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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1902 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1902 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	BRO		BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
2	5 (3)	Apr 21	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-8	GS	0	5.0	1	2	1	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	14 (8)	May 2	BRO		BSN	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
4	18 (3)	May 9	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-12	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	22 (3)	May 13	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
6	26 (3)	May 17	BRO	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
7	30 (3)	May 22	BRO	@	CIN	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	34 (3)	May 30 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	39 (4)	Jun 5	BRO		CIN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
10	43 (3)	Jun 9	BRO		CHC	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
11	46 (2)	Jun 13	BRO		STL	L,3-4	GF	0	3.2	0	2	1	3	0
12	48 (1)	Jun 16	BRO		STL	W,12-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	51 (2)	Jun 19	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
14	55 (3)	Jun 25	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	59 (3)	Jun 28 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	62 (2)	Jul 1 (2)	BRO		PHI	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
17	66 (3)	Jul 5	BRO	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	70 (3)	Jul 9	BRO	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
19	74 (3)	Jul 13	BRO	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
20	76 (1)	Jul 15	BRO	@	CHC	W,8-4	GF	0	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	78 (1)	Jul 18	BRO		BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	81 (2)	Jul 22 (1)	BRO		PHI	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
23	86 (4)	Jul 26	BRO		NYG	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	91 (4)	Aug 1	BRO		PIT	T,6-6	GS	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
25	95 (3)	Aug 7	BRO		STL	L,1-11	GS	0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	98 (2)	Aug 11	BRO		STL	W,3-0	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	103 (4)	Aug 17	BRO	@	STL	T,7-7	CG	0	18.0	1	4	0	5	0
28	105 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	BRO	@	STL	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	16	1	0	17	1
29	106	Aug 20 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-10	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
30	107	Aug 20 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-15	CG	0	8.0	11	2	0	13	1
31	108	Aug 21	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
32	109	Aug 22 (1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-14	CG	0	8.0	7	1	1	9	0
33	110	Aug 22 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
34	111	Aug 23	BRO	@	PIT	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
35	112	Aug 24 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
36	113	Aug 24 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,5-8	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
37	114	Aug 25	BRO	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
38	115	Aug 29	BRO	@	BSN	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
39	116	Aug 30	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	117	Sep 1 (1)	BRO		PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	122 (4)	Sep 4	BRO		CHC	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
42	124 (1)	Sep 6	BRO		STL	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	125	Sep 8	BRO		STL	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	126	Sep 10	BRO		CIN	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
45	128 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	BRO		CIN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
46	131 (2)	Sep 16	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
47	136 (4)	Sep 27 (1)	BRO		NYG	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
48	140 (3)	Oct 2	BRO	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
							48gm		374.0	117	81	7	205	5