Nickname: Wild Bill
Bats: R
Throws: R
Born: 10-13-1876
Birthplace: Lawrence, MA, USA
Career Positions Played: P,2B,SS,OF,1B,LF,RF,CF
Height: 5 ft., 11 in. Weight: 190 lbs.
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NSB Total Pitching Rank: 511 / 4825
BATTING STATS
YEAR CITY POS AGE G PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG LAV OBA SLA BB IBB SO SH SF HP YEAR CITY
1898 WAS:N P,4,6,OF 21 39 107 103 17 11 2 2 2 8 11 .165 .271 .189 .282 4 - - 1 - - 1898 WAS:N
1899 BRO:N P 22 5 12 13 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 .231 .282 .167 .308 0 - - 0 - - 1899 BRO:N
1900 BRO:N P 23 5 12 13 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .279 - .000 0 - - 0 - - 1900 BRO:N
1901 BRO:N P 24 46 150 135 23 18 3 0 2 13 16 .170 .267 .211 .237 8 - - 8 - - 1901 BRO:N
1902 BRO:N P,3,4,7,9 25 48 171 161 28 22 3 2 1 16 16 .174 .259 .213 .236 9 - - 2 - - 1902 BRO:N
1903 DET:A P,4,6,8 26 40 136 124 30 25 3 2 0 12 11 .242 .255 .260 .298 4 - - 9 - - 1903 DET:A
1904 DET:A P,3,9 27 46 147 140 38 34 2 1 1 6 12 .271 .244 .282 .321 3 - - 5 - - 1904 DET:A
1905 DET:A P,4,7 28 44 154 130 25 21 4 0 0 5 16 .192 .241 .255 .223 12 - - 13 - - 1905 DET:A
1906 DET:A P,4,8 29 28 95 91 11 10 0 1 0 0 5 .121 .249 .121 .143 1 - - 4 - - 1906 DET:A
1907 DET:A P 30 37 118 109 29 20 7 2 0 19 20 .266 .247 .298 .367 6 - - 4 - - 1907 DET:A
1908 DET:A P 31 30 92 82 13 12 1 0 0 2 5 .159 .239 .242 .171 10 - - 1 - - 1908 DET:A
1909 DET:A P 32 22 53 45 9 9 0 0 0 1 6 .200 .244 .250 .200 2 - - 5 - 1 1909 DET:A
1910 DET:A P 33 26 76 69 10 9 1 0 0 2 6 .145 .243 .203 .159 5 - - 2 - 0 1910 DET:A
1911 DET:A P 34 24 72 60 12 7 3 1 1 6 11 .200 .273 .324 .333 11 - - 1 - 0 1911 DET:A
1912 DET:A P,3,9 35 6 14 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 .077 .265 .143 .077 1 - - 0 - 0 1912 DET:A
1915 NY:A 38 10 13 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .083 .248 .154 .083 1 - 6 0 - 0 1915 NY:A
1916 NY:A 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .248 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1916 NY:A
1918 DET:A P 41 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .254 .500 .500 0 - 0 0 - 0 1918 DET:A
BATTING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 SB4 CS4 AT2 AT3 1>3 2>H GWBI IPHR LOHR GSHR TB OM GB FB LD G/F GDP GDPO YEAR CITY
1898 WAS:N 21 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 29 - - - - - - - 1898 WAS:N
1899 BRO:N 22 0 - 0 - 0 - .00 .00 - - 0 0 0 0 4 - - - - - - - 1899 BRO:N
1900 BRO:N 23 0 - 0 - 0 - .00 .00 .00 .00 - 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 1900 BRO:N
1901 BRO:N 24 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 32 - - - - - - - 1901 BRO:N
1902 BRO:N 25 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 38 - - - - - - - 1902 BRO:N
1903 DET:A 26 3 - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 37 - - - - - - - 1903 DET:A
1904 DET:A 27 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 45 - - - - - - - 1904 DET:A
1905 DET:A 28 8 - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 29 - - - - - - - 1905 DET:A
1906 DET:A 29 6 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 13 - - - - - - - 1906 DET:A
