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Dick Donovan was born on Wednesday, December 7, 1927, in Boston, Massachusetts. Donovan was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 24, 1950, with the Boston Braves. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Dick Donovan baseball stats page.

"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

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
Born In:	Boston, Massachusetts
Zodiac:	Sagittarius
Died On:	01-06-1997
Died In:	Weymouth, Massachusetts
Cemetery:	Woodside Cemetery, Cohasset, Massachusetts

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Left
Throws:	Right
Height:	6-03
Weight:	205
First Game:	04-24-1950 (Age 22)
Last Game:	06-12-1965
Draft:	Not Applicable

Dick Donovan Dick Donovan Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1950	Braves	10	3	4	0	2	.000	8.19	0	0	0	29.2	147	28	27	28	4	34	-	9	1	2	1	-
1951	Braves	8	2	3	0	0	.000	5.27	0	0	0	13.2	69	17	8	11	0	11	-	4	0	0	0	-
1952	Braves	7	2	3	0	2	.000	5.54	0	0	1	13.0	70	18	8	10	1	12	-	6	0	2	0	-
1954	Tigers	2	0	0	0	0	.000	10.50	0	0	0	6.0	32	9	7	7	1	5	0	2	0	0	0	-
1955	White Sox	29	24	3	15	9	.625	3.32	11	5	0	187.0	774	186	69	77	17	48	5	88	0	3	1	-
1956	White Sox	34	31	2	12	10	.545	3.64	14	3	0	234.2	966	212	95	99	22	59	6	120	5	6	1	-
1957	White Sox	28	28	0	16	6	.727	2.77	16	2	0	220.2	893	203	68	76	17	45	8	88	1	8	2	-
1958	White Sox	34	34	0	15	14	.517	3.01	16	4	0	248.0	1,030	240	83	92	23	53	5	127	2	7	0	-
1959	White Sox	31	29	0	9	10	.474	3.66	5	1	0	179.2	768	171	73	84	15	58	3	71	1	5	0	-
1960	White Sox	33	8	7	6	1	.857	5.38	0	0	3	78.2	340	87	47	49	13	25	3	30	2	0	0	-
1961	Senators	23	22	0	10	10	.500	2.40	11	2	0	168.2	671	138	45	60	10	35	3	62	0	3	0	-
1962	Indians	34	34	0	20	10	.667	3.59	16	5	0	250.2	1,032	255	100	109	23	47	5	94	3	2	1	-
1963	Indians	30	30	0	11	13	.458	4.24	7	3	0	206.0	842	211	97	106	27	28	5	84	0	5	0	-
1964	Indians	30	23	4	7	9	.438	4.55	5	0	1	158.1	671	181	80	86	19	29	6	83	1	2	0	-
1965	Indians	12	3	2	1	3	.250	5.96	0	0	0	22.2	102	32	15	15	6	6	0	12	2	0	0	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
15 Years		345	273	28	122	99	.552	3.67	101	25	5	2,017.1	8,407	1,988	822	909	198	495	49	880	18	45	6	-

Dick Donovan Dick Donovan Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1950	Braves	10	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	-	4	0	-	0	0	.167	.500	.167
1951	Braves	8	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	-	1	0	-	0	0	.333	.600	.667
1952	Braves	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	3	0	-	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1954	Tigers	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1955	White Sox	40	76	10	17	0	0	1	0	5	9	0	26	1	0	3	3	.224	.330	.263
1956	White Sox	44	90	10	20	4	0	3	0	15	14	1	30	1	1	1	2	.222	.330	.367
1957	White Sox	30	83	8	12	1	0	3	0	10	8	0	32	1	0	0	1	.145	.220	.265
1958	White Sox	34	80	5	9	0	0	0	0	1	10	0	33	2	0	2	0	.113	.228	.113
1959	White Sox	31	61	4	8	4	0	1	0	5	5	0	32	3	0	0	1	.131	.197	.246
1960	White Sox	33	23	3	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	13	0	0	1	0	.130	.200	.174
1961	Senators	24	56	6	10	1	0	1	0	7	6	0	23	1	0	0	0	.179	.258	.250
1962	Indians	34	89	8	16	1	0	4	0	9	7	0	32	2	0	2	1	.180	.255	.326
1963	Indians	31	69	4	9	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	31	3	0	0	3	.130	.155	.188
1964	Indians	31	48	7	7	0	0	1	0	8	10	0	27	4	0	1	2	.146	.305	.208
1965	Indians	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
15 Years		371	694	67	113	14	0	15	0	64	78	1	292	18	1	10	13	.163	.257	.248

