Bill Donovan

Positions: Pitcher, Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-11, 190lb (180cm, 86kg)

Born: October 13, 1876 in Lawrence, MA us

Died: December 9, 1923 in Forsyth, NY

Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, PA

Debut: April 22, 1898 (Age 21-191d, 2,046th in major league history)

Last Game: September 2, 1918 (Age 41-324d)
vs. CHW 5.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1898 season

Full Name: William Edward Donovan

Nicknames: Wild Bill

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

44.8

185

139

ERA

2.69

378

327

2964.2

1552

WHIP

1.245

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-19 / in Starts: 19-17
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	40 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games

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1903 Batting Game Log

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1903 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
1	144	2 (1)	Apr 23	DET		CLE	W,11-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		1	0	0				0		.333	.500	.333	.833	9			P
2	145	6 (3)	Apr 29	DET		CHW	W,10-1	CG	4	4	2	1	0	1	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.286	.375	.571	.946	9			P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
3	146	10 (3)	May 4	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1		.364	.417	.545	.962	9			P
4	147	15 (4)	May 9	DET	@	CLE	W,13-1	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				1		.400	.438	.533	.971	9			P
5	148	19 (3)	May 13	DET		NYY	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.368	.400	.474	.874	9			P
6	149	23 (3)	May 18	DET		BOS	W,12-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.348	.375	.435	.810	9			P
7	150	27 (3)	May 23	DET		WSH	W,4-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0				0		.320	.370	.400	.770	9			P
8	151	34 (6)	May 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.286	.333	.357	.690	9			P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
9	152	35	Jun 1	DET		SLB	L,6-7	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.276	.323	.345	.667	9			PH
10	153	38 (2)	Jun 5	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0				0		.242	.286	.303	.589	9			P
11	154	42 (3)	Jun 10	DET	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.250	.289	.306	.595	9			P
12	155	46 (3)	Jun 16	DET	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.237	.293	.289	.582	9			P
13	156	48 (1)	Jun 23	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.244	.295	.293	.588	9			P
14	157	52 (3)	Jun 27	DET		PHA	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.233	.283	.279	.562	9			P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
15	158	56 (3)	Jul 1	DET		WSH	L,1-4	0-GF	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.261	.306	.304	.610	9			P
16	159	59 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	1				0		.245	.288	.286	.574	9			P
17	160	61 (1)	Jul 7	DET	@	PHA	W,8-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.245	.286	.283	.569	9			P
18	161	62	Jul 8	DET	@	WSH	W,7-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.241	.281	.278	.558	9			PH
19	162	64 (1)	Jul 10	DET	@	WSH	W,10-6	CG	5	5	1	4	1	1	0	4	0		0	0	0				0		.288	.323	.373	.695	9			P
20	163	66 (1)	Jul 13	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				2		.302	.333	.381	.714	9			P
21	164	70 (3)	Jul 17	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG(10)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.288	.319	.364	.682	9			P
22	165	73 (2)	Jul 23	DET		CHW	W,5-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.290	.319	.362	.682	9			P
23	166	76 (2)	Jul 26 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				1		.296	.333	.366	.700	9			P
24	167	80 (3)	Jul 30	DET		SLB	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.297	.333	.365	.698	9			P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
25	168	85 (4)	Aug 3	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.299	.333	.364	.697	9			P
26	169	88 (2)	Aug 6	DET	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.288	.321	.350	.671	9			P
27	170	93 (4)	Aug 14	DET		BOS	L,3-6	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.289	.322	.361	.683	9			P
28	171	97 (3)	Aug 18 (1)	DET		NYY	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	1				0		.282	.315	.353	.668	9			P
29	172	101 (3)	Aug 21 (1)	DET		PHA	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.284	.315	.352	.667	9			P
30	173	106 (4)	Aug 25	DET		CHW	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.297	.326	.374	.700	9			P
31	174	107	Aug 26	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.284	.313	.358	.671	8			CF
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	acLI	cWPA	Pos
32	175	110 (2)	Sep 2	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.276	.304	.347	.651	9			P
33	176	115 (4)	Sep 6 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.270	.298	.340	.638	9			P
34	177	120 (4)	Sep 12 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.269	.296	.337	.633	9			P
35	178	124 (3)	Sep 16	DET	@	WSH	L,8-10	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.259	.286	.324	.610	9			P
36	179	128 (3)	Sep 21	DET	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.252	.278	.315	.594	9			P
37	180	130 (1)	Sep 23 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	1				0		.254	.280	.316	.595	9			P
38	181	133 (2)	Sep 25	DET	@	BOS	T,6-6	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.246	.270	.305	.576	9			P
39	182	134	Sep 26 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,13-8	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.246	.276	.303	.579	7			SS
40	183	135	Sep 26 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG(6)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.242	.271	.298	.570	7			2B SS
							20-19		138	124	11	30	3	2	0	11	5		29	0	9				5		.242	.271	.298	.570

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