1907 DET:A 30 4 - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 40 - - - - - - - 1907 DET:A
1908 DET:A 31 2 - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 14 - - - - - - - 1908 DET:A
1909 DET:A 32 0 - 0 - 0 - .00 .00 - - - 0 0 0 9 - - - - - - - 1909 DET:A
1910 DET:A 33 0 - 0 - 0 - .00 .00 - - - 0 0 0 11 - - - - - - - 1910 DET:A
1911 DET:A 34 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 - - - - - - - 1911 DET:A
1912 DET:A 35 0 - 0 - 0 - .00 .00 - - 0 0 0 0 1 - - - - - - - 1912 DET:A
1915 NY:A 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - 0 0 0 0 1 - - - - - - - 1915 NY:A
1916 NY:A 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 - 0 0 1916 NY:A
1918 DET:A 41 0 - 0 - 0 - .00 .00 - - - 0 0 0 1 - - - - - - - 1918 DET:A
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA
1898 WAS:N 21 - - - - - - - - -
1899 BRO:N 22 - - - 0 0 0 - - -
1900 BRO:N 23 - 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
1901 BRO:N 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1902 BRO:N 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1903 DET:A 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 - .000 .000
1904 DET:A 27 2 1 0 0 0 0 - .500 .500
1905 DET:A 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1906 DET:A 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1907 DET:A 30 4 0 0 0 0 0 - .000 .000
1908 DET:A 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1909 DET:A 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1910 DET:A 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1911 DET:A 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000
1912 DET:A 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1915 NY:A 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1916 NY:A 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1918 DET:A 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1898 WAS:N 21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1898 WAS:N
1899 BRO:N 22 - - - 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0 - - - 1899 BRO:N
1900 BRO:N 23 - 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1900 BRO:N
1901 BRO:N 24 63 11 2 0 2 4 - .175 .302 71 12 1 0 0 5 - .169 .183 1901 BRO:N
1902 BRO:N 25 66 14 0 1 1 4 - .212 .288 96 14 3 1 0 7 - .146 .198 1902 BRO:N
1903 DET:A 26 50 13 2 1 0 2 - .260 .340 74 17 1 1 0 3 - .230 .270 1903 DET:A
1904 DET:A 27 67 22 1 0 1 0 - .328 .388 73 16 1 1 0 3 - .219 .260 1904 DET:A
1905 DET:A 28 58 16 2 0 0 3 - .276 .310 72 9 2 0 0 4 - .125 .153 1905 DET:A
1906 DET:A 29 54 6 0 0 0 0 - .111 .111 37 5 0 1 0 1 - .135 .189 1906 DET:A
1907 DET:A 30 52 19 4 2 0 2 - .365 .519 58 10 3 0 0 7 - .172 .224 1907 DET:A
1908 DET:A 31 44 6 1 0 0 - - .136 .159 38 7 0 0 0 7 - .184 .184 1908 DET:A
1909 DET:A 32 20 5 0 0 0 0 - .250 .250 24 4 0 0 0 2 - .167 .167 1909 DET:A
1910 DET:A 33 29 7 0 0 0 4 - .241 .241 40 3 1 0 0 3 - .075 .100 1910 DET:A
1911 DET:A 34 22 2 0 1 0 5 - .091 .182 38 10 3 0 1 5 - .263 .421 1911 DET:A
1912 DET:A 35 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 11 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .000 1912 DET:A
1915 NY:A 38 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 9 1 0 0 0 1 5 .111 .111 1915 NY:A
1916 NY:A 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1916 NY:A
