Bill Donovan
William Edward Donovan
Born: October 13, 1876
Lawrence, MA USA
Deceased: 1923
Forsyth, NY USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, 1B, 2B, SS, RF, CF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: B
Throws: R
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 190
Career: 1898-1918
Minor League Statistics
Bill Donovan compiled a career record of 185 wins and 139 losses in his 467-game career with the Washington Senators, Brooklyn Superbas, Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees. He began playing during the 1898 season and last took the field during the 1918 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1898 | NL | Washington Senators | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.30 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 88 | 74 | 42 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 416 |
1899 | NL | Brooklyn Superbas | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.32 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 119 |
1900 | NL | Brooklyn Superbas | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.68 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 36 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 145 |
1901 | NL | Brooklyn Superbas | 25 | 15 | .625 | 2.77 | 45 | 38 | 7 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 351.0 | 324 | 151 | 108 | 1 | 152 | 0 | 226 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1490 |
1902 | NL | Brooklyn Superbas | 17 | 15 | .531 | 2.78 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 297.7 | 250 | 122 | 92 | 1 | 111 | 0 | 170 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1214 |
1903 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 17 | 16 | .515 | 2.29 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 307.0 | 247 | 104 | 78 | 3 | 95 | 0 | 187 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1223 |
1904 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 16 | 16 | .500 | 2.46 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 293.0 | 251 | 111 | 80 | 5 | 94 | 0 | 137 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 1184 |
1905 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 18 | 15 | .545 | 2.60 | 34 | 32 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 280.7 | 236 | 111 | 81 | 2 | 101 | 0 | 135 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1137 |
1906 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 9 | 15 | .375 | 3.15 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 211.7 | 221 | 92 | 74 | 4 | 72 | 0 | 85 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 893 |
1907 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 25 | 4 | .862 | 2.19 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 271.0 | 222 | 96 | 66 | 3 | 82 | 0 | 123 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1073 |
1908 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 18 | 7 | .720 | 2.08 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 242.7 | 210 | 78 | 56 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 141 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 967 |
1909 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.31 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 140.3 | 121 | 50 | 36 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 76 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 580 |
1910 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 17 | 7 | .708 | 2.44 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 206.7 | 184 | 74 | 56 | 4 | 61 | 0 | 107 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 825 |
1911 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.31 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 168.3 | 160 | 83 | 62 | 4 | 64 | 0 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 726 |
1912 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.90 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
1915 | AL | New York Yankees | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.81 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.7 | 35 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 144 |
1916 | AL | New York Yankees | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
1918 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
Totals | 185 | 139 | .571 | 2.69 | 378 | 327 | 49 | 289 | 35 | 8 | 2964.7 | 2631 | 1212 | 886 | 30 | 1059 | 0 | 1552 | 90 | 0 | 69 | 12201 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1898 | NL | Washington Senators | 39 | 110 | 103 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 28 | .165 | .211 | .282 | .493 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1899 | NL | Brooklyn Superbas | 5 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .231 | .231 | .308 | .538 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1900 | NL | Brooklyn Superbas | 5 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1901 | NL | Brooklyn Superbas | 46 | 151 | 135 | 16 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 27 | .170 | .217 | .237 | .454 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
1902 | NL | Brooklyn Superbas | 48 | 174 | 161 | 16 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 26 | .174 | .227 | .236 | .463 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1903 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 40 | 137 | 124 | 11 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 34 | .242 | .266 | .298 | .564 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
1904 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 46 | 148 | 140 | 12 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 41 | .271 | .287 | .321 | .608 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1905 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 44 | 156 | 130 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 28 | .192 | .266 | .223 | .489 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
