Dick Donovan Awards

What awards did Dick Donovan win? This page lists every known baseball award won by Dick Donovan in chronological order. Click the award name and up comes a comprehensive history of that award along with every winner of that particular baseball award.

"You've got to see (Dick) Donovan's curve. Can't tell about the curve on TV. Got to catch it, try to catch it, to see what the thing does. It breaks so you can almost hear it." - All-Star Catcher Billy Pierce in Out of my League (George Plimpton, 1961)

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Dick Donovan

Dick Donovan Autograph on a 1960 Topps (#199)

Dick Donovan Autograph on a 1960 Topps (#199)
 

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Birth Name:   Richard Edward Donovan
Nickname:   Dick or Tricky Dick
Born On:   12-07-1927  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Boston, Massachusetts
Year of Death Data Died On:   01-06-1997
Place of Death Data Died In:   Weymouth, Massachusetts
Cemetery:   Woodside Cemetery, Cohasset, Massachusetts
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-03   Player Weight Chart Weight:   205
First Game:   04-24-1950 (Age 22)
Last Game:   06-12-1965
Draft:   Not Applicable
Dick Donovan

Awards

1962 Cleveland Indians Man of the Year Award
1962 Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award


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