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: 28-17 / in Starts: 23-15

Days of Rest

1901 Pitching Game Log

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1901 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	28	1	Apr 18	BRO	@	PHI	W,12-7	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	12	7	4	5	4	0	0	4.00	3.70	45	40				40	2	1
2	29	4	Apr 26	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	L(1-1)	7	8.0	6	5	2	3	6	0	0	3.18	3.16	34	59				31	1	0
3	30	7	Apr 30	BRO		BSN	W,2-1	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	5	1	1	4	6	0	0	2.42	3.08	33	75				29	1	0
May				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
4	31	12	May 7	BRO	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	W(3-1)	6	9.0	7	2	2	3	2	0	0	2.31	3.18	41	64				38	0	0
5	32	16	May 13	BRO	@	NYG	L,7-7	CG		5	8.0	7	7	5	9	5	0	0	2.93	3.53	39	40				29	0	0
6	33	19	May 16	BRO		CIN	L,4-6	CG	L(3-2)	2	9.0	11	6	6	5	6	0	0	3.46	3.48	41	42				35	3	0
7	34	22	May 22(1)	BRO		STL	W,5-4	CG	W(4-2)	5	9.0	8	4	4	2	8	0	0	3.54	3.24	38	61				36	1	2
8	35	25	May 24	BRO		CHC	W,15-7	CG	W(5-2)	1	9.0	13	7	7	2	3	0	0	3.99	3.20	40	34				38	2	1
9	36	26	May 28	BRO		PIT	W,8-7		W(6-2)	3	4.0	2	2	0	3	4	0	0	3.77	3.20						14
10	37	28	May 30(2)	BRO		PIT	W,8-2	CG	W(7-2)	1	9.0	8	2	1	0	5	0	0	3.47	3.05	34	70				33	1	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
11	38	32	Jun 4	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	W(8-2)	4	9.0	6	3	3	2	4	0	0	3.42	3.01	34	65				32	2	0
12	39	35	Jun 7	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	L(8-3)	2	10.2	11	5	1	2	7	0	1	3.16	2.96	49	65				46	1	0
13	40	38	Jun 10	BRO	@	CHC	W,9-1	CG	W(9-3)	2	9.0	6	1	1	0	6	0	0	2.98	2.85	34	77				34	0	0
14	41	42	Jun 14	BRO	@	STL	L,2-10	GS-	L(9-4)	3	6.0	8	6	3	3	4	0	0	3.06	2.86		39				26
15	42	44	Jun 16	BRO	@	STL	L,5-11			1	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.08	2.88						8
16	43	45	Jun 18	BRO		NYG	W,10-5		W(10-4)	1	4.0	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.98	2.89						18
17	44	47	Jun 20	BRO		CIN	W,8-1	CG	W(11-4)	1	9.0	10	1	1	7	6	0	0	2.85	2.96	41	62				33	1	0
18	45	49	Jun 22(1)	BRO		CHC	L,6-16			1	5.0	9	8	5	3	2	0	2	3.07	3.03						24
19	46	53	Jun 26	BRO		PIT	W,16-3	CG	W(12-4)	3	9.0	7	3	3	4	4	0	1	3.07	3.08	38	61				33	0	0
20	47	56	Jun 29(1)	BRO		STL	W,7-4	CG	W(13-4)	2	9.0	11	4	4	3	6	0	0	3.12	3.05	40	52				35	0	0
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
21	48	59	Jul 2	BRO		STL	L,2-4	CG	L(13-5)	2	7.0	7	4	2	4	5	0	1	3.10	3.07	33	52				28	1	0
22	49	61	Jul 4(2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,9-10	CG	L(13-6)	1	8.0	11	10	7	5	6	0	0	3.32	3.08	43	27				38	1	0
23	50	65	Jul 8	BRO	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	W(14-6)	3	9.0	9	6	2	5	5	0	0	3.26	3.10	37	53				31	2	0
24	51	68	Jul 11	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-4		S(1)	2	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.22	3.10						6
25	52	69	Jul 12	BRO	@	CIN	W,8-6	CG	W(15-6)	0	9.0	14	6	5	5	6	0	0	3.30	3.10	46	38				41	1	0
26	53	72	Jul 15	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	L(15-7)	2	8.1	7	4	2	4	10	1	0	3.26	3.12	38	63				34	2	0
27	54	75	Jul 19	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	W(16-7)	3	9.0	12	4	4	1	4	0	0	3.29	3.09	38	50				37	2	1
28	55	78	Jul 24	BRO		NYG	L,8-10	GS-	L(16-8)	4	6.0	13	8	5	1	4	0	0	3.41	3.06		23				31
29	56	80	Jul 27(1)	BRO	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	L(16-9)	2	10.1	7	2	2	6	9	0	1	3.33	3.07	39	74				30	1	0
30	57	82	Jul 29	BRO	@	PHI	W,7-6		W(17-9)	1	2.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.30	3.03						8
31	58	84	Jul 31	BRO		PHI	L,0-3	CG	L(17-10)	1	9.0	8	3	2	1	8	0	0	3.25	2.97	35	68				33	0	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
32	59	88	Aug 5	BRO	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	L(17-11)	4	8.0	4	2	1	3	2	0	0	3.18	2.99	30	67				24	1	0
33	60	91	Aug 9	BRO		BSN	W,4-3	CG	W(18-11)	3	9.0	6	3	3	3	11	0	0	3.17	2.94	35	71				32	1	0
34	61	93	Aug 10(2)	BRO		BSN	W,8-5		W(19-11)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.17	2.92						2
35	62	95	Aug 14(1)	BRO		PHI	W,5-4	CG	W(20-11)	3	9.0	5	4	2	9	8	0	0	3.13	2.96	42	64				33	0	0
36	63	100	Aug 20(1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	W(21-11)	5	9.0	4	1	0	4	4	0	0	3.02	2.98	34	77				30	1	0
37	64	105	Aug 26	BRO		BSN	L,0-2	CG	L(21-12)	5	9.0	5	2	0	4	6	0	0	2.93	2.98	34	75				29	0	0
38	65	110	Aug 30	BRO	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	W(22-12)	3	9.0	8	3	3	6	2	0	0	2.93	3.02	39	55				30	1	0
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
39	66	113	Sep 3(1)	BRO		STL	W,8-3	CG	W(23-12)	3	9.0	8	3	3	3	9	0	1	2.93	3.00	36	65				32	1	1
40	67	118	Sep 7(1)	BRO		CHC	W,3-0	SHO	W(24-12)	3	9.0	2	0	0	3	8	0	0	2.84	2.97	29	88				26	0	0
41	68	122	Sep 11	BRO		PIT	L,4-5	CG	L(24-13)	3	9.0	11	5	5	3	4	0	0	2.91	2.98	39	46				34	3	1
42	69	125	Sep 16	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	L(24-14)	4	8.0	8	3	3	7	7	0	0	2.92	3.00	36	54				28	1	1
43	70	128	Sep 21	BRO	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	W(25-14)	4	9.0	8	1	1	5	6	0	0	2.86	3.00	38	68				31	1	0
44	71	132	Sep 25	BRO	@	CIN	W,9-2	CG	W(26-14)	3	9.0	7	2	2	4	6	0	1	2.84	3.01	39	67				34	0	2
45	72	136	Oct 5(1)	BRO		NYG	W,8-0	SHO	W(27-14)	9	9.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.77	3.01	30	82				28	0	0
							28-17		W-L:27-14,Sv:1	2.9	351.0	324	151	108	152	232	1	8	2.77	3.01	1351	59				1322	35	10

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