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Patsy Donovan

Major League Baseball player, manager (1865-1953)

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Also known as Patrick Joseph Donovan

Born: March 16, 1865
Died: December 25, 1953
Birthplace: Cóbh
Place of death: Lawrence
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: baseball player
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Overview

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Patrick Joseph "Patsy" Donovan was an American professional baseball right fielder and manager in Major League Baseball who played for several teams from 1890 to 1907, most notably the Pittsburgh Pirates. Donovan started his career with Boston in 1890 but shuffled over to Brooklyn before the season ended, which saw him win the National League pennant. He played for Louisville and Washington of the American Association for a season each before he found himself with the Pirates in 1892, where he would play for the next seven years. In his first full season with the team, he had his first .300 season as a National League player, batting .317 with 46 stolen bases and 158 hits in 113 games. He batted .300 in each of the next five seasons with Pittsburgh before his tenure ended in 1899. He joined St. Louis in 1900 and played the next four seasons for the team, which saw him bat .300 three straight times and lead the NL in stolen bases with 45 in 1900. He played a season in Washington before sitting out 1905; he played eight combined games in 1906 and 1907 with Brooklyn to end his career.

Overview

MLB batting stats — season by season

20 seasons · from AIDB's MLB batting dataset

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1890	Boston Beaneaters	32	140	17	36	0	0	0	9	10	8	17	.257	.307	.257	.564
1890	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	28	105	17	23	5	1	0	8	3	5	5	.219	.268	.286	.554
1891	Louisville Colonels	105	439	73	141	10	3	2	53	27	30	18	.321	.375	.371	.747
1891	Washington Statesmen	17	70	9	14	1	0	0	3	1	4	5	.200	.243	.214	.458
1892	Washington Senators	40	163	29	39	3	3	0	12	16	11	13	.239	.295	.294	.590
1892	Pittsburgh Pirates	90	388	77	114	15	3	2	26	40	20	16	.294	.333	.363	.697
1893	Pittsburgh Pirates	113	499	114	158	5	8	2	56	46	42	8	.317	.373	.371	.744
1894	Pittsburgh Pirates	133	577	147	175	21	10	4	76	41	36	12	.303	.350	.395	.745
1895	Pittsburgh Pirates	126	522	115	162	18	6	1	59	36	48	19	.310	.377	.374	.751
1896	Pittsburgh Pirates	131	573	113	183	20	5	3	59	48	35	18	.319	.370	.387	.757
1897	Pittsburgh Pirates	120	479	82	154	16	7	0	57	34	25	23	.322	.360	.384	.744
1898	Pittsburgh Pirates	147	610	112	184	16	9	0	37	41	34	33	.302	.346	.357	.703
1899	Pittsburgh Pirates	122	536	82	156	11	7	1	56	26	17	17	.291	.319	.343	.662
1900	St. Louis Cardinals	126	503	78	159	11	1	0	61	45	38	15	.316	.368	.342	.710
1901	St. Louis Cardinals	130	531	92	161	23	5	1	73	28	27	37	.303	.344	.371	.715
1902	St. Louis Cardinals	126	502	70	158	12	4	0	35	34	28	15	.315	.363	.355	.718
1903	St. Louis Cardinals	105	410	63	134	15	3	0	39	25	25	21	.327	.370	.378	.748
1904	Washington Senators	125	436	30	100	6	0	0	19	17	24	40	.229	.271	.243	.514
1906	Brooklyn Superbas	7	21	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.238	.238	.238	.476
1907	Brooklyn Superbas	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career		1,824	7,505	1,321	2,256	208	75	16	738	518	457	334	.301	.348	.355	.702

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Sex or gender: male
Member of sports team: St. Louis Cardinals
Pittsburgh Pirates
Given name: Patsy
Family name: Donovan
Position played on team / speciality: right fielder
Sport: baseball
League: Major League Baseball

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