41 56 34 8 2 1 5 4.9 4.9 4.1
1961 33 WSA AL 23 22 10 10 2 1 6 10 12 .455 1 1 11 2 16 73% 59 86 26 7 2 6 12 4.0 4.0 7.6
1962 34 CLE AL 34 34 20 10 4 6 3 23 11 .676 0 1 16 5 19 56% 53 90 15 16 4 5 6 4.6 4.8 7.4
1963 35 CLE AL 30 30 11 13 6 1 4 16 14 .533 2 6 7 3 16 53% 51 92 19 18 10 8 11 4.1 3.2 6.9
1964 36 CLE AL 30 23 7 9 7 2 3 11 12 .478 2 3 5 0 9 39% 49 79 25 19 8 7 8 4.6 4.5 6.5
1965 37 CLE AL 12 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40 52 30 1 0 0 3 3.1 3.5 4.4
11 Seasons 318 266 115 93 58 17 30 148 118 .556 13 35 101 25 149 56% 54 92 15 171 62 73 94 4.3 4.2 7.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 26 DET AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.414 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 9.0
1955 27 CHW AL 29 5 3 2 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 0 0% 3 0.956 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 4 4 0 4 0 7.2
1956 28 CHW AL 34 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 33% 8 1.073 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2.7
1959 31 CHW AL 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.199 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 9.5
1960 32 CHW AL 33 25 7 5 0 6 3 3 50% 6 0 20 5 25% 3 0.991 10 4 10 7 0 18 10 15 10 3 10 4 5.5
1961 33 WSA AL 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.044 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1964 36 CLE AL 30 7 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 11 1 9% 8 1.067 3 1 2 2 0 5 6 1 2 4 2 1 3.6
1965 37 CLE AL 12 9 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 4 0.877 3 4 2 0 3 6 4 5 4 4 4 2 3.1
8 Seasons 194 54 18 7 2 8 4 4 50% 10 2 44 9 20% 1.053 19 12 20 11 5 38 23 31 26 13 26 9 5.1

