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: 12-21 / in Starts: 3-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 10

1960 Pitching Game Log

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1960 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	184	3	Apr 22	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-5		99	5.0	6	4	4	2	3	2	0	7.20	7.73	22	6	5	1	0	6	40			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.165	3.60	-0.31%	-1.46	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
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
2	185	11	May 1(2)	CHW		DET	W,5-2	GS-1		8	0.2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	9.53	7.64	5	1	1	0	0	2	39			1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.13	-0.172	3.46	-0.32%	-1.74	1t start tie	1t 1-- 2 out d2
3	186	12	May 2	CHW	@	BAL	L,6-11	6-7		0	2.0	1	3	3	3	2	1	0	10.57	8.66	10	1	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.117	.91	-0.23%	-2.03	6b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d5
4	187	17	May 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS-6	W(1-0)	4	5.2	7	4	3	2	4	1	0	8.10	6.88	26	12	3	0	0	5	43			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.02	-0.033	3.60	-0.07%	-1.37	1b start a 3	6b --3 2 out a2
5	188	24	May 15(2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS-7		7	6.2	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	6.30	5.23	25	11	6	1	0	6	56			1	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	.95	0.185	4.18	0.49%	1.90	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a2
6	189	28	May 21	CHW		NYY	W,9-8	GS-2		5	2.0	4	3	3	1	0	2	0	6.95	6.30	10	4	2	0	0	3	35			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.206	4.15	-0.58%	-2.02	1t start tie	2t 3 out d3
7	190	29	May 22(1)	CHW		WSH	L,5-7	7-7		0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.04	6.14	5	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.020	.68	-0.05%	-0.51	7t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d5
8	191	35	May 28	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS-7	L(1-1)	5	6.2	7	4	4	2	4	2	0	6.67	6.13	28	9	6	1	0	7	46			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.271	5.27	-0.62%	-0.65	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out d1
9	192	38	May 30(2)	CHW		CLE	L,4-9	5-5		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.46	6.02	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.006	.29	0.01%	0.49	5t --- 0 out d6	5t 3 out d6
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	193	41	Jun 2	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	GS-3		2	2.2	6	3	3	0	0	1	0	6.75	6.13	14	5	3	1	0	6	34			2	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.175	2.50	-0.34%	-1.80	1b start tie	3b -2- 2 out d3
11	194	46	Jun 6	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	9-GF	S(1)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.55	6.02	4	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.64	0.188	16.13	0.39%	0.46	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
12	195	47	Jun 7	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	6.88	6.01	6	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.096	2.37	-0.21%	-1.54	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
13	196	49	Jun 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	4-6		1	2.2	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	6.87	5.82	13	2	5	1	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.19	0.021	3.72	0.04%	0.46	4b 123 1 out d1	6b 3 out d3
14	197	52	Jun 11(2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-4	7-GF	S(2)	1	2.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	6.69	5.90	8	3	3	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.101	1.46	0.16%	0.78	7b 123 2 out a4	9b end a 4
15	198	55	Jun 16	CHW		WSH	W,10-4	3-6	W(2-1)	4	3.1	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	6.60	5.89	13	5	4	0	1	3		3	0	0	0	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.008	3.61	-0.01%	0.23	3t 123 2 out d2	6t 3 out tie
16	199	58	Jun 19(1)	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	6-6		2	1.0	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	6.85	5.82	7	3	3	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.102	1.11	-0.19%	-2.51	6t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d6
17	200	64	Jun 25	CHW		BOS	W,7-6	4-6		5	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.42	5.61	11	3	6	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.051	.68	0.07%	1.47	4t --- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d4
18	201	68	Jun 30	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	10-GF(10)	S(3)	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.33	5.57	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.70	0.198	12.16	0.31%	0.91	10b 12- 1 out a2	10b end a 2
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
19	202	70	Jul 2	CHW	@	BAL	W,8-7	3-3	W(3-1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.20	5.57	4	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.024	1.57	0.04%	0.48	3b --- 0 out d3	3b 3 out d3
20	203	72	Jul 4(1)	CHW	@	DET	L,0-3	3-6		1	4.0	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	5.74	5.41	18	9	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	.72	0.132	1.79	0.20%	2.04	3b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d2
21	204	77	Jul 9	CHW		CLE	W,8-4	2-8	W(4-1)	4	5.2	5	2	2	1	0	1	0	5.49	5.41	22	9	7	0	2	5		2	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.39	0.118	1.50	0.27%	1.36	2t 12- 1 out a3	8t 12- 0 out a5
22	205	81	Jul 16	CHW		BAL	L,3-4	7-7		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40	5.36	3	1	2	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.054	2.89	0.13%	0.49	7t --- 0 out d1	7t 3 out d1
23	206	90	Jul 24(2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-8	6-6		7	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.61	5.31	6	5	1	0	0	0		1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.42	-0.099	3.62	-0.52%	-2.16	6b 1-- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d5
24	207	94	Jul 29	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-7	GS-4		4	3.1	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	5.74	5.26	15	7	3	2	0	3	38			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.202	7.16	-0.78%	-1.53	1b start a 1	4b 1-- 1 out d2
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
25	208	100	Aug 3	CHW	@	BAL	L,5-6	9-10	BS(1)	4	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.62	5.15	5	0	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.00	-0.226	22.67	-1.03%	-0.20	9b -2- 2 out a1	10b 3 out tie
26	209	102	Aug 5	CHW		WSH	L,1-6	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.54	5.08	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.12	0.01%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
27	210	110	Aug 13	CHW		KCA	W,8-3	4-GF	W(5-1)	7	6.0	5	0	0	3	3	0	0	5.08	4.91	23	7	6	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	3	0	0	.77	0.175	4.00	0.55%	2.93	4t --- 0 out d2	9t end a 5
28	211	116	Aug 18	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-8	6-6	BS(2)	4	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.28	4.89	5	2	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.37	-0.341	15.10	-1.30%	-2.63	6b -23 1 out a4	6b 3 out tie
29	212	119	Aug 21	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-8	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.21	4.80	4	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
30	213	126	Aug 30	CHW	@	WSH	W,11-10	9-9	BW(6-1)	8	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	5.38	4.94	6	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.54	-0.409	13.14	-1.27%	-1.50	9b --- 0 out a2	9b 3 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
31	214	130	Sep 4(1)	CHW		DET	L,4-6	8-8		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.31	4.89	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.027	2.20	0.10%	0.49	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
32	215	132	Sep 5	CHW	@	KCA	L,7-8	1-1		0	0.2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	5.49	4.88	5	0	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	.86	-0.159	5.20	-0.58%	-2.48	1b 1-- 1 out d2	1b 3 out d5
33	216	141	Sep 14	CHW		WSH	L,1-6	3-4		8	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.38	4.87	6	2	2	0	1	1		2	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.19	0.105	8.51	0.45%	1.39	3t 12- 1 out d2	4t 3 out d2
							12-21		W-L:6-1,Sv:3,BSv:3	3.5	78.2	87	49	47	25	30	13	0	5.38	4.87	340	1.43		6%	3%	74	41	20	25%	7	0	0	307	9	3	3	10	4	3	.97	-1.415	4.13	-5.19%	-9.27

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