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Bill Donovan

William Edward Donovan (Wild Bill)

Positions: Pitcher, Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 13, 1876 in Lawrence, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1898
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Superbas/Senators/Yankees 1898-1918

Final Game: September 2, 1918
Died: December 9, 1923 in Forsyth, NY
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1898 21 WHS NL 39 110 103 11 17 2 2 2 8 2 4 28 .165 .211 .282 .493 41 29 2 1 O1/46
1899 22 BRO NL 5 13 13 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .231 .231 .308 .538 46 4 0 0 /1
1900 23 BRO NL 5 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1901 24 BRO NL 46 151 135 16 23 3 0 2 13 1 8 27 .170 .217 .237 .454 30 32 0 8 1
1902 25 BRO NL 48 174 161 16 28 3 2 1 16 7 9 26 .174 .227 .236 .463 43 38 2 2 1/3O4
1903 26 DET AL 40 137 124 11 30 3 2 0 12 3 4 34 .242 .266 .298 .564 72 37 0 9 1/64O
1904 27 DET AL 46 148 140 12 38 2 1 1 6 2 3 41 .271 .287 .321 .608 94 45 0 5 1/3O
1905 28 DET AL 44 156 130 16 25 4 0 0 5 8 12 28 .192 .266 .223 .489 55 29 1 13 1/O4
1906 29 DET AL 28 96 91 5 11 0 1 0 0 6 1 33 .121 .130 .143 .273 -15 13 0 4 1/4O
1907 30 DET AL 37 119 109 20 29 7 2 0 19 4 6 33 .266 .304 .367 .671 111 40 0 4 1
1908 31 DET AL 30 93 82 5 13 1 0 0 2 2 10 25 .159 .250 .171 .421 35 14 0 1 1
1909 32 DET AL 22 53 45 6 9 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 .200 .250 .200 .450 39 9 1 5 1
1910 33 DET AL 26 76 69 6 10 1 0 0 2 0 5 24 .145 .203 .159 .362 10 11 0 2 1
1911 34 DET AL 24 72 60 11 12 3 1 1 6 1 11 20 .200 .324 .333 .657 80 20 0 1 1
1912 35 DET AL 6 14 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .077 .143 .077 .220 -36 1 0 0 /13O
1915 38 NYY AL 10 13 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .083 .154 .083 .237 -29 1 0 0 /1
1916 39 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1918 41 DET AL 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 208 1 0 0 /1
18 Yrs 459 1440 1302 142 251 30 11 7 93 36 0 77 341 .193 .241 .249 .490 49 324 6 55
162 Game Avg. 162 508 460 50 89 11 4 2 33 13 27 120 .193 .241 .249 .490 49 114 2 19
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
DET (11 yrs) 305 966 865 96 179 21 7 2 54 26 0 55 248 .207 .256 .254 .510 58 220 2 44
BRO (4 yrs) 104 351 322 34 54 7 2 3 31 8 17 59 .168 .214 .230 .444 31 74 2 10
NYY (2 yrs) 11 13 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .083 .154 .083 .237 -29 1 0 0
WHS (1 yr) 39 110 103 11 17 2 2 2 8 2 4 28 .165 .211 .282 .493 41 29 2 1
AL (13 yrs) 316 979 877 97 180 21 7 2 54 26 0 56 254 .205 .255 .252 .507 57 221 2 44
NL (5 yrs) 143 461 425 45 71 9 4 5 39 10 21 87 .167 .213 .242 .456 34 103 4 11

