Bill Donovan vs Hippo Vaughn

Bill Donovan Hippo Vaughn

Bill Donovan and Hippo Vaughn compared on their MLB careers: Bill Donovan played 18 seasons, 1898 to 1918, Hippo Vaughn 13 seasons, 1908 to 1921. Bill Donovan has 186 wins to Hippo Vaughn's 178.

Who has the better career numbers?

Bill Donovan and Hippo Vaughn career totals

378	GP	390
186	W	178
139	L	137
2.7	ERA	2.5
2964.2	IP	2,730
1,552	K	1,416
1,059	BB	817
1.2	WHIP	1.2
8	SV	5

How do they compare in the postseason?

Bill Donovan and Hippo Vaughn postseason

6	GP	3
0	R	0
41	H	17

Where each stands all time

Bill Donovan and Hippo Vaughn all-time places

214th (1,552)	Strikeouts (pitching)	271st (1,416)
150th (186)	Wins (pitching)	162nd (178)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Bill Donovan: 0 championships; none on file
Hippo Vaughn: 0 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Bill Donovan and Hippo Vaughn season by season

1st	1898	1	6	4.30	1908	0	0	3.86
2nd	1899	1	2	4.32	1910	13	11	1.83
3rd	1900	1	2	6.68	1911	8	10	4.39
4th	1901	25	15	2.77	1912	6	11	3.88
5th	1902	17	15	2.78	1913	5	1	1.45
6th	1903	17	16	2.29	1914	21	13	2.05
7th	1904	17	16	2.46	1915	20	12	2.87
8th	1905	18	15	2.60	1916	17	15	2.20
9th	1906	9	15	3.15	1917	23	13	2.01
10th	1907	25	4	2.19	1918	22	10	1.74
11th	1908	18	7	2.08	1919	21	14	1.79
12th	1909	8	7	2.31	1920	19	16	2.54
13th	1910	17	7	2.44	1921	3	11	6.01
14th	1911	10	9	3.31	—	—	—	—
15th	1912	1	0	0.90	—	—	—	—
16th	1915	0	3	4.81	—	—	—	—
17th	1916	0	0	0.00	—	—	—	—
18th	1918	1	0	1.50	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA