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Mike
Donovan		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 170
 
Born: October 18, 1881 in Usa, NY, BROOKLYN
 
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
1904 22 BRO NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6
1905 23 BRO NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7
1906 24 BRO NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 8 8
1907 25 BRO NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 9 9
1908 26 BRO NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 6 3 2 2 10 9 9
1909 27 BRO NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 9 9
1910 28 BRO NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 9 10
1911 29 BRO NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 9 10
1912 30 BRO NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 10 10
1913 31 BRO NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 6 2 2 2 10 9 10
1914 32 BRO NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 6 2 2 2 10 9 9
1915 33 BRO NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 9 9
1916 34 SLN NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6 3 2 2 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1904 22 A   118 401 24 71 21 1 0 18 0 1 55 121 .177 .276 .234 .511 27.4  
1905 23 A   119 443 19 87 12 0 0 16 0 1 40 144 .196 .263 .223 .486 25.2  
1906 24 A   118 413 23 106 17 2 1 26 1 0 57 85 .257 .347 .315 .662 48.8  
1907 25 A   115 407 25 102 19 0 6 38 0 0 56 67 .251 .341 .342 .683 50.6  
1908 26 BRO NL 95 310 23 69 12 0 4 36 0 0 18 31 .223 .266 .300 .566 24.8 2.4
    AA   52 188 20 54 5 1 4 13 0 0 28 21 .287 .380 .388 .768 29.1  
1909 27 AAA   90 362 18 80 18 0 3 25 2 2 23 42 .221 .268 .296 .563 27.2  
1910 28 BRO NL 50 121 11 33 1 1 0 16 1 0 4 10 .273 .294 .298 .591 10.8 1.9
1911 29 BRO NL 24 40 3 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 2 .175 .222 .200 .422 2.5 0.0
1912 30 BRO NL 55 120 12 43 10 1 0 27 0 1 12 8 .358 .417 .458 .875 18.5 4.8
1913 31 BRO NL 57 135 14 37 3 0 1 17 0 0 5 6 .274 .300 .319 .619 9.8 0.5
1914 32 BRO NL 43 147 14 35 8 0 1 16 0 0 5 10 .238 .261 .313 .574 8.5 0.0
1915 33 BRO NL 23 57 8 15 1 0 2 11 0 0 2 9 .263 .283 .386 .669 6.6 0.9
    AAA   23 90 4 20 4 0 0 7 0 0 11 10 .222 .307 .267 .574 7.9  
1916 34 AAA   131 497 51 153 33 1 10 83 1 1 63 31 .308 .386 .439 .824 82.0  
7 Years Sim 347 930 85 239 36 2 8 127 1 1 49 76 .257 .293 .326 .619 81.5 10.6
3 Years AAA 244 949 73 253 55 1 13 115 3 3 97 83 .267 .334 .368 .701 117.1  
1 Years AA 52 188 20 54 5 1 4 13 0 0 28 21 .287 .381 .388 .769 29.1  
4 Years A 470 1664 91 366 69 3 7 98 1 2 208 417 .220 .306 .278 .583 152.0  
8 Years Minors 766 2801 184 673 129 5 24 226 4 5 333 521 .240 .320 .316 .636 298.2  
162 Game Average 434 39 111 16 0 3 59 0 0 22 35 .257 .293 .326 .619 38.0  
Career Highs 95 310 23 69 12 1 4 36 1 1 18 31 .358 .417 .458 .875 24.8  
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   600 50 158 21 2 6 85 1 1 31 61 .263 .298 .335 .633 58.3
vs LH   330 35 81 15 0 2 42 0 0 18 15 .245 .283 .309 .592 27.9
Home 176 457 47 128 22 0 5 63 0 1 26 34 .280 .316 .361 .677 50.5
Away 171 473 38 111 14 2 3 64 1 0 23 42 .235 .270 .292 .562 35.7
RISP   272 0 73 12 1 4 115 0 0 9 21 .268 .285 .364 .649 27.4
Pinch Hitting   52 7 14 3 1 0 11 0 1 5 4 .269 .322 .365 .687 5.9
Close/Late   139 15 47 7 2 4 27 0 0 9 10 .338 .378 .504 .882 24.1
Mar/Apr 30 79 4 25 1 0 1 13 0 1 4 5 .316 .349 .367 .716 9.5
May 51 111 9 27 2 1 0 11 0 0 7 10 .243 .288 .279 .567 8.8
June 53 148 17 43 11 0 3 31 0 0 4 12 .291 .303 .426 .729 18.0
July 58 162 11 37 5 0 0 16 0 0 9 14 .228 .270 .259 .529 10.7
August 62 182 24 44 3 1 1 22 0 0 10 9 .242 .280 .286 .566 14.3
Sep/Oct 93 248 20 63 14 0 3 34 1 0 15 26 .254 .295 .347 .642 24.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1908 26 BRO NL SS 95 95 825.7 138 357 25 56 .952 5.40   4.6
1910 28 BRO NL 2B 20 17 155.0 33 69 1 10 .990 5.92   0.9
    SS 11 10 88.0 19 32 0 10 1.000 5.22   0.3
1911 29 BRO NL 2B 9 4 41.7 14 24 0 6 1.000 8.21   0.4
    SS 4 4 34.7 5 14 0 1 1.000 4.93   0.2
1912 30 BRO NL SS 21 17 151.7 14 60 6 6 .925 4.39   0.1
    2B 20 11 116.7 32 68 4 16 .962 7.71   0.7
1913 31 BRO NL 2B 42 22 235.0 70 111 4 25 .978 6.93   0.6
    SS 11 7 73.7 17 40 1 10 .983 6.96   0.6
1914 32 BRO NL 2B 36 36 309.0 78 138 0 20 1.000 6.29   1.6
    SS 6 4 40.0 5 22 1 0 .964 6.08   0.3
1915 33 BRO NL 2B 14 11 103.0 21 47 5 7 .932 5.94   0.2
    SS 3 3 27.0 7 19 0 4 1.000 8.67   0.4
  SS 151 140 1240.6 205 544 33 87 .958 5.43   6.4
  2B 141 101 960.3 248 457 14 84 .981 6.61   4.3
Career Totals   292 241 2201.0 453 1001 47 171 .969 5.95   10.7
Career Highs   95 95 825.7 138 357 25 56 1.000 6.94    
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Wally Gerber (984)
  2. Jim Viox (979)
  3. Hal Leathers (979)
  4. Ralph Young (971)
  5. Jack Burns (967)
  6. Bobby Lowe (965)
  7. Kid Gleason (963)
  8. Paddy Baumann (962)
  9. Guy Tutwiler (958)
  10. Dick Egan (953)
History
Drafted in 5th round, 65th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1904
Had first career hit (double) on 6/13/1908, off Ernie Groth (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 6/19/1908, off Ed Murphy (SLN)
Injured on 7/9/1909 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 9/4/1909 with a Broken Hand, out for 5 weeks
2/10/1913: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/8/1914: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/13/1915: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis (N) on 3/14/1916 to a minor league contract
 
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