Johnny Kucks
1955–1960 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees
207G
.110AVG
.167OBP
.127SLG
More career statistics
32H
0HR
6RBI
0SB
54–56W–L
938.1IP
338K
4.10ERA
123GS
7SV
2Rare 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 95 | 96 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,030 | 4,026 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,815 | 2,813 |
| Pitching · p k | 338 | 337 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 207 | 342 | 291 | 21 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | .110 | .167 | .127 | .294 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 938.3 | 207 | 123 | 30 | 54 | 56 | 7 | 970 | 493 | 427 | 91 | 308 | 338 | 0 | 0 | 4.10 | 1.362 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1956-08-09 to 1956-08-24
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1960-05-14 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1957-09-02 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1960-08-09 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 100 | 136 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 36 | .148 | .176 | .165 |
| Away | 107 | 206 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 60 | .085 | .131 | .102 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 15 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .053 | .115 | .053 |
| May | 33 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 16 | .087 | .200 | .130 |
| June | 41 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 17 | .078 | .120 | .078 |
| July | 45 | 81 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | .139 | .148 | .153 |
| August | 45 | 71 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20 | .145 | .155 | .161 |
| September | 28 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .107 | .147 | .143 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 36 | 62 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 19 | .125 | .177 | .143 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 30 | 61 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .135 | .180 | .173 |
| detroit-tigers | 30 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .026 | .022 | .026 |
| boston-red-sox | 26 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .147 | .184 | .176 |
| baltimore-orioles | 26 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | .143 | .180 | .143 |
| chicago-white-sox | 25 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | .100 | .184 | .133 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 22 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .077 | .125 | .077 |
| new-york-yankees | 12 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .077 | .062 | .077 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 |  New York Yankees | 29 | 40 | 2 | – | – | – | .050 | 126 | 48 |
| 1956 | New York Yankees | 34 | 77 | 11 | – | 1 | – | .143 | 224 | 67 |
| 1957 | New York Yankees | 37 | 55 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .109 | 179 | 78 |
| 1958 | New York Yankees | 34 | 40 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .125 | 126 | 46 |
| 1959 | Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees | 42 | 49 | 4 | – | – | – | .082 | 167 | 60 |
| 1960 |  Kansas City Athletics | 31 | 30 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .133 | 114 | 38 |