1918 DET:A 41 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1918 DET:A
Bats: R AGAINST LHP AGAINST RHP
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1898 WAS:N 21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1898 WAS:N
1899 BRO:N 22 - - - 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0 - - - 1899 BRO:N
1900 BRO:N 23 - 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1900 BRO:N
1901 BRO:N 24 27 3 0 0 1 1 - .111 .222 107 20 3 0 1 8 - .187 .243 1901 BRO:N
1902 BRO:N 25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1902 BRO:N
1903 DET:A 26 32 5 1 0 0 1 - .156 .188 92 25 2 2 0 4 - .272 .337 1903 DET:A
1904 DET:A 27 42 15 0 1 0 0 - .357 .405 98 23 2 0 1 3 - .235 .286 1904 DET:A
1905 DET:A 28 44 13 2 0 0 3 - .295 .341 86 12 2 0 0 4 - .140 .163 1905 DET:A
1906 DET:A 29 29 5 0 1 0 0 - .172 .241 62 6 0 0 0 1 - .097 .097 1906 DET:A
1907 DET:A 30 42 12 2 2 0 3 - .286 .429 68 17 5 0 0 6 - .250 .324 1907 DET:A
1908 DET:A 31 - - - 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 0 - - - - 1908 DET:A
1909 DET:A 32 - - 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0 - - - - 1909 DET:A
1910 DET:A 33 - - - 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 0 - - - - 1910 DET:A
1911 DET:A 34 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1911 DET:A
1912 DET:A 35 - - 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0 - - - - 1912 DET:A
1915 NY:A 38 9 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .000 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 1915 NY:A
1916 NY:A 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1916 NY:A
1918 DET:A 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1918 DET:A
PITCHING STATS
YEAR CITY AGE G ERA OAV LAV W L SV BS HD GF GS GR QS CG SH IP H HR W IW SO G/F HB WP BK PK GDP GDPO YEAR
1898 WAS:N 21 17 4.30 .258 .271 1 6 0 - - - 7 10 - 6 0 88.0 88 0 69 - 36 - - - - - - - 1898
1899 BRO:N 22 5 4.32 .330 .282 1 2 1 - - - 2 3 - 2 0 25.0 35 0 13 - 11 - - - - - - - 1899
1900 BRO:N 23 5 6.68 .290 .279 1 2 0 - - - 4 1 - 2 0 31.0 36 0 18 - 13 - - - - - - - 1900
1901 BRO:N 24 45 2.77 .248 .267 25 15 3 - - - 38 7 27 36 2 351.0 324 1 152 - 226 - 8 10 0 - - - 1901
1902 BRO:N 25 35 2.78 .227 .259 17 15 1 - - - 33 2 20 30 4 297.2 250 1 111 - 170 - 6 7 0 - - - 1902
1903 DET:A 26 35 2.29 .221 .255 17 16 0 - - - 34 1 25 34 4 307.0 247 3 95 - 187 - 5 7 0 - - - 1903
1904 DET:A 27 34 2.46 .237 .244 17 16 0 0 0 0 34 0 25 30 3 293.0 251 5 94 - 137 - 10 11 0 - - - 1904
1905 DET:A 28 34 2.60 .236 .241 18 15 0 - - - 32 2 31 27 5 280.2 238 2 101 - 135 - 10 4 0 - - - 1905
1906 DET:A 29 25 3.15 .276 .249 9 15 0 0 0 0 25 0 22 22 0 211.2 218 4 72 - 85 - 7 4 0 - - - 1906
1907 DET:A 30 32 2.19 .230 .247 25 4 1 - - - 28 4 28 27 3 271.0 226 3 82 - 123 - 8 2 0 - - - 1907
1908 DET:A 31 29 2.08 .233 .239 18 7 0 - - - 28 1 26 25 6 242.2 209 2 53 - 141 - 6 3 0 - - - 1908
1909 DET:A 32 21 2.31 .235 .244 8 7 2 - - - 17 4 16 13 4 140.1 121 0 60 - 76 1.08 6 4 0 - - - 1909
1910 DET:A 33 26 2.44 .243 .243 17 7 0 - - - 23 3 23 20 3 206.2 184 4 61 - 107 - 7 2 0 - - - 1910
1911 DET:A 34 20 3.31 .250 .273 10 9 0 - - - 19 1 16 15 1 168.1 160 4 64 - 81 - 3 3 0 - - - 1911
1912 DET:A 35 3 .90 .147 .265 1 0 0 - - - 1 2 - 0 0 10.0 5 0 2 - 6 - 1 0 0 - - - 1912
