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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Team Record in Appearances: 26-5 / in Starts: 23-4

Days of Rest

1907 Pitching Game Log

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1907 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	236	31	May 24	DET		WSH	W,9-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	2		8	2	0	0	0.00	4.40	40					31	0	1
2	237	35	May 31	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(2-0)	6	10.0	3	1		1	5	0	0	0.00	2.86	34					31	0	0
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
3	238	40	Jun 7	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3		S(1)	6	4.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	0.00	2.83						14
4	239	43	Jun 11	DET	@	NYY	W,10-2	CG	W(3-0)	3	9.0	6	2		2	4	0	0	0.00	2.59	35					33	0	1
5	240	47	Jun 18	DET	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	W(4-0)	6	9.0	9	2		2	3	0	0	0.00	2.50	34					32	3	0
6	241	50	Jun 21	DET	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	W(5-0)	2	9.0	9	2		1	4	0	0	0.00	2.34	37					36	2	0
7	242	55	Jun 26	DET		CLE	L,1-4	CG	L(5-1)	4	9.0	11	4		1	1	0	0	0.00	2.33	36					32	1	2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
8	243	61	Jul 2	DET		SLB	W,8-5	CG	W(6-1)	5	9.0	12	5		4	4	0	0	0.00	2.37	44					39	1	0
9	244	65	Jul 5	DET		PHA	W,9-5	CG	W(7-1)	2	9.0	11	5		3	3	0	0	0.00	2.39	41					37	3	1
10	245	68	Jul 9	DET		BOS	L,3-7			3	1.0	1	1		0	0	0	1	0.00	2.42						4
11	246	69	Jul 10	DET		NYY	W,9-4	CG	W(8-1)	0	9.0	7	4		5	1	0	1	0.00	2.58	38					31	0	2
12	247	72	Jul 13	DET		NYY	W,7-3		W(9-1)	2	5.0	7	1		4	1	0	0	0.00	2.67						22
13	248	78	Jul 19	DET		PHA	W,6-1	CG	W(10-1)	5	9.0	5	1		1	3	0	0	0.00	2.60	34					32	0	0
14	249	81	Jul 24	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	L(10-2)	4	8.1	12	4		1	2	0	0	0.00	2.56	36					35	2	2
15	250	85	Jul 27	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	W(11-2)	2	9.0	8	4		6	7	0	1	0.00	2.59	42					35	1	0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
16	251	88	Aug 1	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	W(12-2)	4	9.0	6	3		2	2	0	1	0.00	2.60	35					32	1	0
17	252	93	Aug 5(2)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	W(13-2)	3	9.0	4	2		4	5	0	0	0.00	2.58	34					29	0	0
18	253	96	Aug 10	DET	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	L(13-3)	4	8.0	4	1		3	4	0	0	0.00	2.57	30					26	1	0
19	254	99	Aug 14	DET		PHA	W,9-2	CG	W(14-3)	3	9.0	8	2		2	3	0	2	0.00	2.58	38					34	4	0
20	255	103	Aug 18	DET		NYY	W,13-6	CG	W(15-3)	3	9.0	10	6		4	5	0	1	0.00	2.59	42					37	2	0
21	256	107	Aug 22	DET		BOS	W,8-7	GS-	W(16-3)	3	8.2	8	7		6	4	2	0	0.00	2.78						34
22	257	113	Aug 28	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	W(17-3)	5	9.0	5	3		6	9	0	0	0.00	2.75	37					30	2	1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
23	258	118	Sep 2(2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	L(17-4)	4	8.0	6	4		2	6	0	0	0.00	2.70	33					31	0	0
24	259	122	Sep 6	DET	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	W(18-4)	3	9.0	7	4		1	6	0	0	0.00	2.63	35					33	0	1
25	260	124	Sep 8	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3		W(19-4)	1	4.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	2.59						14
26	261	127	Sep 12(1)	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	W(20-4)	3	10.0	2	2		4	7	0	0	0.00	2.56	37					31	1	0
27	262	130	Sep 13(2)	DET		CLE	W,10-0	SHO	W(21-4)	0	6.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	2.53	20	70				18	0	0
28	263	135	Sep 16	DET		CHW	W,7-0	SHO	W(22-4)	2	9.0	8	0	0	1	10	0	0	0.00	2.45	34	80				33	1	0
29	264	139	Sep 20	DET	@	NYY	W,1-0	SHO	W(23-4)	3	9.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.00	2.40	29	87				29	0	0
30	265	145	Sep 27	DET	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	W(24-4)	6	9.0	13	4		4	5	0	0	0.00	2.40	43					38	4	0
31	266	146	Sep 30	DET	@	PHA	T,9-9	CG		2	17.0	21	9		3	11	1	0	0.00	2.39	73					66	9	0
32	267	150	Oct 3	DET	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	W(25-4)	2	9.0	10	3		0	2	0	0	0.00	2.37	34					34	0	2
							26-5		W-L:25-4,Sv:1	3.3	270.0	226	88	0	83	131	3	8	0.00	2.37	1005	79				993	38	13

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