Bill Donovan stats

Last played for the Detroit Tigers, 1918

Pitcher

Age 150

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Bill Donovan played 18 MLB seasons, 1898 to 1918.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
378
W
186
L
139
ERA
2.69
IP
2,964.2
K
1,552
BB
1,059
WHIP
1.24
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
1898—17164.3088.036691.78
1899LAD5124.3225.011131.92
1900LAD5126.6831.013181.74
1901LAD4525152.77351.02261521.36
1902LAD3517152.78297.21701111.21
1903DET3517162.29307.0187951.11
1904DET3417162.46293.0137941.18
1905DET3418152.60280.21351011.20
1906DET259153.15211.285721.38
1907DET322542.19271.0123821.12
1908DET291872.08242.2141531.08
1909DET21872.31140.176601.29
1910DET261772.44206.2107611.19
1911DET201093.31168.181641.33
1912DET3100.9010.0620.70
1915NYY9034.8133.217101.34
1916NYY1000.001.0012.00
1918DET2101.506.0111.00

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
6
W
1
L
4
ERA
2.88
IP
50.0
K
33
BB
17
WHIP
1.16

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
0
CG
289
SHO
35
K/9
4.7
GB
0
FB
0
G/F
0.00
WP
0
Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
1898—0603.70000
1899LAD0204.00000
1900LAD0203.80000
1901LAD03625.80000
1902LAD03045.10000
1903DET03445.50000
1904DET03034.20000
1905DET02754.30000
1906DET02203.60000
1907DET02734.10000
1908DET02565.20000
1909DET01344.90000
1910DET02034.70000
1911DET01514.30000
1912DET0005.40000
1915NYY0004.50000
1918DET0001.50000

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
150 yearsOct 13, 1876
Debut
1898

What were Bill Donovan's career stats?

Bill Donovan played 18 seasons for the Dodgers, the Tigers and the Yankees. He had 186 wins and 1,552 strikeouts with a 2.69 ERA over 2,964.2 innings. His best season was 1901: 25 wins, a 2.77 ERA and 226 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

18 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1898 to 1918

All-time career rank

  • 214th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,552)
  • 150th in wins (pitching) (186)

Among the 9,244 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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