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

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1898	21	WHS	NL	1	6	.143	4.30	17	7	10	6	0	0	88.0	88	74	42	0	69		36	7	0	12	416	86	4.54	1.784	9.0	0.0	7.1	3.7	0.52
1899	22	BRO	NL	1	2	.333	4.32	5	2	2	2	0	1	25.0	35	22	12	0	13		11	0	0	1	119	91	3.62	1.920	12.6	0.0	4.7	4.0	0.85
1900	23	BRO	NL	1	2	.333	6.68	5	4	1	2	0	0	31.0	36	23	23	0	18		13	3	0	1	145	58	4.02	1.742	10.5	0.0	5.2	3.8	0.72
1901	24	BRO	NL	25	15	.625	2.77	45	38	7	36	2	3	351.0	324	151	108	1	*152*		226	8	0	10	1490	121	3.04	1.356	8.3	*0.0*	3.9	5.8	1.49
1902	25	BRO	NL	17	15	.531	2.78	35	33	2	30	4	1	297.2	250	122	92	1	111		170	7	0	7	1214	99	2.76	1.213	7.6	0.0	3.4	5.1	1.53
1903	26	DET	AL	17	16	.515	2.29	35	34	1	34	4	0	307.0	247	104	78	3	95		187	5	0	7	1223	126	2.64	1.114	7.2	0.1	2.8	5.5	1.97
1904	27	DET	AL	16	16	.500	2.46	34	34	0	30	3	0	293.0	251	111	80	5	94		137	10	0	11	1184	104	2.77	1.177	7.7	0.2	2.9	4.2	1.46
1905	28	DET	AL	18	15	.545	2.60	34	32	2	27	5	0	280.2	236	111	81	2	101		135	10	0	4	1137	104	2.84	1.201	7.6	0.1	3.2	4.3	1.34
1906	29	DET	AL	9	15	.375	3.15	25	25	0	22	0	0	211.2	221	92	74	4	72		85	8	0	2	893	87	2.94	1.384	9.4	0.2	3.1	3.6	1.18
1907	30	DET	AL	25	4	*.862*	2.19	32	28	4	27	3	1	271.0	222	96	66	3	82		123	8	0	2	1073	118	2.41	1.122	7.4	0.1	2.7	4.1	1.50
1908	31	DET	AL	18	7	.720	2.08	29	28	1	25	6	0	242.2	210	78	56	2	53		141	6	0	3	967	115	1.78	1.084	7.8	0.1	2.0	5.2	2.66
1909	32	DET	AL	8	7	.533	2.31	21	17	4	13	4	2	140.1	121	50	36	0	60		76	6	0	4	580	110	2.54	1.290	7.8	0.0	3.8	4.9	1.27
1910	33	DET	AL	17	7	.708	2.44	26	23	3	20	3	0	206.2	184	74	56	4	61		107	7	0	2	825	108	2.52	1.185	8.0	0.2	2.7	4.7	1.75
1911	34	DET	AL	10	9	.526	3.31	20	19	1	15	1	0	168.1	160	83	62	4	64		81	3	0	3	707	105	3.31	1.331	8.6	0.2	3.4	4.3	1.27
1912	35	DET	AL	1	0	1.000	0.90	3	1	2	0	0	0	10.0	5	2	1	0	2		6	1	0	0	37	381	2.55	0.700	4.5	0.0	1.8	5.4	3.00

1915	38	NYY	AL	0	3	.000	4.81	9	1	7	0	0	0	33.2	35	18	18	1	10		17	1	0	0	137	62	2.77	1.337	9.4	0.3	2.7	4.5	1.70
1916	39	NYY	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	5		5.32	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00

1918	41	DET	AL	1	0	1.000	1.50	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	5	1	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	23	193	2.40	1.000	7.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.00
18 Yrs				185	139	.571	2.69	378	327	49	289	35	8	2964.2	2631	1212	886	30	1059		1552	90	0	69	12175	106	2.77	1.245	8.0	0.1	3.2	4.7	1.47
162 Game Avg.				18	13	.571	2.69	36	32	5	28	3	1	286	254	117	85	3	102		150	9	0	7	1174	106	2.77	1.245	8.0	0.1	3.2	4.7	1.47
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
DET (11 yrs)				140	96	.593	2.49	261	242	19	213	29	3	2137.1	1862	802	591	27	685		1079	64	0	38	8649	109	2.62	1.192	7.8	0.1	2.9	4.5	1.58
BRO (4 yrs)				44	34	.564	3.00	90	77	12	70	6	5	704.2	645	318	235	2	294		420	18	0	19	2968	105	2.99	1.333	8.2	0.0	3.8	5.4	1.43
NYY (2 yrs)				0	3	.000	4.67	10	1	8	0	0	0	34.2	36	18	18	1	11		17	1	0	0	142	65	2.84	1.356	9.3	0.3	2.9	4.4	1.55
WHS (1 yr)				1	6	.143	4.30	17	7	10	6	0	0	88.0	88	74	42	0	69		36	7	0	12	416	86	4.54	1.784	9.0	0.0	7.1	3.7	0.52

AL (13 yrs)				140	99	.586	2.52	271	243	27	213	29	3	2172.0	1898	820	609	28	696		1096	65	0	38	8791	108	2.62	1.194	7.9	0.1	2.9	4.5	1.57
NL (5 yrs)				45	40	.529	3.15	107	84	22	76	6	5	792.2	733	392	277	2	363		456	25	0	31	3384	102	3.16	1.383	8.3	0.0	4.1	5.2	1.26