Johnny Kucks
John Charles Kucks
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 184 lb.

Born: July 27, 1933 in Hoboken, NJ
High School: Dickinson (Dickinson, NJ)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1955
Final Game: September 25, 1960
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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
1955 21 NYY AL 8 7 .533 3.41 29 13 5 3 1 0 126.2 122 54 48 8 44 6 49 2 0 3 537 110 1.311 8.7 0.6 3.1 3.5 1.11
1956 22 NYY AL 18 9 .667 3.85 34 31 1 12 3 0 224.1 223 113 96 19 72 0 67 10 1 3 947 100 1.315 8.9 0.8 2.9 2.7 0.93 AS,MVP-30
1957 23 NYY AL 8 10 .444 3.56 37 23 10 4 1 2 179.1 169 82 71 13 59 2 78 8 0 2 759 101 1.271 8.5 0.7 3.0 3.9 1.32
1958 24 NYY AL 8 8 .500 3.93 34 15 8 4 1 4 126.0 132 67 55 14 39 2 46 6 0 1 544 90 1.357 9.4 1.0 2.8 3.3 1.18
1959 25 TOT AL 8 12 .400 4.34 42 24 10 6 1 1 168.0 184 92 81 15 51 0 60 12 0 1 725 92 1.399 9.9 0.8 2.7 3.2 1.18
1959 25 NYY AL 0 1 .000 8.64 9 1 4 0 0 0 16.2 21 16 16 5 9 0 9 0 0 1 76 42 1.800 11.3 2.7 4.9 4.9 1.00
1959 25 KCA AL 8 11 .421 3.87 33 23 6 6 1 1 151.1 163 76 65 10 42 0 51 12 0 0 649 104 1.355 9.7 0.6 2.5 3.0 1.21
1960 26 KCA AL 4 10 .286 6.00 31 17 5 1 0 0 114.0 140 85 76 22 43 2 38 1 0 2 518 66 1.605 11.1 1.7 3.4 3.0 0.88
6 Seasons 54 56 .491 4.10 207 123 39 30 7 7 938.1 970 493 427 91 308 12 338 39 1 12 4030 93 1.362 9.3 0.9 3.0 3.2 1.10
162 Game Avg. 11 12 .491 4.10 43 25 8 6 1 1 193 200 102 88 19 63 2 70 8 0 2 830 93 1.362 9.3 0.9 3.0 3.2 1.10
NYY (5 yrs) 42 35 .545 3.82 143 83 28 23 6 6 673.0 667 332 286 59 223 10 249 26 1 10 2863 97 1.322 8.9 0.8 3.0 3.3 1.12
KCA (2 yrs) 12 21 .364 4.78 64 40 11 7 1 1 265.1 303 161 141 32 85 2 89 13 0 2 1167 84 1.462 10.3 1.1 2.9 3.0 1.05

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
1955 21 NYY AL WS L BRO 0 0 6.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 14 1.667 12.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
1956 22 NYY AL WS W BRO 1 0 1.000 0.82 3 1 0 1 1 0 11.0 6 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 40 0.818 4.9 0.0 2.5 1.6 0.67
1957 23 NYY AL WS L MLN 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 13.5 1.00
1958 24 NYY AL WS W MLN 0 0 2.08 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 1.154 8.3 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.00
4 Seasons (4 Series) 1 0 1.000 1.89 8 1 0 1 1 0 19.0 15 5 4 1 6 0 4 0 0 0 76 1.105 7.1 0.5 2.8 1.9 0.67
4 WS 1 0 1.000 1.89 8 1 0 1 1 0 19.0 15 5 4 1 6 0 4 0 0 0 76 1.105 7.1 0.5 2.8 1.9 0.67

