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John O'Donoghue

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-4, 203lb (193cm, 92kg)

Born: October 7, 1939 in Kansas City, MO us

School: University of Missouri (Columbia, MO)

Debut: September 29, 1963 (Age 23-357d, 12,192nd in major league history)
vs. CLE 6.0 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER, L

Last Game: June 22, 1971 (Age 31-258d)
vs. ATL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Full Name: John Eugene O'Donoghue

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Relatives: Father of John O'Donoghue

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.1

ERA

4.07

257

751.0

377

WHIP

1.385

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-24 / in Starts: 13-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 5

1964 Pitching Game Log

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1964 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	2	1	Apr 14	KCA	@	DET	L,3-7	7-GF(8)		99	1.2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.61	7	3	2	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.000	.07	0.00%	-0.05	7b 1-- 1 out d5	8b end d 6
2	3	5	Apr 24	KCA		WSA	L,1-6	10-GF(10)		9	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.61	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.001	.09	0.00%	0.48	10t 1-3 2 out d5	10t end d 5
3	4	9	Apr 29	KCA		DET	L,4-5	GS-6		4	5.1	6	4	4	3	1	1	0	4.91	5.33	24	10	4	1	0	6	38			0	0	0	21	1	0	1	1	0	0	.99	-0.118	1.77	-0.13%	-1.34	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out d3
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	5	14	May 3(2)	KCA		MIN	W,8-7	GS-5		3	4.0	7	4	4	2	6	1	0	6.35	4.99	21	5	1	0	0	7	36			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.350	1.19	-0.30%	-3.10	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out a3
5	6	17	May 6(1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-6	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.84	4.79	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.010	.21	0.01%	0.44	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
6	7	18	May 6(2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-11	3-5		-1	2.2	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.80	4.07	12	3	1	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.050	.33	-0.04%	-0.28	3b 12- 1 out d3	5b 3 out d5
7	8	19	May 8	KCA	@	MIN	W,6-5	4-7	BS(1)	1	4.0	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	4.26	4.66	16	5	6	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.32	0.015	1.64	0.01%	-0.35	4b 123 0 out a4	7b 3 out tie
8	9	23	May 12	KCA	@	LAA	W,6-2	GS-7	W(1-0)	3	7.0	2	2	0	4	4	0	0	3.12	4.26	31	15	6	0	0	2	69			2	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.81	0.095	1.61	0.05%	0.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
9	10	28	May 17(1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,9-11	GS-3	L(1-1)	4	3.0	6	6	6	1	1	1	0	4.66	4.57	16	7	2	0	0	5	23			0	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.316	.71	-0.22%	-4.62	1b start tie	3b 3 out d6
10	11	32	May 21	KCA	@	BAL	L,6-7	GS-5	L(1-2)	3	4.2	5	3	3	8	3	0	1	4.81	4.92	28	7	4	0	0	5	37			1	0	0	19	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.60	-0.198	1.00	-0.07%	-1.15	1b start a 1	5b 12- 2 out d1
11	12	37	May 25	KCA		CHW	L,4-7	GS-7		3	6.0	5	3	3	2	2	2	1	4.76	5.35	27	10	7	0	0	5	50			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	-0.117	.49	-0.03%	-0.18	1t start tie	7t --- 0 out tie
12	13	41	May 31	KCA		NYY	W,4-2	GS-7	W(2-2)	5	7.0	8	2	2	0	2	0	0	4.44	4.86	28	11	9	2	2	6	55			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.009	.32	0.00%	1.29	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
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
13	14	46	Jun 6	KCA		BOS	L,6-8	GS-1	L(2-3)	5	0.1	4	5	5	3	0	2	0	5.36	5.58	8	1	0	0	0	4	20			2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.383	.07	-0.02%	-5.07	1t start tie	1t 123 1 out d4
14	15	50	Jun 9(1)	KCA	@	WSA	L,4-8	GS-3	L(2-4)	2	2.2	8	6	6	2	1	0	0	6.16	5.50	16	3	2	0	0	8	17			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.33	-0.351	.10	-0.02%	-3.05	1b start a 2	3b 12- 2 out tie
15	16	56	Jun 14(2)	KCA	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS-9	W(3-4)	4	8.1	7	2	2	1	4	1	1	5.59	5.28	33	12	8	0	0	7	64			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.49	0.192	.06	0.01%	1.58	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out a1
16	17	60	Jun 18	KCA	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-6		3	5.1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.26	5.02	19	9	6	2	0	3	59			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	1	.97	0.095	.08	0.01%	1.12	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out a1
17	18	65	Jun 23(1)	KCA		DET	W,2-1	GS-7	W(4-4)	4	6.2	7	1	1	0	4	0	0	4.89	4.68	27	8	8	4	0	7	60			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.260	.09	0.01%	2.07	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out a1
18	19	71	Jun 27	KCA	@	LAA	W,2-1	GS-9	W(5-4)	3	8.1	5	1	0	2	5	0	0	4.37	4.41	30	10	8	1	0	5	74			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.60	0.467	.03	0.01%	2.85	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a2
