Johnny Kucks

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 170lb (190cm, 77kg)

Born: July 27, 1932 in Hoboken, NJ us

Died: October 31, 2013 in Saddle River, NJ

Buried: George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus, NJ

High School: William L. Dickinson HS (Jersey City, NJ)

Debut: April 17, 1955 (Age 22-264d, 11,225th in major league history)
vs. WSH 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 25, 1960 (Age 28-060d)
vs. DET 4.0 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: John Charles Kucks

Pronunciation: \COOKS\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.7

ERA

4.10

207

123

938.1

338

WHIP

1.362

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-16 / in Starts: 7-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 6

1958 Pitching Game Log

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1958 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	101	3	Apr 17	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	1	1	2	5	1	0	1.00	3.48	34	10	10	1	0	7	72			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.578	2.91	0.90%	3.46	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
2	102	9	Apr 23	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS-6		5	6.0	7	3	3	3	2	1	1	2.40	4.48	26	8	5	1	1	7	45			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.38	0.011	5.27	0.03%	-0.25	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	103	18	May 11(2)	NYY		WSH	L,0-4	GS-4	L(1-1)	17	3.1	3	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.44	4.33	15	5	4	0	1	3	41			1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.205	4.45	-0.59%	-2.06	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d3
4	104	25	May 20	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	W(2-1)	8	9.0	5	1	1	5	3	0	1	2.63	4.16	36	14	8	2	0	5	71			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.396	4.19	1.18%	3.17	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
5	105	31	May 25(2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-3	GS-7	W(3-1)	4	6.2	7	3	3	2	1	0	0	2.91	3.95	30	11	9	0	0	7	47			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	1	2	.98	0.185	5.07	0.58%	-0.23	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out a3
6	106	33	May 28	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-4	6-6		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	3.93	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	-0.141	8.04	-0.45%	-0.65	6b --3 2 out tie	6b 3 out d1
7	107	34	May 30(1)	NYY		WSH	L,8-13	5-5		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.80	3.89	5	4	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	0.035	4.94	0.10%	0.45	5t --- 0 out d2	5t 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	108	39	Jun 3	NYY		CHW	W,13-0	SHO	W(4-1)	3	9.0	2	0	0	3	2	0	1	2.23	3.78	33	20	5	3	0	2	82			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	.36	0.144	1.88	0.46%	4.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a13
9	109	45	Jun 8(1)	NYY		CLE	L,1-14	GS-1	L(4-2)	4	0.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	2.82	3.77	5	0	1	0	0	4	31			0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	1.10	-0.314	5.24	-0.90%	-3.45	1t start tie	1t --3 1 out d3
10	110	46	Jun 8(2)	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	4-6	L(4-3)	-1	3.0	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2.83	4.05	14	7	1	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	0	0	.96	-0.051	4.81	-0.16%	0.35	4t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d1
11	111	52	Jun 14	NYY		DET	L,4-5	GS-7		5	7.0	9	3	3	1	2	1	1	2.96	4.12	32	15	7	0	0	6	48			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.06	-0.070	5.39	-0.21%	0.14	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
12	112	57	Jun 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	8	3	3	2	4	1	0	2.97	4.06	35	14	9	1	0	6	61			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	.64	0.192	3.54	0.64%	1.17	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
13	113	63	Jun 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-7	W(6-3)	6	6.1	7	3	3	3	0	1	0	3.09	4.23	26	6	11	4	0	6	44			1	1	0	22	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.016	6.68	-0.05%	0.00	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	114	67	Jul 1(1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-7	GS-5		4	4.1	7	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.39	4.36	21	6	6	0	0	6	32			0	0	0	16	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.23	-0.198	5.69	-0.55%	-1.27	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 1 out a1
15	115	73	Jul 5	NYY		BOS	T,3-3	10-10		3	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.36	4.29	3	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	0.067	6.15	0.14%	0.24	10t --- 0 out tie	10t 1-- 2 out tie
