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Johnny
Kucks		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 214
 
Born: July 27, 1933 in Usa, NJ, HOBOKEN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1959   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 21 BRK NL $ 300,000 8 3 4 4 7 7 7 6 7 6
1956 22 BRK NL $ 300,000 8 3 4 3 7 7 7 6 7 6
1957 23 BRK NL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 6 7 6 6 7 6
1958 24 BRK NL $ 300,000 9 3 4 3 6 7 6 6 6 6
1959 25 BRK NL $ 350,000 9 3 4 4 6 7 6 6 6 6
1960 26 BRK NL $ 1,307,143 9 4 4 4 6 7 7 6 6 6
1961 27 BRK NL $ 1,307,143 9 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 6
1962 28 BSN NL $ 750,000 9 3 4 3 6 6 6 3 4 3
1963 29 BSN NL $ 750,000 8 3 4 3 5 6 6 4 4 4
1964 30 BSN NL   8 3 4 3 5 6 6 4 4 4
1965 31 BSN NL   8 3 3 3 5 6 5 4 5 4
1966 32 BSN NL   7 3 3 3 5 6 5 4 5 4
1967 33 BSN NL   6 2 3 3 5 5 5 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 2 3 3 5 5 5 3 4 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,307,143 9 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 7 6
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 21 BRK NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1956 22 BRK NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1957 23 BRK NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 24 BRK NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 25 BRK NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 26 BRK NL $ 1,307,143   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 27 BRK NL $ 1,307,143   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 28 BSN NL $ 750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 29 BSN NL $ 750,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 30 BSN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 31 BSN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 32 BSN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 33 BSN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,307,143   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1955 21 BRK NL 2 0 1.000 19 2 1 0 3 35.3 21 7 2 8 8 1.78 .172 .229 .254 .483 6.1
    AAA   7 6 .538 21 21 4 2 0 151.3 138 42 15 35 102 2.50 .242 .285 .354 .639  
1956 22 BRK NL 22 9 .710 40 40 23 0 0 321.3 320 140 31 96 131 3.92 .260 .311 .379 .690 21.9
1957 23 BRK NL 3 7 .300 29 9 5 0 1 100.0 111 53 13 36 31 4.77 .284 .345 .450 .795 3.0
1958 24 BRK NL 3 3 .500 48 2 0 0 5 64.0 80 43 12 30 31 6.05 .301 .368 .492 .860 0.0
1959 25 BRK NL 9 2 .818 37 8 4 0 5 106.7 88 29 6 22 56 2.45 .224 .276 .306 .582 13.3
1960 26 BRK NL 9 16 .360 39 30 11 0 0 235.3 281 147 47 71 129 5.62 .298 .345 .490 .836 0.0
1961 27 BRK NL 4 3 .571 35 1 0 0 0 46.7 39 23 6 16 28 4.44 .227 .289 .390 .679 2.2
1963 29 AAA   4 12 .250 19 19 3 0 0 120.0 141 70 23 43 80 5.25 .291 .349 .502 .851  
1964 30 AAA   5 16 .238 24 24 2 0 0 156.3 164 85 15 61 102 4.89 .263 .328 .394 .723  
1965 31 AAA   7 12 .368 24 24 2 1 0 158.3 171 77 27 45 94 4.38 .278 .327 .466 .793  
1966 32 AAA   5 8 .385 38 22 2 0 1 167.3 165 62 18 67 109 3.33 .259 .330 .386 .716  
1967 33 AAA   2 7 .222 28 0 0 0 0 37.0 44 22 6 13 21 5.35 .310 .368 .486 .854  
7 Years Sim 52 40 .565 247 92 44 0 14 909.3 940 442 117 279 414 4.37 .267 .321 .413 .734 46.4
6 Years AAA 30 61 .330 154 110 13 3 1 790.3 823 358 104 264 508 4.08 .268 .326 .421 .746  
Season Average 7 5 .583 35 13 6 0 2 129.9 134 63 16 39 59 4.37 .267 .321 .413 .734  
Career Highs 22 16 1.000 48 40 23 0 5 321.3 320 147 47 96 131 6.05 .301 .368 .492 .860  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   505 234 58 131 247   .255 .301 .385 .686
vs LH   435 208 59 148 167   .283 .346 .450 .796
Home 34 17 .667 142 46 19 0 7 491.7 489 225 62 150 226 4.12 .259 .313 .398 .712
Away 18 23 .439 105 46 25 0 7 417.7 451 217 55 129 188 4.68 .277 .330 .431 .760
Mar/Apr 7 10 .412 33 18 7 0 1 153.0 191 93 23 56 60 5.47 .306 .363 .462 .825
May 8 7 .533 34 15 5 0 4 144.3 162 71 19 42 65 4.43 .282 .331 .422 .753
June 8 7 .533 42 16 8 0 1 157.6 158 89 22 63 86 5.08 .262 .331 .429 .760