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
1956 NYY AL 22

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
1955 21 NYY AL 29 537 484 54 122 17 6 8 3 1 44 49 .252 .315 .362 .677 .265 175 13 2 4 3 6
1956 22 NYY AL 34 948 855 113 223 30 6 19 5 1 72 67 .261 .323 .377 .700 .263 322 33 10 5 6 0
1957 23 NYY AL 37 759 672 82 169 19 9 13 6 3 59 78 .251 .316 .365 .680 .264 245 20 8 11 9 2
1958 24 NYY AL 34 544 489 67 132 13 6 14 6 2 39 46 .270 .329 .407 .736 .273 199 15 6 6 4 2
1959 25 TOT AL 42 725 652 92 184 34 4 15 9 5 51 60 .282 .343 .416 .759 .290 271 23 12 5 5 0
1959 25 KCA AL 33 649 587 76 163 31 4 10 8 5 42 51 .278 .336 .395 .731 .288 232 21 12 3 5 0
1959 25 NYY AL 9 76 65 16 21 3 0 5 1 0 9 9 .323 .405 .600 1.005 .314 39 2 0 2 0 0
1960 26 KCA AL 31 512 452 85 140 18 1 22 9 2 43 38 .310 .365 .500 .865 .295 226 12 1 8 8 2
6 Seasons 207 4025 3604 493 970 131 32 91 38 14 308 338 .269 .330 .399 .729 .274 1438 116 39 39 35 12
162 Game Avg. 43 829 743 102 200 27 7 19 8 3 63 70 .269 .330 .399 .729 .274 296 24 8 8 7 2
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 21 NYY AL 29 13 6 3 4 4 0 9 4 .692 2 0 3 1 4 31% 49 78 25 12 4 3 6 4.9 4.7 6.3
1956 22 NYY AL 34 31 16 9 6 3 4 19 12 .613 1 3 12 3 19 61% 50 81 9 26 13 7 8 5.6 5.9 7.1
1957 23 NYY AL 37 23 7 9 7 3 2 12 11 .522 3 4 4 1 11 48% 50 81 26 22 9 6 4 4.7 4.4 6.3
1958 24 NYY AL 34 15 6 5 4 0 0 7 8 .467 1 1 4 1 8 53% 47 82 27 9 2 3 7 4.8 6.1 5.6
1959 25 TOT AL 42 24 7 11 6 0 4 7 17 .292 1 6 6 1 12 50% 48 78 27 17 9 11 6 3.4 2.9 5.8
1959 25 NYY AL 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 43 43 43 1 1 0 1 3.0 2.3 4.0
1959 25 KCA AL 33 23 7 11 5 0 4 7 16 .304 1 5 6 1 12 52% 48 78 27 16 8 11 5 3.4 2.9 5.9
1960 26 KCA AL 31 17 2 10 5 0 2 4 13 .235 1 2 1 0 6 35% 41 72 22 16 6 5 5 3.4 3.1 5.2
6 Seasons 207 123 44 47 32 10 12 58 65 .472 9 16 30 7 60 49% 48 82 9 102 43 35 36 4.5 4.6 6.2
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
1955 21 NYY AL 29 16 5 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 16 8 50% 7 1.003 5 5 6 4 4 8 7 9 12 3 13 0 8.4
1956 22 NYY AL 34 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 0 0% 3 0.933 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 5.3
1957 23 NYY AL 37 14 10 1 1 3 2 1 67% 6 2 14 5 36% 8 1.071 5 6 3 6 1 7 7 7 9 2 10 2 7.3
1958 24 NYY AL 34 19 8 2 3 4 4 0 100% 5 1 13 5 38% 4 0.920 5 4 9 7 6 6 6 13 10 5 11 3 6.6
1959 25 TOT AL 42 18 10 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 4 40% 0.989 3 4 10 2 2 14 7 11 9 3 9 3 4.7
1959 25 NYY AL 9 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 0.527 1 0 6 0 1 7 1 7 4 1 4 0 4.8
1959 25 KCA AL 33 10 6 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 9 3 33% 8 1.046 2 4 4 2 1 7 6 4 5 2 5 3 4.7
1960 26 KCA AL 31 14 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 6 38% 8 1.039 4 3 5 1 2 11 8 6 8 3 8 0 5.6
6 Seasons 207 84 39 10 9 9 7 2 78% 13 3 71 28 39% 0.990 24 23 33 22 16 46 36 48 49 16 52 8 6.5