Dick Donovan Dick Donovan Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1950 Braves	P	10	3	89	6	0.6	6	1	5	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.82	-
1951 Braves	P	8	2	41	5	0.6	5	1	4	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.29	-
1952 Braves	P	7	2	39	7	1.0	6	0	6	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.857	4.15	-
1954 Tigers	P	2	0	18	1	0.5	1	0	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.50	-
1955 White Sox	P	29	24	561	44	1.5	44	11	33	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.12	-
1956 White Sox	P	34	31	704	58	1.7	57	11	46	1	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.983	2.19	-
1957 White Sox	P	28	28	662	55	2.0	55	18	37	0	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.24	-
1958 White Sox	P	34	34	744	52	1.5	50	16	34	2	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.962	1.81	-
1959 White Sox	P	31	29	539	41	1.3	37	11	26	4	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.902	1.85	-
1960 White Sox	P	33	8	236	26	0.8	25	6	19	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.962	2.86	-
1961 Senators	P	23	22	506	45	2.0	41	15	26	4	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.911	2.19	-
1962 Indians	P	34	34	752	62	1.8	59	23	36	3	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.952	2.12	-
1963 Indians	P	30	30	618	51	1.7	49	20	29	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.961	2.14	-
1964 Indians	P	30	23	475	40	1.3	39	9	30	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.975	2.22	-
1965 Indians	P	12	3	68	7	0.6	6	2	4	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.857	2.38	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		345	273	6,052	500	1.4	480	144	336	20	25	n/a	n/a	n/a	.960	2.14	--
15 Years		345	273	6,052	500	1.4	480	144	336	20	25	n/a	n/a	n/a	.960	2.14	--

Dick Donovan Dick Donovan Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1950 Braves	0	-	-	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.26	2.73	10.31
1951 Braves	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.36	2.63	7.24
1952 Braves	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.50	4.15	8.31
1954 Tigers	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.40	3.00	7.50
1955 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	76.0	2.9	15.2	1.83	4.24	2.31
1956 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	30.0	3.0	6.0	2.03	4.60	2.26
1957 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	27.7	2.6	8.3	1.96	3.59	1.84
1958 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.4	80.0	2.40	4.61	1.92
1959 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	61.0	1.9	12.2	1.22	3.56	2.91
1960 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.8	11.5	1.20	3.43	2.86
1961 Senators	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	56.0	2.4	8.0	1.77	3.31	1.87
1962 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	22.3	2.8	9.9	2.00	3.37	1.69
1963 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	69.0	2.2	34.5	3.00	3.67	1.22
1964 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	48.0	1.8	6.0	2.86	4.72	1.65
1965 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.5	0.0	2.00	4.76	2.38
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
15 Years	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	46.3	2.4	10.8	1.78	3.93	2.21

Dick Donovan Dick Donovan Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1950 Boston Braves	20, 36	Undetermined	-	-
1951 Boston Braves	20	Undetermined	-	-
1952 Boston Braves	20	Undetermined	-	-
1954 Detroit Tigers	49	Undetermined	-	-
1955 Chicago White Sox	22, 31	Undetermined	Stats	-
1956 Chicago White Sox	22	Undetermined	-	-
1957 Chicago White Sox	22	Undetermined	-	-
1958 Chicago White Sox	22	Undetermined	-	-
1959 Chicago White Sox	22	Undetermined	-	Stats
1960 Chicago White Sox	22	Undetermined	-	-
1961 Washington Senators	20	Undetermined	Stats	-
1962 Cleveland Indians	20	Undetermined	Stats	-
1963 Cleveland Indians	30	Undetermined	-	-
1964 Cleveland Indians	30	Undetermined	-	-
1965 Cleveland Indians	30	Undetermined	-	-
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