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Dick Donovan
Richard Edward Donovan

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.

MLB Debut April 24, 1950
Final Game June 12, 1965
Born December 7, 1927 in Boston, MA
Died January 6, 1997 (age 69)

Pitching   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Batters 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1955 27 CHN NL  14  10  .583  34  27   6   2   0   2  207.1  206   859   84   67  19   50   0   3   96   0  2  2.91  
 1956 28 CHN NL  16   9  .640  36  29  13   6   0   2  237.1  223   962   81   75  26   42   0   3  105   3  0  2.84  CY-10
 1957 29 CHN NL  13  10  .565  32  31   7   0   0   1  231.2  219   929   92   85  25   36   0   4  112   2  0  3.30  
 1958 30 CHN NL  19   9  .679  40  37   4   2   1   1  255.1  262  1066  101   91  28   66   0   6  151   7  0  3.21  CY-1
 1959 31 CHN NL  10   5  .667  31  27   1   4   0   0  192.0  193   814   76   66  23   55   0   1   85   1  0  3.09  
 1960 32 CHN NL   1   3  .250  17   7   0   4   0   0   52.1   67   230   29   27   8   13   0   0   21   0  0  4.64  
 1961 33 NYA AL  13   5  .722  29  29   2   0   0   2  175.1  134   690   62   53  13   32   1   4   69   0  0  2.72  CY-5
 1962 34 BOA AL  11   8  .579  27  27   6   0   0   1  190.1  174   785   88   82  21   43   1   3   74   2  1  3.88  
 1963 35 BOA AL  11  11  .500  27  27   4   0   0   1  188.0  193   789   84   80  29   31   0  10   80   3  0  3.83  
 1964 36 BOA AL  11   9  .550  28  27   2   1   0   0  174.1  184   724   69   61  17   31   0   3   87   1  0  3.15  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 10 Seasons     119  79  .601 301 268  45  19   1  10 1904.0 1855  7848  766  687 209  399   2  37  880  19  3  3.25
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With CHN      73  46  .613 190 158  31  18   1   6 1176.0 1170  4860  463  411 129  262   0  17  570  13  2  3.15
   With BOA      33  28  .541  82  81  12   1   0   2  552.2  551  2298  241  223  67  105   1  16  241   6  1  3.63
   With NYA      13   5  .722  29  29   2   0   0   2  175.1  134   690   62   53  13   32   1   4   69   0  0  2.72
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     122  99  .552 345 273 101  28   5  25 2018.1 1988  8407  909  822 198  495  49  45  880  18  6  3.67
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1955 27 CHN NL  34   90   3.9   0  4.07   63  10   0  .159   0    9    9 1.000    4    1  .800  -14   
 1956 28 CHN NL  36   96   3.7   0  5.03   75  19   3  .253   0    7    6  .857    3    3  .500  -16   
 1957 29 CHN NL  38   89   3.5   0  3.68   72  18   3  .250   0    7    6  .857   10    5  .667  -13   
 1958 30 CHN NL  40  120   4.3   1  4.95   82   9   0  .110   3    7    4  .571   24    7  .774   -1   
 1959 31 CHN NL  43   93   4.3   0  5.22   56  10   1  .179   3    5    1  .200    8    6  .571   13   
 1960 32 CHN NL  39   34   5.9   1  3.86   12   1   0  .083   0    0    0  .000    6    6  .500    4   
 1961 33 NYA AL  32   55   2.8   0  4.52   53   7   0  .132   4   10    6  .600    2    0 1.000  -30   
 1962 34 BOA AL  42   76   3.5   0  4.37   64  11   2  .172   1    4    3  .750    3    1  .750  -46   
 1963 35 BOA AL  42   93   4.4   0  4.07   52   6   0  .115   3   10    4  .400    7    3  .700  -19   
 1964 36 BOA AL  50   84   4.4   0  4.11   53  10   0  .189   2    6    3  .500   19    4  .826  -63   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 10 Seasons          833   3.9   2        582 101   9  .174  16   65   42  .646   86   36  .705  -19   3
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 27.5 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 41.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Postseason Stats   Postseason Register 

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1958 WS    CHN NYA   L    2  2.57   1-1   0  2  14.0  13   4   3  11
 1959 WS    CHN NYA   L    1 18.00   0-1   0  1   2.0   4   4   1   0
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers 

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1955  CHN   81-73   Alan Boodman
 1956  CHN   78-76   Alan Boodman
 1957  CHN   83-71   Alan Boodman
 1958  CHN   88-66   Alan Boodman
 1959  CHN  102-52   Alan Boodman
 1960  CHN   82-72   Alan Boodman
 1961  NYA   83-71   Billy Vanson
 1962  BOA   83-79   Mike Tomeo
 1963  BOA   76-86   Mike Tomeo
 1964  BOA   91-71   Steve Bivens

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