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Blix Donnelly
Sylvester Urban Donnelly

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 178 lb.

Debut May 6, 1944
Final Game May 3, 1951
Born January 21, 1914 in Olivia, MN
Died June 20, 1976 in Olivia, MN

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1944 30 STL NL   2   1  27   4   2   1  12  2   76.3   61   26   18   2   34   45   2   3   322       0  2.12  3.54  167 1.245
 1945 31 STL NL   8  10  31  23   9   4   6  2  166.3  157   79   65  10   87   76   6   3   732       0  3.52  3.76  107 1.467
 1946 32 TOT NL   4   6  25   8   2   0  10  1   90.0   81   38   31   8   34   49   3   0   382       0  3.10  3.45  111 1.278
         STL NL   1   2  13   0   0   0   7  0   13.7   17    7    6   1   10   11   1   0    63       0  3.95  3.45   87 1.976
         PHI NL   3   4  12   8   2   0   3  1   76.3   64   31   25   7   24   38   2   0   319       0  2.95  3.45  117 1.153
 1947 33 PHI NL   4   6  38  10   5   1  16  5  120.7  113   44   40   6   46   31   3   1   487       0  2.98  4.03  135 1.318
 1948 34 PHI NL   5   7  26  19   8   1   6  2  131.7  125   65   54  13   49   46   0   1   536       0  3.69  3.95  107 1.322
 1949 35 PHI NL   2   1  23  10   1   0   5  0   78.3   84   50   44   7   40   36   1   1   335       0  5.06  3.96   78 1.583
 1950 36 PHI NL   2   4  14   1   0   0   6  0   21.0   30   13   10   5   10   10   0   1   102       0  4.29  4.06   95 1.905
 1951 37 BSN NL   0   1   6   0   0   0   1  0    7.3    8    6    6   1    6    3   1   1    38       1  7.36  3.68   50 1.909
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .429  27  36 190  75  27   7  62 12  691.7  659  321  268  52  306  296  16  11  2934       1  3.49  3.81  109 1.395
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   9  48  19   6   1  15  3  177.3  169   82   68  13   78   75   4   2   752   0   0  3.49  3.81  109 1.395
 Career High      8  10  38  23   9   4  16  5  166.3  157   79   65  13   87   76   6   3   732   0   1  2.12  4.03  167 1.245

