Dick Donovan career ERA
3.67Career Regular Season
Dick Donovan has a career ERA of 3.67 over 15 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: 2.40 in 1961.
- Most recent: 5.96 in 1965.
Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 |  ATL | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8.19 | 29.2 | 9 | 34 | 2.09 | 0 |
| 1951 | ATL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5.27 | 13.2 | 4 | 11 | 2.05 | 0 |
| 1952 | ATL | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5.54 | 13.0 | 6 | 12 | 2.31 | 1 |
| 1954 |  DET | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.50 | 6.0 | 2 | 5 | 2.33 | 0 |
| 1955 |  CHW | 29 | 15 | 9 | 3.32 | 187.0 | 88 | 48 | 1.25 | 0 |
| 1956 | CHW | 34 | 12 | 10 | 3.64 | 234.2 | 120 | 59 | 1.15 | 0 |
| 1957 | CHW | 28 | 16 | 6 | 2.77 | 220.2 | 88 | 45 | 1.12 | 0 |
| 1958 | CHW | 34 | 15 | 14 | 3.01 | 248.0 | 127 | 53 | 1.18 | 0 |
| 1959 | CHW | 31 | 9 | 10 | 3.66 | 179.2 | 71 | 58 | 1.27 | 0 |
| 1960 | CHW | 33 | 6 | 1 | 5.38 | 78.2 | 30 | 25 | 1.42 | 3 |
| 1961 |  TEX | 23 | 10 | 10 | 2.40 | 168.2 | 62 | 35 | 1.03 | 0 |
| 1962 |  CLE | 34 | 20 | 10 | 3.59 | 250.2 | 94 | 47 | 1.20 | 0 |
| 1963 | CLE | 30 | 11 | 13 | 4.24 | 206.0 | 84 | 28 | 1.16 | 0 |
| 1964 | CLE | 30 | 7 | 9 | 4.55 | 158.1 | 83 | 29 | 1.33 | 1 |
| 1965 | CLE | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5.96 | 22.2 | 12 | 6 | 1.68 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV