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: 1-6 / 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: 4, Entered with runners on base: 2

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 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	19	2	Apr 16	BSN		BRO	L,8-14	3-5		99	2.1	5	1	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	3.25	13	4	2	2	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	.06	-0.033	.14	-0.05%	-1.68	3t 12- 2 out d6	5t 3 out d9
2	20	7	Apr 20(2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,2-1	8-GF	S(1)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.39	6	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	0.323	4.61	0.41%	0.93	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
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	21	17	May 3	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-8	5-7		12	2.2	5	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.29	2.11	14	6	2	0	0	5		2	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	.05	-0.005	.08	-0.01%	-0.93	5b 1-3 1 out d5	7b 3 out d8
4	22	22	May 10	BSN		NYG	L,2-4	9-GF		6	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.13	2.52	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.015	.51	0.01%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
5	23	35	May 30(2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-11	GS-5	L(0-1)	19	4.0	8	6	6	4	3	1	1	5.25	4.31	24	8	5	5	0	3	21			3	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.397	.56	-0.12%	-4.09	1b start tie	5b --- 0 out d4
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
6	24	40	Jun 4	BSN	@	STL	L,0-6	GS-1	L(0-2)	4	0.0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	6.00	5.06	3	0	0	0	0	0	43			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.163	.70	-0.05%	-1.83	1b start tie	1b 123 0 out tie
7	25	42	Jun 6	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5.54	5.54	6	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
							1-6		W-L:0-2,Sv:1	3.5	13.0	18	10	8	12	7	1	2	5.54	5.54	70	1.92		18%	0%	11	32	4	75%	5	1	0	52	2	0	1	1	0	1	.67	-0.260	.68	0.20%	-6.68

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