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	25-20 / in Starts: 22-18
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	45 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games

RBI Opportunities

1905 Batting Game Log

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1905 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	230	2 (1)	Apr 19	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9			P
2	231	6 (3)	Apr 25	DET		CLE	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9			P
3	232	10 (3)	Apr 29	DET	@	CHW	L,5-15	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0		0		1	1	0				0		.143	.250	.143	.393	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	233	14 (3)	May 3	DET		SLB	W,7-5	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.125	.222	.125	.347	9			P
5	234	25 (10)	May 20	DET		NYY	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.167	.231	.167	.397	9			P
6	235	29 (3)	May 25	DET		PHA	L,7-9	GS-0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.231	.286	.231	.516	9			P
7	236	31 (1)	May 27	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.353	.389	.353	.742	3			LF
8	237	32	May 29	DET	@	CHW	L,1-9	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.286	.318	.286	.604	3			LF
9	238	33	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0				0		.292	.346	.292	.638	3			LF
10	239	34	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.286	.333	.321	.655	3			LF
11	240	35	May 31	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.250	.294	.281	.575	3			LF
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
12	241	36	Jun 1	DET	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0				1		.235	.316	.265	.580	9			P
13	242	41 (4)	Jun 8	DET	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.231	.302	.256	.559	9			P
14	243	42	Jun 9	DET	@	WSH	W,7-6	0-GF	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.238	.304	.262	.566	1			LF
15	244	44 (1)	Jun 13	DET	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.222	.286	.244	.530	9			P
16	245	45	Jun 14	DET	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				1		.208	.283	.229	.512	5			LF
17	246	48 (2)	Jun 17 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	2				1		.200	.273	.220	.493	9			P
18	247	52 (3)	Jun 24	DET		CHW	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.208	.276	.226	.502	7			LF
19	248	54 (1)	Jun 26	DET		CLE	L,5-14	GS-0	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.214	.279	.232	.511	9			P
20	249	58 (3)	Jun 29 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.203	.266	.220	.486	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
21	250	62 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	DET		SLB	W,4-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1				0		.197	.258	.213	.471	9			P
22	251	66 (3)	Jul 7	DET		CHW	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.188	.246	.203	.450	9			P
23	252	70 (3)	Jul 11	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.194	.250	.224	.474	9			P
24	253	74 (3)	Jul 15 (2)	DET		PHA	L,1-9	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.191	.247	.221	.467	9			P
25	254	76 (1)	Jul 18	DET		PHA	L,3-6	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1		2	0	1				0		.186	.250	.214	.464	9			P
26	255	80 (3)	Jul 22 (1)	DET		WSH	W,8-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.178	.241	.205	.446	9			P
27	256	84 (3)	Jul 26 (1)	DET		BOS	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.195	.253	.221	.474	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
28	257	88 (3)	Aug 1	DET	@	WSH	L,0-4	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.188	.244	.213	.457	9			P
29	258	91 (2)	Aug 4 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.179	.233	.202	.436	9			P
30	259	99 (7)	Aug 12 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.184	.237	.207	.443	9			P
31	260	104 (4)	Aug 18	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.180	.232	.202	.434	9			P
32	261	108 (3)	Aug 23	DET		WSH	L,4-5	0-GF(11)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.174	.224	.196	.420	9			P
33	262	111 (2)	Aug 26	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.177	.225	.198	.423	9			P
34	263	115 (3)	Aug 31	DET		NYY	W,5-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.182	.229	.202	.431	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
35	264	120 (4)	Sep 5 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	2	0		1	0	0				0		.204	.248	.233	.481	9			P
36	265	126 (5)	Sep 9	DET		SLB	W,8-1	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2				1		.210	.252	.238	.490	9			P
37	266	130 (3)	Sep 13	DET		CLE	L,2-9	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.208	.250	.236	.486	2			1B
38	267	131	Sep 14	DET		CLE	W,6-0	CG	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0				2		.206	.261	.234	.495	9			P
39	268	135 (3)	Sep 19 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.202	.256	.229	.486	9			P
40	269	137 (1)	Sep 21	DET	@	WSH	W,5-1	0-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.198	.252	.225	.477	3			2B
41	270	138	Sep 22	DET	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.198	.250	.224	.474	3			2B
42	271	140 (1)	Sep 23 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.192	.242	.217	.459	9			P
43	272	144 (3)	Sep 28	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	0-GF	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.197	.246	.230	.476	9			P
44	273	148 (3)	Oct 2 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.198	.246	.230	.476	9			P
45	274	153 (4)	Oct 6	DET	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.192	.239	.223	.462	9			P
							25-20		152	130	16	25	4	0	0	8	7		16	1	14				9		.192	.239	.223	.462

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