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William Edward Donovan

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Full Name: William Edward Donovan Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/190 First Game: April 22, 1898
Birthdate: October 13, 1876 Final Game: September 2, 1918
Birthplace: Lawrence, Massachusetts MLB Experience: 18 years
Died: December 9, 1923
Deathplace: Forsyth, New York
Bat/Throw: Both/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[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.

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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

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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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