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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-13 / in Starts: 19-12
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 91 PAs	1
Actual Runners on Base	60 (32-20-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 91 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	57 (30-17-9)

Most Driven In
A Carey	1

Most Driven In By
H Bauer	3
B Martin	3
J Collins	1

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	30	2 (1)	Apr 18	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-5	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	9	.18	0.000	.50	0.00%	-0.57	P
2	31	7 (4)	Apr 24	NYY		WSH	W,4-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	9	.90	-0.046	3.20	-0.10%	-0.83	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	32	13 (5)	May 2	NYY		DET	L,1-8	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	9						P
4	33	19 (5)	May 8	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.300	.125	.425	9	.97	-0.020	4.49	-0.05%	-0.34	P
5	34	26 (6)	May 14	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.231	.091	.322	9	1.54	-0.114	6.77	-0.30%	-0.73	P
6	35	31 (4)	May 20	NYY	@	KCA	W,4-2	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.176	.067	.243	9	.61	-0.074	2.76	-0.20%	-1.20	P
7	36	36 (4)	May 25	NYY	@	BAL	W,10-2	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.190	.056	.246	9	.16	0.014	.81	0.04%	-0.56	P
8	37	40 (3)	May 30 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.250	.100	.350	9	.77	0.018	3.98	0.06%	0.15	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	38	46 (5)	Jun 5	NYY		KCA	L,4-7	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.269	.095	.364	9	.79	0.034	3.94	0.10%	0.22	P
10	39	51 (4)	Jun 10	NYY		CLE	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.267	.120	.387	9	.52	-0.091	3.28	-0.35%	-1.47	P
11	40	55 (3)	Jun 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.103	.235	.103	.339	9	.59	-0.079	3.82	-0.31%	-1.57	P
12	41	60 (4)	Jun 20	NYY	@	DET	W,4-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.094	.216	.094	.310	9	.77	-0.060	4.11	-0.19%	-1.15	P
13	42	65 (4)	Jun 25	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.220	.111	.331	9	.29	-0.015	1.48	-0.05%	-0.51	P
14	43	69 (3)	Jun 30	NYY		WSH	L,1-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.108	.214	.108	.322	9	.51	-0.013	2.74	-0.04%	-0.16	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	44	73 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.200	.100	.300	9	.75	-0.059	4.46	-0.21%	-0.51	P
16	45	78 (4)	Jul 8	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-2	3-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.191	.095	.287	9	.32	-0.017	1.65	-0.05%	-0.74	P
17	46	79	Jul 12	NYY		CLE	W,9-5	GS-8	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.109	.196	.130	.327	9	1.14	-0.109	8.11	-0.47%	-0.30	P
18	47	83 (3)	Jul 15 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,6-5	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.109	.196	.130	.327	9						P
19	48	84	Jul 17	NYY		DET	W,4-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.104	.189	.125	.314	9	.71	-0.065	2.09	-0.12%	-1.63	P
20	49	89 (4)	Jul 22 (1)	NYY		KCA	L,4-7	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.104	.189	.125	.314	9						P
21	50	94 (4)	Jul 27	NYY	@	KCA	W,10-9	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.120	.302	9	.69	-0.038	2.07	-0.07%	-0.48	P
22	51	98 (3)	Jul 31	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.098	.179	.118	.296	9	1.17	-0.050	3.59	-0.09%	-0.53	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	52	103 (4)	Aug 5	NYY	@	DET	L,5-8	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.094	.172	.113	.286	9	1.71	-0.116	6.10	-0.25%	-1.39	P
24	53	107 (3)	Aug 9	NYY	@	WSH	W,15-7	GS-6	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.123	.194	.140	.334	9	.09	0.012	.26	0.02%	-0.21	P
25	54	112 (4)	Aug 14	NYY		BOS	W,12-2	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.212	.164	.376	9	.23	0.016	.74	0.03%	0.10	P
26	55	118 (5)	Aug 19	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.217	.172	.389	9	.91	0.005	.91	0.00%	0.06	P
27	56	123 (4)	Aug 24	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.225	.182	.407	9	1.04	-0.001	2.53	0.00%	-0.06	P
28	57	128 (4)	Aug 29	NYY		KCA	W,7-6	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.233	.179	.412	9	.71	-0.015	1.27	-0.02%	-0.11	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	58	132 (3)	Sep 3 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.157	.234	.171	.405	9	.30	-0.031	.58	-0.04%	-0.46	P
30	59	135 (2)	Sep 7	NYY		WSH	L,5-6	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.155	.231	.169	.400	9	.82	-0.032	.37	-0.01%	-0.45	P
31	60	138 (2)	Sep 11	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.151	.225	.164	.389	9	.50	-0.025	.05	0.00%	-0.34	P
32	61	144 (5)	Sep 16 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.220	.160	.380	9	.92	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.41	P
33	62	149 (4)	Sep 24	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.224	.156	.379	9	.57	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.20	P
34	63	153 (3)	Sep 29	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.224	.156	.379	9						P
							21-13		91	77	7	11	1	0	0	1	7	0	25	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.224	.156	.379		.66	-1.033	2.53	-2.64%	-16.37

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