#18 Dick Donovan, Starting Pitcher, 30 yrs, Kansas City Athletics Friday, 10/6/1958 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Dick Donovan
12/7/1927 30 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 3 / 6 (Well Known) 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 $ 5,780,000 1961 9 Year(s), 92 Days (1640 total Days) 172 Day(s) 10 Year(s), 78 Days (1798 total Days) 11 Year(s) 1 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 3 | 8 | 8 | 87-90 Mph |
Versus LHB | 3 | 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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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/11 | @BAL | W 6-5 | * | 8 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
8/15 | @DET | L 3-4 | * | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | L | | | | |
8/19 | WS1 | W 7-2 | * | 8.2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
8/23 | CLE | W 3-1 | * | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | | PoG | | | |
8/27 | @CHA | L 2-3 | * | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | L | | | | |
9/7 | CLE | L 5-6 | * | 8.1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
9/12 | @NYY | L 10-11 | * | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
9/16 | @WS1 | L 4-5 | * | 8 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | L | | | | |
9/20 | CHA | L 2-8 | * | 6.1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | L | | | | |
9/24 | DET | W 6-2 | * | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | W | PoG | | | |
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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 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 3.93 | 279.1 | 313 | 142 | 122 | 78 | 117 | 12 | 33.3 | 0 | 15 | 41.7 |
Projected | 36 | 36 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 3.93 | 279.0 | 313 | 142 | 122 | 78 | 117 | | | | | |
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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 | 12.8 | 10.1 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.29 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 496 | 155 | 22 | 3 | 15 | 71 | 77 | 50 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .313 | .376 | .460 | .836 |
vs. RHB | 604 | 158 | 28 | 1 | 14 | 63 | 65 | 28 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .262 | .285 | .381 | .666 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 17 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 5.05 | 128.1 | 161 | 84 | 72 | 32 | 58 |
Road | 19 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2.98 | 151.0 | 152 | 58 | 50 | 46 | 59 |
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 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4.39 | 55.1 | 63 | 29 | 27 | 20 | 22 |
May | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5.49 | 60.2 | 70 | 44 | 37 | 15 | 25 |
June | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.03 | 29.2 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 11 |
July | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.88 | 40.2 | 44 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 |
August | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.15 | 54.1 | 52 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 21 |
Sept./Oct. | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.12 | 38.2 | 54 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 22 |
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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 |
1955 | 30 | 29 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 4.91 | 223.2 | 256 | 134 | 122 | 19 | 81 | 90 | 9 | 0 | 1.51 | .308 | CHA |
1956 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.32 | 41.2 | 51 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1.39 | .316 | CHA |
1957 | 41 | 30 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4.32 | 229.1 | 266 | 134 | 110 | 26 | 70 | 100 | 5 | 0 | 1.47 | .301 | CHA |
1958 | 36 | 36 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 3.93 | 279.1 | 313 | 142 | 122 | 29 | 78 | 117 | 12 | 0 | 1.40 | .298 | KC |
Total | 302 | 256 | 100 | 100 | 2 | 4.16 | 1872.0 | 2023 | 968 | 866 | 178 | 558 | 693 | 39 | 3 | 1.38 | .287 | |
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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 |
1956, AAA | 23 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 3.45 | 167.0 | 200 | 81 | 64 | 9 | 50 | 113 | 5 | 2 | 1.50 | .347 |
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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 |
1956 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.39 | 4.1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 18.0 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 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 |
1955 | 30 | 79 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | .139 | .171 | .215 | .386 | CHA |
1956 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | CHA |
1957 | 41 | 80 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .150 | .171 | .188 | .358 | CHA |
1958 | 36 | 90 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | .144 | .172 | .144 | .316 | KC |
Total | 302 | 687 | 108 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 47 | 11 | 213 | 2 | 0 | .157 | .178 | .188 | .365 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 36 | 36 | 15 | 63 | 8 | 81 | 3 | .963 | 279.1 | 2.61 | | | | |
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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)... Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/15/1955 to a 3-year deal worth $3,138,591 per year... Won World Championship with Chicago (A) in 1956... Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/17/1958 to a 4-year deal worth $5,780,000 per year... Injured on 6/17/1958 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 3 weeks... Injured on 8/27/1958 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks...
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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
| Losses 1955 - 15 - 9th
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