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                      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.