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: 23-11 / in Starts: 23-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1962 Pitching Game Log

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1962 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	240	1	Apr 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.51	32	13	11	0	0	5	78			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.453	1.78	0.55%	4.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
2	241	5	Apr 17	CLE		BOS	W,5-0	SHO	W(2-0)	6	9.0	5	0	0	3	6	0	0	0.00	2.39	31	7	10	0	3	5	80			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	3	0	0	.83	0.396	1.73	0.50%	4.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
3	242	7	Apr 22(1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-5	GS-8	W(3-0)	4	7.2	5	4	4	3	1	2	0	1.40	3.75	30	12	10	4	0	4	51			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.49	0.057	1.04	0.07%	0.45	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a4
4	243	12	Apr 27	CLE		MIN	W,7-2	CG	W(4-0)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	2	2	1	1.56	4.35	35	8	16	0	2	6	67			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.62	0.331	1.72	0.56%	2.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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	244	17	May 4	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-5	GS-2		6	1.1	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	2.75	4.28	11	0	4	0	0	7	20			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.320	2.39	-0.44%	-4.51	1b start tie	2b 1-- 1 out d5
6	245	21	May 8	CLE	@	MIN	W,6-3	GS-9	W(5-0)	3	8.1	9	3	3	4	4	1	0	2.84	4.35	37	9	12	3	1	8	53			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.355	3.55	0.65%	1.36	1b start tie	9b --- 1 out a3
7	246	26	May 13(1)	CLE		NYY	W,6-4	CG	W(6-0)	4	9.0	5	4	3	1	0	3	0	2.87	4.85	34	12	18	7	1	3	62			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.14	0.296	4.18	0.65%	0.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
8	247	30	May 18	CLE		DET	W,9-2	CG	W(7-0)	4	9.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.74	4.69	33	10	14	0	5	5	71			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.175	2.11	0.37%	2.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
9	248	36	May 23	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS-9	W(8-0)	4	8.2	10	4	4	3	2	1	0	2.92	4.69	38	14	9	1	0	10	47			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.100	3.63	-0.20%	0.02	1b start a 1	9b 12- 2 out a1
10	249	40	May 28	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	CG	L(8-1)	4	9.0	8	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.81	4.43	34	12	8	0	0	8	65			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.94	0.126	3.29	0.27%	2.32	1t start tie	9t 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
11	250	45	Jun 2	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	GS-6	L(8-2)	4	6.0	9	4	4	1	4	2	0	3.03	4.55	27	8	5	0	0	9	41			0	0	0	26	3	0	1	2	0	0	.81	-0.175	3.79	-0.49%	-0.91	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
12	251	49	Jun 8	CLE	@	BOS	W,15-9	GS-4		5	3.0	5	5	4	0	1	1	0	3.34	4.61	15	4	5	2	0	5	32			0	0	0	15	3	0	0	0	0	1	.63	-0.271	1.91	-0.50%	-3.47	1b start a 4	4b --- 0 out a1
13	252	55	Jun 13(2)	CLE	@	WSA	W,4-1	CG	W(9-2)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.12	4.39	34	12	15	2	5	3	73			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.354	3.96	0.80%	3.45	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
14	253	59	Jun 17(1)	CLE		NYY	W,6-1	GS-7	W(10-2)	3	6.1	8	1	0	1	1	0	1	2.93	4.32	29	14	7	0	0	5	55			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	.80	0.180	4.32	0.58%	1.85	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a5
15	254	65	Jun 22	CLE		WSA	W,6-2	CG	W(11-2)	4	9.0	11	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.86	4.21	38	14	11	0	2	9	57			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	2	0	0	.76	0.239	3.54	0.67%	2.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
16	255	71	Jun 27	CLE	@	DET	L,0-4	GS-7	L(11-3)	4	7.0	8	4	3	0	3	0	0	2.92	4.06	28	11	7	0	1	7	50			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	1	0	.60	-0.145	3.33	-0.48%	-0.40	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
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	256	76	Jul 2	CLE		BAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(12-3)	4	9.0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.71	3.87	27	13	6	0	0	2	89			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.610	4.07	1.52%	4.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
