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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

44.8

185

139

ERA

2.69

378

327

2964.2

1552

WHIP

1.245

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-25 / in Starts: 20-22
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games

RBI Opportunities

1904 Batting Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1904 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	184	1	Apr 14	DET	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	6			1B
2	185	2	Apr 16	DET	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG(12)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.250	.250	.250	.500	6			1B
3	186	3	Apr 17	DET	@	SLB	L,2-13	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.273	.273	.273	.545	6			1B
4	187	5 (1)	Apr 19	DET	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.286	.286	.357	.643	9			P
5	188	6	Apr 20	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.222	.222	.278	.500	4			RF
6	189	8 (1)	Apr 23	DET		SLB	L,1-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.227	.227	.273	.500	9			P
7	190	12 (3)	Apr 27	DET		CHW	W,5-3	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.240	.240	.280	.520	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
8	191	16 (3)	May 2	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.214	.214	.250	.464	9			P
9	192	21 (4)	May 7	DET	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.219	.219	.250	.469	9			P
10	193	24 (2)	May 12	DET	@	BOS	L,1-8	GS-0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.265	.265	.294	.559	9			P
11	194	28 (3)	May 17	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.243	.243	.270	.514	9			P
12	195	32 (3)	May 23	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.275	.275	.350	.625	9			P
13	196	35 (2)	May 26	DET	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.279	.279	.349	.628	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
14	197	38 (2)	Jun 1	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0				0		.255	.255	.319	.574	8			P
15	198	43 (4)	Jun 7	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.275	.275	.333	.608	8			P
16	199	47 (3)	Jun 11	DET		WSH	W,8-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0		1	0	0				0		.291	.291	.400	.691	8			P
17	200	50 (2)	Jun 15	DET		PHA	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.293	.293	.397	.690	8			P
18	201	53 (2)	Jun 18	DET		PHA	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.290	.290	.387	.677	8			P
19	202	57 (3)	Jun 24	DET		CHW	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.277	.277	.369	.646	8			P
20	203	61 (3)	Jun 27	DET		CHW	L,6-18	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.269	.269	.358	.627	8			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
21	204	67 (5)	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.254	.254	.338	.592	8			P
22	205	71 (3)	Jul 9	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG(10)	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.243	.253	.324	.578	8			P
23	206	75 (3)	Jul 15	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.234	.244	.312	.555	8			P
24	207	79 (3)	Jul 19	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.235	.244	.309	.553	9			P
25	208	81 (1)	Jul 21	DET	@	WSH	L,5-11	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.244	.253	.317	.570	9			PH
26	209	84 (2)	Jul 23 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.247	.256	.318	.573	8			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
27	210	90 (5)	Aug 1	DET		NYY	W,8-6	GS-0	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.270	.278	.337	.615	9			P
28	211	97 (6)	Aug 9	DET		BOS	W,4-2	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.275	.283	.341	.623	9			P
29	212	101 (3)	Aug 13 (1)	DET		WSH	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.266	.274	.330	.603	9			P
30	213	106 (4)	Aug 19	DET	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.255	.263	.316	.579	9			P
31	214	110 (3)	Aug 23 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.265	.272	.324	.595	9			P
32	215	114 (3)	Aug 27	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.264	.271	.321	.592	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
33	216	118 (3)	Sep 1	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0				0		.257	.264	.312	.576	9			P
34	217	121 (2)	Sep 5 (1)	DET		CHW	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.274	.281	.327	.608	9			P
35	218	127 (5)	Sep 9 (1)	DET		SLB	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.276	.282	.336	.618	9			P
36	219	132 (4)	Sep 11 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-7	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.274	.280	.333	.613	9			PH
37	220	133	Sep 12	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.267	.279	.325	.604	9			P
38	221	139 (5)	Sep 17 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	1				0		.260	.278	.317	.595	9			P
39	222	145 (5)	Sep 26 (1)	DET		BOS	L,0-2	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.256	.273	.312	.585	9			P
40	223	147 (1)	Sep 27	DET		NYY	L,1-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.256	.273	.312	.585	8			1B
41	224	148	Sep 28	DET		NYY	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.250	.267	.305	.572	9			P
42	225	159 (10)	Oct 7 (1)	DET		CLE	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.250	.267	.303	.570	6			1B
43	226	160	Oct 7 (2)	DET		CLE	L,0-9	CG(6)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.254	.270	.306	.576	6			1B
44	227	161	Oct 8 (1)	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.261	.277	.312	.588	6			1B
45	228	162	Oct 8 (2)	DET		CLE	L,0-3	CG(5)	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.271	.287	.321	.608	6			1B
							20-25		148	140	12	38	2	1	1	6	3		25	0	5		0		2		.271	.287	.321	.608

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Donovan Pages

Bill Donovan Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Manager Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Bill Donovan Pages at Baseball Reference