#66 Johnny Kucks, Starting Pitcher, 26 yrs, Detroit Tigers Thursday, 10/5/1959 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Johnny Kucks
7/27/1933 26 USA,NJ,HOBOKEN 6"3 184
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Minimal None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Good GREAT Normal 2.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1959 (Automatic) 4 Year(s), 19 Days (707 total Days) 172 Day(s) 4 Year(s), 19 Days (707 total Days) 4 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 3 | 8 | 6 | 86-89 Mph |
Versus LHB | 3 | 8 | 6 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 8 | 6 | |
Talent | 4 | 7 | 5 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 8 55 3
| | Pitches: Knuckleball Fastball Curveball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 5 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 6 (Range), .950 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 39 | 39 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 4.09 | 321.1 | 346 | 169 | 146 | 95 | 105 | 21 | 53.8 | 2 | 20 | 51.3 |
Projected | 41 | 41 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 4.09 | 338.0 | 364 | 178 | 154 | 100 | 110 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 12.6 | 9.7 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.20 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 571 | 162 | 22 | 4 | 12 | 74 | 79 | 48 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .284 | .336 | .399 | .735 |
vs. RHB | 678 | 184 | 33 | 2 | 24 | 85 | 90 | 47 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .271 | .314 | .432 | .746 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 18 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 4.29 | 151.0 | 165 | 81 | 72 | 48 | 50 |
Road | 21 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 3.91 | 170.1 | 181 | 88 | 74 | 47 | 55 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.91 | 47.2 | 55 | 29 | 26 | 7 | 13 |
May | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.79 | 56.1 | 64 | 32 | 30 | 25 | 19 |
June | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3.75 | 57.2 | 64 | 37 | 24 | 19 | 18 |
July | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.20 | 59.0 | 60 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 22 |
August | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4.45 | 58.2 | 61 | 30 | 29 | 13 | 19 |
Sept./Oct. | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.43 | 42.0 | 42 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 14 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1955 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.63 | 35.0 | 38 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1.26 | .274 | DET |
1956 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 5.25 | 246.2 | 305 | 155 | 144 | 35 | 62 | 68 | 18 | 1 | 1.49 | .299 | DET |
1957 | 40 | 40 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 4.19 | 313.2 | 329 | 155 | 146 | 28 | 90 | 97 | 20 | 1 | 1.34 | .278 | DET |
1958 | 39 | 39 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 4.35 | 316.2 | 357 | 167 | 153 | 51 | 82 | 101 | 24 | 3 | 1.39 | .282 | DET |
1959 | 39 | 39 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 4.09 | 321.1 | 346 | 169 | 146 | 36 | 95 | 105 | 21 | 2 | 1.37 | .280 | DET |
Total | 154 | 154 | 52 | 75 | 0 | 4.43 | 1233.1 | 1375 | 664 | 607 | 157 | 335 | 384 | 86 | 7 | 1.39 | .284 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1955, A | 20 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2.22 | 154.0 | 116 | 39 | 38 | 5 | 30 | 141 | 9 | 4 | 0.95 | .266 |
1955, AAA | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.30 | 46.0 | 61 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 20 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1.76 | .347 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1955 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | DET |
1956 | 32 | 87 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .161 | .180 | .172 | .352 | DET |
1957 | 40 | 100 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | .110 | .143 | .140 | .283 | DET |
1958 | 39 | 102 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .183 | .225 | .408 | DET |
1959 | 39 | 105 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 0 | .057 | .108 | .076 | .184 | DET |
Total | 154 | 406 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 130 | 0 | 0 | .121 | .150 | .150 | .300 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 39 | 39 | 29 | 71 | 6 | 102 | 2 | .980 | 321.1 | 2.86 | | | | |
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Drafted in 4th round, 49th overall pick, by Detroit in 1955... Injured on 4/14/1955 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks... Earned first career win on 9/7/1955... Had first career hit on 9/19/1955, off Sandy Koufax (NYY)... Won Player of the Week award on 4/24/1959, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1957 - 4.19 - 10th
| WHIP 1957 - 1.34 - 9th
| Losses 1956 - 16 - 10th 1957 - 15 - 9th 1958 - 19 - 3rd
| IP 1957 - 313.2 - 6th 1958 - 316.2 - 7th
| CG 1957 - 20 - 8th 1958 - 24 - 5th
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SHO 1957 - 1 - 10th 1958 - 3 - 4th
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