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.

1904 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1904 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	DET	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 16	DET	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	11	0	1	12	0
3	3	Apr 17	DET	@	SLB	L,2-13	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
4	5 (1)	Apr 19	DET	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
5	6	Apr 20	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	2	2	0
6	8 (1)	Apr 23	DET		SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	12 (3)	Apr 27	DET		CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	8	1	10	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	16 (3)	May 2	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
9	21 (4)	May 7	DET	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	24 (2)	May 12	DET	@	BOS	L,1-8	GS	0	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
11	28 (3)	May 17	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	32 (3)	May 23	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
13	35 (2)	May 26	DET	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	38 (2)	Jun 1	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
15	43 (4)	Jun 7	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
16	47 (3)	Jun 11	DET		WSH	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
17	50 (2)	Jun 15	DET		PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
18	53 (2)	Jun 18	DET		PHA	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
19	57 (3)	Jun 24	DET		CHW	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
20	61 (3)	Jun 27	DET		CHW	L,6-18	GS	0	5.0	1	2	0	3	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	67 (5)	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	71 (3)	Jul 9	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	0	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
23	75 (3)	Jul 15	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	1	3	0	4	0
24	79 (3)	Jul 19	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	0	10.1	0	2	0	2	0
25	84 (4)	Jul 23 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	90 (5)	Aug 1	DET		NYY	W,8-6	GS	0	8.1	0	3	0	3	0
27	97 (6)	Aug 9	DET		BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
28	101 (3)	Aug 13 (1)	DET		WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
29	106 (4)	Aug 19	DET	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	110 (3)	Aug 23 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
31	114 (3)	Aug 27	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	9.1	1	3	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	118 (3)	Sep 1	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	121 (2)	Sep 5 (1)	DET		CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
34	127 (5)	Sep 9 (1)	DET		SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
35	133 (5)	Sep 12	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	9.2	0	2	0	2	0
36	139 (5)	Sep 17 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
37	145 (5)	Sep 26 (1)	DET		BOS	L,0-2	GS	0	5.0	2	2	0	4	0
38	147 (1)	Sep 27	DET		NYY	L,1-4		0		0	0	0	0	0
39	148	Sep 28	DET		NYY	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
40	159 (10)	Oct 7 (1)	DET		CLE	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
41	160	Oct 7 (2)	DET		CLE	L,0-9	CG	0	6.0	6	0	0	6	0
42	161	Oct 8 (1)	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
43	162	Oct 8 (2)	DET		CLE	L,0-3	CG	0	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
							43gm		353.0	80	89	7	176	3