#57 Bill Donovan, Starting Pitcher, 33 yrs, Philadelphia (N) Blue Jays

#57 Bill Donovan, Starting Pitcher, 33 yrs, Philadelphia (N) Blue Jays
Friday, 10/20/1949

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Bill Donovan

7/6/1916
33
USA,IL,MAYWOOD
6"2
203

Starting Pitcher
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1.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 2,100,000
1951
7 Year(s), 26 Days (1230 total Days)
172 Day(s)
7 Year(s), 26 Days (1230 total Days)
7 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	1	5	10	86-89 Mph
Versus LHB	1	6	10
Versus RHB	1	5	10
Talent	2	6	9

Pitching Ratings
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6
50
4

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	4	3	1	1	2
Versus LHP	1	3	1	1	2
Versus RHP	5	3	1	1	2
Talent	1	1	1	1	6

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Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 5 (Range), .957 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
4/5	@BSN	L 1-17		1	2	2	2	1	2
4/9	PIT	W 12-4		1	1	0	0	0	0
4/13	CHC	L 3-13		2	1	0	0	1	1
5/14	@STL	W 17-6		1	1	0	0	0	0
5/30	NYN	L 4-10		0.2	1	0	0	1	0
8/13	NYN	L 4-14		1.2	4	4	4	0	0
8/17	@CIN	W 11-2		1	0	0	0	0	1
9/7	CHC	W 6-5		1.1	0	0	0	1	0	W
9/10	@CIN	W 8-4		1	0	0	0	1	0
9/28	@NYN	W 5-2		1	2	1	1	2	0

Pitching Stats 1949

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	10	0	1	0	0	5.40	11.2	12	7	7	7	4	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	10	0	1	0	0	5.40	11.0	12	7	7	7	4

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	0	0	.0	10	8	14.7	9.3	3.1	5.4	0	0	.0	7	4	57.1	6.37

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	17	2	0	0	0	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	.118	.286	.118	.403
vs. RHB	30	10	2	0	3	7	7	3	3	0	0	0	.333	.394	.700	1.094

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	5	0	1	0	0	5.40	6.2	7	4	4	3	1
Road	5	0	0	0	0	5.40	5.0	5	3	3	4	3
Postseason	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	3	0	0	0	0	4.50	4.0	4	2	2	2	3
May	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.2	2	0	0	1	0
June	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
July	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
August	2	0	0	0	0	13.50	2.2	4	4	4	0	1
Sept./Oct.	3	0	1	0	0	2.70	3.1	2	1	1	4	0

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1942	3	3	2	1	0	3.38	26.2	29	13	10	2	7	11	2	0	1.35	.293	NYY
1943	21	21	11	8	0	5.21	159.0	177	101	92	8	85	75	8	0	1.65	.314	NYY
1944	40	40	20	15	0	4.59	321.1	350	172	164	18	136	112	21	2	1.51	.299	NYY,AL CHC
1945	26	26	14	7	0	4.25	211.2	228	111	100	11	94	80	10	0	1.52	.290	CHC
1946	32	32	19	9	0	4.38	250.2	264	128	122	10	110	89	16	1	1.49	.293	CHC
1947	41	41	23	9	0	4.37	315.0	301	166	153	16	147	112	18	6	1.42	.266	CHC,NL PHI
1948	6	3	1	2	0	3.74	21.2	31	21	9	1	13	4	1	0	2.03	.333	PHI
1949	10	0	1	0	0	5.40	11.2	12	7	7	3	7	4	0	0	1.63	.225	PHI
Total	179	166	91	51	0	4.49	1317.2	1392	719	657	69	599	487	76	9	1.51	.290

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1942, A	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	5.1	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.31	.316
1942, AA	19	0	2	1	6	1.59	17.0	17	4	3	0	5	17	0	0	1.29	.347
1942, AAA	5	5	1	1	0	3.12	43.1	34	15	15	3	14	17	1	0	1.11	.223

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1943	3	3	2	1	0	4.88	24.0	26	13	13	11	3	2	0
1946	3	3	2	0	0	3.33	24.1	21	11	9	13	9	1	0
1947	2	2	1	1	0	11.77	13.0	26	17	17	8	6	0	0
Total	8	8	5	2	0	5.72	61.1	73	41	39	32	18	3	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1942	3	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	.000	.083	.000	.083	NYY
1943	21	64	16	0	0	0	8	5	0	23	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	NYY
1944	40	115	26	1	0	1	13	10	2	42	0	0	.226	.235	.261	.496	NYY,AL CHC
1945	26	77	13	3	0	0	4	8	0	33	0	0	.169	.169	.208	.377	CHC
1946	32	94	17	2	0	1	7	8	3	39	0	0	.181	.204	.234	.438	CHC
1947	41	118	21	3	0	0	6	8	3	50	0	0	.178	.197	.203	.400	CHC,NL PHI
1948	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	PHI
1949	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	PHI
Total	179	486	93	9	0	2	38	39	9	196	0	0	.191	.204	.222	.427

Fielding Stats 1949

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

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Pitcher

1.000

11.2

0.77

Player History

Drafted in 5th round, 71st overall pick, by New York (A) in 1942...
Earned first career win on 9/17/1942...
Had first career hit on 4/15/1943, off Jake Mooty (CHA)...
Injured on 7/14/1943 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 4-5 weeks...
Injured on 9/16/1943 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week...
Won World Series with New York (A) in 1943...
Hit first career homerun on 4/25/1944, off Tex Hughson (WAS)...
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game...
Traded from New York (A) to Chicago (N) on 7/25/1944 (Going to NYY: P Lefty Gomez, P Ed Lopat, 2B Johnny Lipon. Going to CHC: P Bill Donovan, RF Vince Dimaggio)...
Injured on 8/6/1945 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks...
1/31/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,478,571 through salary arbitration...
Won World Series with Chicago (N) in 1946...
1/31/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,478,571 through salary arbitration...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/8/1947, winning 2 games with a 1.38 ERA...
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game...
Traded from Chicago (N) to Philadelphia (N) on 7/6/1947 (Going to PHI: P Bill Donovan. Going to CHC: C Sal Yvars)...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/25/1947, winning 2 games with a 1.06 ERA...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1947, going 4-2, 2.35...
1/31/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,092,857 through salary arbitration...
6/11/1948: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (N), $2,100,000 per year, for 3 years.
Won World Series with Philadelphia (N) in 1948...
Injured on 3/18/1949 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week...
Won World Series with Philadelphia (N) in 1949...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

ERA 1945 - 4.25 - 9th 1946 - 4.38 - 9th 1947 - 4.37 - 8th	WHIP 1947 - 1.42 - 5th	Wins 1944 - 20 - 10th 1946 - 19 - 6th 1947 - 23 - 2nd	IP 1944 - 321.1 - 9th 1947 - 315.0 - 5th	BB 1944 - 136 - 10th 1947 - 147 - 7th
SHO 1944 - 2 - 7th 1947 - 6 - 1st

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