GMS/TEAMS
SEASONS
CAREER STATS
Wild Bill Donovan-RH Pitcher, (Senators, Superbas, Tigers, Yankees)
Born: October 13, 1876, Lawrence, MA
Died: December 9, 1923 Forsyth, NY
Died in a train wreck, 25 miles east of Erie, PA(47 years old)
Drafted in the 10th round in 1910 by theMomrow Warriors(Pick #111)
Drafted in the 12th round in 1918 by the Vegas Vipers. (#158)
William Edward “Wild Bill” Donovan was an SCL All-Star in 1910 for the Warriors. He did not pitch in the NL 2-0 victory. In 1918 he appeared in 7 games in relief, allowing just 1 hit and no runs in 9 IP.
SCL STATS:
Team Year ERA W L S G GS CG SHO INN H R ER BB K HR GDP BF
MW 1910 2.88 16 8 0 30 30 13 2 221.2 210 91 71 61 94 6 19 936
MW 1911 3.47 9 11 0 27 27 7 2 184.0 182 93 71 66 89 4 12 812
MW 1912 0.00 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3.2 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 13
VV 1918 0.00 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 9.0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 29
3.05 25 20 0 66 57 20 4 418.1 395 185 142 130 187 10 32 1790
Donovan was a member of 3 Detroit pennant winners.(1907-1909) He went 1-4, 2.88 in 50 IP in the World Series.
He was a 2x 25 game winner, 1 each with the Superbas and the Tigers. Bill James rates his 25-4 mark with the 1907 Tigers as the luckiest pitching season on record.
Real Life Totals:
1898-1918: 185-139, G-378, GS-327, CG-289, SHO-35, IP-2964.2, H-2631, K’s-1552, WHIP-1.245
This is a photo of the Wild Bill Donovan 1909 T206 card that I purchased several years ago.