Dick Donovan
1950–1965 · bats L / throws R · ALS, Boston Braves, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators (1961-71)
371G
.163AVG
.257OBP
.248SLG
More career statistics
113H
15HR
64RBI
0SB
122–99W–L
2,017.1IP
880K
3.67ERA
273GS
5SV
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · Batters faced | 8,407 | 8,404 |
| Pitching · p er | 822 | 824 |
| Pitching · p hr | 198 | 199 |
| Pitching · p k | 880 | 882 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 371 | 801 | 694 | 67 | 113 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 64 | 78 | 292 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 172 | .163 | .257 | .248 | .505 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,017.3 | 345 | 273 | 101 | 122 | 99 | 5 | 1,988 | 909 | 822 | 198 | 495 | 880 | 0 | 0 | 3.67 | 1.231 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1956-08-19 to 1956-09-04
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Faced the Minimum | 1962-07-02 | 1 in 2,759 games | box score ↗ |
| 74 | Four Intentional Walks Issued | 1962-09-04 | 1 in 2,511 games | box score ↗ |
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1963-08-14 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 178 | 382 | 59 | 7 | 34 | 42 | 122 | .182 | .264 | .284 |
| Away | 193 | 419 | 54 | 8 | 30 | 36 | 170 | .146 | .215 | .216 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 35 | 78 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 26 | .145 | .295 | .226 |
| May | 74 | 131 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 52 | .144 | .206 | .229 |
| June | 80 | 163 | 23 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 60 | .160 | .215 | .222 |
| July | 66 | 157 | 25 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 55 | .181 | .242 | .283 |
| August | 61 | 147 | 23 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 44 | .180 | .252 | .297 |
| September | 54 | 125 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 55 | .154 | .248 | .212 |
| October | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 52 | 108 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 41 | .163 | .213 | .235 |
| detroit-tigers | 48 | 107 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 35 | .207 | .299 | .359 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 44 | 98 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 32 | .148 | .245 | .210 |
| boston-red-sox | 43 | 102 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 39 | .154 | .216 | .242 |
| baltimore-orioles | 40 | 85 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 31 | .169 | .259 | .268 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 33 | 81 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 24 | .111 | .160 | .139 |
| cleveland-guardians | 28 | 66 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 26 | .254 | .288 | .407 |
| minnesota-twins | 18 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 22 | .105 | .167 | .184 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 |  Boston Braves | 10 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | .167 | 29 | 9 |
| 1951 | Boston Braves | 8 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | .333 | 13 | 4 |
| 1952 | Boston Braves | 7 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 13 | 7 |
| 1954 |  Detroit Tigers | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 6 | 2 |
| 1955 |  Chicago White Sox | 40 | 76 | 17 | 1 | 5 | – | .224 | 187 | 88 |
| 1956 | Chicago White Sox | 44 | 90 | 20 | 3 | 15 | – | .222 | 234 | 121 |
| 1957 | Chicago White Sox | 30 | 83 | 12 | 3 | 10 | – | .145 | 220 | 88 |
| 1958 | Chicago White Sox | 34 | 80 | 9 | – | 1 | – | .113 | 248 | 127 |
| 1959 | Chicago White Sox | 31 | 61 | 8 | 1 | 5 | – | .131 | 179 | 71 |
| 1960 | Chicago White Sox | 33 | 23 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .130 | 78 | 30 |
| 1961 |  Washington Senators (1961-71) | 24 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 7 | – | .179 | 168 | 62 |
| 1962 |  Cleveland Guardians | 34 | 89 | 16 | 4 | 9 | – | .180 | 250 | 94 |
| 1963 | Cleveland Guardians | 31 | 69 | 9 | 1 | 2 | – | .130 | 206 | 84 |
| 1964 | Cleveland Guardians | 31 | 48 | 7 | 1 | 8 | – | .146 | 158 | 83 |
| 1965 | Cleveland Guardians | 12 | 6 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 22 | 12 |