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Dick Donovan played 15 major-league seasons (1950-1965) as a P (345). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 15 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 23 | BSN | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .167 | .667 | 90 |
| 1951 | 24 | BSN | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .333 | 1.267 | 252 |
| 1952 | 25 | BSN | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1954 | 27 | DET | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1955 | 28 | CHA | 40 | 76 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 26 | .224 | .593 | 66 |
| 1956 | 29 | CHA | 44 | 90 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 30 | .222 | .697 | 89 |
| 1957 | 30 | CHA | 30 | 83 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 32 | .145 | .485 | 36 |
| 1958 | 31 | CHA | 34 | 80 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 33 | .113 | .341 | 0 |
| 1959 | 32 | CHA | 31 | 61 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 32 | .131 | .443 | 25 |
| 1960 | 33 | CHA | 33 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .130 | .374 | 5 |
| 1961 | 34 | WS2 | 24 | 56 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 23 | .179 | .508 | 41 |
| 1962 | 35 | CLE | 34 | 89 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 32 | .180 | .581 | 61 |
| 1963 | 36 | CLE | 31 | 69 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31 | .130 | .343 | -1 |
| 1964 | 37 | CLE | 31 | 48 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 27 | .146 | .513 | 51 |
| 1965 | 38 | CLE | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 23 | BSN | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29.2 | 9 | 34 | 8.19 | 51 |
| 1951 | 24 | BSN | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.2 | 4 | 11 | 5.27 | 75 |
| 1952 | 25 | BSN | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 5.54 | 67 |
| 1954 | 27 | DET | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 10.50 | 35 |
| 1955 | 28 | CHA | 29 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 187 | 88 | 48 | 3.32 | 119 |
| 1956 | 29 | CHA | 34 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 234.2 | 120 | 59 | 3.64 | 114 |
| 1957 | 30 | CHA | 28 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 220.2 | 88 | 45 | 2.77 | 137 |
| 1958 | 31 | CHA | 34 | 34 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 248 | 127 | 53 | 3.01 | 125 |
| 1959 | 32 | CHA | 31 | 29 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 179.2 | 71 | 58 | 3.66 | 106 |
| 1960 | 33 | CHA | 33 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 78.2 | 30 | 25 | 5.38 | 72 |
| 1961 | 34 | WS2 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 168.2 | 62 | 35 | 2.40 | 168 |
| 1962 | 35 | CLE | 34 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 250.2 | 94 | 47 | 3.59 | 111 |
| 1963 | 36 | CLE | 30 | 30 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 206 | 84 | 28 | 4.24 | 86 |
| 1964 | 37 | CLE | 30 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 158.1 | 83 | 29 | 4.55 | 80 |
| 1965 | 38 | CLE | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22.2 | 12 | 6 | 5.96 | 58 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | P | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 1951 | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 1954 | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | P | 29 | 24 | 11 | 33 | 0 | 2 |
| 1956 | P | 34 | 31 | 11 | 46 | 1 | 4 |
| 1957 | P | 28 | 28 | 18 | 37 | 0 | 3 |
| 1958 | P | 34 | 34 | 16 | 34 | 2 | 3 |
| 1959 | P | 31 | 29 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 1 |
| 1960 | P | 33 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 1961 | P | 23 | 22 | 15 | 26 | 4 | 1 |
| 1962 | P | 34 | 34 | 23 | 36 | 3 | 6 |
| 1963 | P | 30 | 30 | 20 | 29 | 2 | 1 |
| 1964 | P | 30 | 23 | 9 | 30 | 1 | 3 |
| 1965 | P | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Dick Donovan won: TSN All-Star 1962 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1962, 1961, 1958, 1957.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Cy Young Award | ML | 2 | 1 / 16 | 1 |
| 1957 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 13 | 19 / 336 | 0 |
| 1958 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 25 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
| 1961 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 17 | 5 / 280 | 0 |
| 1962 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 64 / 280 | 0 |
Dick Donovan ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #147 | starting pitchers | 1961 | 168 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.