William Edward Donovan
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[edit] Biography
Born on October 13, 1876 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Bill Donovan (William Edward Donovan) played for the Washington Senators, Brooklyn Superbas, Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees over the course of his 18 year career. Donovan broke into the bigs on April 22, 1898 with the Washington Senators, and put up a 4.30 ERA in 88 innings pitched in 1898, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bill Donovan's best season was 1901, when he posted a 2.77 ERA, won 25 games and struck out 226 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | WAS | N | 17 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4.30 | 36 | 74 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 88 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 12 | 7 |
| 1899 | BRO | N | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4.32 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 35 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1900 | BRO | N | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6.68 | 13 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 36 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1901 | BRO | N | 45 | 38 | 25 | 15 | 2.77 | 226 | 151 | 108 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 351 | 324 | 1 | 152 | 0 | 10 | 8 |
| 1902 | BRO | N | 35 | 33 | 17 | 15 | 2.78 | 170 | 122 | 92 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 297.2 | 250 | 1 | 111 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 1903 | DET | A | 35 | 34 | 17 | 16 | 2.29 | 187 | 104 | 78 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 307 | 247 | 3 | 95 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 1904 | DET | A | 34 | 34 | 17 | 16 | 2.46 | 137 | 111 | 80 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 293 | 251 | 5 | 94 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 1905 | DET | A | 34 | 32 | 18 | 15 | 2.60 | 135 | 111 | 81 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 280.2 | 236 | 2 | 101 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 1906 | DET | A | 25 | 25 | 9 | 15 | 3.15 | 85 | 92 | 74 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 211.2 | 221 | 4 | 72 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 1907 | DET | A | 32 | 28 | 25 | 4 | 2.19 | 123 | 96 | 66 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 271 | 222 | 3 | 82 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 1908 | DET | A | 29 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 2.08 | 141 | 78 | 56 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 242.2 | 210 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1909 | DET | A | 21 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2.31 | 76 | 50 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 140.1 | 121 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 1910 | DET | A | 26 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 2.44 | 107 | 74 | 56 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 206.2 | 184 | 4 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 1911 | DET | A | 20 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 3.31 | 81 | 83 | 62 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 168.1 | 160 | 4 | 64 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1912 | DET | A | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .90 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1915 | NY | A | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4.81 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.2 | 35 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1916 | NY | A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | DET | A | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.50 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 107 | 84 | 45 | 40 | 3.15 | 456 | 392 | 277 | 76 | 6 | 5 | 792.2 | 733 | 2 | 363 | 0 | 31 | 25 | |
| Total | AL | 271 | 243 | 141 | 99 | 2.52 | 1096 | 820 | 609 | 213 | 29 | 3 | 2172 | 1898 | 28 | 696 | 0 | 38 | 66 | |
| Total | 378 | 327 | 186 | 139 | 2.69 | 1552 | 1212 | 886 | 289 | 35 | 8 | 2964.2 | 2631 | 30 | 1059 | 0 | 69 | 91 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | WAS | N | OF | 20 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .933 |
| 1898 | WAS | N | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1898 | WAS | N | P | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .885 |
| 1898 | WAS | N | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| 1899 | BRO | N | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .857 |
| 1900 | BRO | N | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1901 | BRO | N | P | 45 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 75 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .927 |
| 1902 | BRO | N | OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .889 |
| 1902 | BRO | N | P | 35 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 71 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .948 |
| 1902 | BRO | N | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1902 | BRO | N | 1B | 8 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .989 |
| 1903 | DET | A | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .600 |
| 1903 | DET | A | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1903 | DET | A | P | 35 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 65 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .938 |
| 1903 | DET | A | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1904 | DET | A | P | 34 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 89 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .967 |
| 1904 | DET | A | 1B | 8 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .981 |
| 1904 | DET | A | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1905 | DET | A | P | 34 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 67 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .933 |
| 1905 | DET | A | OF | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1905 | DET | A | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .800 |
| 1906 | DET | A | P | 25 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .961 |
| 1906 | DET | A | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .889 |
| 1906 | DET | A | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| 1907 | DET | A | P | 32 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .945 |
| 1908 | DET | A | P | 29 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .917 |
| 1909 | DET | A | P | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .974 |
| 1910 | DET | A | P | 26 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .955 |
| 1911 | DET | A | P | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .935 |
| 1912 | DET | A | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .833 |
| 1912 | DET | A | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1912 | DET | A | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1915 | NY | A | P | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1916 | NY | A | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1918 | DET | A | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | 1B | 18 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .981 | ||
| Total | P | 378 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 654 | 49 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .944 | ||
| Total | 2B | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .900 | ||
| Total | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .556 | ||
| Total | OF | 37 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .907 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | WAS | N | 39 | 103 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 8 | .165 | .211 | .282 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1899 | BRO | N | 5 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .308 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1900 | BRO | N | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1901 | BRO | N | 46 | 135 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 13 | .170 | .217 | .237 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1902 | BRO | N | 48 | 161 | 16 | 28 | 1 | 16 | .174 | .227 | .236 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1903 | DET | A | 40 | 124 | 11 | 30 | 0 | 12 | .242 | .266 | .298 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1904 | DET | A | 46 | 140 | 12 | 38 | 1 | 6 | .271 | .287 | .321 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1905 | DET | A | 44 | 130 | 16 | 25 | 0 | 5 | .192 | .266 | .223 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1906 | DET | A | 28 | 91 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .121 | .130 | .143 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1907 | DET | A | 37 | 109 | 20 | 29 | 0 | 19 | .266 | .304 | .367 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1908 | DET | A | 30 | 82 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 2 | .159 | .250 | .171 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1909 | DET | A | 22 | 45 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .250 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1910 | DET | A | 26 | 69 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | .145 | .203 | .159 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1911 | DET | A | 24 | 60 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 6 | .200 | .324 | .333 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1912 | DET | A | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .143 | .077 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | NY | A | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .154 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | NY | A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | DET | A | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 143 | 425 | 45 | 71 | 5 | 39 | .167 | .213 | .242 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | AL | 316 | 877 | 97 | 180 | 2 | 54 | .205 | .255 | .252 | 21 | 7 | 56 | 6 | 2 | 44 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 459 | 1302 | 142 | 251 | 7 | 93 | .193 | .241 | .249 | 30 | 11 | 77 | 6 | 6 | 55 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
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