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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

Standard Batting

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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
1955 21 NYY AL 29 42 40 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .050 .050 .075 .125 -66 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
1956 22 NYY AL 34 91 77 7 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 25 .143 .224 .156 .379 3 12 0 1 6 0 0 1 AS,MVP-30
1957 23 NYY AL 37 71 55 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 18 .109 .183 .109 .292 -17 6 1 0 11 0 0 1
1958 24 NYY AL 34 49 40 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 .125 .186 .175 .361 2 7 0 0 6 0 0 1
1959 25 TOT AL 42 55 49 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 24 .082 .135 .102 .237 -34 5 1 0 3 0 0 1
1959 25 NYY AL 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1959 25 KCA AL 33 53 47 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 22 .085 .140 .106 .246 -32 5 1 0 3 0 0 1
1960 26 KCA AL 31 34 30 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .133 .161 .133 .295 -19 4 0 0 3 0 0 1
6 Seasons 207 342 291 21 32 5 0 0 6 0 0 19 95 .110 .167 .127 .294 -19 37 2 1 31 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 268 228 16 25 4 0 0 5 0 0 15 74 .110 .167 .127 .294 -19 29 2 1 24 0 0
NYY (5 yrs) 143 255 214 13 24 4 0 0 5 0 0 15 64 .112 .174 .131 .305 -16 28 1 1 25 0 0
KCA (2 yrs) 64 87 77 8 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 31 .104 .148 .117 .265 -27 9 1 0 6 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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
1955 21 NYY AL WS BRO L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 22 NYY AL WS BRO W 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1957 23 NYY AL WS MLN L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 24 NYY AL WS MLN W 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 8 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 1 0 0
4 WS 8 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 1 0 0

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
1955 NYY AL 21 P 29 13 126.2 30 3 24 3 0 .900 1.92 0.93 .960 1.99 0.83
1956 NYY AL 22 P 34 31 224.0 58 13 40 5 5 .914 2.13 1.56 .952 1.92 0.82 AS,MVP-30
1957 NYY AL 23 P 37 23 179.1 57 9 47 1 5 .982 2.81 1.51 .961 1.99 0.86
1958 NYY AL 24 P 34 15 126.0 32 6 25 1 2 .969 2.21 0.91 .962 1.95 0.82
1959 TOT AL 25 P 42 24 167.2 48 11 36 1 4 .979 2.52 1.12 .954 2.05 0.85
1959 NYY AL 25 P 9 1 16.2 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.24 0.67 .950 2.05 0.84
1959 KCA AL 25 P 33 23 151.0 42 10 31 1 4 .976 2.44 1.24 .955 2.05 0.85
1960 KCA AL 26 P 31 17 114.0 28 3 22 3 1 .893 1.97 0.81 .968 1.96 0.78
6 Seasons P 207 123 937.2 253 45 194 14 17 .945 2.29 1.15 .958 1.97 0.83
6 Seasons TOT 207 123 937.2 253 45 194 14 17 .945 2.29 1.15 .903 1.97 0.83

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 (1469th)

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)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1957 AL  11 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 11 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (647), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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 Hector Lopez and Ralph Terry.

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).

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