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Patsy Donovan
Patrick Joseph Donovan

Bats Left, Throws Left
Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 19, 1890
Final Game October 5, 1907
Born March 16, 1865 in County Cork, Ireland
Died December 25, 1953 in Lawrence, MA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1890 25 TOT NL  60  245   34   59   5  1   0   17  13     13  22  .241  .290  .269   60   66               4    
         BSN NL  32  140   17   36   0  0   0    9  10      8  17  .257  .307  .257   59   36               2    
         BRO NL  28  105   17   23   5  1   0    8   3      5   5  .219  .268  .286   60   30               2    
 1891 26 TOT AA 122  509   82  155  11  3   2   56  28     34  23  .305  .358  .350  105  178               8    
         LOU AA 105  439   73  141  10  3   2   53  27     30  18  .321  .375  .371  116  163               8    
         WAS AA  17   70    9   14   1  0   0    3   1      4   5  .200  .243  .214   34   15               0    
 1892 27 TOT NL 130  551  106  153  18  6   2   38  56     31  29  .278  .322  .343  102  189               5    
         WHS NL  40  163   29   39   3  3   0   12  16     11  13  .239  .295  .294   81   48               2    
         PIT NL  90  388   77  114  15  3   2   26  40     20  16  .294  .333  .363  110  141               3    
 1893 28 PIT NL 113  499  114  158   5  8   2   56  46     42   8  .317  .373  .371   99  185               3    
 1894 29 PIT NL 132  576  145  174  21 10   4   76  41     33  12  .302  .345  .394   79  227               5    
 1895 30 PIT NL 125  519  114  160  17  6   1   58  36     47  19  .308  .375  .370   96  192   6           8    
 1896 31 PIT NL 131  573  113  183  20  5   3   59  48     35  18  .319  .370  .387  103  222   5          11    
 1897 32 PIT NL 120  479   82  154  16  7   0   57  34     25      .322  .360  .384   99  184   9           4    
 1898 33 PIT NL 147  610  112  184  16  9   0   37  41     34      .302  .346  .357  103  218  10           7    
 1899 34 PIT NL 121  531   82  156  11  7   1   55  26     17      .294  .322  .347   84  184   8           5    
 1900 35 STL NL 126  503   78  159  11  1   0   61  45     38      .316  .368  .342   97  172   6           3    
 1901 36 STL NL 130  531   92  161  23  5   1   73  28     27      .303  .344  .371  112  197  14           6    
 1902 37 STL NL 126  502   70  158  12  4   0   35  34     28      .315  .363  .355  125  178  11          10    
 1903 38 STL NL 105  410   63  134  15  3   0   39  25     25      .327  .370  .378  116  155  14           3    
 1904 39 WSH AL 125  436   30  100   6  0   0   19  17     24      .229  .271  .243   64  106  18           1    
 1906 41 BRO NL   7   21    1    5   0  0   0    0   0      0      .238  .238  .238   54    5   0           0    
 1907 42 BRO NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons         7496      2253     75      736      0     131  .301  .347  .355   97      101   0   0  83   0
               1821      1318      207     16      518    453                            2658
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        667  117  200  18  7   1   65  46  0  40  12  .301  .347  .355   97  236   9   0   0   7   0
 Career High    147  610  145  184  23 10   4   76  56  0  47  29  .327  .375  .394  125  227  18   0   0  11   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1890 25 TOT NL  262  186   19   2.7    92| .241  .265| .290  .343| .269  .358| .559  .701|  60  .333 -13.2  -1.4     
         BSN NL  150  104   11   2.8    94| .257  .268| .307  .346| .257  .363| .564  .709|  59  .346  -7.6  -0.8     
