Three years ago we launched the Negro Leagues are Major Leagues project. Learn more here.

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

Compare players and teams or see head to head results between teams, players, player vs. team, or batter vs. pitcher. • Tutorial Video • Sample Searches • Data Coverage

THIS QUESTION WAS ANSWERED USING

POWERED BY

Your All Access Pass to the Baseball Database Go beyond the basics. Become a Stathead

Start Your FREE Trial

Show Criteria

Compare Players

Head-to-head stats or multi-player comparisons

Compare Teams

Head-to-head results and comparisons

Player vs. Team

Head-to-head stats for a single player against a team

Today's Probables

Today's starting pitchers vs. opponents

Search Criteria

Seasons

All seasons

Choose season(s) for each choice

Choose same season(s) for all choices

Player 1

Javascript is required for the selection of a player.

Choice is: Dick Donovan

Player 2

Javascript is required for the selection of a player.

Choice is: Carl Erskine

Player 3

Javascript is required for the selection of a player.

Type name to select an option

Player 4

Javascript is required for the selection of a player.

Type name to select an option

Player 5

Javascript is required for the selection of a player.

Type name to select an option

Player 6

Javascript is required for the selection of a player.

Type name to select an option

Team 1

Team 2

You have edited your search criteria

or keep editing your search

Fetching Results

23.3

345

273

2017.1

122-99

5

3.67

104

880

10.5

495

5.9

WAR

G

GS

IP

W-L

SV

ERA

ERA+

SO

K%

BB

BB%

13.9

335

216

1718.2

122-78

13

4.00

101

981

13.5

646

8.9

5

1

Championships

All-Star

ERA Title

2

1

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Pitching Comparison

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Totals

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	122	99	.552	3.67	345	273	28	101	25	5	2017.1	1988	909	822	198	495	52	880	45	6	18	8407	2630	104	3.70	1.231	8.9	0.9	2.2	3.9
2	Carl Erskine	21-32	1948	1959	122	78	.610	4.00	335	216	61	71	14	13	1718.2	1637	830	763	199	646	38	981	16	1	38	7270	2381	101	3.99	1.328	8.6	1.0	3.4	5.1

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	0	1	.000	5.40	3	1	1	0	0	1	8.1	4	5	5	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	31	7			0.840	4.3	1.1	3.2	5.4
2	Carl Erskine	22-29	1949	1956	2	2	.500	5.83	11	7	2	2	0	0	41.2	36	28	27	2	24	2	31	2	0	2	182	62			1.440	7.8	0.4	5.2	6.7

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Value

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	345	273	2017.1	20.8	5.0
2	Carl Erskine	21-32	1948	1959	335	216	1718.2	16.4	-0.4

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Totals Against

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	345	273	2017.1	2630	7713	1463	284	43	114	28	80.28	2	189	106	44	.258	.305	.383	.687	92	.125	.268	909	2952	525	2528	2630
2	Carl Erskine	21-32	1948	1959	335	216	1718.2	2381	6505	1087	296	55	34	43	44.16	15	138	93	18	.252	.320	.406	.726	94	.154	.269	851	2640	550	2299	2381

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	3	1	8.1	7	28											.143	.226					.136				7	7
2	Carl Erskine	22-29	1949	1956	11	7	41.2	62	153											.235	.346					.283				62	62

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Starting & Relieving

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	149	55	53.2	56	13	23	4	55.6	28	72
2	Carl Erskine	21-32	1948	1959	103	48	52.1	99	42	42	4	76.5	61	119

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959								100.0	1	2
2	Carl Erskine	22-29	1949	1956									2	4

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Ratios

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	345	273	2017.1	10.5	5.9	4.6
2	Carl Erskine	21-32	1948	1959	335	216	1718.2	13.5	8.9	4.6

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	3	1	8.1	16.1	9.7	6.5
2	Carl Erskine	22-29	1949	1956	11	7	41.2	17.0	13.2	3.8

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Pitch Summary

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	345	273	2017.1		106
2	Carl Erskine	21-32	1948	1959	335	216	1718.2		97

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	3	1	8.1
2	Carl Erskine	22-29	1949	1956	11	7	41.2

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Head-to-Head Pitching

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Totals

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Dick Donovan	0	1	.000	10.80	2	1	1	0	0	0	5.0	8	6	6	1	5	0	3	1	0	0	28	2.600	14.4	1.8	9.0	5.4
2	Carl Erskine	1	0	1.000	4.91	2	1	1	0	0	0	7.1	4	4	4	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	30	1.091	4.9	1.2	4.9	6.1

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Game Logs

Subscribe to Stathead Baseball for full results.

Go inside the Baseball Reference database and access the sports search engine that was made for fans like you. Subscriptions start at just $9/month. Learn More.