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1898 21 WHS NL 39 110 -10 0 0 -1 3 -8 -0.7 3 -4 -0.4 .481 .495 -0.3 -0.2 -3 $ O1/46
1899 22 BRO NL 5 13 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1900 23 BRO NL 5 13 -4 0 0 0 1 -3 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .449 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ /1
1901 24 BRO NL 46 151 -13 0 0 0 11 -2 -0.2 4 2 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.2 -0.0 2 $ 1
1902 25 BRO NL 48 174 -10 0 0 1 10 1 0.0 5 6 0.0 .502 .500 -0.1 0.1 5 $ 1/3O4
1903 26 DET AL 40 137 -5 -0 0 0 11 5 0.5 5 10 0.5 .515 .504 0.6 -0.0 10 $ 1/64O
1904 27 DET AL 46 148 -2 -0 0 -2 8 4 0.5 5 9 0.5 .511 .503 0.7 -0.3 11 $ 1/3O
1905 28 DET AL 44 156 -7 0 0 0 10 4 0.4 5 9 0.4 .509 .503 0.4 -0.1 9 $ 1/O4
1906 29 DET AL 28 96 -12 1 0 0 6 -5 -0.6 3 -2 -0.6 .477 .496 -0.6 0.0 -2 $ 1/4O
1907 30 DET AL 37 119 0 0 0 0 8 8 0.9 4 12 0.9 .525 .506 0.9 0.0 12 $ 1
1908 31 DET AL 30 93 -6 -0 0 0 6 0 0.0 3 3 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 3 $ 1
1909 32 DET AL 22 53 -3 0 0 0 4 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .506 .501 0.1 -0.0 3 $ 1
1910 33 DET AL 26 76 -8 0 0 0 5 -2 -0.3 3 0 -0.3 .490 .498 -0.3 -0.0 0 $ 1
1911 34 DET AL 24 72 -2 -0 0 0 6 4 0.4 2 6 0.4 .517 .502 0.4 0.0 6 $ 1
1912 35 DET AL 6 14 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .477 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /13O
1915 38 NYY AL 10 13 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .490 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
1916 39 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1918 41 DET AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .518 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
18 Seasons 459 1440 -88 2 0 -2 93 5 0.6 46 52 0.9 .502 .500 1.2 -0.6 54 $
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
DET (11 yrs) 305 966 -47 1 0 -2 66 18 1.9 33 50 1.8 .507 .501 2.1 -0.4 52 $
BRO (4 yrs) 104 351 -29 1 0 1 23 -4 -0.4 10 6 -0.4 .496 .499 -0.5 0.0 5 $
NYY (2 yrs) 11 13 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .491 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $
WHS (1 yr) 39 110 -10 0 0 -1 3 -8 -0.7 3 -4 -0.4 .481 .495 -0.3 -0.2 -3 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1898 21 WHS NL 110 87 6 1.8 91 .205 .165 .278 .211 .342 .282 .357 .493 .699 41 .191 -8.8 -0.9 .430 .175 .117 2.0
1899 22 BRO NL 13 10 1 2.6 101 .273 .231 .292 .231 .355 .308 .381 .538 .736 46 .282 -1.0 -0.1 .400 .077 .077
1900 23 BRO NL 13 13 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .293 .000 .355 .000 .386 .000 .741 -100 .000 -3.6 -0.4 .000 .000 .000
1901 24 BRO NL 151 120 7 1.6 91 .198 .170 .279 .217 .335 .237 .364 .454 .699 30 .154 -12.5 -1.4 .366 .133 .067 1.3
1902 25 BRO NL 174 135 8 1.6 77 .201 .174 .265 .227 .320 .236 .326 .463 .646 43 .194 -11.1 -1.3 .421 .161 .062 1.8
1903 26 DET AL 137 103 10 2.6 79 .333 .242 .258 .266 .307 .298 .350 .564 .657 72 .353 -4.4 -0.5 .468 .113 .056 .0
1904 27 DET AL 148 107 13 3.2 71 .378 .271 .248 .287 .299 .321 .326 .608 .625 94 .509 -1.5 -0.2 .490 .086 .050 1.3
1905 28 DET AL 156 118 8 1.8 73 .245 .192 .248 .266 .307 .223 .324 .489 .631 55 .270 -6.2 -0.8 .476 .185 .031 .0
1906 29 DET AL 96 84 2 0.6 76 .190 .121 .258 .130 .314 .143 .331 .273 .645 -15 .048 -12.5 -1.5 .250 .099 .022 .0
1907 30 DET AL 119 84 12 3.8 74 .382 .266 .257 .304 .313 .367 .322 .671 .635 111 .592 1.2 0.1 .625 .193 .101 .0
1908 31 DET AL 93 70 4 1.5 71 .228 .159 .250 .250 .308 .171 .318 .421 .626 35 .234 -5.6 -0.7 .377 .159 .012 .0
1909 32 DET AL 53 41 2 1.3 77 .250 .200 .258 .250 .320 .200 .328 .450 .647 39 .173 -3.2 -0.4 .333 .044 .000
1910 33 DET AL 76 61 2 0.9 80 .222 .145 .258 .203 .325 .159 .333 .362 .657 10 .086 -7.4 -0.9 .271 .087 .014
1911 34 DET AL 72 49 6 3.3 100 .282 .200 .287 .324 .354 .333 .378 .657 .732 80 .395 -1.5 -0.2 .667 .333 .133 1.0
1912 35 DET AL 14 12 0 0.0 89 .083 .077 .269 .143 .337 .077 .354 .220 .691 -36 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .167 .077 .000
1915 38 NYY AL 13 11 0 0.0 83 .167 .083 .255 .154 .334 .083 .335 .237 .669 -29 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .182 .083 .000
1918 41 DET AL 2 1 1 27.2 78 .500 .500 .254 .500 .325 .500 .324 1.000 .650 208 .977 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
18 Yrs 1440 1106 82 2.0 80 .256 .193 .262 .241 .320 .249 .338 .490 .658 49 .265 -82.2 -9.4 .422 .143 .056 11.7
162 Game Avg. 508 390 29 2.0 80 .256 .193 .262 .241 .320 .249 .338 .490 .658 49 .265 -82.2 -9.4 .422 .143 .056 4
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
DET (11 yrs) 966 730 60 2.2 77 .288 .207 .256 .256 .314 .254 .333 .510 .646 58 .324 -43.2 -5.2 .442 .141 .047 3.7
BRO (4 yrs) 351 278 16 1.5 85 .196 .168 .273 .214 .329 .230 .347 .444 .676 31 .164 -28.3 -3.1 .377 .140 .062 4.4
WHS (1 yr) 110 87 6 1.8 91 .205 .165 .278 .211 .342 .282 .357 .493 .699 41 .191 -8.8 -0.9 .430 .175 .117 2.0
NYY (2 yrs) 13 11 0 0.0 83 .167 .083 .255 .154 .334 .083 .335 .237 .669 -29 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .182 .083 .000
AL (13 yrs) 979 741 60 2.2 77 .287 .205 .256 .255 .314 .252 .333 .507 .647 57 .318 -45.1 -5.4 .438 .140 .047 3.7
NL (5 yrs) 461 365 22 1.6 86 .198 .167 .274 .213 .332 .242 .349 .456 .681 34 .171 -37.1 -4.0 .390 .148 .075 6.7

