what is the earliest time a baseball game has started

Bill Donovan started the game against the Phillies on April 18, 1901.

Interpreted as:
What is the earliest time a baseball game has started by a player?
NAME DATE GS TM OPP DEC ERA SO CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Bill Donovan
B. Donovan
4/18/1901
1
BKN BKN
@
PHN PHN
W
4.00
4
1
0
0
9.0
12
4
7
0
5
0
0
45
0
2 Jack Dunn
J. Dunn
4/18/1901
1
PHN PHN
vs
BKN BKN
L
135.00
0
0
0
0
0.1
4
5
5
0
2
0
0
0
3 Kid Nichols
K. Nichols
4/19/1901
1
BSN BSN
vs
NYG NYG
W
0.00
5
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
1
0
0
34
0
4 Dummy Taylor
D. Taylor
4/19/1901
1
NYG NYG
@
BSN BSN
L
6.75
4
1
0
0
8.0
15
6
7
0
1
0
0
38
1
5 Gene McCann
G. McCann
4/19/1901
1
BKN BKN
vs
PHN PHN
W
2.00
6
1
0
0
9.0
4
2
2
1
2
1
0
32
0
6 Happy Townsend
H. Townsend
4/19/1901
1
PHN PHN
@
BKN BKN
L
11.25
6
1
0
0
8.0
8
10
10
1
10
1
0
43
0
7 Jack Powell
J. Powell
4/19/1901
1
STL STL
vs
CHO CHO
L
6.00
4
1
0
0
9.0
18
6
8
0
0
1
0
43
0
8 Jack Taylor
J. Taylor
4/19/1901
1
CHO CHO
@
STL STL
W
4.00
2
1
0
0
9.0
14
4
7
1
1
0
0
41
0
9 Noodles Hahn
N. Hahn
4/20/1901
1
CIN CIN
vs
PIT PIT
L
3.00
7
1
0
0
9.0
6
3
4
0
2
0
0
37
0
10 Sam Leever
S. Leever
4/20/1901
1
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
W
2.00
6
1
0
0
9.0
9
2
2
0
0
1
0
36
1
11 Tom Hughes
T. Hughes
4/20/1901
1
CHO CHO
@
STL STL
L
6.75
5
1
0
0
8.0
10
6
11
2
6
3
0
43
0
12 Cowboy Jones
C. Jones
4/20/1901
1
STL STL
vs
CHO CHO
W
9.00
6
1
0
0
9.0
15
9
9
1
3
1
0
45
0
13 Jock Menefee
J. Menefee
4/21/1901
1
CHO CHO
@
STL STL
L
6.75
1
1
0
0
8.0
12
6
12
0
3
3
0
41
0
14 Willie Sudhoff
W. Sudhoff
4/21/1901
1
STL STL
vs
CHO CHO
W
1.00
3
1
0
0
9.0
7
1
5
0
4
1
0
37
0
15 Frank Kitson
F. Kitson
4/22/1901
1
BKN BKN
@
PHN PHN
L
16.20
1
0
0
0
5.0
10
9
9
1
3
0
0
0
16 Doc White
D. White
4/22/1901
1
PHN PHN
vs
BKN BKN
W
2.00
4
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
3
0
1
0
0
33
0
17 Al Orth
A. Orth
4/23/1901
1
PHN PHN
vs
BSN BSN
W
3.00
1
1
0
0
9.0
9
3
3
0
2
0
0
36
0
18 Vic Willis
V. Willis
4/23/1901
1
BSN BSN
@
PHN PHN
L
3.38
6
1
0
0
8.0
8
3
5
1
1
0
0
33
0
19 Jack Harper
J. Harper
4/23/1901
1
STL STL
vs
PIT PIT
W
4.00
4
1
0
0
9.0
8
4
4
0
3
0
0
37
0
20 Rube Waddell
R. Waddell
4/23/1901
1
PIT PIT
@
STL STL
L
3.86
4
0
0
0
7.0
7
3
7
0
5
1
0
0
21 Bill Phillips
B. Phillips
4/24/1901
1
CIN CIN
vs
CHO CHO
13.50
1
0
0
0
4.0
7
6
6
0
2
1
0
0
22 Jack Taylor
J. Taylor
4/24/1901
1
CHO CHO
@
CIN CIN
L
4.15
2
1
0
0
8.2
14
4
10
0
3
0
0
44
0
23 Cowboy Jones
C. Jones
4/24/1901
1
STL STL
vs
PIT PIT
L
4.00
4
1
0
0
9.0
11
4
5
1
2
1
0
39
0
24 Deacon Phillippe
D. Phillippe
4/24/1901
1
PIT PIT
@
STL STL
W
4.50
1
0
0
0
8.0
9
4
4
1
0
1
0
0
25 Bill Hoffer
B. Hoffer
4/24/1901
1
CLE CLE
@
CWS CWS
L
6.75
1
1
0
0
8.0
8
6
8
0
6
0
0
37
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for starts going back to the 1901 season.
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