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: 10-15 / in Starts: 10-15

Days of Rest

1906 Pitching Game Log

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1906 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	211	3	Apr 19	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	1		5	3	0	0	0.00	3.37	36					30	1	1
2	212	8	Apr 24	DET	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	L(1-1)	4	8.0	8	2		0	1	0	0	0.00	2.78	29					29	2	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
3	213	15	May 2	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	W(2-1)	7	9.0	9	2		3	2	0	0	0.00	2.83	40					37	1	1
4	214	20	May 7	DET	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	11	3		1	2	0	0	0.00	2.68	39					36	3	1
5	215	23	May 14	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	W(4-1)	6	10.0	5	1		3	8	0	0	0.00	2.46	37					34	0	1
6	216	28	May 19	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	L(4-2)	4	8.0	7	2		5	7	1	0	0.00	2.71	35					27	1	0
7	217	32	May 24	DET	@	NYY	L,6-8	CG	L(4-3)	4	8.0	12	8		5	5	0	1	0.00	2.79	38					29	2	3
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
8	218	38	Jun 1	DET	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	L(4-4)	7	8.0	8	4		2	2	0	1	0.00	2.82	35					32	3	0
9	219	45	Jun 9	DET		BOS	W,7-6	GS-		7	9.0	11	5		4	1	0	0	0.00	2.89						38
10	220	50	Jun 15	DET		PHA	L,0-4	CG	L(4-5)	5	9.0	8	4		3	8	0	0	0.00	2.76	35					31	2	1
11	221	54	Jun 20	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(5-5)	4	9.0	6	1		2	4	0	0	0.00	2.70	34					31	0	0
12	222	60	Jun 25	DET		CLE	L,1-3	CG	L(5-6)	4	9.0	9	3		2	1	0	0	0.00	2.71	36					31	0	1
13	223	65	Jun 30(1)	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	W(6-6)	4	9.0	4	1		0	3	0	0	0.00	2.63	32					31	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
14	224	70	Jul 4(1)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS-	L(6-7)	3	5.0	11	3		0	1	0	1	0.00	2.63						26
15	225	76	Jul 12	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	L(6-8)	7	8.0	2	2		1	3	0	1	0.00	2.61	28					24	0	0
16	226	90	Jul 28	DET		PHA	L,2-8	GS-	L(6-9)	15	4.0	7	7		3	2	0	1	0.00	2.67						19
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
17	227	95	Aug 3	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	W(7-9)	5	10.0	8	2		4	3	0	1	0.00	2.71	40					35	0	0
18	228	100	Aug 8(2)	DET		WSH	L,4-7	CG	L(7-10)	4	9.0	11	7		4	5	0	0	0.00	2.70	39					33	2	1
19	229	109	Aug 18	DET	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	L(7-11)	9	8.0	8	8		4	5	1	0	0.00	2.78	34					28	3	0
20	230	114	Aug 25	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	L(7-12)	6	11.1	16	4		2	9	0	0	0.00	2.68	50					47	2	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
21	231	118	Sep 2	DET	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	L(7-13)	7	5.1	8	1		0	0	1	0	0.00	2.75	24					23	0	0
22	232	127	Sep 11	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	W(8-13)	8	11.0	11	3		6	2	0	1	0.00	2.82	52					44	3	2
23	233	134	Sep 17	DET		BOS	L,2-7	CG	L(8-14)	5	9.0	12	7		3	3	0	0	0.00	2.81	42					34	2	2
24	234	141	Sep 24	DET		NYY	W,7-4	CG	W(9-14)	6	9.0	9	4		8	7	0	0	0.00	2.84	43					35	0	2
25	235	147	Oct 2	DET	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	L(9-15)	7	8.0	12	7		2	1	1	0	0.00	2.90	37					34	1	0
							10-15		W-L:9-15	5.5	211.2	218	92		72	88	4	7		2.90	815					798	28	16

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