#87 Bill "Wild bill" Donovan, Starting Pitcher, 31 yrs, Boston (A) Pilgrims Thursday, 10/26/1907 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Bill Donovan Wild bill 10/13/1876 31 USA,MA,LAWRENCE 5"11 195
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 4 / 6 (Popular) Good Normal Normal 3.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 7,500,000 1909 8 Year(s), 0 Days (1376 total Days) 172 Day(s) 8 Year(s), 0 Days (1376 total Days) 9 Year(s) Not eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 7 | 5 | 10 | 87-90 Mph |
Versus LHB | 7 | 5 | 10 | |
Versus RHB | 7 | 6 | 10 | |
Talent | 8 | 6 | 10 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 10 70 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Versus LHP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Versus RHP | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 8 3 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 6 (Range), .954 (Fielding Pct.) LF : 1 (Range), .952 (Fielding Pct.) CF : 8 (Range), .953 (Fielding Pct.) RF : 7 (Range), .951 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 10
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/19 | @SLA | L 1-6 | * | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | L | | | | |
8/25 | DET | W 2-1 | * | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | | PoG | | | |
8/29 | CLE | L 2-9 | * | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 6 | L | | | | |
9/2 | CHA | L 2-3 | * | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | L | | | | |
9/6 | @WAS | W 4-2 | * | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
9/11 | @PHA | W 4-2 | * | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | | | | | |
9/16 | DET | L 1-4 | * | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | L | | | | |
9/21 | SLA | L 3-4 | * | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | L | | | | |
9/25 | @DET | W 4-0 | * | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | W | PoG | | | |
9/30 | @CLE | L 5-6 | * | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | L | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 40 | 40 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 2.56 | 355.0 | 271 | 125 | 101 | 107 | 204 | 26 | 65.0 | 1 | 29 | 72.5 |
Projected | 36 | 36 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2.56 | 319.0 | 244 | 113 | 91 | 96 | 184 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 9.6 | 6.9 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 1.88 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 578 | 129 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 57 | 53 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .223 | .287 | .282 | .569 |
vs. RHB | 702 | 142 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 65 | 68 | 54 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .202 | .255 | .269 | .524 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 21 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2.51 | 197.0 | 150 | 67 | 55 | 54 | 117 |
Road | 19 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2.62 | 158.0 | 121 | 58 | 46 | 53 | 87 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.25 | 61.0 | 50 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 33 |
May | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.66 | 65.0 | 36 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 39 |
June | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3.98 | 52.0 | 50 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 27 |
July | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.04 | 52.0 | 32 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 26 |
August | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.23 | 64.0 | 60 | 30 | 23 | 14 | 44 |
Sept./Oct. | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2.21 | 61.0 | 43 | 21 | 15 | 24 | 35 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1900 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 3.47 | 272.0 | 280 | 128 | 105 | 2 | 80 | 114 | 26 | 4 | 1.32 | .299 | BOS |
1901 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2.88 | 284.1 | 278 | 119 | 91 | 1 | 92 | 136 | 21 | 1 | 1.30 | .298 | BOS |
1902 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 3.63 | 198.1 | 179 | 99 | 80 | 1 | 57 | 112 | 19 | 0 | 1.19 | .283 | BOS |
1903 | 30 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 2.68 | 255.1 | 214 | 105 | 76 | 1 | 74 | 133 | 22 | 2 | 1.13 | .265 | BOS |
1904 | 34 | 34 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 2.36 | 294.0 | 237 | 99 | 77 | 3 | 100 | 140 | 28 | 2 | 1.15 | .252 | BOS,AL |
1905 | 39 | 39 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 2.92 | 342.1 | 282 | 127 | 111 | 3 | 106 | 190 | 30 | 3 | 1.13 | .268 | BOS |
1906 | 41 | 41 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 2.14 | 361.0 | 275 | 111 | 86 | 2 | 118 | 226 | 35 | 8 | 1.09 | .256 | BOS,AL |
1907 | 40 | 40 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 2.56 | 355.0 | 271 | 125 | 101 | 1 | 107 | 204 | 26 | 1 | 1.06 | .251 | BOS |
Total | 274 | 274 | 122 | 112 | 0 | 2.77 | 2362.1 | 2016 | 913 | 727 | 14 | 734 | 1255 | 207 | 21 | 1.16 | .271 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1898, AAA | 28 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 1.75 | 232.0 | 166 | 56 | 45 | 3 | 65 | 284 | 18 | 5 | 1.00 | .292 |
1899, AAA | 30 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1.56 | 260.1 | 180 | 51 | 45 | 1 | 71 | 301 | 14 | 6 | 0.96 | .289 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1906 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19.64 | 3.2 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19.64 | 3.2 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1900 | 32 | 101 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | .168 | .176 | .208 | .384 | BOS |
1901 | 33 | 104 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | BOS |
1902 | 25 | 73 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .260 | .260 | .288 | .548 | BOS |
1903 | 30 | 95 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .206 | .242 | .448 | BOS |
1904 | 34 | 100 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .257 | .300 | .557 | BOS,AL |
1905 | 39 | 119 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | .235 | .240 | .294 | .534 | BOS |
1906 | 41 | 136 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | .221 | .241 | .250 | .491 | BOS,AL |
1907 | 40 | 122 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .221 | .246 | .246 | .492 | BOS |
Total | 274 | 850 | 178 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 54 | 80 | 12 | 59 | 1 | 10 | .209 | .220 | .244 | .463 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 40 | 40 | 30 | 72 | 2 | 107 | 5 | .953 | 355.0 | 2.71 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1898... Injured on 7/18/1898 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for one week... Earned first career win on 4/8/1900... Had first career hit on 5/9/1900, off Bobby Wallace (IND)... Injured on 5/16/1902 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks... Injured on 7/21/1902 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks... 1/31/1903: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1903, going 5-0, 0.68... 1/31/1904: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,514,286 through salary arbitration... Was selected to the 1904 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1904, going 4-0, 0.88... 1/31/1905: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,200,000 through salary arbitration... 7/21/1905: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $7,500,000 per year, for 4 years. Won Player of the Week award on 10/2/1905, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA... Won Player of the Week award on 4/24/1906, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA... Won Player of the Week award on 6/19/1906, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1906, going 5-1, 1.02... Was selected to the 1906 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/31/1906, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1906, going 5-0, 1.83...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1901 - 2.88 - 9th 1903 - 2.68 - 8th 1904 - 2.36 - 5th 1905 - 2.92 - 10th 1906 - 2.14 - 5th
| WHIP 1903 - 1.13 - 8th 1905 - 1.13 - 7th 1906 - 1.09 - 7th
| Wins 1905 - 18 - 10th 1906 - 26 - 3rd
| Losses 1900 - 17 - 7th 1902 - 18 - 9th
| IP 1905 - 342.1 - 5th 1906 - 361.0 - 2nd
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K's 1903 - 133 - 10th 1904 - 140 - 7th 1905 - 190 - 4th 1906 - 226 - 3rd
| BB 1901 - 92 - 8th 1904 - 100 - 4th 1905 - 106 - 3rd 1906 - 118 - 3rd
| CG 1905 - 30 - 7th 1906 - 35 - 3rd
| SHO 1900 - 4 - 8th 1905 - 3 - 7th 1906 - 8 - 1st
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