Johnny Kucks

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Full Name: John Charles Kucks	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/170	First Game: April 17, 1955
Birthdate: July 27, 1933	Final Game: September 25, 1960
Birthplace: Hoboken, New Jersey	MLB Experience: 6 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
3 Transactions
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[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.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
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

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
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

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
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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