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: 10-13 / in Starts: 10-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 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	217	1	Apr 10	WSA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	L(0-1)	99	9.0	6	4	2	2	3	1	1	2.00	4.35	35	10	13	3	2	6	64			1	2	0	31	3	1	0	0	1	2	1.31	-0.124	3.03	-0.17%	0.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
2	218	4	Apr 16	WSA		CLE	L,2-3	GS-9	L(0-2)	5	8.0	10	3	3	0	4	1	0	2.65	3.81	31	10	7	0	0	10	54			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	3	0	0	1.24	-0.277	2.50	-0.34%	0.49	1t start tie	9t 1-3 0 out tie
3	219	9	Apr 23	WSA	@	MIN	L,0-1	GS-7	L(0-3)	6	7.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.25	3.32	25	11	7	2	0	3	67			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.229	1.51	0.27%	2.74	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
4	220	15	Apr 30(1)	WSA		NYY	L,3-4	GS-7	L(0-4)	6	6.1	8	3	3	2	2	0	0	2.67	3.23	28	14	2	1	1	8	45			2	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.42	-0.278	1.66	-0.20%	-1.03	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out d1
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
5	221	37	May 22	WSA	@	LAA	L,4-6	6-7		21	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.78	3.07	8	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	-0.010	.27	-0.01%	0.12	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
6	222	40	May 25	WSA	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS-6	L(0-5)	2	6.0	6	4	4	1	1	0	1	3.29	3.10	25	8	8	0	3	6	44			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.186	1.13	-0.13%	-0.95	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
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
7	223	47	Jun 2	WSA		KCA	W,12-4	CG	W(1-5)	7	9.0	11	4	4	3	4	1	0	3.42	3.29	39	12	9	1	1	11	50			2	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	0	.63	0.157	1.02	0.15%	0.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
8	224	53	Jun 9(1)	WSA		CHW	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(2-5)	6	10.0	6	0	0	4	1	0	0	2.83	3.34	37	12	14	3	0	6	77			3	1	0	32	1	0	2	2	0	0	1.50	0.805	.68	0.22%	4.79	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
9	225	59	Jun 14	WSA	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	W(3-5)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.58	3.18	34	10	11	2	3	6	74			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.206	.42	0.07%	3.40	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
10	226	65	Jun 20	WSA		DET	L,4-5	GS-5	L(3-6)	5	5.0	6	5	5	1	0	1	0	3.03	3.36	22	7	8	1	1	6	34			0	0	0	20	2	1	0	0	1	0	.53	-0.260	.30	-0.09%	-2.61	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
11	227	69	Jun 25(1)	WSA	@	CHW	L,3-7	GS-7	L(3-7)	4	7.0	8	5	2	1	0	0	0	2.99	3.33	33	19	6	0	0	7	46			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	3	1.19	-0.109	.16	-0.01%	-1.51	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
12	228	75	Jun 30	WSA	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS-6	L(3-8)	4	6.0	5	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.09	3.44	23	9	7	0	1	5	50			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.136	.20	-0.01%	-0.10	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
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
13	229	81	Jul 6	WSA		BAL	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-8)	5	9.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	2.80	3.21	31	10	10	1	2	4	86			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.710	.05	0.01%	4.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
14	230	87	Jul 15	WSA		KCA	W,7-1	CG	W(5-8)	8	9.0	6	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.64	3.07	33	10	13	0	5	6	75			2	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.234	.01	0.00%	3.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
15	231	92	Jul 19(2)	WSA		NYY	W,12-2	CG	W(6-8)	3	9.0	9	2	1	0	3	1	1	2.51	3.12	36	9	14	1	5	9	66			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.22	0.112	.00	0.00%	2.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
16	232	96	Jul 25	WSA	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	W(7-8)	5	9.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.39	3.07	32	10	14	1	2	5	74			0	0	0	31	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.747	.00	0.00%	3.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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
17	233	111	Aug 12	WSA		NYY	W,5-1	CG	W(8-8)	17	9.0	5	1	1	1	3	1	0	2.30	3.12	33	16	13	5	1	0	75			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.343	.00	0.00%	3.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
18	234	116	Aug 16	WSA		LAA	W,3-2	CG	W(9-8)	3	9.0	4	2	2	5	5	0	0	2.28	3.12	37	11	12	1	1	4	71			0	0	0	30	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.45	0.010	.00	0.00%	2.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
19	235	120	Aug 20	WSA		BAL	L,3-9	GS-4	L(9-9)	3	3.1	5	6	3	1	1	0	0	2.41	3.11	17	7	3	0	2	5	32			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	.77	-0.279	.00	0.00%	-3.75	1t start tie	4t -2- 1 out d5
20	236	123	Aug 24	WSA	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-7		3	7.0	9	4	3	3	2	1	0	2.48	3.21	32	10	10	2	0	7	44			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.35	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-0.40	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
21	237	128	Aug 29	WSA		CLE	L,4-6	GS-6		4	5.1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.40	3.16	21	8	8	0	5	1	64			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	1	.94	0.250	.00	0.00%	2.62	1t start tie	6t --- 1 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
22	238	155	Sep 24	WSA	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	W(10-9)	25	9.0	1	1	1	2	6	1	0	2.32	3.18	30	13	8	3	2	1	85			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.83	0.442	.00	0.00%	3.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
23	239	158	Sep 28	WSA	@	LAA	L,4-13	GS-6	L(10-10)	3	5.2	9	8	3	3	0	1	0	2.40	3.29	29	9	8	0	3	9	26			0	1	0	23	2	1	0	1	1	2	1.16	-0.515	.00	0.00%	-5.11	1b start a 3	6b 12- 2 out d4
							10-13		W-L:10-10	4.5	168.2	138	60	45	35	62	10	3	2.40	3.29	671	1.14		6%	9%	127	59	0	---%	15	5	0	617	32	6	3	14	3	13	1.04	1.963	.60	-0.23%	22.49

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