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.

1903 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1903 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 23	DET		CLE	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	6 (3)	Apr 29	DET		CHW	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	10 (3)	May 4	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	1	2	1	4	1
4	15 (4)	May 9	DET	@	CLE	W,13-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
5	19 (3)	May 13	DET		NYY	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	23 (3)	May 18	DET		BOS	W,12-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
7	27 (3)	May 23	DET		WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
8	34 (6)	May 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	38 (3)	Jun 5	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	42 (3)	Jun 10	DET	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
11	46 (3)	Jun 16	DET	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	48 (1)	Jun 23	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	52 (3)	Jun 27	DET		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	56 (3)	Jul 1	DET		WSH	L,1-4	GF	0	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	59 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	61 (1)	Jul 7	DET	@	PHA	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	64 (2)	Jul 10	DET	@	WSH	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
18	66 (1)	Jul 13	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	70 (3)	Jul 17	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	73 (2)	Jul 23	DET		CHW	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
21	76 (2)	Jul 26 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
22	80 (3)	Jul 30	DET		SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	85 (4)	Aug 3	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	0	8.1	0	1	1	2	0
24	88 (2)	Aug 6	DET	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
25	93 (4)	Aug 14	DET		BOS	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
26	97 (3)	Aug 18 (1)	DET		NYY	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
27	101 (3)	Aug 21 (1)	DET		PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	106 (4)	Aug 25	DET		CHW	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
29	107	Aug 26	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	110 (2)	Sep 2	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
31	115 (4)	Sep 6 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
32	120 (4)	Sep 12 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
33	124 (3)	Sep 16	DET	@	WSH	L,8-10	CG	0	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
34	128 (3)	Sep 21	DET	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	130 (1)	Sep 23 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
36	133 (2)	Sep 25	DET	@	BOS	T,6-6	CG	0	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	134	Sep 26 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,13-8	CG	0	9.0	0	3	2	5	1
38	135	Sep 26 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS	0		0	1	0	1	0
							39gm		320.0	26	71	8	105	3