Bill Donovan
1898–1918 · bats B / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Washington Senators (1897-99)
468G
.193AVG
.241OBP
.249SLG
More career statistics
251H
7HR
93RBI
36SB
185–139W–L
2,964.2IP
1,552K
2.69ERA
327GS
8SV
7Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 1,302 | 1,301 |
| Batting · Home runs | 7 | 6 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 6 | 284 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,440 | 1,443 |
| Batting · Runs | 142 | 143 |
| Batting · RBI | 93 | 102 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 36 | 38 |
| Batting · Triples | 11 | 12 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 12,175 | 11,622 |
| Pitching · p er | 886 | 712 |
| Pitching · p hr | 30 | 31 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 8,894 | 8,897 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,552 | 1,585 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,212 | 1,210 |
| Pitching · p w | 1,059 | 1,068 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 468 | 1,440 | 1,302 | 142 | 251 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 93 | 77 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 324 | .193 | .241 | .249 | .490 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,964.7 | 378 | 327 | 289 | 185 | 139 | 8 | 2,631 | 1,212 | 886 | 30 | 1,059 | 1,552 | 0 | 0 | 2.69 | 1.245 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1902-10-02 to 1903-05-18
12longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1902-05-09 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1901-05-13 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 45 | 13 strikeouts | 1902-08-17 | 1 in 861 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 217 | 638 | 133 | 5 | 67 | 26 | 119 | .229 | .249 | .297 |
| Away | 251 | 805 | 118 | 1 | 35 | 51 | 165 | .164 | .210 | .209 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 23 | 70 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | .177 | .200 | .226 |
| May | 53 | 165 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 27 | .218 | .242 | .259 |
| June | 78 | 237 | 43 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 55 | .199 | .228 | .282 |
| July | 96 | 281 | 53 | 0 | 30 | 17 | 50 | .207 | .249 | .266 |
| August | 102 | 333 | 61 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 75 | .200 | .231 | .252 |
| September | 99 | 302 | 42 | 1 | 17 | 22 | 51 | .162 | .212 | .208 |
| October | 17 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | .164 | .164 | .200 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 59 | 175 | 33 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 46 | .212 | .229 | .231 |
| new-york-yankees | 52 | 163 | 35 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 47 | .229 | .252 | .281 |
| cleveland-guardians | 49 | 135 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 16 | .167 | .230 | .193 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 46 | 147 | 30 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 17 | .217 | .245 | .283 |
| chicago-white-sox | 43 | 128 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 26 | .214 | .242 | .308 |
| boston-red-sox | 39 | 115 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 34 | .200 | .226 | .250 |
| st-louis-browns | 34 | 110 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 13 | .183 | .236 | .204 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 25 | 84 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 9 | .273 | .298 | .416 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | WSWashington Senators (1897-99) | 39 | 103 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 2 | .165 | 88 | 36 |
| 1899 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 5 | 13 | 3 | – | – | – | .231 | 25 | 11 |
| 1900 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 5 | 13 | – | – | 2 | – | .000 | 31 | 13 |
| 1901 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 46 | 134 | 23 | 2 | 14 | 1 | .172 | 351 | 232 |
| 1902 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 48 | 162 | 28 | 1 | 16 | 7 | .173 | 297 | 170 |
| 1903 |  Detroit Tigers | 40 | 124 | 30 | – | 11 | 5 | .242 | 307 | 187 |
| 1904 | Detroit Tigers | 45 | 140 | 38 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .271 | 293 | 137 |
| 1905 | Detroit Tigers | 45 | 130 | 25 | – | 8 | 9 | .192 | 282 | 148 |
| 1906 | Detroit Tigers | 29 | 91 | 11 | – | 2 | 6 | .121 | 211 | 88 |
| 1907 | Detroit Tigers | 39 | 110 | 29 | – | 21 | 3 | .264 | 270 | 132 |
| 1908 | Detroit Tigers | 30 | 81 | 13 | – | 5 | 2 | .160 | 242 | 142 |
| 1909 | Detroit Tigers | 22 | 44 | 9 | – | – | – | .205 | 140 | 76 |
| 1910 | Detroit Tigers | 30 | 69 | 10 | – | 2 | – | .145 | 207 | 107 |
| 1911 | Detroit Tigers | 26 | 60 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .200 | 167 | 81 |
| 1912 | Detroit Tigers | 6 | 13 | 1 | – | – | – | .077 | 10 | 6 |
| 1915 |  New York Yankees | 10 | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | .083 | 33 | 17 |
| 1916 | New York Yankees | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 1918 | Detroit Tigers | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | .500 | 6 | 2 |