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.

1905 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1905 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 19	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
2	6 (3)	Apr 25	DET		CLE	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	10 (3)	Apr 29	DET	@	CHW	L,5-15	CG	0	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	14 (3)	May 3	DET		SLB	W,7-5	GS	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	25 (10)	May 20	DET		NYY	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	29 (3)	May 25	DET		PHA	L,7-9	GS	0	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
7	31 (1)	May 27	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	32	May 29	DET	@	CHW	L,1-9	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
9	33	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
10	34	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	35	May 31	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	36	Jun 1	DET	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
13	41 (4)	Jun 8	DET	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	0	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
14	42	Jun 9	DET	@	WSH	W,7-6	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
15	44 (1)	Jun 13	DET	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
16	45	Jun 14	DET	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	48 (2)	Jun 17 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
18	52 (3)	Jun 24	DET		CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
19	54 (1)	Jun 26	DET		CLE	L,5-14	GS	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
20	58 (3)	Jun 29 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	62 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	DET		SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	66 (3)	Jul 7	DET		CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
23	70 (3)	Jul 11	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
24	74 (3)	Jul 15 (2)	DET		PHA	L,1-9	GS	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	76 (1)	Jul 18	DET		PHA	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
26	80 (3)	Jul 22 (1)	DET		WSH	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	84 (3)	Jul 26 (1)	DET		BOS	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	88 (3)	Aug 1	DET	@	WSH	L,0-4	GS	0	7.2	0	2	0	2	0
29	91 (2)	Aug 4 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
30	99 (7)	Aug 12 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
31	104 (4)	Aug 18	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	108 (3)	Aug 23	DET		WSH	L,4-5	GF	0	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	111 (2)	Aug 26	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	115 (3)	Aug 31	DET		NYY	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	120 (4)	Sep 5 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
36	126 (5)	Sep 9	DET		SLB	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	2	5	0
37	130 (3)	Sep 13	DET		CLE	L,2-9	GF	0		2	1	0	3	0
38	131	Sep 14	DET		CLE	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
39	135 (3)	Sep 19 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
40	137 (1)	Sep 21	DET	@	WSH	W,5-1	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
41	138	Sep 22	DET	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
42	140 (1)	Sep 23 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	144 (3)	Sep 28	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	GF	0	6.0	0	2	0	2	1
44	148 (3)	Oct 2 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
45	153 (4)	Oct 6	DET	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
							44gm		294.0	28	73	7	108	4