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Bill
Donovan		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 203
 
Born: July 6, 1916 in Usa, IL, MAYWOOD
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1942 25 CLE AL   6 3 2 2 6 5 5 7 7 7
1943 26 CLE AL   6 3 2 2 6 5 5 8 8 8
1944 27 CLE AL   6 2 1 2 6 5 5 8 8 8
1945 28 CLE AL $ 300,000 7 2 2 2 6 5 5 8 8 8
1946 29 CLE AL $ 300,000 7 3 3 3 6 5 5 8 8 8
1947 30 CLE AL $ 300,000 8 3 3 3 6 5 5 8 8 8
1948 31 MON NL   8 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7
1949 32 CLE AL $ 700,000 8 3 3 3 5 4 4 7 7 7
1950 33 CLE AL $ 700,000 8 3 3 3 4 3 4 7 7 7
1951 34 CLE AL $ 700,000 8 3 2 2 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 2 1 2 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 700,000 8 3 3 3 6 5 5 8 8 8
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1942 25 CLE AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1943 26 CLE AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 27 CLE AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 28 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 29 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 30 CLE AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 31 MON NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 32 CLE AL $ 700,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 33 CLE AL $ 700,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 34 CLE AL $ 700,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 700,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1942 25 AAA   2 3 .400 59 0 0 0 4 43.7 39 19 1 21 21 3.92 .248 .337 .357 .694  
1943 26 AA   5 2 .714 47 0 0 0 8 36.7 42 12 1 11 28 2.95 .290 .340 .359 .698  
1944 27 AAA   0 1 .000 10 0 0 0 0 19.7 17 8 0 8 10 3.66 .233 .309 .274 .583  
    AA   3 2 .600 54 0 0 0 4 36.7 32 11 0 9 24 2.70 .237 .285 .267 .551  
1945 28 CLE AL 3 2 .600 21 0 0 0 2 25.3 28 12 1 20 4 4.26 .283 .400 .414 .814 1.6
    AAA   2 1 .667 19 0 0 0 1 33.7 36 12 0 7 13 3.21 .277 .314 .338 .652  
1946 29 CLE AL 3 6 .333 39 2 0 0 3 55.0 64 34 4 43 8 5.56 .290 .401 .412 .813 0.9
1947 30 CLE AL 4 15 .211 67 2 0 0 6 94.3 103 44 5 50 24 4.20 .275 .362 .352 .714 4.5
1948 31 CLE AL 6 9 .400 19 16 0 0 0 135.0 165 85 11 71 17 5.67 .306 .384 .422 .806 3.2
  MON NL 0 1 .000 4 3 0 0 0 7.0 6 4 0 7 1 5.14 .231 .394 .269 .663 0.0
  TOT   6 10 .375 23 19 0 0 0 142.0 171 89 11 78 18 5.64 .302 .384 .415 .799 3.2
    AA   1 0 1.000 7 0 0 0 0 11.3 17 11 0 8 7 8.74 .347 .439 .469 .908  
1949 32 CLE AL 0 0 .000 24 0 0 0 0 21.7 23 8 1 18 5 3.32 .274 .398 .357 .755 1.7
    AAA   0 0 .000 11 0 0 0 1 11.0 6 1 0 7 3 0.82 .158 .289 .211 .499  
    AA   1 1 .500 15 0 0 0 2 16.3 16 6 0 9 12 3.31 .254 .347 .317 .665  
1950 33 CLE AL 2 0 1.000 33 0 0 0 0 44.0 51 25 4 20 13 5.11 .293 .364 .420 .783 2.6
1951 34 CLE AL 3 0 1.000 46 0 0 0 0 55.0 65 37 8 40 11 6.05 .288 .396 .451 .847 1.5
7 Years Sim 21 33 .389 253 23 0 0 11 437.3 505 249 34 269 83 5.12 .289 .383 .403 .786 16.0
4 Years AAA 4 5 .444 99 0 0 0 6 108.0 98 40 1 43 47 3.33 .246 .320 .322 .641  
4 Years AA 10 5 .667 123 0 0 0 14 101.0 107 40 1 37 71 3.57 .273 .336 .334 .670  
8 Years Minors 14 10 .583 222 0 0 0 20 209.0 205 80 2 80 118 3.45 .259 .328 .328 .655  
Season Average 3 4 .429 36 3 0 0 1 62.5 72 35 4 38 11 5.12 .289 .383 .403 .786  
Career Highs 6 15 1.000 67 19 0 0 6 142.0 171 89 11 78 24 6.05 .302 .401 .451 .847  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   309 143 16 172 42   .298 .398 .400 .797
vs LH   196 106 18 97 41   .277 .364 .409 .773
Home 10 15 .400 128 10 0 0 5 224.6 257 119 19 127 46 4.77 .286 .374 .407 .781
Away 11 18 .379 125 13 0 0 6 212.7 248 130 15 142 37 5.50 .293 .395 .400 .795
Mar/Apr 1 6 .143 28 6 0 0 0 66.3 81 44 5 44 10 5.97 .299 .397 .391 .788
May 3 7 .300 40 7 0 0 3 86.0 106 46 4 46 19 4.82 .312 .394 .424 .817
June 5 10 .333 55 5 0 0 1 95.6 125 78 10 86 15 7.34 .316 .439 .443 .882