1906 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 28 | 96 | 91 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 32 | .121 | .130 | .143 | .273 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1907 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 37 | 119 | 109 | 20 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 34 | .266 | .304 | .367 | .671 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1908 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 30 | 93 | 82 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 26 | .159 | .250 | .171 | .421 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1909 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 22 | 53 | 45 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .200 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1910 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 26 | 76 | 69 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24 | .145 | .203 | .159 | .362 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1911 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 24 | 72 | 60 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .200 | .324 | .333 | .657 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1912 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 6 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1915 | AL | New York Yankees | 10 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1916 | AL | New York Yankees | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1918 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 459 | 1440 | 1302 | 142 | 251 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 95 | 36 | 0 | 77 | 321 | .193 | .241 | .249 | .490 | 324 | 0 | 6 | 55 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1898 | NL | Washington Senators | OF | 20 | 0 | 158.0 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .933 | 2.392 | 2.100 |
1898 | NL | Washington Senators | P | 17 | 0 | 88.0 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 2 | .885 | 2.352 | 1.353 |
1898 | NL | Washington Senators | SS | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 3.600 | 2.000 |
1898 | NL | Washington Senators | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1899 | NL | Brooklyn Superbas | P | 5 | 0 | 25.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.160 | 1.200 |
1900 | NL | Brooklyn Superbas | P | 5 | 0 | 31.0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.484 | 2.400 |
1901 | NL | Brooklyn Superbas | P | 45 | 0 | 351.0 | 14 | 75 | 7 | 5 | .927 | 2.282 | 1.978 |
1902 | NL | Brooklyn Superbas | P | 35 | 0 | 298.0 | 20 | 71 | 5 | 2 | .948 | 2.748 | 2.600 |
1902 | NL | Brooklyn Superbas | 1B | 8 | 0 | 79.0 | 87 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .989 | 1.709 | 11.750 |
1902 | NL | Brooklyn Superbas | OF | 4 | 0 | 39.0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.846 | 2.000 |
1902 | NL | Brooklyn Superbas | 2B | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.625 | 5.000 |
1903 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 35 | 0 | 307.0 | 25 | 65 | 6 | 2 | .938 | 2.638 | 2.571 |
1903 | AL | Detroit Tigers | OF | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.077 | 3.000 |
1903 | AL | Detroit Tigers | SS | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .600 | 3.375 | 1.500 |
1903 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 |
1904 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 34 | 34 | 293.0 | 28 | 89 | 4 | 2 | .967 | 3.594 | 3.441 |
1904 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 1B | 8 | 7 | 44.0 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .981 | 1.636 | 6.500 |
1904 | AL | Detroit Tigers | OF | 1 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1905 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 34 | 32 | 281.0 | 16 | 67 | 6 | 3 | .933 | 2.658 | 2.441 |
1905 | AL | Detroit Tigers | OF | 8 | 7 | 55.0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.291 | 1.750 |
1905 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 2B | 2 | 1 | 8.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.500 | 2.000 |
1906 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 25 | 25 | 212.0 | 11 | 62 | 3 | 1 | .961 | 3.099 | 2.920 |
1906 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 2B | 3 | 3 | 28.0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.571 | 2.667 |
1906 | AL | Detroit Tigers | OF | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
1907 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 32 | 28 | 271.0 | 13 | 56 | 4 | 0 | .945 | 2.292 | 2.156 |
1908 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 29 | 28 | 243.0 | 16 | 39 | 5 | 0 | .917 | 2.037 | 1.897 |
1909 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 21 | 17 | 140.0 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 2.443 | 1.810 |
1910 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 26 | 23 | 207.0 | 9 | 33 | 2 | 2 | .955 | 1.826 | 1.615 |
1911 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 1.450 | |
1912 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | |
1912 | AL | Detroit Tigers | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
1912 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | |
1915 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .889 | |
1916 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
1918 | AL | Detroit Tigers | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | |
Totals | 444 | 207 | 3215.0 | 385 | 684 | 65 | 29 | .943 | 2.993 | 2.408 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1907 | AL | Detroit Tigers | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.71 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 86 |
1908 | AL | Detroit Tigers | WS | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67 |
1909 | AL | Detroit Tigers | WS | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
Totals | 1 | 4 | .200 | 2.88 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 41 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 204 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1907 | AL | Detroit Tigers | WS | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1908 | AL | Detroit Tigers | WS | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1909 | AL | Detroit Tigers | WS | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 6 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .059 | .000 | .059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1907 | AL | Detroit Tigers | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 21.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.143 | 2.500 |
1908 | AL | Detroit Tigers | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 17.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.588 | 1.500 |
1909 | AL | Detroit Tigers | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 12.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 3.750 | 2.500 |
Totals | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 2.340 | 2.167 |
Awards
1908 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P5
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