Bill Donovan
Bill Donovan
Full name: William Edward Donovan
Born: October 13, 1876, Lawrence, Massachusetts
Died December 9, 1923, Forsyth, New York
Buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Pennsylvania
First Game: April 22, 1898; Final Game: September 2, 1918
Managed First Game: April 14, 1915; Managed Final Game: July 24, 1921
Umpired First Game: August 2, 1902; Umpired Final Game: August 31, 1906
Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 190
Bill Donovan
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1898 WAS N 39 103 11 17 2 2 2 8 4 2 1 2 .165 .211 .282 -0.5 1898 WAS N
1899 BRO N 5 13 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .231 .308 0.0 1899 BRO N
1900 BRO N 5 13 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1900 BRO N
1901 BRO N 46 135 16 23 3 0 2 13 8 0 8 1 .170 .217 .237 0.0 1901 BRO N
1902 BRO N 48 161 16 28 3 2 1 16 9 0 2 2 7 .174 .227 .236 -0.3 1902 BRO N
1903 DET A 40 124 11 30 3 2 0 12 4 0 9 3 .242 .266 .298 -0.1 1903 DET A
1904 DET A 46 140 12 38 2 1 1 6 3 0 5 2 .271 .287 .321 -0.3 1904 DET A
1905 DET A 44 130 16 25 4 0 0 5 12 1 13 8 .192 .266 .223 -0.1 1905 DET A
1906 DET A 28 91 5 11 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 6 .121 .130 .143 -0.3 1906 DET A
1907 DET A 37 109 20 29 7 2 0 19 6 0 4 4 .266 .304 .367 0.0 1907 DET A
1908 DET A 30 82 5 13 1 0 0 2 10 0 1 2 .159 .250 .171 0.0 1908 DET A
1909 DET A 22 45 6 9 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 0 .200 .250 .200 0.0 1909 DET A
1910 DET A 26 69 6 10 1 0 0 2 5 0 2 0 .145 .203 .159 0.0 1910 DET A
1911 DET A 24 60 11 12 3 1 1 6 11 0 1 1 .200 .324 .333 0.0 1911 DET A
1912 DET A 6 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .077 .143 .077 -0.2 1912 DET A
1915 NY A 10 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 .083 .154 .083 0.0 1915 NY A
1916 NY A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1916 NY A
1918 DET A 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0.0 1918 DET A
Total NL 143 425 45 71 9 4 5 39 21 0i 4 11 10 .167 .213 .242 -0.8 Total NL
Total AL 316 877 97 180 21 7 2 54 56 6i 2 44 26 0i .205 .255 .252 -1.0 Total AL
Total 459 1302 142 251 30 11 7 93 77 6i 6 55 36 0i .193 .241 .249 -1.8 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1907 DET A Daily Splits 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1907 DET A
1908 DET A Daily Splits 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 1908 DET A
1909 DET A Daily Splits 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1909 DET A
Total Splits 6 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 .059 .000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB SO SH WP HPB BK W L ERA PW Year Team
1898 WAS N 17 7 6 0 10 0 88 88 421 0 74 42 69 36 3 12 7 0 1 6 4.30 -0.8 1898 WAS N
1899 BRO N 5 2 2 0 2 1 25 35 116 0 22 12 13 11 0 1 0 0 1 2 4.32 -0.3 1899 BRO N
1900 BRO N 5 4 2 0 1 0 31 36 147 0 23 23 18 13 3 1 3 0 1 2 6.68 -0.6 1900 BRO N
1901 BRO N 45 38 36 2 7 3 351 324 1529 1 151 108 152 226 26 10 8 0 25 15 2.77 2.2 1901 BRO N
1902 BRO N 35 33 30 4 2 1 297.2 250 1253 1 122 92 111 170 27 7 7 0 17 15 2.78 0.1 1902 BRO N
1903 DET A 35 34 34 4 1 0 307 247 1231 3 104 78 95 187 19 7 5 0 17 16 2.29 3.0 1903 DET A
1904 DET A 34 34 30 3 0 0 293 251 1205 5 111 80 94 137 29 11 11 0 17 16 2.46 1.1 1904 DET A
1905 DET A 34 32 27 5 2 0 280.2 236 1173 2 111 81 101 135 32 4 10 0 18 15 2.60 0.7 1905 DET A
1906 DET A 25 25 22 0 0 0 211.2 221 923 4 92 74 72 85 32 2 8 0 9 15 3.15 -1.3 1906 DET A
1907 DET A 32 28 27 3 4 1 271 222 1103 3 96 66 82 123 24 2 8 0 25 4 2.19 1.9 1907 DET A
1908 DET A 29 28 25 6 1 0 242.2 210 997 2 78 56 53 141 30 3 6 0 18 7 2.08 0.8 1908 DET A
1909 DET A 21 17 13 4 4 2 140.1 121 595 0 50 36 60 76 15 4 6 0 8 7 2.31 0.3 1909 DET A