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1950 22 BSN NL
1951 23 BSN NL
1952 24 BSN NL
1954 26 DET AL 32 47% 3.1% 6.3% 15.6% 12.5% 44% 0.78 75% 10 0 0%
1955 27 CHW AL 774 44% 2.2% 11.4% 6.2% 5.3% 22% 1.38 79% 141 23 16%
1956 28 CHW AL 966 43% 2.3% 12.4% 6.1% 5.6% 26% 1.13 77% 183 21 11%
1957 29 CHW AL 894 40% 1.9% 9.9% 5.0% 5.2% 23% 1.29 81% 163 24 15%
1958 30 CHW AL 1028 36% 2.2% 12.4% 5.2% 5.7% 25% 1.12 78% 185 20 11%
1959 31 CHW AL 768 39% 2.0% 9.2% 7.6% 5.3% 24% 1.09 79% 151 12 8%
1960 32 CHW AL 340 33% 3.8% 8.8% 7.4% 7.4% 29% 1.44 79% 70 10 14%
1961 33 WSA AL 671 44% 1.5% 9.2% 5.2% 7.2% 35% 1.12 82% 110 14 13%
1962 34 CLE AL 1031 47% 2.2% 9.1% 4.6% 6.8% 28% 1.12 83% 176 26 15%
1963 35 CLE AL 842 45% 3.2% 10.0% 3.3% 7.5% 30% 1.02 82% 151 17 11%
1964 36 CLE AL 670 47% 2.8% 12.4% 4.3% 6.7% 25% 1.23 79% 113 15 13%
1965 37 CLE AL 102 40% 5.9% 11.8% 5.9% 12.8% 41% 1.12 76% 14 1 7%
15 Seasons 8118 42% 2.4% 10.8% 6.1% 6.3% 26% 1.17 80% 1467 183 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1950 22 BSN NL 28 4 1
1951 23 BSN NL 17 0 0
1952 24 BSN NL 18 1 0
1954 26 DET AL 32 9 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 3 0 75% 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1955 27 CHW AL 774 186 17 1 7 8 9 7 10 16 9 1 56% 7 0 1 274 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1956 28 CHW AL 966 212 22 2 9 14 8 8 14 41 24 4 59% 12 5 2 341 10 1 91% 9 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 20 0
1957 29 CHW AL 894 203 17 0 9 12 5 8 9 39 18 4 46% 9 1 0 327 13 6 68% 12 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 0
1958 30 CHW AL 1028 240 23 0 14 15 8 11 12 39 17 4 44% 15 2 0 376 9 2 82% 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1959 31 CHW AL 768 171 15 0 7 11 4 7 8 31 16 4 52% 11 1 0 291 10 0 100% 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0
1960 32 CHW AL 340 87 13 0 7 10 3 4 9 20 9 2 45% 3 2 0 129 7 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1961 33 WSA AL 671 138 10 0 7 4 6 6 4 34 14 5 41% 14 0 4 206 15 5 75% 14 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 0
1962 34 CLE AL 1031 255 23 0 7 13 10 11 12 50 26 4 52% 11 3 1 359 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 12 0
1963 35 CLE AL 841 211 27 0 12 17 10 13 14 45 25 2 56% 9 0 0 273 10 3 77% 10 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 8 1
1964 36 CLE AL 670 181 19 0 5 10 9 9 10 24 17 1 71% 7 1 3 253 18 2 90% 18 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 0
1965 37 CLE AL 102 32 6 0 3 4 2 3 3 4 1 1 25% 1 2 0 38 4 1 80% 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
15 Seasons 8117 1988 198 3 88 119 74 88 105 347 179 32 52% 99 18 11 2881 105 26 80% 100 21 5 3 0 2 15 0 98 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1950 22 0 2 .000 8.19 10 3 4 0 0 0 29.2 28 28 27 4 34 9 2 1 1 147 47 2.090 8.5 1.2 10.3 2.7 0.26 47
1951 23 0 2 .000 7.27 18 5 7 0 0 0 43.1 45 39 35 4 45 13 2 1 1 216 52 2.077 9.3 0.8 9.3 2.7 0.29 52
1952 24 0 4 .000 6.87 25 7 10 0 0 1 56.1 63 49 43 5 57 19 4 1 1 286 55 2.130 10.1 0.8 9.1 3.0 0.33 55
1953 25 0 4 .000 6.87 25 7 10 0 0 1 56.1 63 49 43 5 57 19 4 1 1 286 55 2.130 10.1 0.8 9.1 3.0 0.33 55
1954 26 0 4 .000 7.22 27 7 10 0 0 1 62.1 72 56 50 6 62 21 4 1 1 318 52 2.150 10.4 0.9 9.0 3.0 0.34 52
1955 27 15 13 .536 4.30 56 31 13 11 5 1 249.1 258 133 119 23 110 5 109 7 2 1 1092 90 1.476 9.3 0.8 4.0 3.9 0.99 90
1956 28 27 23 .540 3.98 90 62 15 25 8 1 484.0 470 232 214 45 169 11 229 13 3 6 2058 100 1.320 8.7 0.8 3.1 4.3 1.36 100
1957 29 43 29 .597 3.60 118 90 15 41 10 1 704.2 673 308 282 62 214 19 317 21 5 7 2951 109 1.259 8.6 0.8 2.7 4.0 1.48 109
1958 30 58 43 .574 3.45 152 124 15 57 14 1 952.2 913 400 365 85 267 24 444 28 5 9 3981 112 1.239 8.6 0.8 2.5 4.2 1.66 112
1959 31 67 53 .558 3.48 183 153 15 62 15 1 1132.1 1084 484 438 100 325 27 515 33 5 10 4749 110 1.244 8.6 0.8 2.6 4.1 1.58 110
1960 32 73 54 .575 3.60 216 161 22 62 15 4 1211.0 1171 533 485 113 350 30 545 33 5 12 5089 106 1.256 8.7 0.8 2.6 4.1 1.56 106
1961 33 83 64 .565 3.46 239 183 22 73 17 4 1379.2 1309 593 530 123 385 33 607 36 5 12 5760 111 1.228 8.5 0.8 2.5 4.0 1.58 111
1962 34 103 74 .582 3.48 273 217 22 89 22 4 1630.1 1564 702 630 146 432 38 701 38 6 15 6792 111 1.224 8.6 0.8 2.4 3.9 1.62 111
1963 35 114 87 .567 3.56 303 247 22 96 25 4 1836.1 1775 808 727 173 460 43 785 43 6 15 7634 107 1.217 8.7 0.8 2.3 3.8 1.71 107
1964 36 121 96 .558 3.64 333 270 26 101 25 5 1994.2 1956 894 807 192 489 49 868 45 6 16 8305 104 1.226 8.8 0.9 2.2 3.9 1.78 104
1965 37 122 99 .552 3.67 345 273 28 101 25 5 2017.1 1988 909 822 198 495 49 880 45 6 18 8407 104 1.231 8.9 0.9 2.2 3.9 1.78 104

