Mike Donovan (baseball)

Michael Beckam Donovan (October 18, 1881 – February 3, 1938) was a professional baseball player. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Naps in 1904 and the New York Highlanders in 1908, primarily as a third baseman. In seven career games, he had five hits and two RBIs, all of them with the Highlanders. He batted and threw right-handed.

Mike Donovan
Third baseman
Born: (1881-10-18)October 18, 1881
Brooklyn, New York
Died: February 3, 1938(1938-02-03) (aged 56)
New York, New York
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 29, 1904, for the Cleveland Naps
Last MLB appearance
October 8, 1908, for the New York Highlanders
MLB statistics
Batting average.235
Home runs0
Runs batted in2
Teams

Donovan was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in New York, New York. Donovan was working for Consolidated Edison as a security guard when he was accidentally shot and died, after a co-worker's gun accidentally discharged.[1]

References

  1. Russo, Frank (2006). Bury My Heart at Cooperstown: Salacious, Sad, and Surreal Deaths in the History of Baseball. United States: Triumph Books. p. 272. ISBN 1572438223.


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