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: 17-16 / in Starts: 16-15

Days of Rest

1902 Pitching Game Log

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1902 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	73	1	Apr 17	BRO		BSN	W,2-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	3	1	0	4	3	0	0	0.00	3.33	37	78				33	0	0
2	74	5	Apr 21	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-8	GS-	L(1-1)	3	5.0	7	6	4	6	4	0	0	2.57	3.81		31				22
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
3	75	14	May 2	BRO		BSN	L,2-4	CG	L(1-2)	10	9.0	4	4	3	4	1	0	1	2.74	3.93	37	62				31	0	0
4	76	18	May 9	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-12	CG	L(1-3)	6	8.0	13	12	10	8	4	0	1	4.94	4.22	44	8				33	3	0
5	77	22	May 13	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	L(1-4)	3	8.0	1	2	1	3	2	0	0	4.15	4.03	29	73				24	0	0
6	78	26	May 17	BRO	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	L(1-5)	3	8.0	11	4	4	6	4	0	0	4.21	4.01	37	42				28	3	0
7	79	30	May 22	BRO	@	CIN	W,9-5	CG	W(2-5)	4	9.0	12	5	2	5	8	0	0	3.86	3.77	43	52				36	0	1
8	80	34	May 30(2)	BRO		BSN	W,10-3	CG	W(3-5)	7	9.0	9	3	2	5	6	0	0	3.60	3.67	42	60				37	0	1
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
9	81	39	Jun 5	BRO		CIN	W,4-0	SHO	W(4-5)	5	9.0	3	0	0	3	8	0	0	3.16	3.45	34	86				30	1	0
10	82	43	Jun 9	BRO		CHC	W,6-5	CG	W(5-5)	3	9.0	8	5	4	5	7	0	0	3.25	3.38	40	55				35	1	0
11	83	46	Jun 13	BRO		STL	L,3-4			3	3.2	3	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.32	3.31						14
12	84	48	Jun 16	BRO		STL	W,12-1	CG	W(6-5)	2	9.0	2	1	0	2	4	0	0	3.01	3.23	33	83				30	0	0
13	85	51	Jun 19	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	W(7-5)	2	9.0	6	1	0	4	2	0	0	2.75	3.26	36	71				32	1	0
14	86	55	Jun 25	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	L(7-6)	5	8.0	6	4	4	6	3	0	1	2.88	3.35	36	51				27	1	0
15	87	59	Jun 28(2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	L(7-7)	2	8.0	8	5	4	5	5	0	0	2.98	3.35	34	48				29	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
16	88	62	Jul 1(2)	BRO		PHI	W,8-6	CG	W(8-7)	2	9.0	12	6	6	3	6	0	0	3.19	3.28	42	42				38	2	0
17	89	66	Jul 5	BRO	@	PIT	W,2-0	SHO	W(9-7)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.99	3.22	34	77				33	1	0
18	90	70	Jul 9	BRO	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	L(9-8)	3	8.0	3	2	1	2	3	0	0	2.88	3.19	30	71				27	0	1
19	91	74	Jul 13	BRO	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	L(9-9)	3	8.0	7	2	2	1	5	0	0	2.85	3.11	31	64				30	1	0
20	92	76	Jul 15	BRO	@	CHC	W,8-4		W(10-9)	1	4.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.78	3.08						15
21	93	78	Jul 18	BRO		BSN	W,2-1	CG	W(11-9)	2	10.0	7	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.67	3.02	39	78				37	1	1
22	94	81	Jul 22(1)	BRO		PHI	W,7-5	CG	W(12-9)	3	9.0	13	5	3	4	3	0	0	2.68	3.04	44	44				40	0	0
23	95	86	Jul 26	BRO		NYG	W,5-1	CG	W(13-9)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	1	2.60	2.99	32	76				30	2	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
24	96	91	Aug 1	BRO		PIT	T,6-6	GS-		5	9.0	12	6	6	4	3	0	0	2.76	3.00		38				39
25	97	95	Aug 7	BRO		STL	L,1-11	GS-	L(13-10)	5	5.0	12	10	6	0	4	0	0	2.96	2.96		15				27
26	98	98	Aug 11	BRO		STL	W,3-0	SHO	W(14-10)	3	8.0	4	0	0	4	5	0	0	2.85	2.95	29	75				25	1	0
27	99	103	Aug 17	BRO	@	STL	T,7-7	CG		5	18.0	14	7	7	7	13	0	0	2.90	2.91	73	82				63	0	0
28	100	108	Aug 21	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	W(15-10)	3	9.0	11	4	4	2	6	1	0	2.94	2.93	40	53				38	1	0
29	101	113	Aug 24(2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,5-8	CG	L(15-11)	2	9.0	12	8	7	1	7	0	0	3.09	2.88	42	39				39	5	2
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
30	102	117	Sep 1(1)	BRO		PIT	L,3-4	CG	L(15-12)	7	9.0	5	4	4	3	6	0	1	3.12	2.87	35	64				30	0	0
31	103	122	Sep 4	BRO		CHC	L,0-1	CG	L(15-13)	2	9.0	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	3.02	2.84	33	76				31	1	0
32	104	126	Sep 10	BRO		CIN	W,5-0	SHO	W(16-13)	5	9.0	5	0	0	0	7	0	1	2.92	2.80	34	84				33	0	0
33	105	131	Sep 16	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	W(17-13)	5	9.0	2	2	0	3	7	0	0	2.82	2.77	32	83				29	1	0
34	106	136	Sep 27(1)	BRO		NYG	L,0-4	CG	L(17-14)	10	9.0	7	4	1	2	3	0	0	2.77	2.77	38	64				34	1	0
35	107	140	Oct 2	BRO	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	L(17-15)	4	8.0	7	4	3	2	6	0	0	2.78	2.75	35	58				32	0	0
							17-16		W-L:17-15	3.6	297.2	250	122	92	111	170	1	6	2.78	2.75	1125	60				1111	27	6

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