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%
1955 21 NYY AL 537 38% 1.5% 9.1% 8.2% 5.8% 25% 1.69 80% 108 13 12%
1956 22 NYY AL 948 41% 2.0% 7.1% 7.6% 5.8% 25% 1.30 82% 210 33 16%
1957 23 NYY AL 759 40% 1.7% 10.3% 7.8% 5.4% 24% 1.65 78% 157 20 13%
1958 24 NYY AL 544 40% 2.6% 8.5% 7.2% 6.1% 25% 1.30 80% 119 15 13%
1959 25 TOT AL 725 39% 2.1% 8.3% 7.0% 7.3% 29% 1.23 80% 152 23 15%
1959 25 NYY AL 76 33% 6.6% 11.8% 11.8% 10.5% 38% 1.67 67% 16 2 13%
1959 25 KCA AL 649 39% 1.5% 7.9% 6.5% 6.9% 28% 1.19 82% 136 21 15%
1960 26 KCA AL 513 34% 4.3% 7.4% 8.4% 8.0% 29% 0.92 78% 124 12 10%
6 Seasons 4026 39% 2.3% 8.4% 7.7% 6.3% 26% 1.33 80% 870 116 13%
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
1955 21 NYY AL 537 122 8 0 14 4 4 4 4 33 13 1 39% 7 3 0 197 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 5 0
1956 22 NYY AL 948 223 19 0 14 9 10 9 10 47 30 3 64% 18 3 2 371 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 6 0 16 0
1957 23 NYY AL 759 169 13 0 18 10 3 3 10 51 25 3 49% 11 2 0 286 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 11 0
1958 24 NYY AL 544 132 14 0 14 7 7 7 7 25 13 0 52% 14 1 0 211 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1959 25 TOT AL 697 184 15 0 9 7 8 9 6 32 19 2 59% 7 1 1 290 9 5 64% 9 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 28
1959 25 NYY AL 76 21 5 0 0 2 3 3 2 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 34 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1959 25 KCA AL 621 163 10 0 9 5 5 6 4 31 18 2 58% 7 0 1 256 8 5 62% 8 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 28
1960 26 KCA AL 512 140 22 1 13 14 8 10 12 34 18 4 53% 3 2 1 203 9 2 82% 7 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 14 1
6 Seasons 3997 970 91 1 82 51 40 42 49 222 118 13 53% 60 12 4 1558 38 14 73% 35 13 3 1 0 0 22 2 58 29
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+
1955 21 8 7 .533 3.41 29 13 5 3 1 0 126.2 122 54 48 8 44 6 49 2 0 3 537 110 1.311 8.7 0.6 3.1 3.5 1.11 110
1956 22 26 16 .619 3.69 63 44 6 15 4 0 351.0 345 167 144 27 116 6 116 12 1 6 1484 104 1.313 8.8 0.7 3.0 3.0 1.00 104
1957 23 34 26 .567 3.65 100 67 16 19 5 2 530.1 514 249 215 40 175 8 194 20 1 8 2243 103 1.299 8.7 0.7 3.0 3.3 1.11 103
1958 24 42 34 .553 3.70 134 82 24 23 6 6 656.1 646 316 270 54 214 10 240 26 1 9 2787 100 1.310 8.9 0.7 2.9 3.3 1.12 100
1959 25 50 46 .521 3.83 176 106 34 29 7 7 824.1 830 408 351 69 265 10 300 38 1 10 3512 98 1.328 9.1 0.8 2.9 3.3 1.13 98
1960 26 54 56 .491 4.10 207 123 39 30 7 7 938.1 970 493 427 91 308 12 338 39 1 12 4030 93 1.362 9.3 0.9 3.0 3.2 1.10 93

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
1955 21 8 6 .571 3.69 127.0 130 58 52 9 47 49 2 1.394 9.2 3.3 3.5 1.04 0.6 29
1956 22 12 12 .500 4.16 223.0 235 114 103 20 76 67 11 1.395 9.5 3.1 2.7 0.88 0.8 34
1957 23 9 10 .474 4.12 179.0 187 91 82 14 65 78 9 1.408 9.4 3.3 3.9 1.20 0.7 37
1958 24 5 8 .385 4.76 123.0 148 72 65 16 44 45 7 1.561 10.8 3.2 3.3 1.02 1.2 34
1959 25 8 10 .444 4.53 167.0 191 93 84 16 53 60 12 1.461 10.3 2.9 3.2 1.13 0.9 42
1960 26 4 9 .308 6.00 117.0 148 87 78 23 45 39 1 1.650 11.4 3.5 3.0 0.87 1.8 31
6 Seasons 46 55 .455 4.46 936.0 1039 515 464 98 330 338 42 1.463 10.0 3.3 1.02 0.9 207

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1956

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1956-AL-30-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Wins s c a p y
1956 AL--18--9th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1956 AL--.667--7th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 AL--2.889--3rd

Games Played s c a p y
1959 AL--42--10th

Shutouts s c a p y
1956 AL--3--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
1960 AL--22--9th

Hits s c a p y
1956 AL--223--9th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 AL--.762--10th

Losses s c a p y
1959 AL--12--8th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1956 AL--96--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1956 AL--10--2nd
1957 AL--8--5th
1958 AL--6--9th
1959 AL--12--1st

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 6 (1479), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (642), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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