Blix Donnelly

Sylvester Urban Donnelly

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 166 lb.

Born: January 21, 1914 in Olivia, MN
High School: Olivia HS (Olivia, MN)(All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 1944
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cardinals/Braves 1944-1951

Final Game: May 3, 1951
Died: June 20, 1976 in Olivia, MN
Buried: St. Aloysius Cemetery, Olivia, MN
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1935	21	SUP	D	55	131	131		32	6	1	2						.244	.244	.351	.595		46					SUP · NORL
1936	22	DUL	D	54	131	131		29	5	0	4						.221	.221	.351	.573		46					DUL · NORL
1937	23	STL-min	B	53	131	131		20	3	1	0						.153	.153	.191	.344		25					DEC,BMG · IIIL
1938	24	STL-min	D,B	49	121	121		33	4	1	0						.273	.273	.322	.595		39					DYB,DEC · FLOR,IIIL
1939	25	LAD-min	D	45	99	99		26	7	1	1						.263	.263	.384	.646		38					DYB · FLOR
1940	26	STL-min	C	35	74	74		18	2	1	1						.243	.243	.338	.581		25					SPG · WA
1941	27	STL-min	C,AA,A1	63	146	146		39	5	0	0	1	0				.267	.267	.301	.568		44					SPG,SAC,FTW · WA,PCL,TL
1942	28	STL-min	AA	42	106	92	7	14	0	0	0	8	0		5	17	.152	.196	.152	.348		14		0	9		SAC · PCL
1943	29	STL-min	AA	29	73	63	2	10	1	0	0	7	0	0	7	17	.159	.243	.175	.417		11		0	3		ROC · IL
1944	30	STL	NL	27	21	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	2	.063	.211	.063	.273	-22	1	1	0	2	1
1945	31	STL	NL	31	62	54	3	7	1	0	0	4	0		2	5	.130	.161	.148	.309	-15	8	0	0	6	1
1946	32	TOT	NL	25	28	25	5	7	1	0	0	2	0		3	7	.280	.357	.320	.677	96	8	1	0	0	1
1946	32	STL	NL	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	1
1946	32	PHI	NL	12	27	25	5	7	1	0	0	2	0		2	7	.280	.333	.320	.653	89	8	1	0	0	1
1947	33	PHI	NL	38	40	32	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		3	7	.063	.143	.063	.205	-43	2	2	0	5	1
1948	34	PHI	NL	26	48	45	2	10	1	1	0	1	0		3	10	.222	.271	.289	.560	53	13	1	0	1	1
1949	35	PHI	NL	23	24	23	2	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.174	.174	.174	.348	-5	4	0	0	1	1
1950	36	PHI	NL	14	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	6	1	0	0	0	1
1951	37	PHI-min	AAA	26	50	40	5	5	2	0	0	3	0		6	8	.125	.239	.175	.414		7		0	4		BLT · IL
1951	37	BSN	NL	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	/1
1952	38	PHI-min	AAA	44	25	23	2	5	0	1	0	2	0		0	2	.217	.217	.304	.522		7		0	2		BLT · IL
8 Yrs				190	229	201	12	32	3	1	0	8	0	0	14	35	.159	.214	.184	.398	10	37	6	0	15
162 Game Avg.				162	195	171	10	27	3	1	0	7	0		12	30	.159	.214	.184	.398	10	32	5	0	13

PHI (5 yrs)				113	144	130	9	24	2	1	0	4	0		8	28	.185	.232	.215	.447	24	28	4	0	7
STL (3 yrs)				71	84	70	3	8	1	0	0	4	0		6	7	.114	.184	.129	.313	-13	9	1	0	8
BSN (1 yr)				6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1944	30	STL	NL	27	21	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1945	31	STL	NL	31	62	-9	0	0	0	6	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.4	.488	.498	-0.4	0.0	-2	$	1
1946	32	STL	NL	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0.1	.503	.500	0.1	0.0	0	$	1
1946	32	PHI	NL	12	27	-0	0	0	0	3	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.521	.502	0.2	0.0	3	$	1
1947	33	PHI	NL	38	40	-7	0	0	0	4	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.492	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	1
1948	34	PHI	NL	26	48	-3	0	0	0	5	2	0.2	2	4	0.2	.509	.501	0.2	0.0	4	$	1
1949	35	PHI	NL	23	24	-3	-0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1950	36	PHI	NL	14	5	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
1951	37	BSN	NL	6	1	-0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.493	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
8 Seasons				190	229	-26	-0	0	0	23	-4	-0.4	8	4	-0.4	.498	.500	-0.4	0.0	4	$

