#18 Dick Donovan, Starting Pitcher, 24 yrs, Milwaukee Braves Tuesday, 10/3/1952 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Dick Donovan
12/7/1927 24 USA,MA,BOSTON 6"3 205
Starting Pitcher L R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Strong Minimal None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Very inconsistent Normal Normal 3.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 6,800,000 1954 4 Year(s), 40 Days (728 total Days) 172 Day(s) 4 Year(s), 78 Days (766 total Days) 5 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 7 | 16 | 15 | 87-90 Mph |
Versus LHB | 7 | 15 | 14 | |
Versus RHB | 8 | 16 | 15 | |
Talent | 9 | 16 | 16 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 15 52 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Versus LHP | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Versus RHP | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 5 3 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 13 (Range), .969 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 2 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/5 | NYN | W 5-4 | * | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
8/9 | @SLN | L 1-2 | * | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
8/14 | @NYN | W 10-5 | * | 8.1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | W | | | | |
8/18 | BRO | W 9-7 | * | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | W | | | | |
8/22 | @CHN | W 7-3 | * | 6.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | W | | | | |
8/26 | @PHI | W 2-0 | * | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | PoG | | | |
9/1 | PHI | W 4-1 | * | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | W | PoG | | | |
9/8 | @SLN | W 8-5 | * | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | W | | | | |
9/15 | SLN | W 3-2 | * | 7.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | | PoG | | | |
9/22 | @NYN | L 1-3 | * | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | L | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 36 | 36 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 3.78 | 252.2 | 237 | 115 | 106 | 72 | 102 | 2 | 5.6 | 0 | 21 | 58.3 |
Projected | 38 | 38 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 3.78 | 265.0 | 249 | 121 | 112 | 76 | 107 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 8.4 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 23 | 9 | 39.1 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.23 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 446 | 120 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 54 | 59 | 40 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .269 | .326 | .401 | .727 |
vs. RHB | 512 | 117 | 26 | 5 | 12 | 50 | 56 | 32 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .229 | .280 | .369 | .649 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 19 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4.11 | 131.1 | 131 | 67 | 60 | 36 | 59 |
Road | 17 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3.41 | 121.1 | 106 | 48 | 46 | 36 | 43 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.01 | 41.1 | 44 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 21 |
May | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2.88 | 56.1 | 52 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 20 |
June | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.97 | 41.2 | 44 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 16 |
July | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.54 | 39.0 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
August | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 44.0 | 51 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 16 |
Sept./Oct. | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.67 | 30.1 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 18 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1950 | 39 | 39 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 4.00 | 270.0 | 282 | 125 | 120 | 27 | 80 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 1.34 | .273 | BSN |
1951 | 38 | 35 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3.83 | 247.0 | 258 | 114 | 105 | 18 | 69 | 75 | 4 | 1 | 1.32 | .282 | BSN |
1952 | 36 | 36 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 3.78 | 252.2 | 237 | 115 | 106 | 20 | 72 | 102 | 2 | 0 | 1.22 | .260 | BSN,NL |
Total | 113 | 110 | 46 | 34 | 1 | 3.87 | 769.2 | 777 | 354 | 331 | 65 | 221 | 250 | 9 | 1 | 1.30 | .271 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1950 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.68 | 7.1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1951 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.68 | 6.1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.61 | 13.2 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1950 | 39 | 110 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | .164 | .171 | .200 | .371 | BSN |
1951 | 38 | 101 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | .168 | .176 | .178 | .355 | BSN |
1952 | 36 | 99 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | .162 | .186 | .172 | .358 | BSN,NL |
Total | 113 | 310 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 101 | 0 | 0 | .165 | .178 | .184 | .362 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 36 | 36 | 23 | 42 | 2 | 65 | 0 | 1.000 | 252.2 | 2.32 | | | | |
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Transactions 9/9/1951: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $6,800,000 per year, for 3 years. Awards Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1950, going 4-2, 2.80... Won World Championship with Boston (N) in 1951... Milestones Had first career hit (double) on 4/9/1950, off Vern Law (PIT)... Earned first career win on 4/9/1950... Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1952, going 5-0, 2.54...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1950 - 4.00 - 10th 1951 - 3.83 - 10th
| WHIP 1950 - 1.34 - 9th 1951 - 1.32 - 8th
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