July 8 2 .800 42 5 0 0 2 79.7 84 39 6 29 12 4.41 .266 .328 .383 .710
August 1 2 .333 39 0 0 0 2 49.0 43 11 3 21 13 2.02 .236 .315 .346 .661
Sep/Oct 3 6 .333 49 0 0 0 3 60.7 66 31 6 43 14 4.60 .274 .384 .394 .778
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1945 28 CLE AL 21 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0
1946 29 CLE AL 39 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0
1947 30 CLE AL 67 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 0.6 0.2
1948 31 CLE AL 19 47 3 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 18 .085 .085 .149 .234 -1.0 0.0
  MON NL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  TOT   23 48 3 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 19 .083 .083 .146 .229 -1.1 0.0
1949 32 CLE AL 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
    AA   2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1950 33 CLE AL 33 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.6 0.1
1951 34 CLE AL 46 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1 0.0
7 Years Sim 253 74 5 9 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 24 .122 .145 .162 .307 0.2 0.3
1 Years AA 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 47 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 .122 .145 .162 .307 0.1  
Career Highs 67 48 3 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 19 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   55 5 7 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 18 .127 .143 .182 .325 0.4
vs LH   19 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .105 .150 .105 .255 -0.3
Home 93 32 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 10 .063 .091 .156 .247 -0.6
Away 125 42 4 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 14 .167 .186 .167 .353 0.7
RISP   22 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .045 .045 .045 .091 -1.5
Close/Late   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1
Mar/Apr 25 16 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .188 .235 .188 .423 0.6
May 22 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .067 .125 .067 .192 -0.5
June 42 19 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 .211 .211 .211 .421 0.7
July 11 15 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 .067 .067 .267 .333 0.1
August 19 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Sep/Oct 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1945 28 CLE AL P 21 0 25.3 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.78    
1946 29 CLE AL P 39 2 55.0 3 10 1 0 .929 2.13    
1947 30 CLE AL P 67 2 94.3 2 16 2 3 .900 1.72    
1948 31 CLE AL P 19 16 135.0 10 24 3 3 .919 2.27    
  MON NL P 4 3 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29    
  TOT   P 23 19 142.0 10 25 3 3 .921 2.22    
1949 32 CLE AL P 24 0 21.7 4 4 0 1 1.000 3.32    
1950 33 CLE AL P 33 0 44.0 4 15 1 0 .950 3.89    
1951 34 CLE AL P 46 0 55.0 8 8 1 1 .941 2.62    
Career Totals   253 23 437.3 32 82 8 8 .934 2.35    
Career Highs   67 19 142.0 10 25 3 3 1.000 3.89    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
1947-5-67
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 23rd overall pick, by Cleveland in 1942
Injured on 5/18/1943 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Earned first career win on 6/9/1945
Had first career hit on 6/11/1945, off Marv Breuer (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 7/26/1948, off Jim Wilson (SEM)
Traded from Cleveland to Montreal on 7/31/1948 (Going to MON: P Bill Donovan. Going to CLE: C Rudy York, P Bill Sayles)
Released by Montreal on 10/14/1948
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/18/1949 to a 2-year deal worth $700,000 per year
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $700,000 through salary arbitration
 
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