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Dick Donovan PWhite Sox

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Career Summary
Years IP W L SV SO ERA WARP
15 2017.3 122 99 5 880 3.67 12.5
Birth Date12-7-1927
Height6' 3"
Weight205 lbs
BatsL
ThrowsR

Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G GS IP IP-SP IP-RP W L SV BS QS BQS PA H R ER HR TB BB UBB HBP SO ERA FIP FRA VORP WARP
1950 BSN 22 10 3 29.7 12.7 16.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 140 28 28 27 4 46 34 33 2 9 8.19 7.24 9.46 -7.6 -0.8
1951 BSN 23 8 2 13.7 6.3 7.3 0 0 0 1 0 0 69 17 11 8 0 22 11 11 0 4 5.27 4.21 5.74 0.1 0.0
1952 BSN 24 7 2 13.0 4.0 9.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 70 18 10 8 1 23 12 11 2 6 5.54 5.73 5.56 -1.9 -0.2
1954 DET 26 2 0 6.0 0.0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 9 7 7 1 16 5 4 0 2 10.50 6.38 6.91 -1.8 -0.2
1955 CHA 27 29 24 187.0 175.0 12.0 15 9 0 1 15 3 774 186 77 69 17 267 48 43 3 88 3.32 3.48 4.77 12.8 1.3
1956 CHA 28 34 31 234.7 232.0 2.7 12 10 0 0 17 4 966 212 99 95 22 317 59 53 6 120 3.64 3.53 4.42 33.1 4.0
1957 CHA 29 28 28 220.7 220.7 0.0 16 6 0 0 20 4 894 203 76 68 17 286 45 37 8 88 2.77 3.32 4.12 12.9 1.4
1958 CHA 30 34 34 248.0 248.0 0.0 15 14 0 0 19 4 1028 240 92 83 23 347 53 48 7 127 3.01 3.35 4.01 19.3 1.7
1959 CHA 31 31 29 179.7 173.3 6.3 9 10 0 0 17 1 768 171 84 73 15 244 58 55 5 71 3.66 3.81 4.66 11.0 1.0
1960 CHA 32 33 8 78.7 32.7 46.0 6 1 3 4 2 1 340 87 49 47 13 141 25 22 0 30 5.38 4.74 5.94 -6.2 -0.5
1961 WS2 33 23 22 168.7 166.7 2.0 10 10 0 0 16 1 671 138 60 45 10 212 35 32 3 62 2.40 3.21 4.11 16.1 1.4
1962 CLE 34 34 34 250.7 250.7 0.0 20 10 0 0 19 3 1031 255 109 100 23 377 47 42 2 94 3.59 3.54 4.50 30.7 2.7
1963 CLE 35 30 30 206.0 206.0 0.0 11 13 0 0 16 5 842 211 106 97 27 332 28 23 5 84 4.24 3.83 4.57 2.5 0.1
1964 CLE 36 30 23 158.3 150.0 8.3 7 9 1 0 9 4 670 181 86 80 19 266 29 23 2 83 4.55 3.56 4.57 10.7 1.1
1965 CLE 37 12 3 22.7 13.3 9.3 1 3 0 0 0 0 102 32 15 15 6 58 6 6 0 12 5.96 5.58 6.23 -4.7 -0.5
Career3452732017.31891.3125.0122995715030839719889098221982954495443458803.673.674.58127.012.5

