Dick Donovan 1955 Game by Game Pitching Logs

Dick Donovan pitched in 35 Major League games during the 1955 regular season. The chart below is a comprehensive analysis of the games Donovan pitched in, specifically relating to his 1955 pitching statistics. Notes: The Date / Box field has a link to the box score from the game being described. If the Date is followed by an asterisk (*), Donovan started that game. Cumulative monthly totals are provided where applicable.

"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)
Dick Donovan 1955 Game by Game Pitching Logs

In Chronological Order / Dick Donovan Stats

04-17-1955vs Athletics0000.002.01000000000
04-17-1955vs Indians0000.002.01000000000
04-24-1955 *at Athletics0104.154.21745030000
04-29-1955 *vs Red Sox1002.049.06400010000
 April 1955 Totals
1 1 0 2.04 17.2 9 11 4 5 0 4 0 0 0 0
05-03-1955vs Senators1002.054.12511110000
05-08-1955 *vs Tigers1001.459.03900030000
05-15-1955 *at Senators1001.129.05300030000
05-21-1955 *vs Athletics1001.668.221144120000
05-21-1955 *vs Indians1002.048.221144120000
05-21-1955 *vs Orioles1002.328.221144120000
05-27-1955 *at Tigers0102.256.04611120000
 May 1955 Totals
6 1 0 2.25 54.1 20 56 14 14 5 15 0 0 0 0
06-01-1955 *vs Red Sox0002.397.03933020000
06-01-1955 *vs Orioles0002.517.03933020000
06-01-1955 *vs Senators0002.617.03933020000
06-01-1955 *vs Yankees0002.707.03933020000
06-05-1955 *vs Yankees1002.729.03533240000
06-12-1955 *vs Senators1002.759.071134000000
06-17-1955 *at Yankees1002.648.07411120010
06-22-1955 *at Senators1002.479.01400020000
06-28-1955 *vs Tigers0002.607.03844010000
 June 1955 Totals
4 0 0 2.60 70.0 33 68 23 24 3 17 0 0 1 0
07-03-1955 *at Indians0002.863.00855110000
07-07-1955 *at Tigers1002.759.05511100000
07-14-1955 *vs Senators1002.719.041022000000
07-17-1955vs Orioles1002.672.01300000000
07-20-1955 *vs Yankees1002.846.14955010000
07-23-1955vs Red Sox0103.031.00344020000
07-26-1955 *at Yankees0102.948.05711140000
 July 1955 Totals
4 2 0 2.94 38.1 19 45 18 18 3 8 0 0 0 0
08-21-1955 *vs Tigers1002.859.03812120000
08-26-1955 *vs Senators0103.080.10555100000
08-28-1955vs Yankees0003.142.22322120000
 August 1955 Totals
1 1 0 3.14 12.0 5 16 8 9 3 4 0 0 0 0
09-04-1955 *at Indians0103.266.22955260000
09-09-1955 *at Yankees0103.376.25955210000
09-14-1955 *at Orioles0103.526.151066010000
09-18-1955 *at Athletics0103.556.13638120000
09-24-1955 *vs Athletics1003.409.01500000000
 September 1955 Totals
1 4 0 3.40 35.0 16 39 19 24 5 10 0 0 0 0
 1955 Yearly Totals 17 9 0 3.41 227.1 102 235 86 94 19 58 0 0 1 0
Dick Donovan 1955 Game by Game Pitching Logs


Did you know that Dick Donovan pitched 23 games at home, had an ERA of 3.36, pitched 144.2 innings, allowed 157 hits, had 54 earned runs, 56 runs, and 9 home runs, walked 31 batters (0 intentionally), threw 0 wild pitches, hit batters 0 times, and balked 0 times?

On the road, Dick Donovan pitched 12 games, had an ERA of 3.50, pitched 82.2 innings, allowed 78 hits, had 32 earned runs, 38 runs, and 10 home runs, walked 27 batters (0 intentionally), threw 0 wild pitches, hit batters 1 times, and balked 0 times.

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