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Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: Pitching Comparison

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: Totals

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: 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	Johnny Kucks	22-27	1955	1960	54	56	.491	4.10	207	123	38	30	7	7	938.1	970	493	427	91	308	12	338	39	1	12	4030	1377	93	4.10	1.362	9.3	0.9	3.0	3.2

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: 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	Johnny Kucks	22-25	1955	1958	1	0	1.000	1.89	8	1	0	1	1	0	19.0	15	5	4	1	6	0	4	0	0	0	76	22			1.105	7.1	0.5	2.8	1.9

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: Value

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: 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	Johnny Kucks	22-27	1955	1960	207	123	938.1	0.5	-6.9

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: Totals Against

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: 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	Johnny Kucks	22-27	1955	1960	207	123	938.1	1377	3604	716	131	32	38	13	74.51	8	116	39	35	.269	.330	.399	.729	104	.130	.274	481	1433	254	1317	1377

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: 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	2	1	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.143	.226	.286	.512		.143	.136	2	8	2	7	7
2	Johnny Kucks	22-25	1955	1958	8	1	19.0	22	69	10	4	0	2	0	100.00	0	2	1	0	.217	.280	.319	.599		.101	.219	7	22	5	21	22

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: Starting & Relieving

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: 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	Johnny Kucks	22-27	1955	1960	60	49	48.0	71	28	39	2	77.8	38	84

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: 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	1	100	65.0	4	1	25	0	100.0	1	2
2	Johnny Kucks	22-25	1955	1958	1	100	79.0	5	3	60	0		0	7

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: Ratios

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: 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	Johnny Kucks	22-27	1955	1960	207	123	938.1	8.4	7.6	0.7

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: 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	Johnny Kucks	22-25	1955	1958	8	1	19.0	5.3	7.9	-2.6

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: Pitch Summary

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: 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	Johnny Kucks	22-27	1955	1960	207	123	938.1		62

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: 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	21		15	71.43
2	Johnny Kucks	22-25	1955	1958	8	1	19.0	143	102	90	62.94

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: Head-to-Head Pitching

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: Totals

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: 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	2	3	.400	5.53	7	7	0	1	0	0	42.1	52	27	26	7	7	1	23	0	0	1	183	1.394	11.1	1.5	1.5	4.9
2	Johnny Kucks	4	0	1.000	2.53	7	3	2	2	1	0	32.0	24	9	9	2	13	0	9	2	0	0	131	1.156	6.8	0.6	3.7	2.5

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: Game Logs

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Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: 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	CHW	1959-07-04 (1)	GS-4	3.2	8	4	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	19	8	19	5	2	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	3	31			-0.3	-2.45			0.97
2	Johnny Kucks	KCA	1959-07-04 (1)	7-7	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1				0.0	-0.12	1	1	0.79
3	Dick Donovan	CHW	1958-06-26	GS-7, L	7.0	7	4	4	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	29	8	28	5	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	51			-0.2	-0.76			1.06
4	Johnny Kucks	NYY	1958-06-26	GS-7, W	6.1	7	3	3	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	26	10	22	4	1	1	1	1	0	13	1	1	0	3	44			0.0	0.00			1.19
5	Dick Donovan	CHW	1958-06-03	GS-1, L	0.0	3	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	2	29			-0.3	-4.37			1.01
6	Johnny Kucks	NYY	1958-06-03	SHO, W	9.0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	33	7	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	82			0.1	4.04			0.36
7	Dick Donovan	CHW	1958-05-20	GS-8, L	8.0	9	4	4	0	2	1	1	3	0	0	0	32	10	30	4	3	0	0	0	0	18	1	1	0	5	50			-0.1	-0.30			0.60
8	Johnny Kucks	NYY	1958-05-20	CG, W	9.0	5	1	1	0	0	5	0	3	1	0	0	36	11	30	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	71			0.4	3.17			0.84
9	Dick Donovan	CHW	1957-09-14	CG, W	9.0	7	2	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	35	9	33	5	2	0	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	2	66			0.2	2.17			1.27
10	Johnny Kucks	NYY	1957-09-14	8-GF	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	3	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.30	1	1	0.52
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Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: Batter vs. Pitcher

Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Kucks (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Kucks (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	1955	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1958	6	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	7	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429	0	0	0	0	0

Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Kucks (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Dick Donovan (Pitcher) vs. Johnny Kucks (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1955	1955-07-20	NYY	CHW	down 4-0	t3	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B
2	1958	1958-05-20	NYY	CHW	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Groundout: 1B unassisted
3	1958	1958-05-20	NYY	CHW	ahead 0-2	t5	1--	0		Double to CF; M. Throneberry Scores
4	1958	1958-05-20	NYY	CHW	ahead 0-3	t7	---	2		Flyball: CF
5	1958	1958-06-26	NYY	CHW	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Groundout: 3B-1B
6	1958	1958-06-26	NYY	CHW	down 1-0	t6	---	0		Flyball: RF
7	1958	1958-06-26	NYY	CHW	ahead 1-4	t7	---	1		Groundout: SS-1B

Johnny Kucks (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Johnny Kucks (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	1955	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1957	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1958	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	7	5	2	0	0	0	2	1	2	.400	.500	.400	.900	1	0	0	0	0

Johnny Kucks (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Johnny Kucks (Pitcher) vs. Dick Donovan (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1955	1955-07-20	CHW	NYY	ahead 0-4	b2	---	0		Strikeout
2	1955	1955-07-20	CHW	NYY	ahead 0-4	b3	123	2		Single to RF; C. Carrasquel to 2B; S. Lollar Scores; W. Dropo Scores
3	1957	1957-09-14	CHW	NYY	ahead 2-4	t8	1-3	1		Strikeout (foul bunt)
4	1958	1958-05-20	CHW	NYY	down 1-0	b3	---	2		Single to CF
5	1958	1958-05-20	CHW	NYY	down 3-0	b5	12-	2		Walk; R. Jackson to 3B; L. Aparicio to 2B
6	1958	1958-06-26	CHW	NYY	tied 0-0	b3	---	0		Lineout: P
7	1958	1958-06-26	CHW	NYY	ahead 0-1	b5	-2-	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; L. Aparicio to 3B

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: Batting Comparison

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: Batting Totals

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: 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	Johnny Kucks	22-27	1955	1960	207	342	291	21	32	5	0	0	6	0	0	19	95	.110	.167	.127	.294	-19	37	2	1	31	0	0

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: 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	Johnny Kucks	22-25	1955	1958	8	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	1	0	0

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: Batting Value

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: 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	Johnny Kucks	22-27	1955	1960	207	342	-1.2	-1.2	-1.2	-0.1	-49	1	0	0

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: Batting Sabermetric

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: 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	Johnny Kucks	22-27	1955	1960	207	342	5	52	58	292	10	.163	27	-49	-5.0	.017	3.1		0

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: 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	0	.500	0			.000	3.0		0
2	Johnny Kucks	22-25	1955	1958	8	5	0	1	1	4	1	.333	0			.000	4.0		0

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: Batting Win Probability

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: 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	-5.7	-59.33	0.96
2	Johnny Kucks	22-27	1955	1960	207	342	-3.6	-4.7	0.0	-50.65	-5.0	-50.91	0.78

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: Head-to-Head Batting

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: Totals

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: 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	7	17	14	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.143	.250	.143	.393	2	0	1	1	0	0
2	Johnny Kucks	7	12	11	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.182	.273	2	0	0	1	0	0

Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: Game Logs

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Dick Donovan vs. Johnny Kucks: 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	CHW	1959-07-04 (1)	*	4	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.062	5.24	-0.18%	-0.55			P
2	Johnny Kucks	KCA	1959-07-04 (1)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Dick Donovan	CHW	1958-06-26	*	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.032	1.98	-0.04%	-0.38			P
4	Johnny Kucks	NYY	1958-06-26	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.80	-0.059	4.50	-0.20%	-0.52			P
5	Dick Donovan	CHW	1958-06-03	*	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Johnny Kucks	NYY	1958-06-03	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.08	-0.008	0.43	-0.03%	-1.15			P
7	Dick Donovan	CHW	1958-05-20	*	8	9	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.056	1.83	0.05%	0.45			P
8	Johnny Kucks	NYY	1958-05-20	*	9	9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.53	0.066	2.62	0.20%	0.83			P
9	Dick Donovan	CHW	1957-09-14	*	9	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.92	-0.107	1.15	-0.08%	-1.25			P
10	Johnny Kucks	NYY	1957-09-14		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
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