Dick Donovan

Full Name: Richard Edward Donovan	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/190	First Game: April 24, 1950
Birthdate: December 7, 1927	Final Game: June 12, 1965
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts	MLB Experience: 15 years
Died: January 6, 1997
Deathplace: Weymouth, Massachusetts
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Born on December 7, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts, Dick Donovan (Richard Edward Donovan) played for the Boston Braves, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 15 year career. Donovan broke into the bigs on April 24, 1950 with the Boston Braves, and put up a 3.32 ERA in 187 innings pitched in 1955, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Dick Donovan's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1962, when he posted a 3.59 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 94 batters. However, others believe that it was 1958, when he posted a 3.01 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 127 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1950	BOS	N	10	3	0	2	8.19	9	28	27	0	0	0	29.2	28	4	34	0	1	2
1951	BOS	N	8	2	0	0	5.27	4	11	8	0	0	0	13.2	17	0	11	0	0	0
1952	BOS	N	7	2	0	2	5.54	6	10	8	0	0	1	13	18	1	12	0	0	2
1954	DET	A	2	0	0	0	1.50	2	7	7	0	0	0	6	9	1	5	0	0	0
1955	CHI	A	29	24	15	9	3.32	88	77	69	11	5	0	187	186	17	48	5	0	3
1956	CHI	A	34	31	12	10	3.64	120	99	95	14	3	0	234.2	212	22	59	6	5	6
1957	CHI	A	28	28	16	6	2.77	88	76	68	16	2	0	220.2	203	17	45	8	1	8
1958	CHI	A	34	34	15	14	3.01	127	92	83	16	4	0	248	240	23	53	5	2	7
1959	CHI	A	31	29	9	10	3.66	71	84	73	5	1	0	179.2	171	15	58	3	1	5
1960	CHI	A	33	8	6	1	5.38	30	49	47	0	0	3	78.2	87	13	25	3	2	0
1961	WAS	A	23	22	10	10	2.40	62	60	45	11	2	0	168.2	138	10	35	3	0	3
1962	CLE	A	34	34	20	10	3.59	94	109	100	16	5	0	250.2	255	23	47	5	3	2
1963	CLE	A	30	30	11	13	4.24	84	106	97	7	3	0	206	211	27	28	5	0	5
1964	CLE	A	30	23	7	9	4.55	83	86	80	5	0	1	158.1	181	19	29	6	1	2
1965	CLE	A	12	3	1	3	5.96	12	15	15	0	0	0	22.2	32	6	6	0	2	0
Total	NL		25	7	0	4	6.87	19	49	43	0	0	1	56.1	63	5	57	0	1	4
Total	AL		320	266	122	95	3.58	861	860	779	101	25	4	1961	1925	193	438	49	17	41
Total			345	273	122	99	3.67	880	909	822	101	25	5	2017.1	1988	198	495	49	18	45

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1950	BOS	N	P	10	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	BOS	N	P	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	BOS	N	P	7	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.857
1954	DET	A	P	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1955	CHI	A	P	29	0	0	11	33	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	CHI	A	P	34	0	0	11	46	1	4	0	0	0	0	.983
1957	CHI	A	P	28	28	220.2	18	37	0	3	0	13	6	0	1.000
1958	CHI	A	P	34	34	248	16	34	2	3	0	9	2	1	.962
1959	CHI	A	P	31	29	179.2	11	26	4	1	0	10	0	0	.902
1960	CHI	A	P	33	8	78.2	6	19	1	0	0	7	0	0	.962
1961	WAS	A	P	23	22	168.2	15	26	4	1	4	15	5	0	.911
1962	CLE	A	P	34	34	250.2	23	36	3	6	1	7	3	0	.952
1963	CLE	A	P	30	30	206	20	29	2	1	0	10	3	1	.961
1964	CLE	A	P	30	23	158.1	9	30	1	3	3	18	2	0	.975
1965	CLE	A	P	12	3	22.2	2	4	1	0	0	4	1	0	.857
Total			P	345	211	1533.1	144	336	20	25	8	93	22	2	.960

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	IBB	GDP
1950	BOS	N	10	6	1	1	0	0	.167	.500	.167	0	4	4	0	0	0	0
1951	BOS	N	8	3	1	1	0	0	.333	.600	.667	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
1952	BOS	N	7	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
1954	DET	A	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1955	CHI	A	40	76	10	17	1	5	.224	.330	.263	0	9	26	3	1	0	3
1956	CHI	A	44	90	10	20	3	15	.222	.330	.367	4	14	30	1	1	1	2
1957	CHI	A	30	83	8	12	3	10	.145	.220	.265	1	8	32	0	1	0	1
1958	CHI	A	34	80	5	9	0	1	.112	.228	.112	0	10	33	2	2	0	0
1959	CHI	A	31	61	4	8	1	5	.131	.197	.246	4	5	32	0	3	0	1
1960	CHI	A	33	23	3	3	0	2	.130	.200	.174	1	1	13	1	0	0	0
1961	WAS	A	24	56	6	10	1	7	.179	.258	.250	1	6	23	0	1	0	0
1962	CLE	A	34	89	8	16	4	9	.180	.255	.326	1	7	32	2	2	0	1
1963	CLE	A	31	69	4	9	1	2	.130	.155	.188	1	2	31	0	3	0	3
1964	CLE	A	31	48	7	7	1	8	.146	.305	.208	0	10	27	1	4	0	2
1965	CLE	A	12	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		25	12	2	2	0	0	.167	.444	.250	1	6	8	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		346	682	65	111	15	64	.163	.252	.248	13	72	284	10	18	1	13
Total			371	694	67	113	15	64	.163	.257	.248	14	78	292	10	18	1	13

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Braves (1947).
Sold by Milwaukee Braves to Detroit Tigers (October 15, 1953).
Returned to Milwaukee Braves (May 12, 1954).
Sold by Milwaukee Braves to Chicago White Sox (September 7, 1954).
Selected by Washington Senators from Chicago White Sox in the expansion draft (December 14, 1960).
Traded by Washington Senators with Gene Green and Jim Mahoney to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Jim Piersall (October 5, 1961).
Released by Cleveland Indians (June 21, 1965).

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