Johnny Kucks
[edit] Biography
Born on July 27, 1933 in Hoboken, New Jersey, Johnny Kucks (John Charles Kucks) played for the New York Yankees and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 6 year career. Kucks broke into the bigs on April 17, 1955 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 3.41 ERA in 126.2 innings pitched in 1955, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Johnny Kucks's best season was 1956, when he posted a 3.85 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 67 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1955
| NY
| A
| 29
| 13
| 8
| 7
| 3.41
| 49
| 54
| 48
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 126.2
| 122
| 8
| 44
| 6
| 3
| 2
|
| 1956
| NY
| A
| 34
| 31
| 18
| 9
| 3.85
| 67
| 113
| 96
| 12
| 3
| 0
| 224.1
| 223
| 19
| 72
| 0
| 3
| 10
|
| 1957
| NY
| A
| 37
| 23
| 8
| 10
| 3.56
| 78
| 82
| 71
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 179.1
| 169
| 13
| 59
| 2
| 2
| 8
|
| 1958
| NY
| A
| 34
| 15
| 8
| 8
| 3.93
| 46
| 67
| 55
| 4
| 1
| 4
| 126
| 132
| 14
| 39
| 2
| 1
| 6
|
| 1959
| NY
| A
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 8.64
| 9
| 16
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16.2
| 21
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1959
| KC
| A
| 33
| 23
| 8
| 11
| 3.87
| 51
| 76
| 65
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 151.1
| 163
| 10
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 12
|
| 1959
| TOT
| A
| 42
| 24
| 8
| 12
| 4.34
| 60
| 92
| 81
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 168
| 184
| 15
| 51
| 0
| 1
| 12
|
| 1960
| KC
| A
| 31
| 17
| 4
| 10
| 6.00
| 38
| 85
| 76
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 114
| 140
| 22
| 43
| 2
| 2
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 207
| 123
| 54
| 56
| 4.10
| 338
| 493
| 427
| 30
| 7
| 7
| 938.1
| 970
| 91
| 308
| 12
| 12
| 39
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1955
| NY
| A
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 24
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1956
| NY
| A
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 40
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .914
|
| 1957
| NY
| A
| P
| 37
| 23
| 179.1
| 9
| 47
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 3
| 2
| .982
|
| 1958
| NY
| A
| P
| 34
| 15
| 126
| 6
| 25
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 2
| 1
| .969
|
| 1959
| NY
| A
| P
| 9
| 1
| 16.2
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1959
| KC
| A
| P
| 33
| 23
| 151
| 10
| 31
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 5
| 0
| .976
|
| 1959
| TOT
| A
| P
| 42
| 24
| 167.2
| 11
| 36
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 5
| 1
| .979
|
| 1960
| KC
| A
| P
| 31
| 17
| 114
| 3
| 22
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 2
| 1
| .893
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 207
| 79
| 587
| 45
| 194
| 14
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 30
| 12
| 5
| .945
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1955
| NY
| A
| 29
| 40
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .050
| .050
| .075
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| NY
| A
| 34
| 77
| 7
| 11
| 0
| 1
| .143
| .224
| .156
| 1
| 0
| 7
| 25
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| NY
| A
| 37
| 55
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .109
| .183
| .109
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 18
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1958
| NY
| A
| 34
| 40
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .125
| .186
| .175
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| NY
| A
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| KC
| A
| 33
| 47
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .085
| .140
| .106
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 22
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1959
| TOT
| A
| 42
| 49
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .082
| .135
| .102
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 24
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1960
| KC
| A
| 31
| 30
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .133
| .161
| .133
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 207
| 291
| 21
| 32
| 0
| 6
| .110
| .167
| .127
| 5
| 0
| 19
| 95
| 1
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1952).
- Traded by New York Yankees with Tom Sturdivant and Jerry Lumpe to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Ralph Terry and Hector Lopez (May 26, 1959).
- Sold by Kansas City Athletics to Baltimore Orioles (October 11, 1961).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Ron Kabbes (December 1, 1961).
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