Patsy Donovan

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 175 lb

BornMarch 16, 1865 · Cobh, County Cork, Ireland

MLB debutApril 19, 1890

Final gameOctober 5, 1907

Seasons17 (1890–1907)

Brooklyn Bridegrooms 1890; Boston Beaneaters 1890; Louisville Colonels 1891; Washington Statesmen 1891; Pittsburgh Pirates 1892; Washington Senators 1892; Pittsburgh Pirates 1893–1899; St. Louis Cardinals 1900–1903; Washington Senators 1904; Brooklyn Superbas 1906–1907

Percentile snapshot

1903 season — qualified batters

105

17.7

452

19.5

410

20.4

40.7

134

46.9

25.7

18.6

RBI

27.4

35.4

77.9

72.6

.327

86.7

OBP

.370

SLG

.378

56.6

OPS

.748

wRC+

112.9

61.9

OPS+

114.3

62.8

wOBA

.361

72.6

sWAR

1.7

of 114 qualified 1903 batters (min 430 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

95.6

32.9

OPS+

95.6

32.6

sWAR

14.7

90.8

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1890	60	262	245	34	59	5	1	0	17	13	22	13	.241	.290	.269	.559	69.5	63.1	.276	-0.1
1891	122	551	509	82	155	11	3	2	56	34	23	28	.305	.358	.350	.707	100.8	102.2	.348	1.4
1892	130	587	551	106	153	18	6	2	38	31	29	56	.278	.322	.343	.665	98.6	100.7	.323	1.2
1893	113	544	499	114	158	5	8	2	56	42	8	46	.317	.373	.371	.744	98.5	97.7	.361	1.2
1894	133	644	577	147	175	21	10	4	76	36	12	41	.303	.350	.395	.745	81.9	79.0	.347	0.0
1895	126	584	522	115	162	18	6	1	59	48	19	36	.310	.377	.374	.751	96.7	93.8	.362	1.2
1896	131	624	573	113	183	20	5	3	59	35	18	48	.319	.370	.387	.757	99.8	99.6	.362	1.5
1897	120	517	479	82	154	16	7	0	57	25	23	34	.322	.360	.384	.744	96.1	96.4	.355	0.9
1898	147	661	610	112	184	16	9	0	37	34	33	41	.302	.346	.357	.703	100.0	101.1	.342	1.5
1899	122	566	536	82	156	11	7	1	56	17	17	26	.291	.319	.343	.662	81.2	81.4	.317	0.0
1900	126	550	503	78	159	11	1	0	61	38	15	45	.316	.368	.342	.710	98.5	96.3	.345	1.2
1901	130	578	531	92	161	23	5	1	73	27	37	28	.303	.344	.371	.715	107.8	108.9	.341	1.8
1902	126	551	502	70	158	12	4	0	35	28	15	34	.315	.363	.355	.718	122.7	122.9	.354	2.7
1903	105	452	410	63	134	15	3	0	39	25	21	25	.327	.370	.378	.748	112.9	114.3	.361	1.7
1904	125	479	436	30	100	6	0	0	19	24	40	17	.229	.271	.243	.514	58.9	60.4	.251	-1.4
1906	7	21	21	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.238	.238	.238	.476	43.5	52.1	.231	-0.1
1907	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-120.5	-100.0	.000	0.0

Career totals

1,824

388th-most career G

8,172

266th-most career PA

7,505

218th-most career AB

1,321

121st-most career R

2,256

169th-most career H

208

331st-most career 3B

RBI

738

457

334

518

31st-most career SB

.3006

213th-highest career batting average

OBP

.3475

SLG

.3547

OPS

.7022

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	TB
1903-07-12	PHI @ STL Gameday	5	2	3	0	2	0	0	7
1901-06-19	STL @ PHI Gameday	5	1	4	1	0	2	0	5
1903-06-12	ATL @ STL Gameday	4	2	4	1	0	0	1	5
1902-08-24	SF @ STL Gameday	5	0	3	0	1	1	0	5
1901-06-15	LAD @ STL Gameday	4	0	3	2	0	0	0	5

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1901-04-19	CHC @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-20	CHC @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-21	CHC @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-23	PIT @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1901-04-24	PIT @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.