Dick Donovan

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: December 7, 1927 in Boston, MA us

Died: January 6, 1997 in Weymouth, MA

Buried: Woodside Cemetery, Cohasset, MA

School: Boston University (Boston, MA)

Debut: April 24, 1950 (Age 22-138d, 10,690th in major league history)
vs. BRO 6.2 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 8 BB, 5 ER, L

Last Game: June 12, 1965 (Age 37-187d)
vs. KCA 2.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Richard Edward Donovan

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.3

122

ERA

3.67

345

273

2017.1

880

WHIP

1.231

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Team Record in Appearances: 0-9 / in Starts: 0-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 8, Entered with runners on base: 2

1950 Pitching Game Log

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1950 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	7	Apr 24	BSN		BRO	L,4-6	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.2	7	6	5	8	4	1	0	6.75	6.93	34	9	11	3	0	2	34			3	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.26	-0.481	4.08	-0.94%	-2.99	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d2
2	2	13	Apr 30(2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-9	GS-5	L(0-2)	5	4.2	4	5	5	8	0	2	1	7.94	9.82	27	6	8	3	0	4	28			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.261	2.42	-0.41%	-2.88	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	3	14	May 2	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-6	5-GF(8)		1	4.0	1	2	2	3	1	0	0	7.04	8.39	16	5	7	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	.23	0.002	.61	0.00%	0.16	5b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 5
4	4	19	May 7	BSN	@	STL	L,0-15			4	1.0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	7.16	8.58	7												4			0		0
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	5	40	Jun 4(1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,0-3	4-7		27	3.2	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	5.85	7.68	13	5	3	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	2	0	0	.51	0.095	1.40	0.16%	2.51	4b 12- 1 out d3	7b 3 out d3
6	6	44	Jun 8	BSN	@	STL	L,6-18	6-GF(8)		3	3.0	3	4	4	2	3	0	0	6.65	7.02	13	4	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	.01	-0.003	.02	-0.01%	-2.37	6b --- 0 out d8	8b end d12
7	7	46	Jun 10	BSN	@	CHC	L,10-13	3-5		1	1.1	2	3	3	2	0	1	0	7.40	7.56	7	1	2	0	1	2		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.57	-0.317	4.33	-0.52%	-2.15	3b -2- 2 out a1	5b --- 0 out d1
8	8	55	Jun 18(2)	BSN		PIT	T,8-8	GS-2		7	1.1	3	5	5	3	0	1	1	8.77	8.27	11	3	1	0	0	3	25			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.415	4.36	-0.77%	-4.28	1t start tie	2t --- 1 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	9	145	Sep 24	BSN		NYG	L,4-12	5-7		97	3.0	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	8.16	7.99	14	2	6	0	3	3		0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.48	5t --- 0 out d9	7t 3 out d10
10	10	146	Sep 25(1)	BSN		PHI	L,4-12	9-GF		0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.19	7.81	5	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.51	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 8
							0-9		W-L:0-2	3.0	29.2	28	28	27	34	9	5	2	8.19	7.81	147	0.88		9%	6%	21	29	3	0%	4	0	0	110	4	0	1	5	0	1	.75	-1.379	2.22	-2.48%	-12.03

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