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: 18-16 / in Starts: 18-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1958 Pitching Game Log

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1958 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	119	2	Apr 16	CHW		DET	L,4-5	GS-9	L(0-1)	99	8.2	13	5	5	0	4	2	0	5.19	4.55	38	10	12	1	0	12	42			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.28	-0.510	2.88	-0.69%	-1.05	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out d1
2	120	6	Apr 21	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	GS-9	L(0-2)	4	8.0	8	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.78	3.86	33	11	9	1	0	8	57			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.73	0.106	3.91	0.14%	2.38	1b start tie	9b -2- 0 out tie
3	121	11	Apr 26	CHW		KCA	L,1-7	GS-5	L(0-3)	4	5.0	11	4	2	2	2	0	0	3.74	3.63	28	8	5	0	0	11	33			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.16	-0.185	2.07	-0.20%	-1.69	1t start tie	5t 3 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
4	122	14	May 2	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS-7		5	6.1	6	2	2	1	1	1	2	3.54	4.08	25	11	4	0	1	6	53			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.29	-0.097	1.89	-0.09%	0.30	1b start a 1	7b --3 1 out tie
5	123	17	May 10	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	W(1-3)	7	9.0	7	4	2	0	7	0	0	3.16	3.31	35	12	9	0	0	7	68			1	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	2	1.25	0.036	1.67	0.03%	0.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
6	124	22	May 14	CHW	@	KCA	W,4-1	CG	W(2-3)	3	9.0	4	1	0	2	5	0	1	2.54	3.13	34	12	10	0	0	4	80			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.87	0.428	1.33	0.39%	3.29	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
7	125	28	May 20	CHW		NYY	L,1-5	GS-8	L(2-4)	5	8.0	9	4	4	1	3	2	0	2.83	3.46	32	10	9	1	0	9	50			0	0	0	30	3	0	1	1	0	0	.60	-0.097	.95	-0.09%	-0.30	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
8	126	33	May 25(1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-6	GS-4	L(2-5)	4	3.2	6	5	5	3	1	1	0	3.43	3.74	20	5	5	1	0	6	27			0	0	0	17	0	0	1	0	0	0	.94	-0.357	1.16	-0.26%	-3.89	1t start tie	4t 123 2 out d4
9	127	37	May 30(1)	CHW	@	DET	W,6-5	GS-3		4	2.0	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.92	3.70	12	3	3	1	0	6	28			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.197	1.91	-0.18%	-1.99	1b start a 2	3b 12- 0 out a2
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
10	128	41	Jun 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-13	GS-1	L(2-6)	3	0.0	3	4	3	1	0	2	0	4.37	4.18	5	2	0	0	0	2	29			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.345	2.03	-0.42%	-4.37	1b start tie	1b 1-- 0 out d4
11	129	48	Jun 8(2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-6	L(2-7)	4	6.0	6	4	4	0	1	2	0	4.52	4.39	24	6	11	2	0	6	45			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.181	.78	-0.11%	-1.03	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
12	130	52	Jun 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-6	GS-6		3	6.0	9	5	5	1	1	1	0	4.77	4.43	27	7	13	2	5	5	34			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.352	.81	-0.15%	-2.25	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
13	131	56	Jun 15(2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-0	SHO	W(3-7)	2	9.0	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	4.24	4.09	34	16	6	0	0	7	78			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.291	.60	0.17%	3.96	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
14	132	60	Jun 20	CHW		BAL	W,5-3	GS-6		4	5.2	12	3	3	2	3	0	1	4.27	4.02	32	12	3	0	0	11	34			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.140	1.62	-0.10%	-0.70	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out d2
15	133	65	Jun 26	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	GS-7	L(3-8)	5	7.0	7	4	4	1	5	1	0	4.34	3.96	29	9	9	4	0	5	51			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.217	1.99	-0.25%	-0.76	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
16	134	70	Jun 30	CHW		CLE	L,3-5	GS-7	L(3-9)	3	6.1	7	5	5	2	6	1	1	4.52	3.97	30	8	7	1	4	6	43			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	1	.89	-0.246	.98	-0.16%	-2.63	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d4
Jul				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
17	135	76	Jul 6	CHW		DET	L,1-2	CG	L(3-10)	5	9.0	7	2	2	3	1	0	0	4.31	3.91	34	16	7	1	0	7	63			0	0	1	29	2	0	0	3	0	1	.95	0.083	.57	0.03%	2.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
