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Dick Donovan | Major Leaguer 1950-1965

Full Name: Richard Edward Donovan
Born: December 7,1927 in Boston, Massachusetts
Death: January 6,1997
Height: 6-3 Weight: 205 Bats: Left Throws: Right
High School: -
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Transactions: [Jan 1,1947] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Braves. [Oct 15,1953] - Purchased by Tigers from Braves. [May 12,1954] - Returned to Braves. [Sep 7,1954] - Purchased by White Sox from Braves. [Dec 14,1960] - Selected by Senators from White Sox in expansion draft. [Oct 5,1961] - Traded by Senators with Jim Mahoney and Gene Green to Indians for Jim Piersall. [Jun 21,1965] - Released by Indians.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1950	Boston	NL	22	Bbr	MLB	0	2	8.19	10	3	0	0	4	0	29.2	28	28	27	4	34	9	1	1	8.50	1.21	10.32	2.73	2.09	--
1951	Boston	NL	23	Bbr	MLB	0	0	5.27	8	2	0	0	3	0	13.2	17	11	8	0	11	4	0	0	11.20	0.00	7.25	2.64	2.05	--
1952	Boston	NL	24	Bbr	MLB	0	2	5.54	7	2	0	0	3	1	13.0	18	10	8	1	12	6	0	0	12.46	0.69	8.31	4.15	2.31	--
1954	Detroit	AL	26	Det	MLB	0	0	10.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	9	7	7	1	5	2	0	0	13.50	1.50	7.50	3.00	2.33	--
1955	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	27	Chw	MLB	15	9	3.32	29	24	11	5	3	0	187.0	186	77	69	17	48	88	0	1	8.95	0.82	2.31	4.24	1.25	--
1956	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	28	Chw	MLB	12	10	3.64	34	31	14	3	2	0	234.2	212	99	95	22	59	120	5	1	8.13	0.84	2.26	4.60	1.15	--
1957	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	29	Chw	MLB	16	6	2.77	28	28	16	2	0	0	220.2	203	76	68	17	45	88	1	2	8.28	0.69	1.84	3.59	1.12	58%
1958	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	30	Chw	MLB	15	14	3.01	34	34	16	4	0	0	248.0	240	92	83	23	53	127	2	0	8.71	0.83	1.92	4.61	1.18	55%
1959	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	31	Chw	MLB	9	10	3.66	31	29	5	1	0	0	179.2	171	84	73	15	58	71	1	0	8.57	0.75	2.91	3.56	1.27	54%
1960	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	32	Chw	MLB	6	1	5.38	33	8	0	0	7	3	78.2	87	49	47	13	25	30	2	0	9.95	1.49	2.86	3.43	1.42	55%
1961	Washington	AL	33	Wa2	MLB	10	10	2.40	23	22	11	2	0	0	168.2	138	60	45	10	35	62	0	0	7.36	0.53	1.87	3.31	1.03	54%
1962	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	20	10	3.59	34	34	16	5	0	0	250.2	255	109	100	23	47	94	3	1	9.16	0.83	1.69	3.38	1.20	52%
1963	Cleveland	AL	35	Cle	MLB	11	13	4.24	30	30	7	3	0	0	206.0	211	106	97	27	28	84	0	0	9.22	1.18	1.22	3.67	1.16	55%
1964	Cleveland	AL	36	Cle	MLB	7	9	4.55	30	23	5	0	4	1	158.1	181	86	80	19	29	83	1	0	10.29	1.08	1.65	4.72	1.33	59%
1965	Cleveland	AL	37	Cle	MLB	1	3	5.96	12	3	0	0	2	0	22.2	32	15	15	6	6	12	2	0	12.71	2.38	2.38	4.77	1.68	59%

