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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-24 / in Starts: 16-15
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	17 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 107 PAs	15
Actual Runners on Base	72 (32-30-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 107 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	67 (35-21-10)

Most Driven In
L Aparicio	3
W Dropo	3
Self	3
S Lollar	1
B Nieman	1
R Jackson	1
F Hatfield	1
B Phillips	1

Most Driven In By
N Fox	4
Self	3
S Esposito	1
D Philley	1
L Aparicio	0

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	68	3 (2)	Apr 20	CHW	@	KCA	W,6-3	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	2.000	2.667	9	.87	0.161	2.60	0.29%	1.62	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	69	9 (5)	May 4	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.571	1.000	1.571	9	.56	0.016	1.78	0.03%	0.23	P
3	70	12 (2)	May 6 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.833	1.333	3	.18	-0.005	.57	-0.01%	-0.33	PH
4	71	14 (1)	May 9	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.500	.833	1.333	8						P
5	72	17 (2)	May 12	CHW	@	DET	W,7-6	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.556	.857	1.413	9	.70	0.027	1.86	0.04%	0.39	P
6	73	20 (2)	May 16	CHW		WSH	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.700	1.200	9	1.84	0.142	6.14	0.28%	0.96	P
7	74	23 (2)	May 19	CHW		NYY	L,4-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.462	.636	1.098	9	.73	-0.019	2.54	-0.04%	-0.25	PH
8	75	24	May 20 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,5-12	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.583	1.012	9	1.49	-0.049	4.39	-0.09%	-0.45	P
9	76	30 (5)	May 28	CHW	@	KCA	L,4-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.353	.467	.820	9	.79	-0.060	1.78	-0.08%	-0.58	P
10	77	31	May 29	CHW	@	KCA	W,7-4	12-12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.389	.467	.856	7	1.37	0.040	2.79	0.05%	0.66	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	78	35 (3)	Jun 3 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,12-0	CG	5	3	1	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.389	.478	.611	1.089	9	.29	0.089	.79	0.15%	1.89	P
12	79	40 (4)	Jun 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.423	.524	.947	9	.69	-0.055	2.05	-0.10%	-1.00	P
13	80	41	Jun 8	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.407	.500	.907	8	1.64	-0.044	5.64	-0.09%	-0.27	PH
14	81	44 (2)	Jun 12	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.414	.478	.892	9	.72	-0.024	3.64	-0.07%	-0.27	P
15	82	45	Jun 13	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.400	.458	.858	9	.75	-0.021	3.51	-0.06%	-0.50	PH
16	83	46	Jun 14	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.387	.440	.827	9	.50	-0.013	2.52	-0.04%	-0.24	PH
17	84	49 (2)	Jun 17 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,20-2	CG	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.417	.483	.899	9	.10	-0.012	.34	-0.03%	0.91	P
18	85	55 (5)	Jun 22	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	GS-11	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.400	.485	.885	9	1.24	-0.020	7.79	-0.08%	-0.22	P
19	86	60 (4)	Jun 27	CHW		BOS	L,9-11	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.400	.485	.885	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	87	65 (4)	Jul 1 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-6	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.395	.457	.852	9	.95	0.045	5.40	0.16%	0.38	P
21	88	69 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,2-3	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.395	.457	.852	9						PR
22	89	71 (1)	Jul 7	CHW		DET	L,8-12	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.270	.378	.432	.810	9	1.68	-0.106	6.99	-0.26%	-1.33	P
23	90	72	Jul 8 (1)	CHW		DET	L,5-17	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.391	.526	.918	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.00	P
24	91	75 (2)	Jul 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.383	.513	.896	9	2.27	-0.060	6.19	-0.10%	-0.19	P
25	92	78 (2)	Jul 15 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.353	.465	.818	9	.76	-0.078	1.93	-0.12%	-0.87	P
26	93	83 (4)	Jul 21	CHW	@	WSH	L,5-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.239	.333	.435	.768	9	.96	-0.007	.69	0.00%	-0.01	P
27	94	87 (3)	Jul 25	CHW		NYY	L,1-10	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.339	.438	.777	9	.56	0.007	.68	0.01%	0.02	P
28	95	93 (5)	Jul 31	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.255	.339	.431	.770	9	1.56	-0.069	.12	0.00%	-0.88	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	96	98 (4)	Aug 5 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.323	.407	.730	9	.91	-0.084	.14	-0.01%	-0.81	P
30	97	101 (2)	Aug 7 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,4-3	9-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.333	.407	.741	8	4.29	0.124	.53	0.01%	0.67	PH
31	98	104 (2)	Aug 10	CHW	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.328	.397	.725	9	.81	-0.065	.14	-0.01%	-0.08	P
32	99	108 (3)	Aug 15	CHW	@	KCA	W,10-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.310	.371	.681	9	.36	-0.028	.02	0.00%	-0.94	P
33	100	109	Aug 16	CHW	@	KCA	W,6-5	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.306	.365	.671	9	1.42	-0.041	.11	0.00%	-0.33	PH
34	101	113 (3)	Aug 19 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.320	.385	.705	9	.72	0.055	.07	0.00%	1.12	P
35	102	115 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-7	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.320	.385	.705	9						P
36	103	119 (3)	Aug 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.316	.377	.693	9	.76	0.002	.27	0.00%	-0.22	P
37	104	126 (6)	Aug 31 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.236	.325	.375	.700	9	2.21	0.143	.29	0.01%	0.13	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
38	105	131 (4)	Sep 4	CHW		DET	W,11-4	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.330	.408	.737	9	.57	0.042	.02	0.00%	1.10	P
39	106	134 (2)	Sep 9 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.319	.392	.711	9	1.44	-0.118	.10	-0.01%	-0.94	P
40	107	137 (2)	Sep 12	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.315	.388	.703	7	.54	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.17	PH
41	108	139 (1)	Sep 14	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	GS-11	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.333	.383	.716	9	1.70	-0.030	.00	0.00%	0.03	P
42	109	145 (5)	Sep 21 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.330	.376	.706	9	1.67	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-0.48	P
43	110	150 (4)	Sep 25	CHW	@	DET	L,3-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.330	.375	.705	9	1.66	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.50	P
44	111	153 (2)	Sep 29	CHW	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.330	.367	.697	9	.87	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.42	P
							20-24		107	90	10	20	4	0	3	15	14	1	30	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	.222	.330	.367	.697		1.00	-0.305	1.59	-0.16%	-1.17

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