Dick Donovan Trades and Transactions

The Dick Donovan trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Dick Donovan has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"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

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1947: Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Braves.
10-15-1953: Sold by Milwaukee Braves to Detroit Tigers.
05-12-1954: Returned to Milwaukee Braves.
09-07-1954: Sold by Milwaukee Braves to Chicago White Sox.
12-14-1960: Selected by Washington Senators — expansion draft.
10-05-1961: Traded by Washington Senators (with Gene Green and Jim Mahoney) to Cleveland Indians for Jimmy Piersall.
06-21-1965: Released by Cleveland Indians.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Dick Donovan trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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