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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1901 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1901 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	BRO	@	PHI	W,12-7	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
2	4 (2)	Apr 26	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	7 (2)	Apr 30	BRO		BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	12 (4)	May 7	BRO	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
5	16 (3)	May 13	BRO	@	NYG	L,7-7	CG	0	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
6	19 (2)	May 16	BRO		CIN	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
7	22 (2)	May 22 (1)	BRO		STL	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
8	25 (2)	May 24	BRO		CHC	W,15-7	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
9	26	May 28	BRO		PIT	W,8-7	GF	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	28 (1)	May 30 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	32 (3)	Jun 4	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
12	35 (2)	Jun 7	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	10.2	1	2	0	3	0
13	38 (2)	Jun 10	BRO	@	CHC	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
14	42 (3)	Jun 14	BRO	@	STL	L,2-10	GS	0	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	44 (1)	Jun 16	BRO	@	STL	L,5-11	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	45	Jun 18	BRO		NYG	W,10-5	GF	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	47 (1)	Jun 20	BRO		CIN	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	49 (1)	Jun 22 (1)	BRO		CHC	L,6-16	GF	0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	53 (3)	Jun 26	BRO		PIT	W,16-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	56 (2)	Jun 29 (1)	BRO		STL	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	59 (2)	Jul 2	BRO		STL	L,2-4	CG	0	7.0	1	1	1	3	1
22	61 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,9-10	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
23	65 (3)	Jul 8	BRO	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	68 (2)	Jul 11	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-4	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	69	Jul 12	BRO	@	CIN	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
26	72 (2)	Jul 15	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
27	75 (2)	Jul 19	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	78 (2)	Jul 24	BRO		NYG	L,8-10	GS	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	80 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	0	10.1	1	2	0	3	0
30	82 (1)	Jul 29	BRO	@	PHI	W,7-6	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	84 (1)	Jul 31	BRO		PHI	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	88 (3)	Aug 5	BRO	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
33	91 (2)	Aug 9	BRO		BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	93 (1)	Aug 10 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,8-5	GF	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
35	95 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	BRO		PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	100 (4)	Aug 20 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
37	105 (4)	Aug 26	BRO		BSN	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	2	6	0
38	110 (4)	Aug 30	BRO	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	113 (2)	Sep 3 (1)	BRO		STL	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	118 (4)	Sep 7 (1)	BRO		CHC	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
41	122 (3)	Sep 11	BRO		PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
42	125 (2)	Sep 16	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
43	128 (2)	Sep 21	BRO	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
44	132 (3)	Sep 25	BRO	@	CIN	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
45	136 (3)	Oct 5 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
							45gm		351.0	14	75	7	96	5