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1944 30 STL NL  27   16    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      3   2  .063  .211  .063  -21    1   2           0   1
 1945 31 STL NL  31   54    3    7   1  0   0    4   0      2   5  .130  .161  .148  -15    8   6           0   0
 1946 32 TOT NL  25   25    5    7   1  0   0    2   0      3   7  .280  .357  .320   95    8   0           0   1
         STL NL  13    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   0       1.000               0   0           0   0
         PHI NL  12   25    5    7   1  0   0    2   0      2   7  .280  .333  .320   88    8   0           0   1
 1947 33 PHI NL  38   32    0    2   0  0   0    0   0      3   7  .063  .143  .063  -43    2   5           0   2
 1948 34 PHI NL  26   45    2   10   1  1   0    1   0      3  10  .222  .271  .289   53   13   1           0   1
 1949 35 PHI NL  23   23    2    4   0  0   0    1   0      0   3  .174  .174  .174   -5    4   1           0   0
 1950 36 PHI NL  14    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .200  .200  .200    6    1   0           0   0
 1951 37 BSN NL   6    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      190  201   12   32   3  1   0    8   0  0  14  35  .159  .214  .184   10   37  15   0   0   0   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        171   10   27   3  1   0    7   0  0  12  30  .159  .214  .184   10   32  13   0   0   0   5
 Career High     38   54    5   10   1  1   0    4   0  0   3  10                          13   6   0   0   0   2
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1944 30 STL NL   21   18    0   0.0    96| .063  .270| .211  .338| .063  .380| .274  .717| -21  .000  -2.6  -0.3     
 1945 31 STL NL   62   53    1   0.5    99| .130  .277| .161  .347| .148  .382| .309  .729| -15  .020  -8.7  -0.9     
 1946 32 TOT NL   28   19    3   4.2    90| .280  .259| .357  .334| .320  .362| .677  .697|  95  .521  -0.0   0.0     
         STL NL    1    0    0            |           |1.000  .343|           |           |             0.3   0.0     
         PHI NL   27   19    3   4.2    90| .280  .259| .333  .334| .320  .362| .653  .696|  88  .521  -0.4   0.0     
 1947 33 PHI NL   40   37    0   0.0   102| .063  .269| .143  .344| .063  .399| .206  .743| -43  .000  -6.6  -0.6     
 1948 34 PHI NL   49   37    4   2.9   100| .222  .267| .271  .340| .289  .394| .560  .735|  53  .309  -3.1  -0.3     
 1949 35 PHI NL   24   20    1   1.3   101| .174  .267| .174  .340| .174  .399| .348  .739|  -5  .095  -3.4  -0.3     
 1950 36 PHI NL    5    4    0   0.0   106| .200  .267| .200  .344| .200  .414| .400  .758|   6  .000  -0.7  -0.1     
 1951 37 BSN NL    1    2    0   0.0    97| .000  .259| .000  .332| .000  .392| .000  .724|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       230  190    9   1.3    99| .159  .269| .214  .342| .184  .388| .398  .729|  10  .093 -25.4  -2.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1944 30 STL NL P 27 3 17 1 0 .952 .962 0.74 1.09 2.36 2.13 4 76.3 1945 31 STL NL P 31 4 17 2 0 .913 .963 0.68 1.06 1.14 2.18 23 166.3 1946 32 TOT NL P 25 3 11 0 0 1.000 .966 0.56 1.01 1.40 2.24 8 90.0 STL NL P 13 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.08 1.01 0.66 2.23 0 13.7 PHI NL P 12 3 10 0 0 1.000 .963 1.08 1.01 1.53 2.24 8 76.3 1947 33 PHI NL P 38 2 24 2 2 .929 .967 0.68 0.91 1.94 2.12 10 120.7 1948 34 PHI NL P 26 2 15 2 0 .895 .960 0.65 0.91 1.16 2.11 19 131.7 1949 35 PHI NL P 23 0 7 1 0 .875 .959 0.30 0.91 0.80 2.03 10 78.3 1950 36 PHI NL P 14 0 6 0 0 1.000 .968 0.43 0.97 2.57 2.10 1 21.0 1951 37 BSN NL P 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 0.97 3.70 2.10 0 7.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1944 30 STL NL P 27 3 17 1 0 .952 .962 0.74 1.09 2.36 2.13 4 76.3 1945 31 STL NL P 31 4 17 2 0 .913 .963 0.68 1.06 1.14 2.18 23 166.3 1946 32 TOT NL P 25 3 11 0 0 1.000 .966 0.56 1.01 1.40 2.24 8 90.0 STL NL P 13 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.08 1.01 0.66 2.23 0 13.7 PHI NL P 12 3 10 0 0 1.000 .963 1.08 1.01 1.53 2.24 8 76.3 1947 33 PHI NL P 38 2 24 2 2 .929 .967 0.68 0.91 1.94 2.12 10 120.7 1948 34 PHI NL P 26 2 15 2 0 .895 .960 0.65 0.91 1.16 2.11 19 131.7 1949 35 PHI NL P 23 0 7 1 0 .875 .959 0.30 0.91 0.80 2.03 10 78.3 1950 36 PHI NL P 14 0 6 0 0 1.000 .968 0.43 0.97 2.57 2.10 1 21.0 1951 37 BSN NL P 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 0.97 3.70 2.10 0 7.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 190 15 99 8 2 .934 .964 0.60 0.98 1.48 2.14 75 691.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 190 15 99 8 2 .934 .964 0.60 0.98 1.48 2.14 75 692
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1944   WS    STL SLB     W   2   0   0.00  1  0  0  0   6     2   0   1   9 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1944   WS    STL SLB     W   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Hits Allowed/9IP
1945 NL-8.49-7

Strikeouts/9IP
1945 NL-4.11-7

Saves
1947 NL-5-5

Strikeouts
1945 NL-76-10

Shutouts
1945 NL-4-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
1945 NL-87-5

Hit Batsmen
1945 NL-6-6

Games Finished
1947 NL-16-9

Oldest Player
1950 NL-36-9
1951 NL-37-5

     

Gray Ink: Pitching - 10 (1435) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1188) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1320) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1937 Season: Obtained by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Duluth (Northern) as part of a minor league working agreement.

July 8, 1946: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the St. Louis Cardinals.

April 16, 1951: Selected off waivers by the Boston Braves from the Philadelphia Phillies.

May 12, 1951: Released by the Boston Braves.

May 12, 1951: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.


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