18	136	79	Jul 12(1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	W(4-10)	5	9.0	9	4	4	5	8	0	0	4.28	3.79	41	9	10	1	0	9	56			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.128	.37	0.02%	0.46	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a3
19	137	85	Jul 16(1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-1	CG	W(5-10)	3	9.0	7	1	1	3	3	0	0	4.05	3.72	36	8	15	0	0	7	69			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.319	.26	0.05%	2.96	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
20	138	90	Jul 20(1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	W(6-10)	3	9.0	5	2	2	2	5	2	1	3.91	3.82	34	12	9	1	0	5	72			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.361	.24	0.05%	2.13	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
21	139	95	Jul 25	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	SHO	W(7-10)	4	9.0	8	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.67	3.70	34	12	6	1	0	8	75			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	3	0	0	.77	0.280	.05	0.01%	4.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
22	140	99	Jul 29	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	GS-8		3	8.0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	3.48	3.61	30	11	12	1	3	5	72			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.03	0.269	.06	0.01%	2.70	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
Aug				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
23	141	103	Aug 3(1)	CHW		NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(8-10)	4	9.0	3	1	1	1	4	1	0	3.34	3.59	31	13	12	1	2	1	80			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.517	.03	0.01%	3.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
24	142	108	Aug 9	CHW	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	W(9-10)	5	9.0	12	3	3	1	5	1	0	3.32	3.57	40	14	8	0	0	12	55			0	0	0	39	1	0	0	1	0	1	.73	-0.006	.02	0.00%	1.50	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
25	143	113	Aug 13(1)	CHW		KCA	L,1-2	GS-11	L(9-11)	3	10.2	9	2	2	3	6	1	0	3.23	3.56	45	14	13	0	0	9	71			0	0	0	42	3	0	0	0	0	2	1.45	0.284	.07	0.01%	2.35	1t start tie	11t 123 2 out d1
26	144	119	Aug 19	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	W(10-11)	5	9.0	4	1	1	0	5	1	0	3.12	3.53	31	12	11	2	0	3	80			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.319	.21	0.06%	3.46	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
27	145	124	Aug 24	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-5	GS-3	L(10-12)	4	2.1	6	5	5	2	1	0	0	3.32	3.53	15	5	1	0	0	6	24			0	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.04	-0.295	.22	-0.04%	-4.18	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out d4
28	146	128	Aug 29	CHW		DET	W,3-0	SHO	W(11-12)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.17	3.44	31	8	12	2	0	4	84			2	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.519	.16	0.05%	4.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
29	147	133	Sep 3	CHW	@	DET	W,1-0	SHO	W(12-12)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.03	3.38	34	12	10	0	0	5	80			2	0	0	31	3	0	1	0	0	1	1.55	0.804	.05	0.02%	4.50	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
30	148	137	Sep 7	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(12-13)	3	8.0	9	4	4	3	7	1	1	3.09	3.40	36	8	8	0	0	9	52			2	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.358	.06	-0.01%	-0.30	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
31	149	140	Sep 11	CHW		BOS	W,4-1	GS-8	W(13-13)	3	7.1	7	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.03	3.35	30	8	8	1	0	7	63			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.245	.01	0.00%	1.83	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a3
32	150	145	Sep 16	CHW		BAL	W,4-3	CG	W(14-13)	4	9.0	8	3	3	1	5	2	0	3.03	3.40	35	7	14	2	0	8	63			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.352	.00	0.00%	1.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
33	151	149	Sep 21	CHW	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	W(15-13)	4	9.0	3	1	1	2	5	1	0	2.95	3.40	31	8	13	2	0	3	80			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	0.671	.00	0.00%	3.29	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
34	152	152	Sep 25	CHW		DET	L,1-7	GS-4	L(15-14)	3	4.0	8	5	3	1	2	0	0	3.01	3.38	22	7	4	0	0	8	31			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	1	2	.82	-0.284	.00	0.00%	-3.15	1t start tie	4t 3 out d5
							18-16		W-L:15-14	3.9	248.0	240	92	83	53	127	23	7	3.01	3.38	1028	1.13		5%	2%	227	57		---%	9	2	1	954	34	2	5	20	2	15	1.09	2.145	.78	-1.69%	21.84

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