Bill Donovan
William Edward Donovan (Wild Bill)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 13, 1876 in Lawrence, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1898
Final Game: September 2, 1918
Died: December 9, 1923 in Forsyth, NY
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1898 WHS NL 21 OF 20 45 38 4 3 3 .933 2.10 .938 2.03 6-6-8
1898 WHS NL 21 P 17 26 6 17 3 2 .885 1.35 .919 2.25
1898 WHS NL 21 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.50
1898 WHS NL 21 SS 1 4 1 1 2 1 .500 2.00 .950 5.60
1899 BRO NL 22 P 5 7 1 5 1 0 .857 1.20 .914 2.24
1900 BRO NL 23 P 5 12 0 12 0 0 1.000 2.40 .917 2.16
1901 BRO NL 24 P 45 96 14 75 7 5 .927 1.98 .934 2.39
1902 BRO NL 25 P 35 96 20 71 5 2 .948 2.60 .932 2.41
1902 BRO NL 25 1B 8 95 87 7 1 3 .989 11.75 .981 10.42
1902 BRO NL 25 OF 4 9 8 0 1 0 .889 2.00 .944 1.92 2-0-2
1902 BRO NL 25 2B 1 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.00 .940 5.40
1903 DET AL 26 P 35 96 25 65 6 2 .938 2.57 .949 2.73
1903 DET AL 26 SS 2 5 0 3 2 1 .600 1.50 .940 5.20
1903 DET AL 26 2B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 5.00
1903 DET AL 26 OF 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 .933 1.90 0-1-0
1904 DET AL 27 P 34 121 28 89 4 2 .967 3.44 .951 3.01
1904 DET AL 27 1B 8 53 52 0 1 1 .981 6.50 .981 10.78
1904 DET AL 27 OF 1 2 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 1.000 1.80 4-0-0
1905 DET AL 28 P 34 89 16 67 6 3 .933 2.44 .944 2.61
1905 DET AL 28 OF 8 14 10 4 0 0 1.000 1.75 .950 1.82 5-0-0
1905 DET AL 28 2B 2 5 2 2 1 0 .800 2.00 .960 4.90
1906 DET AL 29 P 25 76 11 62 3 1 .961 2.92 .947 2.52
1906 DET AL 29 2B 3 9 5 3 1 0 .889 2.67 .956 5.20
1906 DET AL 29 OF 1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 1.000 1.90 0-1-0
1907 DET AL 30 P 32 73 13 56 4 0 .945 2.16 .947 2.43
1908 DET AL 31 P 29 60 16 39 5 0 .917 1.90 .948 2.28
1909 DET AL 32 P 21 39 9 29 1 1 .974 1.81 .941 2.25
1910 DET AL 33 P 26 44 9 33 2 2 .955 1.62 .941 2.35
1911 DET AL 34 P 20 31 4 25 2 0 .935 1.45 .939 1.89
1912 DET AL 35 P 3 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 .900 1.93
1912 DET AL 35 1B 2 6 5 0 1 0 .833 2.50 .983 10.15
1912 DET AL 35 OF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0-0-2
1915 NYY AL 38 P 9 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 0.89 .938 1.80
1916 NYY AL 39 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70
1918 DET AL 41 P 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 .900 1.85
18 Seasons P 378 876 173 654 49 20 .944 2.19 .942 2.43
7 Seasons OF 37 75 58 10 7 3 .907 1.84 .944 1.96 17-8-12
3 Seasons 1B 18 154 144 7 3 4 .981 8.39 .981 10.55
5 Seasons 2B 8 20 9 9 2 0 .900 2.25 .950 5.16
2 Seasons SS 3 9 1 4 4 2 .556 1.67 .944 5.33
18 Seasons TOT 444 1134 385 684 65 29 .943 2.41 .890 2.79 17-8-12
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1898 WHS NL 21 39 39 39 17 0 0 1 0 1 6 6 8 20
1899 BRO NL 22 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1900 BRO NL 23 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1901 BRO NL 24 46 46 46 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1902 BRO NL 25 48 48 48 35 0 8 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
1903 DET AL 26 40 40 40 35 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
1904 DET AL 27 46 46 46 34 0 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 1
1905 DET AL 28 44 44 44 34 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 8
1906 DET AL 29 28 28 28 25 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1
1907 DET AL 30 37 37 37 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1908 DET AL 31 30 30 30 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1909 DET AL 32 22 22 22 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1910 DET AL 33 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1911 DET AL 34 24 24 24 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1912 DET AL 35 6 6 6 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1915 NYY AL 38 10 10 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1916 NYY AL 39 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1918 DET AL 41 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Seasons 459 459 459 378 0 18 8 0 3 17 8 12 37
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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