Major League Totals - 15 Season(s)						122	99	3.67	345	273	101	25	28	5	2,017.1	1988	909	822	198	495	880	18	6	8.87	0.88	2.21	3.93	1.23	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1950	Boston	NL	22	Bbr	MLB	p		10	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		4	4	0		0		0	.167	*.501	.167	*668	--
1951	Boston	NL	23	Bbr	MLB	p		8	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		0		0	.333	*.599	.667	*1266	--
1952	Boston	NL	24	Bbr	MLB	p		7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		0		0	.000	*.012	.000	*12	--
1954	Detroit	AL	26	Det	MLB	p		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1955	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	27	Chw	MLB	p		40	76	10	17	0	0	1	5	0	0	9	26	3	0	1	0	3	.224	.330	.263	593	--
1956	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	28	Chw	MLB	p		44	90	10	20	4	0	3	15	0	0	14	30	1	1	1	1	2	.222	.330	.367	697	--
1957	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	29	Chw	MLB	p	9	30	83	8	12	1	0	3	10	0	0	8	32	0	0	1	0	1	.145	.220	.265	485	48%
1958	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	30	Chw	MLB	p	9	34	80	5	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	33	2	0	2	0	0	.113	.228	.113	341	54%
1959	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	31	Chw	MLB	p	9	31	61	4	8	4	0	1	5	0	0	5	32	0	0	3	0	1	.131	.197	.246	443	50%
1960	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	32	Chw	MLB	p	9	33	23	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	13	1	0	0	0	0	.130	.200	.174	374	82%
1961	Washington	AL	33	Wa2	MLB	p	9	24	56	6	10	1	0	1	7	0	0	6	23	0	0	1	0	0	.179	.258	.250	508	40%
1962	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	p	9	34	89	8	16	1	0	4	9	0	0	7	32	2	0	2	0	1	.180	.255	.326	581	48%
1963	Cleveland	AL	35	Cle	MLB	p	9	31	69	4	9	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	31	0	0	3	0	3	.130	.155	.188	343	69%
1964	Cleveland	AL	36	Cle	MLB	p	9	31	48	7	7	0	0	1	8	0	0	10	27	1	0	4	0	2	.146	.305	.208	513	61%
1965	Cleveland	AL	37	Cle	MLB	p	9	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%

Major League Totals - 15 Season(s)								371	694	67	113	14	0	15	64	0		78	292	10		18		13	.163		.248	---	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1959	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	31		Ws	0	1	5.40	3		0			1	8.1	4		5		3	5			4.32	---	3.24	5.40	0.84	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						0	1	5.40	3		0			1	8.1	4		5		3	5			4.32	---	3.24	5.40	0.84	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1959	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	31	Chw	Ws	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1950	Boston	NL	22	Bbr	MLB	P	10		29.2	1	5	0	6	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.82

1951	Boston	NL	23	Bbr	MLB	P	8		13.2	1	4	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.29

1952	Boston	NL	24	Bbr	MLB	P	7		13	0	6	1	7	0	-	-	-	.857	4.15

1954	Detroit	AL	26	Det	MLB	P	2		6	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.50

1955	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	27	Chw	MLB	P	29		187	11	33	0	44	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.12

1956	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	28	Chw	MLB	P	34		234.2	11	46	1	58	4	-	-	-	.983	2.19

1957	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	29	Chw	MLB	P	28		220.2	18	37	0	55	3	-	-	-	1.000	2.24

1958	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	30	Chw	MLB	P	34		248	16	34	2	52	3	-	-	-	.962	1.81

1959	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	31	Chw	MLB	P	31		179.2	11	26	4	41	1	-	-	-	.902	1.85

1960	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	32	Chw	MLB	P	33		78.2	6	19	1	26	0	-	-	-	.962	2.86

1961	Washington	AL	33	Wa2	MLB	P	23		168.2	15	26	4	45	1	-	-	-	.911	2.19

1962	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	P	34		250.2	23	36	3	62	6	-	-	-	.952	2.12

1963	Cleveland	AL	35	Cle	MLB	P	30		206	20	29	2	51	1	-	-	-	.961	2.14

1964	Cleveland	AL	36	Cle	MLB	P	30		158.1	9	30	1	40	3	-	-	-	.975	2.22

1965	Cleveland	AL	37	Cle	MLB	P	12		22.2	2	4	1	7	0	-	-	-	.857	2.38

Awards

[1955] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1957] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #13), Major League Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #2) [1958] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #25) [1961] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #17), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1962] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #5), Played in MLB All-Star Game

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 3 All-Star games during his career (1955, 1961-1962)

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