Johnny Kucks

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 170lb (190cm, 77kg)

Born: July 27, 1932 in Hoboken, NJ us

Died: October 31, 2013 in Saddle River, NJ

Buried: George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus, NJ

High School: William L. Dickinson HS (Jersey City, NJ)

Debut: April 17, 1955 (Age 22-264d, 11,225th in major league history)
vs. WSH 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 25, 1960 (Age 28-060d)
vs. DET 4.0 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: John Charles Kucks

Pronunciation: \COOKS\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.7

ERA

4.10

207

123

938.1

338

WHIP

1.362

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	16	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
2	11 (3)	Apr 25	NYY		BAL	L,1-2		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	16 (4)	May 1	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	19 (2)	May 3 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,2-8		17	3.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
5	22 (2)	May 9	NYY		WSH	L,0-7		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	26 (3)	May 15	NYY		CHW	L,0-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	29 (2)	May 17 (2)	NYY		KCA	L,0-10		11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	31 (1)	May 20	NYY		DET	L,6-13	GF	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	32	May 22	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
				Player went from New York Yankees to Kansas City Athletics
10	39	May 30 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	44 (4)	Jun 3	KCA		BOS	W,5-3	GS	0	6.1	0	1	0	1	0
12	49 (4)	Jun 9	KCA	@	NYY	L,8-9	GS	10	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	54 (4)	Jun 14	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-6	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	58 (3)	Jun 19 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-8	GS	22	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	63 (4)	Jun 23	KCA		NYY	L,2-10		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	65 (1)	Jun 25	KCA		NYY	L,4-5	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	67 (1)	Jun 27	KCA		WSH	W,5-4		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	68	Jun 28	KCA		WSH	L,3-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	71 (2)	Jul 1	KCA	@	DET	L,4-5		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	72	Jul 2	KCA		CLE	W,6-4	GF	5	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	74 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	KCA		CHW	L,4-7		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
22	75	Jul 4 (2)	KCA		CHW	W,8-3	GF	20	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	78 (2)	Jul 9 (2)	KCA		DET	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
24	84 (5)	Jul 14 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS	31	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
25	88 (3)	Jul 19 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	L,0-7	GS	30	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	P
26	93 (4)	Jul 24	KCA		BOS	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
27	97 (3)	Jul 28	KCA		WSH	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	101 (3)	Aug 1	KCA		NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	P
29	105 (3)	Aug 5	KCA	@	BOS	L,6-17	GS	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	108 (2)	Aug 8	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS	32	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
31	111 (2)	Aug 10	KCA		CLE	L,4-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	113 (1)	Aug 12	KCA		CLE	L,4-9	GS	10	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	115 (1)	Aug 14	KCA		CHW	L,1-5	GS	31	7.2	0	1	0	1	1	P
34	118 (2)	Aug 18	KCA		BOS	L,4-5	GS	10	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	120 (1)	Aug 20	KCA		BOS	L,10-11	GF	9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
36	124 (3)	Aug 23 (2)	KCA		WSH	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	127 (2)	Aug 28	KCA		DET	L,5-6	GS	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	132 (4)	Sep 5	KCA	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	29	6.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
39	137 (4)	Sep 9	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-4	GS	22	5.0	0	4	0	4	0	P
40	145 (7)	Sep 15 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
41	147 (1)	Sep 19	KCA		CLE	L,7-13	GS	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	151 (3)	Sep 25 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-8	GS	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							42gm		167.2	11	36	1	48	4