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	20	75	Jul 1	KCA	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS-1		3	0.1	3	3	3	1	0	1	0	4.69	4.60	5	0	1	1	0	3	32			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.317	.04	-0.01%	-3.03	1b start a 2	1b 1-- 1 out d1
20	21	79	Jul 5	KCA	@	BAL	W,3-1	GS-9	W(6-4)	3	8.0	6	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.36	4.58	31	14	9	1	0	6	66			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	3	0	3	1.20	0.312	.03	0.01%	2.24	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a2
21	22	83	Jul 12(1)	KCA		CHW	L,1-3	GS-8	L(6-5)	6	7.1	8	3	3	4	6	2	0	4.31	4.70	33	11	4	0	0	8	52			2	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.26	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d3
22	23	90	Jul 16	KCA		CLE	L,9-12	GS-1		3	0.0	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.69	4.73	4	0	0	0	0	3	27			0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.291	.00	0.00%	-3.34	1t start tie	1t 1-3 0 out d2
23	24	93	Jul 19(2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-4	L(6-6)	2	3.0	3	3	2	3	0	1	0	4.73	4.89	16	4	6	1	0	3	40			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.01	-0.183	.00	0.00%	-2.05	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out d3
24	25	97	Jul 24	KCA		LAA	W,1-0	SHO	W(7-6)	4	9.0	6	0	0	3	2	0	0	4.33	4.75	34	15	8	1	0	6	74			0	0	0	30	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.80	0.722	.00	0.00%	4.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
25	26	103	Jul 31(1)	KCA		BAL	L,1-6	GS-5	L(7-7)	6	4.0	4	3	3	1	0	1	0	4.42	4.81	17	7	5	0	0	4	41			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.172	.00	0.00%	-2.10	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out d3
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
26	27	107	Aug 4	KCA		NYY	W,5-1	GS-7	W(8-7)	3	6.1	6	1	1	0	4	1	0	4.26	4.74	25	13	7	1	1	1	61			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.149	.00	0.00%	1.79	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a1
27	28	111	Aug 8	KCA	@	DET	L,3-4	GS-6		3	6.0	9	3	3	0	2	1	0	4.27	4.71	28	8	9	2	0	9	44			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.115	.00	0.00%	-0.24	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
28	29	118	Aug 16	KCA		DET	L,5-11	GS-3	L(8-8)	7	3.0	7	5	5	2	1	1	0	4.52	4.79	18	5	3	0	0	7	24			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.25	-0.374	.00	0.00%	-3.59	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
29	30	120	Aug 18(2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-5	5-6		1	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.48	4.79	6	2	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.41	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.75	5b -2- 2 out d3	6b 3 out d3
30	31	123	Aug 21	KCA	@	WSA	W,3-2	GS-5		2	4.2	5	2	2	2	2	1	0	4.45	4.83	21	5	7	0	0	5	46			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.15	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out a1
31	32	128	Aug 26	KCA		LAA	L,2-5	GS-4	L(8-9)	4	4.0	6	3	3	0	4	0	0	4.52	4.70	18	5	3	0	0	6	42			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.11	-0.150	.00	0.00%	-1.12	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
32	33	132	Aug 30(1)	KCA		CLE	W,9-3	CG	W(9-9)	3	9.0	12	3	3	4	5	0	0	4.43	4.59	42	13	8	0	0	12	52			0	0	0	38	1	2	0	1	0	0	.60	0.153	.00	0.00%	1.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
Sep/Oct				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
33	34	137	Sep 4	KCA		NYY	L,7-9	GS-7		4	6.0	9	5	5	1	2	2	0	4.55	4.67	25	12	5	0	2	5	35			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.04	-0.289	.00	0.00%	-1.52	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out tie
34	35	142	Sep 11(1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-5	GS-4	L(9-10)	6	3.2	6	5	3	3	2	0	0	4.62	4.66	22	7	4	0	1	6	32			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	3	.96	-0.343	.00	0.00%	-3.60	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out d4
35	36	147	Sep 15	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-8	GS-4	L(9-11)	3	4.0	7	5	4	2	2	1	0	4.73	4.70	20	5	4	0	0	7	30			0	0	0	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.232	.00	0.00%	-3.10	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
36	37	151	Sep 20	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-4	GS-5	L(9-12)	4	4.2	7	3	3	2	2	0	0	4.76	4.65	23	15	2	0	1	2	38			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.129	.00	0.00%	-1.17	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out d3
37	38	154	Sep 25	KCA		CHW	L,3-11	GS-2	L(9-13)	4	1.0	5	5	5	0	0	1	0	5.00	4.72	8	3	0	0	0	5	23			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.08	-0.321	.00	0.00%	-3.91	1t start tie	2t 1-- 0 out d4
38	39	157	Sep 29	KCA	@	MIN	W,7-6	11-GF(15)	W(10-13)	3	5.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.86	4.63	18	7	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.23	0.699	.00	0.00%	2.28	11b --- 0 out tie	15b end a 1
39	40	162	Oct 3	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-7	GS-5	L(10-14)	3	5.0	7	5	4	2	1	1	0	4.92	4.67	25	13	2	1	0	7	34			0	0	0	21	0	2	0	1	1	2	.64	-0.246	.00	0.00%	-2.81	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
							15-24		W-L:10-14,BSv:1	3.5	173.2	202	104	95	65	79	24	3	4.92	4.67	786	1.72		4%	2%	185	44	9	56%	7	0	0	704	30	7	4	23	3	19	1.12	-1.898	.28	-0.73%	-27.45

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