1918 DET:A 41 2 1.50 .227 .254 1 0 0 - - - 1 1 - 0 0 6.0 5 0 1 - 1 - 1 0 0 - - - 1918
PITCHING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 AT2 SERA IPS RERA IPR R ER SUP BFP SH SF IR IRS S<6 S6 S7 S8 S9 R<6 R6 R7 R8 R9 RX YEAR
1898 WAS:N 21 - - - - - - - - - - 42 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1898
1899 BRO:N 22 - - - - - - - - - - 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1899
1900 BRO:N 23 - - - - - - - - - - 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1900
1901 BRO:N 24 - - - - - 2.65 319.1 .00 2.0 151 108 - 1490 22 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1901
1902 BRO:N 25 - - - - - 2.57 280.0 .00 .0 122 92 - 1242 26 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1902
1903 DET:A 26 - - - - - 2.33 301.0 .00 .0 104 78 - 1237 22 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1903
1904 DET:A 27 - - - - - 2.46 277.0 - - 111 80 - 1191 26 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 1904
1905 DET:A 28 - - - - - - - - - 117 81 - 1151 28 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1905
1906 DET:A 29 - - - - - 3.15 211.2 - - 92 74 - 900 30 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 1906
1907 DET:A 30 - - - - - - - - - 88 66 - 1095 22 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1907
1908 DET:A 31 - - - - - - - - - 78 56 - 982 24 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1908
1909 DET:A 32 - - - - - - - - - 50 36 - 593 12 0 - - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 1909
1910 DET:A 33 - - - - - - - - - 74 56 - 838 13 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1910
1911 DET:A 34 - - - - - - - - - 83 62 - 723 15 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1911
1912 DET:A 35 - - - - - - - - - 2 1 - 37 0 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1912
1918 DET:A 41 - - - - - .00 .0 .00 1.0 1 1 - 24 0 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1918
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB YEAR CITY
1898 WAS:N 21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1898 WAS:N
1899 BRO:N 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1899 BRO:N
1900 BRO:N 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1900 BRO:N
1901 BRO:N 24 627 158 - - 0 68 121 .252 .098 681 166 - - 1 84 111 .244 .110 1901 BRO:N
1902 BRO:N 25 569 121 - - 0 48 85 .213 .078 530 129 - - 1 63 85 .243 .106 1902 BRO:N
1903 DET:A 26 447 77 - - 0 45 76 .172 .091 669 170 - - 3 49 111 .254 .068 1903 DET:A
1904 DET:A 27 505 116 - - 1 57 47 .230 .101 556 135 - - 4 37 90 .243 .062 1904 DET:A
1905 DET:A 28 573 133 - - 1 76 83 .232 .117 435 105 - - 1 29 65 .241 .063 1905 DET:A
1906 DET:A 29 422 110 - - 0 47 44 .261 .100 369 108 - - 4 25 44 .293 .063 1906 DET:A
1907 DET:A 30 435 102 - - 2 50 56 .234 .103 547 124 - - 1 33 75 .227 .057 1907 DET:A
1908 DET:A 31 491 116 - - 0 30 77 .236 .058 407 93 - - 2 24 64 .229 .056 1908 DET:A
1909 DET:A 32 242 63 - - 0 29 32 .260 .107 272 58 - - 0 32 44 .213 .105 1909 DET:A
1910 DET:A 33 341 91 - - 3 24 39 .267 .066 416 93 - - 1 37 68 .224 .082 1910 DET:A
1911 DET:A 34 247 60 - - 2 19 40 .243 .071 393 100 - - 2 46 40 .254 .105 1911 DET:A
