Dick Donovan
Dick Donovan
Full name: Richard Edward Donovan Born: December 7, 1927, Boston, Massachusetts Died January 6, 1997, Weymouth, Massachusetts Buried at Woodside Cemetery, Cohasset, Massachusetts First Game: April 24, 1950; Final Game: June 12, 1965 Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 6' 3" Weight: 190 TSN AL Pitcher of the Year P on TSN AL All-Star Team
Dick Donovan
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1950 BOS N 1950 BOS N 1951 BOS N 1951 BOS N 1952 BOS N 1952 BOS N 1954 DET A 1954 DET A 1955 CHI A 1955 CHI A 1956 CHI A 1956 CHI A 1957 CHI A 1957 CHI A 1958 CHI A 1958 CHI A 1959 CHI A 1959 CHI A 1960 CHI A Daily Splits 33 23 3 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130 .200 .174 0.0 1960 CHI A 1961 WAS A Daily Splits 24 56 6 10 1 0 1 7 6 0 23 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .179 .258 .250 0.0 1961 WAS A 1962 CLE A Daily Splits 34 89 8 16 1 0 4 9 7 0 32 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .180 .255 .326 0.0 1962 CLE A 1963 CLE A Daily Splits 31 69 4 9 1 0 1 2 2 0 31 0 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 .130 .155 .188 0.0 1963 CLE A 1964 CLE A Daily Splits 31 48 7 7 0 0 1 8 10 0 27 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 .146 .305 .208 0.0 1964 CLE A 1965 CLE A Daily Splits 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1965 CLE A Splits 371 694 67 113 14 0 15 64 78 1i 292 10 18 1i 0i 3i 13 0 0i .163 .257 .248 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
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World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1959 CHI A Daily Splits 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1959 CHI A
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1961 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1961 AL
1962 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1962 AL
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
1950 BOS N 1950 BOS N 1951 BOS N 1951 BOS N 1952 BOS N 1952 BOS N 1954 DET A 1954 DET A 1955 CHI A 1 15 9 3.32 1.9 1955 CHI A 1956 CHI A 1956 CHI A 1957 CHI A 16 2 0 0 220.2 203 893 17 76 68 45 8 88 13 5 1 8 2 16 6 2.77 2.4 1957 CHI A 1958 CHI A 1958 CHI A 1959 CHI A 1959 CHI A 1960 CHI A Daily Splits 33 8 0 0 7 3 78.2 87 340 13 49 47 25 3 30 4 4 2 0 0 9 3 10 4 6 1 5.38 -1.1 1960 CHI A 1961 WAS A Daily Splits 23 22 11 2 0 0 168.2 138 671 10 60 45 35 3 62 13 3 0 3 0 32 6 14 15 10 10 2.40 3.3 1961 WAS A 1962 CLE A Daily Splits 34 34 16 5 0 0 250.2 255 1032 23 109 100 47 5 94 10 4 3 2 1 41 6 26 13 20 10 3.59 1.6 1962 CLE A 1963 CLE A Daily Splits 30 30 7 3 0 0 206 211 842 27 106 97 28 5 84 7 7 0 5 0 32 4 17 9 11 13 4.24 -1.5 1963 CLE A 1964 CLE A Daily Splits 30 23 5 0 4 1 158.1 181 671 19 86 80 29 6 83 11 5 1 2 0 24 2 15 7 7 9 4.55 -1.1 1964 CLE A 1965 CLE A Daily Splits 12 3 0 0 2 0 22.2 32 102 6 15 15 6 0 12 0 0 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 1 3 5.96 -0.9 1965 CLE A Splits 345 273 101 25 28 5 2017.1 1988 8407 198 909 822 495 49i 880 106 44i 18 45 6 144i 22i 83i 49i122 99 3.67 7.2 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Pitching Record World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1959 CHI A Daily Splits 3 1 0 0 1 1 8.1 4 31 1 5 5 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5.40 1959 CHI A
All-Star Game Pitching Record All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1961 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1961 AL
1962 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50 1962 AL
Total Splits 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 19 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.25 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1950 BOS N 1951 BOS N 1952 BOS N 1954 DET A 1955 CHI A 1956 CHI A 1957 CHI A 1.000
1958 CHI A 1959 CHI A 1960 CHI A Daily P 33 8 0 78.2 6 19 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 .962
1961 WAS A Daily P 23 22 11 168.2 15 26 4 1 0 4 5 15 0 .911
1962 CLE A Daily P 34 34 16 250.2 23 36 3 6 0 1 3 7 0 .952
1963 CLE A Daily P 30 30 7 206 20 29 2 1 0 0 3 10 1 .961
1964 CLE A Daily P 30 23 5 158.1 9 30 1 3 0 3 2 18 0 .975
1965 CLE A Daily P 12 3 0 22.2 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 .857
Total P 345 120i 39i 885 i 144 336 20 25 0i 8i 14i 61i 1i .960
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1959 CHI A Daily P 3 1 0 8.1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1961 AL Daily P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1962 AL Daily P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total P 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Transactions 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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