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

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Team Record in Appearances: 18-19 / in Starts: 12-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 7

1957 Pitching Game Log

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1957 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	64	2	Apr 18	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS-7		99	7.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	1.29	1.46	26	11	3	0	0	6	65			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	0	.85	0.205	2.39	0.35%	2.47	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
2	65	6	Apr 23	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	L(0-1)	4	8.2	5	3	3	2	6	1	1	2.30	2.65	32	12	8	1	1	3	66			0	0	1	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.49	-0.106	4.97	-0.21%	1.03	1b start tie	9b --- 2 out d2
3	66	11	Apr 30	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	GS-9		6	9.0	5	1	1	5	4	0	0	1.82	2.86	35	10	11	2	3	5	72			0	1	0	29	0	1	1	1	1	0	1.52	0.540	4.47	0.95%	3.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
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	67	17	May 5(2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-1)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.34	2.78	30	19	7	1	1	2	81			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.437	3.82	1.18%	4.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
5	68	20	May 10	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-4	GS-6	L(1-2)	4	6.0	9	4	3	2	1	0	1	1.82	2.91	30	12	6	0	0	8	39			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	1	.88	-0.152	3.38	-0.35%	-1.39	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
6	69	25	May 17	NYY		DET	L,1-4	GS-3	L(1-3)	6	2.1	5	3	3	0	1	2	0	2.36	3.46	12	4	2	1	0	5	36			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.240	2.71	-0.64%	-2.48	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d3
7	70	27	May 19	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.30	3.39	3	1	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.11	0.141	8.81	0.35%	1.44	9t 12- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
8	71	29	May 22	NYY		CHW	L,4-8	GS-6	L(1-4)	2	5.2	6	5	2	3	3	0	0	2.40	3.34	28	13	5	0	2	4	43			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.35	-0.143	5.60	-0.36%	-0.64	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out tie
9	72	34	May 27	NYY	@	BOS	W,17-8	GS-6	W(2-4)	4	6.0	8	6	5	5	2	1	1	2.96	3.74	30	8	6	0	0	8	31			0	0	1	23	1	0	1	2	1	1	1.26	-0.449	4.95	-1.05%	-3.03	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
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	73	40	Jun 1	NYY		BAL	L,3-4	CG	L(2-5)	4	9.0	8	4	4	3	2	1	0	3.11	3.84	37	20	4	0	0	8	54			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.88	-0.137	2.99	-0.28%	0.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
11	74	45	Jun 6	NYY	@	CLE	W,14-5	CG	W(3-5)	4	9.0	5	5	4	7	7	1	0	3.22	3.94	39	12	10	0	2	3	59			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	2	.34	0.053	1.30	0.12%	-0.79	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a9
12	75	48	Jun 9	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	8-GF	S(2)	2	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.13	3.92	7	1	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.85	0.332	10.08	0.71%	0.96	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
13	76	51	Jun 12	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS-5	L(3-6)	2	4.1	6	5	5	1	0	1	1	3.53	4.08	20	12	3	0	0	3	30			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.293	6.07	-1.02%	-2.30	1b start a 1	5b -2- 1 out d1
14	77	55	Jun 16	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-6	GS-8		3	8.0	9	4	4	0	3	1	0	3.62	4.01	32	12	9	0	2	8	51			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.17	-0.330	5.14	-0.87%	-0.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
15	78	59	Jun 21	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	GS-6	W(4-6)	4	6.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.58	3.90	24	6	11	2	3	4	53			1	1	0	22	0	3	0	0	1	0	1.16	0.109	8.99	0.51%	0.78	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
16	79	64	Jun 26	NYY		CLE	W,3-1	GS-9	W(5-6)	4	8.0	8	1	1	5	4	0	0	3.39	3.85	36	12	8	0	0	7	61			1	0	0	31	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.370	8.14	1.38%	2.73	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a3
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	80	70	Jul 1	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS-8		4	7.1	8	1	0	2	4	0	1	3.16	3.77	31	13	4	0	0	7	62			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.40	0.116	7.88	0.39%	1.59	1b start tie	8b --3 1 out a1
18	81	76	Jul 6	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-6	GS-7	W(6-6)	4	6.1	8	6	6	1	2	2	0	3.45	3.91	28	10	8	2	1	7	34			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	2	0	.55	-0.009	2.89	-0.03%	-3.03	1b start a 1	7b --- 1 out a4
