Bill Donovan

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-2, 198lb (188cm, 89kg)

Born: July 6, 1916 in Maywood, IL us

Died: September 25, 1997 in Maywood, IL

Buried: Chapel Hill Gardens West, Oakbrook Terrace, IL

Debut: April 19, 1942 (Age 25-287d, 9,236th in major league history)
vs. NYG 3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 20, 1943 (Age 26-349d)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: Willard Earl Donovan

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.4

ERA

3.20

104.0

WHIP

1.490

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Team Record in Appearances: 5-25 / in Starts: 3-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 11

1942 Pitching Game Log

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1942 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	6	Apr 19	BSN		NYG	L,2-5	6-8		99	3.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.74	10	5	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	1	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.15	0.024	.45	0.04%	1.26	6t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
2	2	10	Apr 23	BSN		BRO	L,5-9	9-GF		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.98	2	1	1	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.024	.86	-0.03%	-0.53	9t 123 1 out d2	9t end d 4
3	3	12	Apr 25	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-5	2-GF(8)		1	6.2	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0.87	1.97	24	8	10	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.30	0.064	.56	0.07%	1.86	2b --- 1 out d3	8b end d 4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	4	18	May 1	BSN	@	STL	L,7-8	6-6	H(1)	5	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.69	2.26	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.35	-0.162	3.28	-0.24%	-1.41	6b --- 0 out a3	6b 12- 1 out a2
5	5	36	May 23	BSN	@	PHI	L,5-6	6-6		21	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.31	2.07	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.050	1.62	-0.08%	-0.59	6b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d3
6	6	42	May 28	BSN		BRO	L,4-6	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.13	1.91	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.06	0.00%	0.42	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
7	7	47	May 31(2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	2	7.0	7	2	2	4	0	0	0	2.29	2.58	31	12	8	1	0	7	51			1	0	0	27	0	1	0	1	0	0	.71	0.002	2.25	0.00%	1.10	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	8	50	Jun 4	BSN	@	STL	L,2-6	GS-	L(0-2)	3	1.2	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	2.95	2.54	12						31						11					0
9	9	61	Jun 14(1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,6-8	5-7	L(0-3)	9	1.2	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	3.13	3.03	10	3	2	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.23	-0.061	.60	-0.01%	-0.30	5b -2- 1 out tie	7b 1-3 0 out tie
10	10	64	Jun 17(1)	BSN		CIN	L,2-4	6-GF		2	3.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.73	3.02	11	3	7	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.088	.07	0.01%	1.66	6t 12- 2 out d2	9t end d 2
11	11	68	Jun 21	BSN		PIT	L,3-7	8-9		3	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.60	2.90	5	2	1	0	0	1		3	2	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.295	.04	-0.01%	-0.86	8t 123 2 out tie	9t 3 out d1
12	12	70	Jun 24(2)	BSN		STL	W,3-1	CG	W(1-3)	2	9.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.21	2.67	33	18	7	1	1	5	74			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.464	.06	0.01%	2.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
13	13	76	Jun 30	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-3	GS-4		5	3.0	7	3	3	1	1	0	0	2.72	2.65	17	4	4	0	0	7	33			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.275	.05	-0.01%	-2.04	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	14	78	Jul 4(1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-11	GS-1	L(1-4)	3	0.2	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.57	2.79	7	0	1	0	0	4	26			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	-0.327	.04	-0.01%	-3.77	1b start tie	1b 1-- 2 out d4
15	15	86	Jul 12(2)	BSN	@	STL	L,3-9	GS-		7	3.1	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	3.71	2.80	16						39						15					0
16	16	94	Jul 21	BSN		CHC	W,4-3	9-10		8	1.1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.60	2.92	6	2	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.26	0.038	.00	0.00%	0.02	9t --- 0 out tie	10t 12- 1 out tie
17	17	97	Jul 25	BSN		STL	L,3-6	6-7		3	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.47	2.84	6	2	2	1	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.12	6t 1-- 1 out d3	7t 3 out d3
18	18	99	Jul 26(2)	BSN		STL	L,3-5	8-GF		0	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.33	2.87	9	6	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.84	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
19	19	101	Jul 29(1)	BSN		PIT	L,0-3	9-GF		2	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.62	2.92	6	1	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.112	.00	0.00%	-1.58	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	20	114	Aug 14(1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,0-10	7-GF(8)		15	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.53	2.89	4	1	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.65	7b 1-- 2 out d10	8b end d10
21	21	119	Aug 18	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-10	GS-1	L(1-5)	3	0.1	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	3.68	2.89	5	2	0	0	0	3	35			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.46	-0.263	.00	0.00%	-2.90	1b start tie	1b -23 1 out d2
22	22	120	Aug 19	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-11	6-8		0	2.0	6	3	3	0	1	0	0	4.05	2.82	11	1	3	0	0	6		2	1	1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-2.46	6b 1-3 1 out d6	8b 1-- 1 out d10
23	23	122	Aug 22(2)	BSN		PHI	L,3-5	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.98	2.81	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.42	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
24	24	125	Aug 25	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-6	6-GF(8)		2	2.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.81	2.67	7	3	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.003	.00	0.00%	1.30	6b 12- 2 out d6	8b end d 6
25	25	130	Aug 30(2)	BSN	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	6	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.68	2.71	28	17	1	0	0	6	55			1	0	0	24	1	1	1	2	0	1	1.12	0.059	.00	0.00%	1.28	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	26	132	Sep 2	BSN	@	CHC	W,2-1	8-GF(10)	W(2-5)	2	3.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.51	2.73	10	7	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.47	0.386	.00	0.00%	1.25	8b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 1
27	27	135	Sep 7(1)	BSN		BRO	L,4-11	4-7		4	3.2	5	3	2	2	2	0	0	3.58	2.73	18	4	5	0	0	5		2	2	2	0	1	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	.14	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-2.91	4t 12- 1 out d4	7t 3 out d8
28	28	138	Sep 10(2)	BSN		CIN	T,0-0	5-GF		2	5.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.35	2.73	18	6	7	0	0	2		3	0	0	1	0	15	0	0	1	1	0	1	2.38	0.651	.00	0.00%	3.91	5t 123 0 out tie	9t end tie
29	29	143	Sep 14	BSN		CHC	W,4-2	CG	W(3-5)	3	9.0	8	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.20	2.62	36	10	11	2	3	8	66			0	1	1	33	3	0	0	0	0	1	.78	0.096	.00	0.00%	1.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
30	30	145	Sep 17	BSN		STL	L,4-6	9-GF		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.19	2.61	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.61	9t 12- 2 out d2	9t end d 3
31	31	149	Sep 26(1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS-5	L(3-6)	8	4.2	9	5	5	2	1	2	0	3.53	2.92	24	5	7	0	0	9	25			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	.92	-0.432	.00	0.00%	-3.27	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out d2
							5-25		W-L:3-6,Hld:1	3.4	89.1	97	43	35	32	23	2	0	3.53	2.92	383	1.55		3%	3%	87	44	22	41%	5	3	7	342	15	2	3	9	0	7	.91	-0.201	.33	-0.23%	-2.79

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