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: 17-17 / in Starts: 17-17

Days of Rest

1904 Pitching Game Log

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1904 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	143	5	Apr 19	DET	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	1.00	2.86	31	74				29	1	0
2	144	8	Apr 23	DET		SLB	L,1-3	CG	L(1-1)	3	10.0	10	3	3	3	2	0	0	1.89	2.89	41	59				36	1	0
3	145	12	Apr 27	DET		CHW	W,5-3	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	6	3	2	5	2	0	0	1.93	3.13	36	62				28	0	1
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	146	16	May 2	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	10	2	2	1	1	0	0	1.95	2.99	39	59				38	0	1
5	147	21	May 7	DET	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	L(3-2)	4	8.0	9	5	4	2	10	2	0	2.40	3.15	34	54				31	1	1
6	148	24	May 12	DET	@	BOS	L,1-8	GS-	L(3-3)	4	6.0	11	8	6	1	2	2	0	3.18	3.56		23				29
7	149	28	May 17	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	L(3-4)	4	8.0	11	5	2	3	0	0	0	3.05	3.55	39	43				36	0	2
8	150	32	May 23	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	L(3-5)	5	8.0	7	4	1	2	7	0	0	2.82	3.30	33	63				31	1	0
9	151	35	May 26	DET	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	L(3-6)	2	8.0	10	5	4	1	3	0	0	3.00	3.17	35	46				32	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
10	152	38	Jun 1	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	L(3-7)	5	9.0	12	5	3	4	5	0	0	3.00	3.11	38	48				33	1	1
11	153	43	Jun 7	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	L(3-8)	5	9.0	7	4	2	3	3	0	0	2.90	3.07	36	61				32	1	1
12	154	47	Jun 11	DET		WSH	W,8-3	CG	W(4-8)	3	9.0	4	3	2	6	5	0	0	2.82	3.10	37	68				30	0	0
13	155	50	Jun 15	DET		PHA	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-8)	3	9.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	1	2.59	3.02	29	86				26	0	0
14	156	53	Jun 18	DET		PHA	W,7-3	CG	W(6-8)	2	9.0	8	3	3	3	2	1	0	2.63	3.13	35	58				32	0	1
15	157	57	Jun 24	DET		CHW	L,0-4	CG	L(6-9)	5	9.0	6	4	3	3	1	0	1	2.65	3.16	33	59				27	0	0
16	158	61	Jun 27	DET		CHW	L,6-18	GS-	L(6-10)	2	5.0	13	9	8	2	2	0	1	3.09	3.17		7				28
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
17	159	67	Jul 4(2)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	W(7-10)	6	9.0	1	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.96	3.08	29	84				28	0	1
18	160	71	Jul 9	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	W(8-10)	4	10.0	9	3	0	2	4	0	0	2.76	3.03	41	70				38	1	1
19	161	75	Jul 15	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	L(8-11)	5	8.1	9	4	3	3	7	0	1	2.79	2.98	36	55				30	0	1
20	162	79	Jul 19	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	L(8-12)	3	10.1	5	2	1	1	9	0	0	2.67	2.86	38	85				36	1	0
21	163	84	Jul 23(2)	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	W(9-12)	3	9.0	8	2	1	1	3	0	0	2.59	2.82	36	67				34	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
22	164	90	Aug 1	DET		NYY	W,8-6	GS-		8	8.1	14	6	5	5	2	0	1	2.71	2.88		30				39
23	165	97	Aug 9	DET		BOS	W,4-2	CG	W(10-12)	7	9.0	4	2	2	5	1	0	0	2.68	2.92	36	67				31	0	0
24	166	101	Aug 13(1)	DET		WSH	W,4-2	CG	W(11-12)	3	9.0	4	2	0	5	5	0	0	2.57	2.93	35	75				26	0	0
25	167	106	Aug 19	DET	@	WSH	W,5-0	SHO	W(12-12)	5	9.0	4	0	0	4	4	0	1	2.46	2.94	34	79				29	1	0
26	168	110	Aug 23(2)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	W(13-12)	3	9.0	8	2	1	3	6	0	0	2.40	2.90	37	68				33	1	1
27	169	114	Aug 27	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	L(13-13)	3	9.1	10	4	3	1	8	0	1	2.42	2.84	38	61				35	2	0
Sept				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
28	170	118	Sep 1	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	L(13-14)	4	8.0	7	4	2	3	3	0	0	2.41	2.84	32	56				29	0	1
29	171	121	Sep 5(1)	DET		CHW	L,2-5	CG	L(13-15)	3	9.0	9	5	5	4	4	0	1	2.51	2.85	40	49				35	1	0
30	172	127	Sep 9(1)	DET		SLB	W,3-1	CG	W(14-15)	3	9.0	4	1	1	4	2	0	0	2.45	2.87	33	73				29	0	0
31	173	133	Sep 12	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	L(14-16)	2	9.2	11	4	4	3	11	0	0	2.50	2.80	43	59				40	2	0
32	174	139	Sep 17(1)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	W(15-16)	4	9.0	11	5	5	4	8	0	2	2.58	2.80	43	49				37	3	0
33	175	145	Sep 26(1)	DET		BOS	L,0-2	GS-		8	5.0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.54	2.79		68				15
34	176	148	Sep 28	DET		NYY	W,5-0	SHO	W(16-16)	1	9.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.46	2.77	31	83				29	0	0
							17-17		W-L:16-16	3.9	293.0	251	111	80	94	137	5	10	2.46	2.77	1078	60				1071	20	13

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