19	82	79	Jul 12	NYY	@	KCA	W,4-2	8-9	H(1)	5	1.1	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.49	4.01	8	4	1	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.68	-0.015	8.06	-0.04%	-0.56	8b --- 0 out a3	9b 1-- 1 out a2
20	83	83	Jul 16	NYY	@	DET	W,10-4	GS-9		3	8.1	7	4	4	3	6	0	1	3.55	3.90	36	12	8	1	4	6	56			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.242	5.23	0.72%	1.45	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a2
21	84	89	Jul 21(2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-7	GS-6	L(6-7)	4	5.0	6	5	5	1	1	2	0	3.76	4.06	22	12	3	1	0	5	35			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.193	3.54	-0.39%	-1.49	1b start a 2	6b 123 0 out a2
22	85	91	Jul 24	NYY		CHW	L,2-7	3-7		2	4.2	5	1	1	4	5	0	0	3.69	4.02	22	5	5	0	3	3		2	0	1	0	0	18	0	1	0	1	0	0	.35	0.066	2.18	0.25%	2.21	3t -23 1 out d4	7t 3 out d4
23	86	96	Jul 28(2)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	GS-7		3	6.2	6	3	2	3	2	0	0	3.65	3.98	29	10	8	0	1	6	51			1	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.46	-0.122	7.06	-0.35%	-0.07	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out tie
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
24	87	101	Aug 3	NYY		CLE	W,5-3	8-9	H(2)	5	0.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.63	3.97	5	0	2	0	2	3		3	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.44	-0.128	14.01	-0.31%	-1.45	8t 123 1 out a3	9t 12- 0 out a2
25	88	103	Aug 4(2)	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	6-6	BS(1)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.60	3.96	3	2	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.68	0.055	7.99	0.10%	0.44	6t 12- 0 out a1	6t 3 out tie
26	89	108	Aug 9	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.55	3.94	6	5	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.062	1.77	0.15%	0.87	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
27	90	110	Aug 11	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-2	GS-7	W(7-7)	1	7.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.51	3.87	28	9	9	1	0	5	60			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	.32	0.140	1.27	0.33%	1.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out a5
28	91	114	Aug 16	NYY		BAL	L,3-4	GS-7		4	6.1	7	3	1	1	5	0	0	3.42	3.77	26	8	6	0	0	6	55			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.33	-0.182	4.49	-0.37%	-0.25	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d1
29	92	119	Aug 21	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-6	GS-1	L(7-8)	4	0.1	3	3	3	0	0	0	2	3.59	3.80	6	1	1	0	0	2	33			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	-0.288	3.47	-0.37%	-3.41	1b start tie	1b 12- 1 out d3
30	93	120	Aug 22	NYY	@	KCA	W,11-4	6-GF	W(8-8)	0	4.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.50	3.78	12	6	4	2	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	.55	0.128	1.51	0.21%	1.89	6b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 7
31	94	124	Aug 26	NYY	@	DET	L,2-5	1-GF(8)		3	7.2	6	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.45	3.73	30	16	6	1	2	4		1	0	0	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	1	1	.60	0.030	2.62	0.08%	1.88	1b 1-- 1 out d1	8b end d 3
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
32	95	132	Sep 2(2)	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-6	GS-1	L(8-9)	6	0.0	3	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.66	3.76	6	1	0	0	0	3	26			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.382	4.01	-0.62%	-5.33	1b start tie	1b 1-3 0 out d4
33	96	136	Sep 6	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	9-GF		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.65	3.76	3	2	1	0	1	0		3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.95	-0.065	9.89	-0.08%	0.54	9b 123 0 out tie	9b end d 1
34	97	140	Sep 11(2)	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	8-GF		4	2.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.60	3.73	7	4	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.042	.18	-0.02%	-0.07	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
35	98	142	Sep 14	NYY		CHW	L,2-5	8-GF		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.56	3.70	9	6	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.52	-0.025	.65	-0.02%	0.30	8t 1-- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
36	99	148	Sep 21	NYY		BOS	L,3-8	9-GF		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.54	3.69	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
37	100	154	Sep 29	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	5-GF(8)	L(8-10)	7	4.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.56	3.65	18	5	6	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.161	.00	0.00%	-0.02	5b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
							18-19		W-L:8-10,Sv:2,BSv:1,Hld:2	3.6	179.1	169	82	71	59	78	13	8	3.56	3.65	759	1.73		4%	6%	142	50	14	36%	6	3	2	672	19	9	2	20	9	11	1.06	-0.435	4.42	0.41%	3.32

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