Jake Buchanan vs. Dick Donovan — Career Comparison

Jake Buchanan
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Donovan
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Dick Donovan built a career as a starting pitcher and Jake Buchanan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Donovan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.67 and WHIP 1.255 compared to 4.73 and 1.546 for Jake Buchanan. By the career numbers, Dick Donovan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jake Buchanan and Dick Donovan

Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.04
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
1.54
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
1.22
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.42
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.44
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.2
55.2
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.34
10.34
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.13
79.13
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.45
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
4.73
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
822
3.67
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
27
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6052
27
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.2
9
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2017.1
9
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
10.16
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.87
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.16
10.16
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.97
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
0.88
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
3.34
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
2.21
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.22
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
4.59
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
3.93
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.881
0.881
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.682
0.682
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.56
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.7
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.2
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
40.22
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8407
37.51
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.95
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.12
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
4.87
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
909
4.06
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.84
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.7
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.231
1.231
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
35.21
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7867
35.1
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.22
40.22
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.51
37.51

Fielding Stats for Jake Buchanan and Dick Donovan

Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.04
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
1.58
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.22
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
27
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5883
27
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.2
9
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1961
9
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.56
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
0.66
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.39
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
1.54
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.09
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.23
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
2.29
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.95
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
2.2
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.483
0.483
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.34
10.34
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.1
77.1
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.11
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Buchanan and Dick Donovan

Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
3480
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
371
277.9
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
801
600
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
694
519.85
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.544
0.544
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
84.64
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
62.92
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
10.49
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
11.24
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
21.72
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
59.55
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50.06
37.5
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
128.84
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
201
150.56
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.505
0.505
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.438
0.438
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
50.19
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
47.94
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
116
86.89
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
74.51
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43.31
32.44
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
7.49
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
58.43
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
240
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
292
218.73
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.74
2.74
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
13.48
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Jake Buchanan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
13
9.74
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Buchanan
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA