Patsy Donovan
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| Right fielder / Manager | |||
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Born: March 16, 1865 Queenstown, Ireland |
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Died: December 25, 1953 (aged 88) Lawrence, Massachusetts |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 19, 1890, for the Boston Beaneaters | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 5, 1907, for the Brooklyn Superbas | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .301 | ||
| Hits | 2,253 | ||
| Runs scored | 1,318 | ||
| Stolen bases | 518 | ||
| Managerial record | 684–879 | ||
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Patrick Joseph "Patsy" Donovan (March 16, 1865 – December 25, 1953) was an Irish-American right fielder and manager in Major League Baseball who played for several teams from 1890 to 1907, most notably the Pittsburg Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals.
He batted .300 lifetime and set a major league record for career games in right field, as well as retiring among the career leaders in total games (5th, 1813), assists (9th, 264) and double plays (5th, 69) as an outfielder. Donovan batted and threw left-handed.
Born in Queenstown, County Cork, Donovan established himself as the most successful Irish-born major leaguer. He broke into organized baseball in 1886 with the Lawrence, Massachusetts team in the New England League.
In 1888 and 1889, Donovan played outfield for the London Tecumsehs of the International Association at Tecumseh Park (today's Labatt Park) in London, Ontario, Canada, where, in his first season in 1888, he led the league in batting with a .359 batting average (according to the Donovan family Web site; however, the London Tecumsehs' official scorer C. J. Moorehead, in a 1903 copy of The London Advertiser, cited Donovan's 1888 batting average as .398), had 201 hits, scored 103 runs and stole 80 bases. His second season with the Tecumsehs was less successful due to a leg injury.
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