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1950 22 1 2 .333 8.69 29.0 29 31 28 4 35 9 2 2.207 9.0 10.9 2.8 0.26 1.2 10
1951 23 0 1 .000 5.79 14.0 18 10 9 0 12 4 0 2.143 11.6 7.7 2.6 0.33 0.0 8
1952 24 0 1 .000 6.23 13.0 19 10 9 1 13 6 2 2.462 13.2 9.0 4.2 0.46 0.7 7
1954 26 0 0 12.00 6.0 10 9 8 1 6 2 0 2.667 15.0 9.0 3.0 0.33 1.5 2
1955 27 11 9 .550 3.51 187.0 195 81 73 18 50 88 3 1.310 9.4 2.4 4.2 1.76 0.9 29
1956 28 14 12 .538 3.53 242.0 218 106 95 23 61 124 6 1.153 8.1 2.3 4.6 2.03 0.9 34
1957 29 15 9 .625 3.05 221.0 219 83 75 18 49 88 9 1.213 8.9 2.0 3.6 1.80 0.7 28
1958 30 15 12 .556 3.43 249.0 264 106 95 25 58 128 8 1.293 9.5 2.1 4.6 2.21 0.9 34
1959 31 10 10 .500 3.86 184.0 183 88 79 16 62 73 5 1.332 9.0 3.0 3.6 1.18 0.8 31
1960 32 3 5 .375 5.81 79.0 94 57 51 14 27 30 0 1.532 10.7 3.1 3.4 1.11 1.6 33
1961 33 13 5 .722 2.52 164.0 140 51 46 10 36 60 3 1.073 7.7 2.0 3.3 1.67 0.5 23
1962 34 13 13 .500 3.85 241.0 259 114 103 23 48 90 2 1.274 9.7 1.8 3.4 1.88 0.9 34
1963 35 8 13 .381 4.82 196.0 221 117 105 28 29 80 5 1.276 10.1 1.3 3.7 2.76 1.3 30
1964 36 6 10 .375 5.26 149.0 189 97 87 20 30 78 2 1.470 11.4 1.8 4.7 2.60 1.2 30
1965 37 0 2 .000 7.29 21.0 34 19 17 6 6 11 0 1.905 14.6 2.6 4.7 1.83 2.6 12
15 Seasons 109 104 .512 3.97 1995.0 2092 979 880 207 522 871 47 1.310 9.4 3.9 1.67 0.9 345

* 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.

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 (582nd)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1957 ML (2, 6%)
0.06 Career Shares (194th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1955 AL  3.321 (10th)
1957 AL  2.773 (6th)
1958 AL  3.012 (8th)
1961 AL  2.401 (1st)

Wins s c a p y
1955 AL  15 (9th)
1957 AL  16 (3rd)
1958 AL  15 (5th)
1962 AL  20 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1955 AL  .625 (5th)
1957 AL  .727 (1st)
1962 AL  .667 (4th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1955 AL  1.251 (7th)
1956 AL  1.155 (1st)
1957 AL  1.124 (3rd)
1958 AL  1.182 (7th)
1961 AL  1.026 (1st)
1962 AL  1.205 (7th)
Career  1.231 (205th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1961 AL  7.364 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 AL  2.310 (2nd)
1956 AL  2.263 (2nd)
1957 AL  1.835 (2nd)
1958 AL  1.923 (1st)
1961 AL  1.868 (3rd)
1962 AL  1.688 (1st)
1963 AL  1.223 (1st)
Career  2.208 (158th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1957 AL  220.7 (10th)
1958 AL  248.0 (3rd)
1962 AL  250.7 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1958 AL  34 (2nd)
1962 AL  34 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1955 AL  11 (10th)
1957 AL  16 (1st)
1958 AL  16 (5th)
1961 AL  11 (9th)
1962 AL  16 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1955 AL  5 (5th)
1956 AL  3 (7th)
1957 AL  2 (7th)
1958 AL  4 (3rd)
1962 AL  5 (1st)
1963 AL  3 (8th)
Career  25 (173rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1956 AL  22 (10th)
1958 AL  23 (10th)
1963 AL  27 (10th)
Career  198 (198th)

Hits s c a p y
1958 AL  240 (3rd)
1962 AL  255 (3rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1955 AL  1.833 (4th)
1956 AL  2.034 (3rd)
1957 AL  1.956 (6th)
1958 AL  2.396 (3rd)
1963 AL  3.000 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 AL  .751 (9th)
1961 AL  .534 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1958 AL  14 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1956 AL  95 (10th)
1962 AL  100 (6th)
1963 AL  97 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1956 AL  6 (10th)
1957 AL  8 (5th)
1958 AL  7 (7th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1958 AL  1030 (3rd)
1962 AL  1032 (6th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1955 AL  118 (10th)
1957 AL  135 (5th)
1958 AL  121 (6th)
1961 AL  163 (1st)

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 16 (134), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 84 (279), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 40 (332), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (393), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Name and misspellings: Richard Dick Edward Donovan

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