Get your first month FREE

Already a subscriber? Log in for full results.

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Dick Donovan	BSN	1952-05-30 (2)	GS-5, L	4.0	8	6	6	0	1	4	0	3	1	0	0	24	13	18	6	1	0	3	1	0	12	0	1	0	2	21	88	46	-0.4	-4.09			1.08
2	Carl Erskine	BRO	1952-05-30 (2)	3-GF, W	7.0	1	1	1	0	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	25	4	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1		91	54	0.1	2.34	0	0	0.45
3	Dick Donovan	BSN	1951-05-13	9-GF	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16	7	0.0	0.46	0	0	0.01
4	Carl Erskine	BRO	1951-05-13	GS-1	0.1	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	32	14	7	-0.3	-3.45			1.32

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Batter vs. Pitcher

Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Carl Erskine (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Carl Erskine (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1952	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Carl Erskine (Batter): Plate Appearances

Subscribe to Stathead Baseball for full results.

Go inside the Baseball Reference database and access the sports search engine that was made for fans like you. Subscriptions start at just $9/month. Learn More.

Get your first month FREE

Already a subscriber? Log in for full results.

Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Carl Erskine (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1952	1952-05-30 (2)	BSN	BRO	down 3-2	t5	---	1	6 (3-2)	Strikeout Swinging

Carl Erskine (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Carl Erskine (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1952	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Carl Erskine (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (Batter): Plate Appearances

Subscribe to Stathead Baseball for full results.

Go inside the Baseball Reference database and access the sports search engine that was made for fans like you. Subscriptions start at just $9/month. Learn More.

Get your first month FREE

Already a subscriber? Log in for full results.

Carl Erskine (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1952	1952-05-30 (2)	BRO	BSN	ahead 1-3	b3	12-	2	2 (1-0)	Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Batting Comparison

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Batting Totals

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	371	801	694	67	113	14	0	15	64	0	0	78	292	.163	.257	.248	.505	39	172	13	10	18	1	1
2	Carl Erskine	21-32	1948	1959	360	636	588	51	92	11	0	1	31	0	0	12	120	.156	.175	.180	.355	-7	106	8	2	31	3	0

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Carl Erskine	22-29	1949	1956	11	13	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	0	0	1	0	0

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Batting Value

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	371	801	2.4	2.4	2.6	-0.2	-60	-1	-1	0
2	Carl Erskine	21-32	1948	1959	360	636	-2.6	-2.6	-2.4	-0.2	-92	2	-1	0

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Batting Sabermetric

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	371	801	29	201	206	613	51	.253	116	-61	-6.3	.085	2.4		0
2	Carl Erskine	21-32	1948	1959	360	636	12	106	112	538	19	.194	81	-92	-9.4	.024	4.9		0

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Dick Donovan	31	1959	1959	3	3	0	1	1	2		.500	0			.000	3.0		0
2	Carl Erskine	22-29	1949	1956	11	13	0	1	1	12		.111	1			.000	4.0		0

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Batting Win Probability

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Dick Donovan	22-37	1950	1965	371	801	-5.3	-5.6	0.1	-57.01		-59.33	0.96
2	Carl Erskine	21-32	1948	1959	360	636	-7.1	-8.4	-0.1	-90.42		-95.16	0.84

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Head-to-Head Batting

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Totals

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Dick Donovan	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0
2	Carl Erskine	2	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Game Logs

Subscribe to Stathead Baseball for full results.

Go inside the Baseball Reference database and access the sports search engine that was made for fans like you. Subscriptions start at just $9/month. Learn More.

Get your first month FREE

Already a subscriber? Log in for full results.

Dick Donovan vs. Carl Erskine: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Dick Donovan	BSN	1952-05-30 (2)	*	5	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	1.29	-0.068	0.67	-0.02%	-0.64			P
2	Carl Erskine	BRO	1952-05-30 (2)		7	9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0	0.36	-0.033	1.53	-0.08%	-1.55			P
3	Dick Donovan	BSN	1951-05-13		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
4	Carl Erskine	BRO	1951-05-13	*	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

Data coverage:

Game data: Game data is only available for the American League, National League, and Federal League. Since 1901 for regular season data, since 1933 for the All-Star Game, and since 1903 for the Postseason.

Season data: Since 1871. Stats relying on play-by-play data are complete back to 1969, nearly complete back to 1950, and mostly complete back to 1912. Postseason data since 1903.

Please see our data coverage page for details.

If you utilize material unique to a Sports Reference site for a tweet, an article, or for research for a broadcast or podcast, please strongly consider citing this site as the source for the material. It would be greatly appreciated and would help us continue to produce this material.