1910 DET A 26 23 20 3 3 0 206.2 184 849 4 74 56 61 107 18 2 7 0 17 7 2.44 0.0 1910 DET A
1911 DET A 20 19 15 1 1 0 168.1 160 726 4 83 62 64 81 19 3 3 0 10 9 3.31 0.4 1911 DET A
1912 DET A 3 1 0 0 2 0 10 5 37 0 2 1 2 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.90 0.1 1912 DET A
1915 NY A 9 1 0 0 7 0 33.2 35 144 1 18 18 10 17 7 0 1 0 0 3 4.81 -0.6 1915 NY A
1916 NY A 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 1916 NY A
1918 DET A 2 1 0 0 1 0 6 5 23 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.50 0.2 1918 DET A
Total NL 107 84 76 6 22 5 792.2 733 3466 2 392 277 363 456 59 31 25 0 45 40 3.15 0.6 Total NL
Total AL 271 243 213 29 27 3 2172 1898 9011 28 820 609 696 1096 225 38 66 0 141 99 2.52 6.6 Total AL
Total 378 327 289 35 49 8 2964.2 2631 12477 30 1212 886 1059 1552 284 69 91 0 186 139 2.69 7.2 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB SO SH WP HPB BK W L ERA PW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Pitching Record World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1907 DET A Daily Splits 2 2 2 0 0 0 21 17 86 0 9 4 5 0 16 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1.71 1907 DET A
1908 DET A Daily Splits 2 2 2 0 0 0 17 17 67 1 8 8 4 0 10 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 4.24 1908 DET A
1909 DET A Daily Splits 2 2 1 0 0 0 12 7 51 0 4 4 8 0 7 3 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 3 1 1 3.00 1909 DET A
Total Splits 6 6 5 0 0 0 50 41 204 1 21 16 17 0 33 12 1 1 4 0 6 1 1 8 1 4 2.88 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1898 WAS N OF 20 38 4 3 3 .933 6 6 8
1898 WAS N P 17 6 17 3 2 .885
1898 WAS N SS 1 1 1 2 1 .500
1898 WAS N 2B 1 0 0 0 0 -
1899 BRO N P 5 1 5 1 0 .857
1900 BRO N P 5 0 12 0 0 1.000
1901 BRO N P 45 14 75 7 5 .927
1902 BRO N P 35 20 71 5 2 .948
1902 BRO N 1B 8 87 7 1 3 .989
1902 BRO N OF 4 8 0 1 0 .889 2 0 2
1902 BRO N 2B 1 2 3 0 0 1.000
1903 DET A P 35 25 65 6 2 .938
1903 DET A SS 2 0 3 2 1 .600
1903 DET A OF 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 0 1 0
1903 DET A 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000
1904 DET A P 34 28 89 4 2 .967
1904 DET A 1B 8 52 0 1 1 .981
1904 DET A OF 1 0 0 2 0 .000 0 0 1
1905 DET A P 34 16 67 6 3 .933
1905 DET A OF 8 10 4 0 0 1.000 7 0 1
1905 DET A 2B 2 2 2 1 0 .800
1906 DET A P 25 11 62 3 1 .961
1906 DET A 2B 3 5 3 1 0 .889
1906 DET A OF 1 1 0 1 0 .500 0 1 0
1907 DET A P 32 13 56 4 0 .945
1908 DET A P 29 16 39 5 0 .917
1909 DET A P 21 9 29 1 1 .974
1910 DET A P 26 9 33 2 2 .955
1911 DET A P 20 4 25 2 0 .935
1912 DET A P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000
1912 DET A 1B 2 5 0 1 0 .833
1912 DET A OF 2 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 2
1915 NY A P 9 1 7 0 0 1.000
1916 NY A P 1 0 0 0 0 -
1918 DET A P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000
Total P 378 173 654 49 20 .944
Total OF 37 58 10 7 3 .907 15 8 14
Total 1B 18 144 7 3 4 .981
Total 2B 8 9 9 2 0 .900
Total SS 3 1 4 4 2 .556
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1907 DET A Daily P 2 2 2 21 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 8 0 1.000
1908 DET A Daily P 2 2 2 17 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 .750
1909 DET A Daily P 2 2 1 12 0 5 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 .833
Total P 6 6 5 50 3 10 2 0 0 0 7 15 1 .867
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
Managerial Record Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1915 NY A 154 69 83 .454 584 588 5
1916 NY A 156 80 74 .519 577 561 4
1917 NY A 155 71 82 .464 524 558 6
1921 PHI N 87 25 62 .287 365 564 7-24 8 8
Total 552 245 301 .449 2050 2271
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Umpiring Record
Year LG
1902 NL
1903 AL
1906 AL
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