         BRO NL  112   82    8   2.6    89| .219  .260| .268  .337| .286  .352| .554  .690|  60  .314  -5.6  -0.6     
 1891 26 TOT AA  551  354   63   4.6    89| .305  .259| .358  .342| .350  .349| .708  .691| 105  .564   2.7   0.2     
         LOU AA  477  298   59   5.2    89| .321  .259| .375  .342| .371  .349| .746  .691| 116  .612   8.8   0.9     
         WAS AA   74   56    4   1.9    88| .200  .256| .243  .339| .214  .346| .457  .686|  34  .195  -6.1  -0.7     
 1892 27 TOT NL  587  398   60   4.0    81| .278  .251| .322  .324| .343  .336| .665  .659| 102  .537  -0.3  -0.1     
         WHS NL  176  124   14   3.0    79| .239  .248| .295  .321| .294  .332| .589  .653|  81  .407  -4.2  -0.5     
         PIT NL  411  274   46   4.4    81| .294  .252| .333  .325| .363  .337| .696  .662| 110  .586   3.8   0.4     
 1893 28 PIT NL  544  341   68   5.3   104| .317  .283| .373  .361| .371  .386| .744  .747|  99  .533  -0.9  -0.1     
 1894 29 PIT NL  614  402   77   5.0   126| .302  .314| .345  .385| .394  .443| .739  .828|  79  .417 -21.9  -1.9     
 1895 30 PIT NL  580  365   70   5.0   108| .308  .296| .375  .361| .370  .399| .745  .761|  96  .483  -0.6  -0.1     
 1896 31 PIT NL  624  395   80   5.3   104| .319  .292| .370  .357| .387  .390| .757  .747| 103  .540   3.4   0.3     
 1897 32 PIT NL  517  334   65   5.0   104| .322  .293| .360  .357| .384  .390| .744  .747|  99  .523  -0.7  -0.1     
 1898 33 PIT NL  661  436   74   4.4    90| .302  .275| .346  .340| .357  .353| .703  .693| 103  .551   1.2   0.1     
 1899 34 PIT NL  561  383   58   3.9    99| .294  .289| .322  .351| .347  .376| .669  .727|  84  .457 -13.6  -1.4     
 1900 35 STL NL  550  350   63   4.7    98| .316  .285| .368  .347| .342  .377| .710  .723|  97  .544  -0.8  -0.1     
 1901 36 STL NL  578  384   66   4.6    85| .303  .269| .344  .324| .371  .352| .715  .676| 112  .566   8.1   0.9     
 1902 37 STL NL  551  355   62   4.6    75| .315  .262| .363  .316| .355  .322| .718  .638| 125  .634  14.8   1.7     
 1903 38 STL NL  452  290   57   5.2    90| .327  .274| .370  .337| .378  .357| .748  .693| 116  .621   8.5   0.9     
 1904 39 WSH AL  479  354   29   2.2    72| .229  .249| .271  .301| .243  .327| .514  .628|  64  .335 -17.3  -2.1     
 1906 41 BRO NL   21   16    1   1.6    70| .238  .244| .238  .309| .238  .310| .476  .619|  54  .234  -1.2  -0.1     
 1907 42 BRO NL    1    1    0   0.0    69| .000  .243| .000  .308| .000  .309| .000  .617|-100  .000  -0.2   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     8133 5344  912   4.5    95| .301  .278| .347  .344| .355  .369| .702  .713|  97  .516 -32.0  -3.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1890 25 TOT NL OF 60 111 7 6 2 .952 .914 1.97 1.89 1 56 3 BSN NL OF 32 45 4 6 1 .891 .914 1.53 1.89 0 32 0 BRO NL OF 28 66 3 0 1 1.000 .914 2.46 1.89 1 24 3 1891 26 TOT AA OF 122 236 17 26 1 .907 .907 2.07 1.83 105 13 4 LOU AA OF 105 214 15 22 0 .912 .907 2.18 1.83 105 0 0 WAS AA OF 17 22 2 4 1 .857 .906 1.41 1.83 0 13 4 1892 27 TOT NL OF 130 167 27 31 7 .862 .912 1.49 1.86 15 1 116 WHS NL OF 40 56 9 12 3 .844 .912 1.62 1.86 14 0 26 PIT NL OF 90 111 18 19 4 .872 .912 1.43 1.86 1 1 90 1893 28 PIT NL OF 112 178 16 13 5 .937 .915 1.73 2.14 0 0 112 1894 29 PIT NL OF 132 267 22 21 5 .932 .915 2.19 2.24 0 0 132 1895 30 PIT NL OF 125 187 11 8 2 .961 .917 1.58 2.14 0 1 124 1896 31 PIT NL OF 131 224 24 12 8 .954 .933 1.89 2.12 0 0 131 1897 32 PIT NL OF 120 186 17 11 5 .949 .935 1.69 2.06 0 0 120 1898 33 PIT NL OF 147 238 21 20 4 .928 .937 1.76 2.03 0 0 147 1899 34 PIT NL OF 121 184 9 12 3 .941 .944 1.60 2.11 