Bio
- Debut
- 1955
Bio
- Debut
- 1955
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 207
- W
- 54
- L
- 56
- ERA
- 4.10
- IP
- 938.1
- K
- 338
- BB
- 308
- WHIP
- 1.36
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | NYY | 29 | 8 | 7 | 3.41 | 126.2 | 49 | 44 | 1.31 |
| 1956 | NYY | 34 | 18 | 9 | 3.85 | 224.1 | 67 | 72 | 1.32 |
| 1957 | NYY | 37 | 8 | 10 | 3.56 | 179.1 | 78 | 59 | 1.27 |
| 1958 | NYY | 34 | 8 | 8 | 3.93 | 126.0 | 46 | 39 | 1.36 |
| 1959 |  NYY/ATH | 42 | 8 | 12 | 4.34 | 168.0 | 60 | 51 | 1.40 |
| 1960 | ATH | 31 | 4 | 10 | 6.00 | 114.0 | 38 | 43 | 1.61 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 8
- W
- 1
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 2.00
- IP
- 18.0
- K
- 4
- BB
- 6
- WHIP
- 1.17
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 30
- SHO
- 7
- K/9
- 3.2
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | NYY | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | NYY | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | NYY | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | NYY | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | NYY/ATH | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | ATH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Johnny Kucks's career stats?
Johnny Kucks played 6 seasons for the Yankees and the Athletics. He had 54 wins and 338 strikeouts with a 4.10 ERA over 938.1 innings. His best season was 1956: 18 wins, a 3.85 ERA and 67 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
6 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1955 to 1960
Championships ×2
- 1956 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1958 World Series with the New York Yankees
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