Bill Donovan
William Edward Donovan
(Wild Bill)
 
Born: October 13, 1876 in Lawrence, MA
Died: December 9, 1923 - 47 years old
Bats: R Throws: R Ht: 5'11" Wt: 190
(legend)
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Notes:
- Visit Donovan's Managerial Page

Overall

Multi-Team Years
   
Wins Above Replacement
  
Win Shares
  
Win Shares Above Bench
Yr
Tm
Lg
WSN
NL
21.7
SP
110
88.0
 
-1.6
-0.7
-0.2
-0.8
-0.1
1.7
0.0
0.2
1.6
-2.3
-0.5
-0.2
-1.6
BRO
NL
22.7
SP
13
25.0
 
-0.4
-0.0
0.0
-0.4
0.0
0.7
0.0
0.0
0.7
-0.2
-0.0
0.0
-0.2
BRO
NL
23.7
SP
13
31.0
 
-0.4
-0.3
0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.5
-0.6
-0.1
0.0
-0.6
BRO
NL
24.7
SP
151
351.0
 
5.7
-0.2
-0.0
5.9
0.0
25.7
0.0
0.0
25.7
13.5
-0.5
0.0
14.0
BRO
NL
25.7
SP
174
297.7
 
3.0
0.2
0.0
2.7
-0.1
18.8
0.0
0.2
18.5
8.1
-0.9
-0.1
9.1
DET
AL
26.7
SP
137
307.0
 
7.4
0.6
-0.0
6.9
-0.0
22.1
0.8
0.1
21.2
11.3
0.1
-0.0
11.2
DET
AL
27.7
SP
148
293.0
 
3.9
0.8
-0.3
3.4
-0.0
19.2
2.6
0.0
16.5
8.6
2.0
-0.1
6.7
DET
AL
28.7
SP
156
280.7
 
4.7
0.5
-0.1
4.2
-0.1
20.1
0.4
0.3
19.3
9.7
-0.1
0.2
9.6
DET
AL
29.7
SP
96
211.7
 
2.3
-0.7
0.0
2.9
0.0
11.2
0.0
0.0
11.2
3.4
-0.4
-0.0
3.8
DET
AL
30.7
SP
119
271.0
 
5.6
0.9
0.0
4.7
-0.0
23.2
3.2
0.0
19.9
14.0
2.7
0.0
11.3
DET
AL
31.7
SP
93
242.7
 
4.6
0.0
0.0
4.6
-0.0
18.1
0.0
0.0
18.1
9.8
-0.3
0.0
10.1
DET
AL
32.7
SP
53
140.3
 
1.5
0.1
-0.0
1.4
-0.0
9.4
0.0
0.0
9.4
4.7
-0.1
0.0
4.8
DET
AL
33.7
SP
76
206.7
 
3.0
-0.3
-0.0
3.3
-0.0
14.7
0.0
0.0
14.7
7.5
-0.3
0.0
7.8
DET
AL
34.7
SP
72
168.3
 
2.9
0.4
0.0
2.5
-0.0
12.8
0.8
0.0
12.0
6.4
0.5
0.0
5.9
DET
AL
35.7
SW
14
10.0
 
0.3
-0.1
-0.0
0.4
-0.0
1.1
0.0
0.0
1.1
0.7
-0.1
-0.0
0.8
NYA
AL
38.7
RP
13
33.7
 
-0.2
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.2
-1.0
-0.1
0.0
-1.0
NYA
AL
39.7
RP
-
1.0
 
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1
DET
AL
41.7
SP
2
6.0
 
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.8
0.1
0.0
0.7
0.6
0.1
0.0
0.4
18
4
SP
1440
2964.7
  
42.8
1.2
-0.6
41.9
-0.3
200.3
8.0
1.0
191.4
94.0
2.0
-0.2
92.2
162 Game Average
133
272.8
  
3.9
0.1
-0.1
3.9
-0.0
  
18.4
0.7
0.1
17.6
  
8.7
0.2
-0.0
8.5
 
   
Wins Above Replacement
  
Win Shares
  
Win Shares Above Bench
Yr Tm    
1
P
110
88.0
 
-1.6
-0.7
-0.2
-0.8
-0.1
1.7
0.0
0.2
1.6
-2.3
-0.5
-0.2
-1.6
4
P
351
704.7
 
7.9
-0.4
0.0
8.2
-0.1
45.7
0.0
0.2
45.5
20.7
-1.5
-0.1
22.4
11
P
966
2137.3
 
36.6
2.4
-0.4
34.5
-0.2
152.5
8.0
0.5
144.0
76.5
4.1
0.1
72.3
2
P
13
34.7
 
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.4
-0.9
-0.1
0.0
-0.9
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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James