0 1 120 1900 35 STL NL OF 124 180 13 10 4 .951 .940 1.56 2.13 0 0 124 1901 36 STL NL OF 129 215 19 5 8 .979 .942 1.81 2.03 0 0 129 1902 37 STL NL OF 126 179 30 9 6 .959 .945 1.66 1.93 0 0 126 1903 38 STL NL OF 105 142 16 8 5 .952 .942 1.50 1.91 0 0 105 1904 39 WSH AL OF 122 217 15 9 4 .963 .954 1.90 1.84 0 2 120 1906 41 BRO NL OF 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 .957 1.50 1.87 0 0 6 1907 42 BRO NL OF 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 4.00 1.90 0 0 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1890 25 TOT NL OF 60 111 7 6 2 .952 .914 1.97 1.89 1 56 3 BSN NL OF 32 45 4 6 1 .891 .914 1.53 1.89 0 32 0 BRO NL OF 28 66 3 0 1 1.000 .914 2.46 1.89 1 24 3 1891 26 TOT AA OF 122 236 17 26 1 .907 .907 2.07 1.83 105 13 4 LOU AA OF 105 214 15 22 0 .912 .907 2.18 1.83 105 0 0 WAS AA OF 17 22 2 4 1 .857 .906 1.41 1.83 0 13 4 1892 27 TOT NL OF 130 167 27 31 7 .862 .912 1.49 1.86 15 1 116 WHS NL OF 40 56 9 12 3 .844 .912 1.62 1.86 14 0 26 PIT NL OF 90 111 18 19 4 .872 .912 1.43 1.86 1 1 90 1893 28 PIT NL OF 112 178 16 13 5 .937 .915 1.73 2.14 0 0 112 1894 29 PIT NL OF 132 267 22 21 5 .932 .915 2.19 2.24 0 0 132 1895 30 PIT NL OF 125 187 11 8 2 .961 .917 1.58 2.14 0 1 124 1896 31 PIT NL OF 131 224 24 12 8 .954 .933 1.89 2.12 0 0 131 1897 32 PIT NL OF 120 186 17 11 5 .949 .935 1.69 2.06 0 0 120 1898 33 PIT NL OF 147 238 21 20 4 .928 .937 1.76 2.03 0 0 147 1899 34 PIT NL OF 121 184 9 12 3 .941 .944 1.60 2.11 0 1 120 1900 35 STL NL OF 124 180 13 10 4 .951 .940 1.56 2.13 0 0 124 1901 36 STL NL OF 129 215 19 5 8 .979 .942 1.81 2.03 0 0 129 1902 37 STL NL OF 126 179 30 9 6 .959 .945 1.66 1.93 0 0 126 1903 38 STL NL OF 105 142 16 8 5 .952 .942 1.50 1.91 0 0 105 1904 39 WSH AL OF 122 217 15 9 4 .963 .954 1.90 1.84 0 2 120 1906 41 BRO NL OF 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 .957 1.50 1.87 0 0 6 1907 42 BRO NL OF 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .952 4.00 1.90 0 0 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1813 2924 264 201 69 .941 .930 1.76 2.02 121 74 1620 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1813 2924 264 201 69 .941 .930 1.76 2.02
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1890   WS    BRO LOU     T   5  17   5   8  1  0  0   3   2   1  .471  .526  .529   3                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1891 AA-.305-10
1902 NL-.315-10
1903 NL-.327-9

Games
1894 NL-132-7

At Bats
1894 NL-576-4
1896 NL-573-3
1898 NL-610-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1894 NL-614-7
1896 NL-624-6

Runs
1894 NL-145-10

Hits
1902 NL-158-10

Stolen Bases
1892 NL-56-9
1893 NL-46-9
1898 NL-41-6
1900 NL-45-1
1902 NL-34-3
Car-518-30

Singles
1891 AA-139-5
1893 NL-143-7
1896 NL-155-4
1898 NL-159-5
1900 NL-147-6
1902 NL-142-4
Car-1955-53

Hit By Pitch
1896 NL-11-10
1902 NL-10-6

At Bats per Strikeout
1891 AA-22.1-9
1893 NL-62.4-6
Car-26.5-37

Outs
1894 NL-402-2
1896 NL-395-4

Oldest Player
1900 NL-35-9
1901 NL-36-4
1902 NL-37-3
1903 NL-38-2
1904 AL-39-2
1906 NL-41-1
1907 NL-42-1

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (589) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 32 (725) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 32.0 (225) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 59.5 (308) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

January, 1900: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Pittsburgh Pirates for $1,000.

Before 1904 Season: Jumped from the St. Louis Cardinals to the Washington Senators.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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