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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
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Batting RecordBatting 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 RecordWorld 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 RecordPitching 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 RecordWorld 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 RecordFielding 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 RecordWorld 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 RecordManagerial 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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