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1907 30 DET AL WS CHC L 2 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1908 31 DET AL WS CHC L 2 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 1 0 0
1909 32 DET AL WS PIT L 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 6 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .000 .059 .000 .059 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 WS 6 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .000 .059 .000 .059 0 0 0 1 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1918 41 DET AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 100%
18 Yrs 2 350.0% 17050.0% 3850.0% 2400.0% 19% 4.43 3.8 186.0 14.0 47700%
MLB Averages 10.3% 235.2% 181.5% 121.2% 21% 1.30 9.4 214.7 9.9 1967%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1898 21 39 110 103 11 17 2 2 2 8 2 4 28 .165 .211 .282 .493 41 29 2 1
1899 22 44 123 116 13 20 3 2 2 8 2 4 30 .172 .213 .284 .498 41 33 2 1
1900 23 49 136 129 13 20 3 2 2 10 2 4 34 .155 .193 .256 .448 27 33 2 1
1901 24 95 287 264 29 43 6 2 4 23 3 12 61 .163 .205 .246 .451 28 65 2 9
1902 25 143 461 425 45 71 9 4 5 39 10 21 87 .167 .213 .242 .456 34 103 4 11
1903 26 183 598 549 56 101 12 6 5 51 13 25 121 .184 .225 .255 .480 42 140 4 20
1904 27 229 746 689 68 139 14 7 6 57 15 28 162 .202 .237 .269 .506 52 185 4 25
1905 28 273 902 819 84 164 18 7 6 62 23 40 190 .200 .242 .261 .503 52 214 5 38
1906 29 301 998 910 89 175 18 8 6 62 29 41 223 .192 .231 .249 .481 46 227 5 42
1907 30 338 1117 1019 109 204 25 10 6 81 33 47 256 .200 .239 .262 .501 53 267 5 46
1908 31 368 1210 1101 114 217 26 10 6 83 35 57 281 .197 .240 .255 .495 51 281 5 47
1909 32 390 1263 1146 120 226 26 10 6 84 35 59 290 .197 .240 .253 .493 51 290 6 52
1910 33 416 1339 1215 126 236 27 10 6 86 35 64 314 .194 .238 .248 .486 49 301 6 54
1911 34 440 1411 1275 137 248 30 11 7 92 36 75 334 .195 .243 .252 .494 50 321 6 55
1912 35 446 1425 1288 140 249 30 11 7 92 36 0 76 335 .193 .242 .250 .492 49 322 6 55
1913 36 446 1425 1288 140 249 30 11 7 92 36 0 76 335 .193 .242 .250 .492 49 322 6 55
1914 37 446 1425 1288 140 249 30 11 7 92 36 0 76 335 .193 .242 .250 .492 49 322 6 55
1915 38 456 1438 1300 141 250 30 11 7 92 36 0 77 341 .192 .241 .248 .489 49 323 6 55
1916 39 457 1438 1300 141 250 30 11 7 92 36 0 77 341 .192 .241 .248 .489 49 323 6 55
1917 40 457 1438 1300 141 250 30 11 7 92 36 0 77 341 .192 .241 .248 .489 49 323 6 55
1918 41 459 1440 1302 142 251 30 11 7 93 36 0 77 341 .193 .241 .249 .490 49 324 6 55

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1898 21 41 114 107 10 17 2 2 2 7 2 4 29 .159 .204 .271 .475 5 39
1899 22 5 14 14 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .214 .214 .286 .500 1 5
1900 23 6 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1901 24 53 173 155 16 25 3 0 2 13 1 9 31 .161 .207 .219 .427 7 46
1902 25 55 202 187 20 34 4 2 1 20 8 11 30 .182 .235 .241 .476 10 48
1903 26 47 162 147 14 37 4 2 0 16 4 5 40 .252 .276 .306 .582 13 40
1904 27 47 160 151 16 46 2 1 1 8 2 4 42 .305 .323 .351 .674 18 46
1905 28 46 168 139 20 29 5 0 0 6 9 14 29 .209 .286 .245 .530 9 44
1906 29 30 103 98 6 13 0 1 0 0 7 1 35 .133 .141 .153 .294 2 28
1907 30 39 128 117 24 33 8 2 0 23 5 7 35 .282 .323 .385 .707 15 37
1908 31 31 100 87 6 15 1 0 0 2 2 12 26 .172 .273 .184 .457 4 30
1909 32 23 59 50 9 12 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 .240 .296 .240 .536 3 22
1910 33 27 81 73 8 12 1 0 0 3 0 6 25 .164 .228 .178 .406 3 26
1911 34 25 74 62 11 12 3 1 1 6 1 11 21 .194 .315 .323 .638 6 24
1912 35 6 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .067 .000 .067 0 6
1915 38 10 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .071 .000 .071 0 10
1918 41 3 3 3 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1 2
17 Yrs 494 1585 1432 165 290 34 11 7 110 41 89 366 .203 .252 .256 .508 97 458
162 Game Avg. 162 520 470 54 95 11 4 2 36 13 29 120 .203 .252 .256 .508 32 458
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 1.5%)
1938 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1939 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1945 BBWAA ( 1.2%)
1946 Nominating Vote ( 2.0%)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1903 AL  7.1 (4th)
1907 AL  5.3 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
1915 AL  born 1876-10-13 (5th)
1916 AL  born 1876-10-13 (7th)
1918 AL  born 1876-10-13 (4th)

             

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