1912 DET:A 35 12 2 - - 0 0 2 .167 .000 22 3 - - 0 2 4 .136 .083 1912 DET:A
1915 NY:A 38 44 11 - - - 4 7 .250 .083 82 24 - - 0 6 10 .293 .068 1915 NY:A
1916 NY:A 39 0 0 - - - 0 0 .000 .000 4 1 - - 0 1 0 .250 .200 1916 NY:A
1918 DET:A 41 19 5 - - 0 0 1 .263 .000 3 0 - - 0 1 1 .000 .250 1918 DET:A
FIELDING STATS - PITCHER
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1898 WAS:N 21 .885 .918 17 7 88.0 6 17 3 - 2
1899 BRO:N 22 .857 .910 5 2 25.0 1 5 1 - 0
1900 BRO:N 23 1.000 .921 5 4 31.0 0 12 0 0 0
1901 BRO:N 24 .927 .934 45 38 351.0 14 75 7 - 5
1902 BRO:N 25 .948 .933 35 33 297.2 20 71 5 - 2
1903 DET:A 26 .938 .947 35 34 307.0 25 65 6 - 2
1904 DET:A 27 .967 .952 34 34 293.0 28 89 4 - 2
1905 DET:A 28 .933 .943 34 32 280.2 16 67 6 - 3
1906 DET:A 29 .961 .948 25 25 211.2 11 62 3 - 1
1907 DET:A 30 .945 .946 32 28 271.0 13 56 4 - 0
1908 DET:A 31 .917 .946 29 28 242.2 16 39 5 - 0
1909 DET:A 32 .974 .942 21 17 140.1 9 29 1 - 1
1910 DET:A 33 .955 .942 26 23 206.2 9 33 2 - 2
1911 DET:A 34 .935 .937 20 19 168.1 4 25 2 - 0
1912 DET:A 35 1.000 .939 3 1 10.0 0 1 0 0 0
1918 DET:A 41 1.000 .951 2 1 6.0 0 1 0 0 0
FIELDING STATS - FIRST BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1902 BRO:N 25 .989 .981 8 8 67.0 87 7 1 - 3
1904 DET:A 27 .981 .982 8 7 - 52 0 1 - 1
1912 DET:A 35 .833 .984 2 0 2.0 5 0 1 - 0
FIELDING STATS - SECOND BASE
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1898 WAS:N 21 .000 .943 1 - - 0 0 0 0 0
1902 BRO:N 25 1.000 .947 1 1 9.0 2 3 0 0 0
1903 DET:A 26 1.000 .943 1 0 - 0 1 0 0 0
1905 DET:A 28 .800 .952 2 1 - 2 2 1 - 0
1906 DET:A 29 .889 .954 3 3 28.0 5 3 1 - 0
FIELDING STATS - SHORTSTOP
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1898 WAS:N 21 .500 .913 1 - - 1 1 2 - 1
1903 DET:A 26 .600 .914 2 2 - 0 3 2 - 1
FIELDING STATS - LEFT FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1902 BRO:N 25 .833 .945 2 2 16.0 5 0 1 - -
1905 DET:A 28 1.000 .952 8 7 - 10 4 0 - -
FIELDING STATS - CENTER FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1903 DET:A 26 1.000 .952 1 1 9.0 1 2 0 - -
1906 DET:A 29 .500 .963 1 1 9.0 1 0 1 - -
FIELDING STATS - RIGHT FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1902 BRO:N 25 1.000 .945 2 2 18.0 3 0 0 - -
1904 DET:A 27 .000 .954 1 1 8.0 0 0 2 - -
1912 DET:A 35 .000 .951 2 2 16.0 0 0 0 - -
FIELDING STATS - OUTFIELD POSITIONS COMBINED (BREAKOUTS UNAVAILABLE)
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1898 WAS:N 21 .933 .937 20 - - 38 4 3 - 3
AVG OBA SLA DB TP HR BB SO SB
RANK: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ERA OAV WPct SO BB HRA GF SVP WHIP
RANK: 1,314 1,256 1,524 2,040 2,841 2,079 3,203 2,301 1,605
Bill Donovan - Historical Batting Stastistics
Bill Donovan - Batting - Home / Road Splits
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Bill Donovan - Pitching - Home / Road Splits
Bill Donovan - Historical Fielding Stastistics - Pitcher
Fielding Statistics - First Base
Fielding Statistics - Second Base
Fielding Statistics - Shortstop
Fielding Statistics - Left Field
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Bill Donovan - Fielding Statistics - Right Field
Bill Donovan - Fielding Statistics - Outfield Combined
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