Bill Donovan

Willard Earl Donovan

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 198 lb.

Born: July 6, 1916 in Maywood, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1942
Team: Braves 1942-1943

Final Game: June 20, 1943
Died: September 25, 1997 in Maywood, IL
Buried: Chapel Hill Gardens West, Oakbrook Terrace, IL
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1936	19	REI	D	32	88	88		15	1	1	1					.170	.170	.239	.409		21					REI · BIST
1937	20	CHC-min	B	37	63	63		15	4	0	1					.238	.238	.349	.587		22					PTH · PIED
1938	21	CHC-min	D,B	53	149	149		39	4	1	1					.262	.262	.322	.584		48					MTA,PTH · BIST,PIED
1939	22	ATL-PHI-min	D,C,B	27	79	79		14	2	0	1					.177	.177	.139	.316		11					TAR,CHL,PTH · COPL,MATL,PIED
1940	23	ATL-min	B,A	30	74	74		17	2	0	0					.230	.230	.257	.486		19					EVN,HFD · IIIL,EL
1941	24	ATL-min	B	30	69	69		12	3	0	0					.174	.174	.217	.391		15					EVN · IIIL
1942	25	BSN	NL	31	29	25	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	.240	.296	.240	.536	60	6	1	0	2	1
1943	26	ATL-min	A																							HFD · EL
1943	26	BSN	NL	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	94	1	0	0	0	/1
2 Yrs				38	32	28	1	7	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	.250	.300	.250	.550	64	7	1	0	2
162 Game Avg.				162	136	119	4	30	0	0	0	4	0	9	26	.250	.300	.250	.550	64	30	4	0	9

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	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1942	25	BSN	NL	31	29	-1	3	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.506	.501	0.2	-0.0	3	$	1
1943	26	BSN	NL	7	3	-0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.503	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
2 Seasons				38	32	-1	3	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.506	.501	0.2	-0.0	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
1942	25	BSN	NL	29	22	2	2.4	84	.286	.240	.253	.296	.324	.240	.351	.536	.675	60	.308	-1.2	-0.1	.400	.080	.000
1943	26	BSN	NL	3	2	0	0.0	88	1.000	.333	.262	.333	.331	.333	.356	.667	.687	94	.000	-0.0	0.0	.500	.000	.000
2 Yrs				32	24	2	2.2	85	.318	.250	.254	.300	.325	.250	.351	.550	.676	64	.275	-1.3	-0.1	.409	.071	.000
162 Game Avg.				136	102	9	2.2	85	.318	.250	.254	.300	.325	.250	.351	.550	.676	64	.275	-1.3	-0.1	.409	.071	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1942	25	BSN	NL	29	0.0%	13.8%	6.9%	0.0%	0%	2.00	6.3		25.0	72%
1943	26	BSN	NL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.5			33%
2 Yrs				32	0.0%	18.8%	6.3%	0.0%	0%	3.00	4.7		28.0	69%
MLB Averages					1.1%	8.9%	8.9%	5.5%	24%	1.01	10.0	85.2	9.3	79%

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
1942	25	31	29	25	1	6	0	0	0	1	0		2	4	.240	.296	.240	.536	60	6	1	0	2
1943	26	38	32	28	1	7	0	0	0	1	0		2	6	.250	.300	.250	.550	64	7	1	0	2

Neutralized Batting

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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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1942	25	33	31	27	1	7	1	2	4	.259	.310	.259	.570	2	31
1943	26	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
2 Yrs		40	34	30	1	7	1	2	6	.233	.281	.233	.515	2	38
162 Game Avg.		162	138	122	4	28	4	8	24	.233	.281	.233	.515	8	38

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