Bill Donovan

Positions: Pitcher, Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: October 13, 1876 in Lawrence, MA us

Died: December 9, 1923 in Forsyth, NY

Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, PA

Debut: April 22, 1898 (Age 21-191d, 2,046th in major league history)

Last Game: September 2, 1918 (Age 41-324d)
vs. CHW 5.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1898 season

Full Name: William Edward Donovan

Nicknames: Wild Bill

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

44.8

185

139

ERA

2.69

378

327

2964.2

1552

WHIP

1.245

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	28-18 / in Starts: 23-15
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	24 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games

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1901 Batting Game Log

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1901 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	acLI	cWPA	Pos
1	50	1	Apr 18	BRO	@	PHI	W,12-7	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		2	0	0				0		.200	.200	.200	.400	9			P
2	51	4 (2)	Apr 26	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.125	.125	.125	.250	9			P
3	52	7 (2)	Apr 30	BRO		BSN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.083	.083	.083	.167	9			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	acLI	cWPA	Pos
4	53	12 (4)	May 7	BRO	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.067	.067	.067	.133	9			P
5	54	16 (3)	May 13	BRO	@	NYG	L,7-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.053	.053	.053	.105	9			P
6	55	19 (2)	May 16	BRO		CIN	L,4-6	GS-0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.045	.045	.045	.091	9			P
7	56	22 (2)	May 22 (1)	BRO		STL	W,5-4	CG	3	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.125	.160	.167	.327	9			P
8	57	25 (2)	May 24	BRO		CHC	W,15-7	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.138	.167	.172	.339	9			P
9	58	26	May 28	BRO		PIT	W,8-7	0-GF	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.129	.156	.161	.318	9			P
10	59	28 (1)	May 30 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	1				0		.118	.143	.147	.290	9			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	acLI	cWPA	Pos
11	60	32 (3)	Jun 4	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.184	.205	.211	.416	9			P
12	61	35 (2)	Jun 7	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG(11)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.171	.190	.195	.386	9			P
13	62	38 (2)	Jun 10	BRO	@	CHC	W,9-1	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0				0		.156	.191	.178	.369	9			P
14	63	41 (2)	Jun 13	BRO	@	STL	L,3-5	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.156	.191	.178	.369	9			PR
15	64	42	Jun 14	BRO	@	STL	L,2-10	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.146	.180	.167	.347	9			P
16	65	44 (1)	Jun 16	BRO	@	STL	L,5-11	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.143	.176	.163	.340	9			P
17	66	45	Jun 18	BRO		NYG	W,10-5	0-GF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.140	.189	.160	.349	9			P
18	67	47 (1)	Jun 20	BRO		CIN	W,8-1	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0		1	0	0				0		.167	.211	.241	.451	9			P
19	68	49 (1)	Jun 22 (1)	BRO		CHC	L,6-16	0-GF	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.175	.217	.246	.462	9			P
20	69	53 (3)	Jun 26	BRO		PIT	W,16-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.164	.203	.230	.433	9			P
21	70	56 (2)	Jun 29 (1)	BRO		STL	W,7-4	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0		0	0	0				0		.172	.209	.281	.490	9			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	acLI	cWPA	Pos
22	71	59 (2)	Jul 2	BRO		STL	L,2-4	CG(7)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.167	.203	.273	.476	9			P
23	72	61 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,9-10	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	1				0		.159	.194	.261	.455	9			P
24	73	65 (3)	Jul 8	BRO	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0				0		.153	.197	.250	.447	9			P
25	74	68 (2)	Jul 11	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-4	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.153	.197	.250	.447	9			P
26	75	69	Jul 12	BRO	@	CIN	W,8-6	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.145	.198	.237	.434	9			P
27	76	72 (2)	Jul 15	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.152	.212	.241	.452	9			P
28	77	75 (2)	Jul 19	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.169	.225	.265	.490	9			P
29	78	78 (2)	Jul 24	BRO		NYG	L,8-10	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.163	.217	.256	.473	9			P
30	79	80 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.167	.219	.256	.474	9			P
31	80	82 (1)	Jul 29	BRO	@	PHI	W,7-6	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.165	.216	.253	.469	9			P
32	81	84 (1)	Jul 31	BRO		PHI	L,0-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0				0		.160	.218	.245	.463	9			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	acLI	cWPA	Pos
33	82	88 (3)	Aug 5	BRO	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				1		.167	.223	.250	.473	9			P
34	83	91 (2)	Aug 9	BRO		BSN	W,4-3	GS-0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	1		1	0	0				0		.173	.236	.265	.501	9			P
35	84	93 (1)	Aug 10 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,8-5	0-GF(8)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.172	.234	.263	.496	9			P
36	85	95 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	BRO		PHI	W,5-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.167	.227	.255	.482	9			P
37	86	100 (4)	Aug 20 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.162	.221	.248	.469	9			P
38	87	105 (4)	Aug 26	BRO		BSN	L,0-2	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.159	.217	.243	.460	9			P
39	88	110 (4)	Aug 30	BRO	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.153	.210	.234	.444	9			P
Sep/Oct		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	acLI	cWPA	Pos
40	89	113 (2)	Sep 3 (1)	BRO		STL	W,8-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.165	.220	.243	.463	9			P
41	90	118 (4)	Sep 7 (1)	BRO		CHC	W,3-0	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.171	.224	.248	.472	9			P
42	91	122 (3)	Sep 11	BRO		PIT	L,4-5	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.167	.219	.242	.460	9			P
43	92	125 (2)	Sep 16	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0				0		.171	.227	.244	.471	9			P
44	93	128 (2)	Sep 21	BRO	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.175	.230	.246	.476	9			P
45	94	132 (3)	Sep 25	BRO	@	CIN	W,9-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.177	.230	.246	.476	9			P
46	95	136 (3)	Oct 5 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,8-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.172	.224	.239	.463	9			P
							28-18		150	134	16	23	3	0	2	14	9		28	0	7		0		1		.172	.224	.239	.463

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