July 4 4 .500 36 7 4 0 2 87.0 90 39 11 20 41 4.04 .266 .307 .411 .719
August 10 7 .588 47 13 9 0 3 151.7 155 77 22 41 67 4.57 .263 .311 .431 .742
Sep/Oct 15 5 .750 55 23 11 0 3 215.6 184 73 20 57 95 3.05 .233 .285 .344 .629
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1955 21 BRK NL 19 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
1956 22 BRK NL 40 111 4 12 3 0 0 5 0 0 3 45 .108 .132 .135 .267 -1.7 0.0
1957 23 BRK NL 29 30 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .133 .133 .167 .300 0.0 0.0
1958 24 BRK NL 48 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.3 0.0
1959 25 BRK NL 37 23 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .087 .087 .130 .217 -0.5 0.0
1960 26 BRK NL 39 81 3 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 36 .086 .085 .111 .196 -2.1 0.0
1961 27 BRK NL 35 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
7 Years Sim 247 263 9 26 8 0 0 12 0 0 3 102 .099 .109 .129 .238 -5.1 0.0
162 Game Average 172 5 17 5 0 0 7 0 0 1 66 .099 .109 .129 .238 -3.4  
Career Highs 48 111 4 12 3 0 0 5 0 0 3 45 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   153 5 15 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 59 .098 .110 .131 .240 -4.0
vs LH   110 4 11 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 43 .100 .107 .127 .234 -3.0
Home 142 132 4 7 4 0 0 5 0 0 1 52 .053 .060 .083 .143 -7.3
Away 86 131 5 19 4 0 0 7 0 0 2 50 .145 .157 .176 .332 0.3
RISP   62 0 5 3 0 0 10 0 0 1 22 .081 .094 .129 .223 -2.0
Close/Late   21 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .095 .095 .143 .238 -0.6
Mar/Apr 18 49 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 18 .102 .120 .122 .242 -1.2
May 22 39 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 .077 .077 .128 .205 -1.5
June 33 48 2 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 16 .146 .160 .188 .348 0.3
July 18 24 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1
August 45 40 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .100 .100 .125 .225 -1.2
Sep/Oct 52 63 4 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 29 .048 .063 .079 .142 -3.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1955 21 BRK NL P 19 2 35.3 4 7 0 0 1.000 2.80    
1956 22 BRK NL P 40 40 321.3 20 51 2 6 .973 1.99    
1957 23 BRK NL P 29 9 100.0 7 17 0 1 1.000 2.16    
1958 24 BRK NL P 48 2 64.0 6 9 1 0 .938 2.11    
1959 25 BRK NL P 37 8 106.7 8 17 0 1 1.000 2.11    
1960 26 BRK NL P 39 30 235.3 8 36 2 1 .957 1.68    
1961 27 BRK NL P 35 1 46.7 2 6 1 1 .889 1.54    
Career Totals   247 92 909.3 55 143 6 10 .971 1.96    
Career Highs   48 40 321.3 20 51 2 6 1.000 2.80    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1956-4-22
 Losses
1960-9-16
 Winning Pct
1956-4-.710
 Complete Games
1956-1-23
1960-8-11
 Innings Pitched
1956-8-321.3
 Hits Allowed
1956-4-320
Homeruns Allowed
1960-2-47
 Walks per 9IP
1956-8-2.7
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Charlie Lea (967)
  2. Pete Vuckovich (966)
  3. Johnny Marcum (965)
  4. Ted Wilks (963)
  5. Roger Wolff (962)
  6. Steve Crawford (960)
  7. Fred Frankhouse (959)
  8. Reggie Cleveland (959)
  9. Lew Krausse (956)
  10. Al Grabowski (956)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 41st overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1955
Injured on 7/4/1955 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Earned first career win on 9/18/1955
Had first career hit on 5/6/1956, off Hank Aguirre (MON)
Injured on 9/30/1958 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1959, going 6-0, 2.47
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,307,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,307,143 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/2/1962 to a 2-year deal worth $750,000 per year
Injured on 3/10/1962 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for full season
7/31/1963: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
Injured on 4/13/1965 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks
 
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