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G GS IP FRA FRA+ TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP PPF PVORP PWARP VORP WARP
1950 BSN MLB 10 3 29.7 9.46 -11 .321 .276 .350 .434 .279 .237 94 -9.6 -0.9 -7.6 -0.8
1951 BSN MLB 8 2 13.7 5.74 60 .331 .273 .347 .422 .285 .315 92 -1.8 -0.2 0.1 0.0
1952 BSN MLB 7 2 13.0 5.56 58 .365 .275 .357 .418 .297 .354 94 -1.0 -0.1 -1.9 -0.2
1954 DET MLB 2 0 6.0 6.91 34 .383 .281 .360 .428 .286 .333 99 -1.6 -0.2 -1.8 -0.2
1955 CHA MLB 29 24 187.0 4.77 92 .241 .274 .351 .414 .275 .273 99 8.4 0.9 12.8 1.3
1956 CHA MLB 34 31 234.7 4.42 104 .231 .275 .354 .429 .280 .251 98 24.8 2.6 33.1 4.0
1957 CHA MLB 28 28 220.7 4.12 99 .229 .270 .342 .420 .277 .253 97 11.4 1.2 12.9 1.4
1958 CHA MLB 34 34 248.0 4.01 102 .243 .268 .335 .409 .269 .265 98 21.0 2.2 19.3 1.7
1959 CHA MLB 31 29 179.7 4.66 94 .246 .268 .343 .416 .275 .252 100 10.4 1.1 11.0 1.0
1960 CHA MLB 33 8 78.7 5.94 64 .276 .263 .332 .406 .270 .272 99 -4.5 -0.5 -6.2 -0.5
1961 WS2 MLB 23 22 168.7 4.11 105 .223 .271 .343 .426 .277 .228 95 15.3 1.6 16.1 1.4
1962 CLE MLB 34 34 250.7 4.50 100 .240 .271 .339 .421 .274 .268 101 23.5 2.4 30.7 2.7
1963 CLE MLB 30 30 206.0 4.57 83 .264 .259 .322 .405 .275 .264 95 3.3 0.4 2.5 0.1
1964 CLE MLB 30 23 158.3 4.57 86 .274 .262 .331 .411 .277 .302 99 7.9 0.9 10.7 1.1
1965 CLE MLB 12 3 22.7 6.23 41 .357 .258 .327 .394 .269 .333 99 -3.6 -0.4 -4.7 -0.5
CareerMLB2732017.34.5892.249.269.340.416.275.26498103.911.0127.012.5

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR GB% BABIP H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 WHIP ERA VORP WARP
1950 BSN MLB 0 2 0 10 3 29.7 28 34 9 4 47% .237 8.5 10.3 1.2 2.7 2.09 8.19 -7.6 -0.8
1951 BSN MLB 0 0 0 8 2 13.7 17 11 4 0 59% .315 11.2 7.2 0.0 2.6 2.05 5.27 0.1 0.0
1952 BSN MLB 0 2 1 7 2 13.0 18 12 6 1 66% .354 12.5 8.3 0.7 4.2 2.31 5.54 -1.9 -0.2
1954 DET MLB 0 0 0 2 0 6.0 9 5 2 1 44% .333 13.5 7.5 1.5 3.0 2.33 10.50 -1.8 -0.2
1955 CHA MLB 15 9 0 29 24 187.0 186 48 88 17 57% .273 9.0 2.3 0.8 4.2 1.25 3.32 12.8 1.3
1956 CHA MLB 12 10 0 34 31 234.7 212 59 120 22 52% .251 8.1 2.3 0.8 4.6 1.15 3.64 33.1 4.0
1957 CHA MLB 16 6 0 28 28 220.7 203 45 88 17 56% .253 8.3 1.8 0.7 3.6 1.12 2.77 12.9 1.4
1958 CHA MLB 15 14 0 34 34 248.0 240 53 127 23 53% .265 8.7 1.9 0.8 4.6 1.18 3.01 19.3 1.7
1959 CHA MLB 9 10 0 31 29 179.7 171 58 71 15 52% .252 8.6 2.9 0.8 3.6 1.27 3.66 11.0 1.0
1960 CHA MLB 6 1 3 33 8 78.7 87 25 30 13 59% .272 10.0 2.9 1.5 3.4 1.42 5.38 -6.2 -0.5
1961 WS2 MLB 10 10 0 23 22 168.7 138 35 62 10 54% .228 7.4 1.9 0.5 3.3 1.03 2.40 16.1 1.4
1962 CLE MLB 20 10 0 34 34 250.7 255 47 94 23 52% .268 9.2 1.7 0.8 3.4 1.20 3.59 30.7 2.7
1963 CLE MLB 11 13 0 30 30 206.0 211 28 84 27 51% .264 9.2 1.2 1.2 3.7 1.16 4.24 2.5 0.1
1964 CLE MLB 7 9 1 30 23 158.3 181 29 83 19 56% .302 10.3 1.6 1.1 4.7 1.33 4.55 10.7 1.1
1965 CLE MLB 1 3 0 12 3 22.7 32 6 12 6 54% .333 12.7 2.4 2.4 4.8 1.68 5.96 -4.7 -0.5

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This article requires BP Premium accessOverthinking It: Justin TimeBen Lindbergh2011-08-11
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