18	257	81	Jul 7	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	GS-8		4	7.1	7	3	3	3	2	0	0	2.77	3.84	31	12	7	2	0	7	51			1	0	0	28	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.48	-0.057	7.90	-0.18%	0.33	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out tie
19	258	86	Jul 14	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-9		6	9.0	7	3	3	2	3	1	0	2.78	3.85	33	9	12	1	0	7	62			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.114	6.42	0.37%	1.18	1b start a 2	9b 3 out tie
20	259	91	Jul 19	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-8	GS-4	L(12-4)	4	3.1	7	4	4	0	0	1	0	2.96	3.91	16	5	4	1	0	7	30			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.219	2.33	-0.38%	-3.14	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out d4
21	260	95	Jul 24	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-4	GS-9	W(13-4)	4	8.0	9	4	4	2	4	0	0	3.04	3.83	31	10	6	1	0	9	50			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	4	1	0	1.09	0.112	1.91	0.12%	1.12	1b start a 3	9b 12- 0 out a3
22	261	99	Jul 29(1)	CLE		MIN	W,3-2	CG	W(14-4)	4	9.0	6	2	1	0	0	1	0	2.93	3.85	33	20	7	0	0	6	69			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.69	0.584	1.63	0.34%	2.32	1t start tie	9t 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
23	262	105	Aug 3	CLE		KCA	W,1-0	SHO	W(15-4)	4	9.0	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.78	3.76	32	13	9	0	0	8	73			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.29	0.711	.26	0.09%	4.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
24	263	111	Aug 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-6	GS-5	L(15-5)	4	5.0	8	6	6	1	0	0	0	3.00	3.74	24	7	8	3	0	8	26			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	1	0	.52	-0.297	.08	-0.03%	-3.46	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
25	264	116	Aug 13(1)	CLE		WSA	L,2-11	GS-6	L(15-6)	4	5.2	11	7	7	1	3	2	0	3.25	3.83	28	9	4	0	0	11	21			2	0	0	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.393	.04	-0.01%	-4.44	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d5
26	265	122	Aug 17	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-5	GS-3	L(15-7)	3	3.0	6	4	4	1	3	0	0	3.39	3.80	16	0	6	2	0	6	33			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.279	.01	0.00%	-2.61	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
27	266	126	Aug 22	CLE	@	DET	W,7-3	GS-8	W(16-7)	4	7.0	8	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.40	3.81	31	13	4	0	0	8	51			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.118	.01	0.00%	0.22	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a2
28	267	131	Aug 26(2)	CLE		BOS	W,4-0	SHO	W(17-7)	3	9.0	2	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.25	3.70	30	4	15	1	0	2	90			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.411	.01	0.00%	4.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
29	268	136	Aug 31	CLE		BAL	W,9-6	CG	W(18-7)	4	9.0	10	6	6	1	5	1	0	3.37	3.68	37	11	10	0	0	10	47			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.167	.00	0.00%	-1.68	1t start tie	9t 3 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
30	269	142	Sep 4	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG(13)	L(18-8)	3	12.2	11	3	2	6	7	0	0	3.26	3.64	54	15	15	3	0	11	73			0	0	0	46	1	0	4	0	0	1	2.05	0.407	.00	0.00%	2.66	1b start tie	13b 123 2 out d1
31	270	146	Sep 9	CLE		KCA	W,12-7	CG	W(19-8)	4	9.0	10	7	4	1	2	1	0	3.29	3.65	42	16	13	0	0	10	46			1	0	0	41	1	0	0	0	0	3	.83	-0.285	.00	0.00%	-2.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
32	271	149	Sep 14	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-11	GS-2	L(19-9)	4	1.1	7	6	6	1	0	2	0	3.50	3.77	12	2	2	0	0	7	15			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.397	.00	0.00%	-5.66	1b start tie	2b -2- 1 out d5
33	272	153	Sep 19	CLE	@	KCA	W,10-9	GS-6	W(20-9)	4	5.0	12	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.58	3.74	27	4	11	1	0	12	27			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.198	.00	0.00%	-1.78	1b start a 3	6b 1-3 0 out a2
34	273	159	Sep 29(1)	CLE		LAA	L,1-4	CG	L(20-10)	9	9.0	12	4	4	0	7	0	0	3.59	3.65	41	16	6	1	0	12	54			0	0	0	40	2	0	0	0	0	2	.69	-0.121	.00	0.00%	0.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
							23-11		W-L:20-10	4.2	250.2	255	109	100	47	94	23	2	3.59	3.65	1031	1.10		5%	3%	242	53		---%	7	3	0	968	41	6	5	26	4	11	.99	2.369	2.11	5.39%	11.97

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