16	116	74	Jul 6	NYY		BOS	L,4-10	8-8		0	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.43	4.44	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.003	.07	-0.01%	-0.55	8t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d7
17	117	76	Jul 10(1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-4	4-8	W(7-3)	3	4.1	1	2	2	2	0	1	0	3.47	4.57	15	7	5	1	0	1		3	0	0	1	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.05	0.204	4.20	0.49%	1.21	4t 123 1 out d2	8t --- 2 out a1
18	118	81	Jul 13(2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	5-8		2	3.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.33	4.46	10	5	4	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.269	3.12	0.46%	1.44	5t --- 2 out tie	8t 3 out tie
19	119	83	Jul 15	NYY		DET	L,5-12	9-GF		1	1.0	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.61	4.51	7	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	.01	-0.005	.02	-0.01%	-2.55	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 8
20	120	91	Jul 23	NYY	@	DET	W,16-4	9-GF	S(1)	7	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.59	4.49	3	0	2	1	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.43	9b 123 1 out a14	9b end a12
21	121	92	Jul 24	NYY	@	DET	W,10-7	9-9		0	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.78	4.63	4	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.037	.25	-0.02%	-2.02	9b --- 0 out a5	9b 1-- 1 out a3
22	122	97	Jul 28	NYY	@	KCA	W,14-7	6-GF	S(2)	3	4.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.61	4.47	14	3	7	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	.23	0.035	.15	0.01%	0.89	6b 12- 0 out a7	9b end a 7
23	123	100	Jul 31	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-3	6-GF	S(3)	2	3.2	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.47	4.41	16	6	4	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.153	.65	0.06%	1.68	6b --- 1 out a1	9b end a 5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	124	104	Aug 3(2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-4	GS-1	L(7-4)	2	1.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.63	4.37	7	1	2	0	0	3	38			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.164	.25	-0.02%	-1.54	1b start tie	1b 3 out d2
25	125	113	Aug 11(2)	NYY		BAL	L,3-9	GS-7	L(7-5)	7	7.0	10	8	5	2	2	1	0	3.82	4.39	34	10	10	1	0	10	31			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	1	2	.55	-0.397	.07	-0.03%	-4.86	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
26	126	116	Aug 14	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-2	4-GF	W(8-5)	2	6.0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.61	4.30	23	9	7	0	2	3		0	0	0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	.23	0.080	.04	0.01%	2.97	4b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 6
27	127	120	Aug 19	NYY		CLE	L,6-8	6-7	L(8-6)	4	2.0	2	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.70	4.38	9	1	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.233	.39	-0.05%	-1.10	6t --- 0 out tie	7t 3 out d2
28	128	123	Aug 22	NYY		CHW	W,8-5	GS-6		2	5.0	8	4	3	0	2	1	0	3.78	4.37	23	8	8	0	0	5	39			1	0	1	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	-0.175	.51	-0.05%	-1.13	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out tie
29	129	128	Aug 27	NYY		KCA	L,7-11	GS-1	L(8-7)	4	1.0	6	7	0	1	1	0	0	3.75	4.37	11	5	1	0	0	3	27			0	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.449	.13	-0.03%	-6.55	1t start tie	1t 3 out d7
30	130	129	Aug 29	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-3	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.76	4.36	8	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	.33	-0.005	.05	0.00%	-0.08	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
31	131	131	Aug 31	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-6	8-9	H(1)	1	0.2	4	4	4	0	2	1	0	4.04	4.42	6	1	0	0	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.042	.29	-0.01%	-3.04	8b 123 2 out a4	9b --- 1 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	132	145	Sep 14(2)	NYY	@	KCA	W,12-7	8-8		13	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.08	4.41	5	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.92	-0.240	.00	0.00%	-0.52	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out d1
33	133	151	Sep 23	NYY	@	BOS	L,8-9	4-GF(8)	L(8-8)	8	5.0	5	2	1	0	1	0	1	3.99	4.34	20	8	5	0	0	5		1	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.94	-0.155	.00	0.00%	1.10	4b -2- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
34	134	154	Sep 28(1)	NYY		BAL	W,7-0	8-GF	S(4)	4	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.93	4.26	8	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	.10	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.90	8t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 7
							17-16		W-L:8-8,Sv:4,Hld:1	3.3	126.0	132	67	55	39	46	14	6	3.93	4.26	544	1.45		5%	2%	112	47	13	38%	6	2	1	489	13	6	2	15	4	14	.90	-0.541	2.85	1.92%	-9.11

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