#18 Dick Donovan, Reliever, 26 yrs, Milwaukee Braves Thursday, 10/5/1954 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Dick Donovan
12/7/1927 26 USA,MA,BOSTON 6"3 205
Reliever 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 3 / 6 (Well Known) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Very inconsistent Normal Normal 4.5 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 6 Year(s), 40 Days (1072 total Days) 172 Day(s) 6 Year(s), 78 Days (1110 total Days) 7 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 4 | 8 | 8 | 87-90 Mph |
Versus LHB | 4 | 7 | 7 | |
Versus RHB | 4 | 8 | 8 | |
Talent | 4 | 8 | 7 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 7 52 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 3 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 7 (Range), .969 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 38 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5.55 | 82.2 | 105 | 55 | 51 | 30 | 31 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 4 | 44.4 |
Projected | 40 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5.55 | 86.0 | 110 | 58 | 54 | 32 | 33 | | | | | |
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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 |
| 4 | 1 | 50.0 | 29 | 15 | 14.8 | 11.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 15 | 4 | 26.7 | 17 | 8 | 47.1 | 5.36 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 135 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .289 | .351 | .467 | .817 |
vs. RHB | 211 | 66 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 29 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .313 | .360 | .403 | .762 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 20 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6.40 | 45.0 | 61 | 35 | 32 | 18 | 15 |
Road | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4.54 | 37.2 | 44 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 16 |
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 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7.24 | 32.1 | 44 | 29 | 26 | 13 | 14 |
May | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.22 | 21.1 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
June | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.18 | 5.2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
July | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16.20 | 3.1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
August | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4.50 | 12.0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Sept./Oct. | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.13 | 8.0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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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 |
1953 | 37 | 37 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4.03 | 245.2 | 255 | 128 | 110 | 29 | 71 | 93 | 2 | 2 | 1.33 | .274 | BSN |
1954 | 38 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5.55 | 82.2 | 105 | 55 | 51 | 8 | 30 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1.63 | .316 | MIL |
Total | 188 | 156 | 63 | 55 | 2 | 4.03 | 1098.0 | 1137 | 537 | 492 | 102 | 322 | 374 | 11 | 3 | 1.33 | .276 | |
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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 |
1953 | 37 | 92 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | .152 | .170 | .207 | .377 | BSN |
1954 | 38 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .304 | .286 | .590 | MIL |
Total | 188 | 423 | 70 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 29 | 6 | 132 | 1 | 0 | .165 | .183 | .194 | .377 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 38 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1.000 | 82.2 | 1.31 | | | | |
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Transactions 9/9/1951: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $6,800,000 per year, for 3 years. All Star Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game... Awards Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1950, going 4-2, 2.80... Won World Championship with Boston (N) in 1951... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1952, going 5-0, 2.54... Milestones Had first career hit (double) on 4/9/1950, off Vern Law (PIT)... Earned first career win on 4/9/1950... Hit first career homerun on 4/23/1953, off Harry Perkowski (CIN)...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1950 - 4.00 - 10th 1951 - 3.83 - 10th 1952 - 3.78 - 7th 1953 - 4.03 - 6th
| WHIP 1950 - 1.34 - 9th 1951 - 1.32 - 8th 1952 - 1.22 - 2nd 1953 - 1.33 - 5th
| Wins 1952 - 20 - 5th
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