PHI (5 yrs)				113	144	-15	-0	0	0	15	0	0.1	5	5	-0.0	.501	.500	-0.0	0.0	5	$
STL (3 yrs)				71	84	-11	0	0	0	7	-4	-0.4	2	-1	-0.4	.494	.499	-0.4	0.0	-1	$
BSN (1 yr)				6	1	-0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.493	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1944	30	STL	NL	21	18	0	0.0	97	.071	.063	.272	.211	.339	.063	.381	.273	.720	-22	.000	-2.6	-0.3	.250	.188	.000
1945	31	STL	NL	62	53	1	0.5	99	.143	.130	.277	.161	.347	.148	.382	.309	.729	-15	.020	-8.7	-0.9	.213	.056	.019
1946	32	TOT	NL	28	19	3	4.2	90	.389	.280	.258	.357	.333	.320	.361	.677	.694	96	.521	0.0	-0.0	.579	.160	.040
1946	32	STL	NL	1	0	0						1.000	.343						.000	0.3	0.0
1946	32	PHI	NL	27	19	3	4.2	90	.389	.280	.258	.333	.333	.320	.361	.653	.694	89	.521	-0.3	-0.0	.526	.120	.040
1947	33	PHI	NL	40	37	0	0.0	102	.080	.063	.268	.143	.342	.063	.397	.205	.740	-43	.000	-6.5	-0.6	.156	.094	.000
1948	34	PHI	NL	48	37	4	2.9	99	.286	.222	.265	.271	.339	.289	.393	.560	.732	53	.310	-3.1	-0.3	.444	.133	.067
1949	35	PHI	NL	24	20	1	1.3	101	.200	.174	.267	.174	.340	.174	.399	.348	.739	-5	.095	-3.4	-0.3	.211	.000	.000
1950	36	PHI	NL	5	4	0	0.0	106	.250	.200	.267	.200	.344	.200	.414	.400	.758	6	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
1951	37	BSN	NL	1	2	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.259	.000	.332	.000	.392	.000	.724	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
8 Yrs				229	190	9	1.3	99	.193	.159	.269	.214	.341	.184	.387	.398	.728	10	.093	-25.3	-2.6	.291	.095	.025
162 Game Avg.				195	162	8	1.3	99	.193	.159	.269	.214	.341	.184	.387	.398	.728	10	.093	-25.3	-2.6	.291	.095	.025

PHI (5 yrs)				144	117	8	1.8	99	.235	.185	.265	.232	.339	.215	.390	.447	.729	24	.163	-14.1	-1.4	.327	.092	.031
STL (3 yrs)				84	71	1	0.4	98	.127	.114	.276	.184	.345	.129	.382	.313	.727	-13	.012	-11.0	-1.1	.238	.100	.014
BSN (1 yr)				1	2	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.259	.000	.332	.000	.392	.000	.724	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1944	30	STL	NL	WS	SLB	W	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1944	30	STL	NL	21	0.0%	9.5%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	0.67	8.0				67%
1945	31	STL	NL	62	0.0%	8.1%	3.2%	1.6%	14%	2.50	10.8		13.5		79%
1946	32	TOT	NL	28	0.0%	25.0%	10.7%	3.6%	14%	2.33	3.6		12.5		64%
1946	32	STL	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%		0.00					0%
1946	32	PHI	NL	27	0.0%	25.9%	7.4%	3.7%	14%	3.50	3.6		12.5		67%
1947	33	PHI	NL	40	0.0%	17.5%	7.5%	0.0%	0%	2.33	4.6				63%
1948	34	PHI	NL	48	0.0%	20.8%	6.3%	4.2%	20%	3.33	4.5		45.0	0.67	73%
1949	35	PHI	NL	24	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		7.7		23.0	1.50	83%
1950	36	PHI	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0			1.00	80%
1951	37	BSN	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
8 Yrs				229	0.0%	15.3%	6.1%	1.8%	13%	2.50	5.7		25.1	1.13	72%
MLB Averages					1.6%	9.4%	9.6%	6.2%	27%	0.98	9.4	56.4	8.3	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1944	30	STL	NL	-2.6	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	31	STL	NL	-8.7	-0.9	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	32	TOT	NL	-0.0	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	32	STL	NL	0.3	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	32	PHI	NL	-0.4	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	33	PHI	NL	-6.6	-0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	34	PHI	NL	-3.1	-0.3	24	-0.4	0.0	-0.5	.98	-0.4	-0.1	-4.6	-0.5	0.95	-4.7	0
1949	35	PHI	NL	-3.4	-0.3	21	-0.2	0.2	-0.3	.83	-0.2	0.0	-2.5	-0.3	0.96	-2.3	0
1950	36	PHI	NL	-0.7	-0.1	5	0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.27	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.87	0.0	0
1951	37	BSN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.77	-0.0	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	1.80	-0.5	0
8 Yrs				-25.4	-2.6	51	-0.7	0.3	-1.0	.96	-0.7	-0.0	-7.9	-0.8	0.96	-7.4	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	CS	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3
1948	34	PHI	NL	15%	4		0%	1	1	0	0
1949	35	PHI	NL	50%	9		0%	0	0	1	1
1950	36	PHI	NL	0%	1			0	0	0	0
1951	37	BSN	NL		0	0		0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				26%	14	0	0%	1	1	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	34	PHI	NL	48	33%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	1	25%	4	2	50%	14	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1949	35	PHI	NL	24	14%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	4	1	25%	11	1	9%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1950	36	PHI	NL	5	20%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1951	37	BSN	NL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				78	24%	32			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	750%	11	6	55%	10	4	40%	29	1	3%	1	1	100%	2	2	100%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			235%			26%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1944	30	27	21	16	0	1	0	0	0		3	2	.063	.211	.063	.273	-22	1	1	2
1945	31	58	83	70	3	8	1	0	4		5	7	.114	.173	.129	.302	-16	9	1	8
1946	32	83	111	95	8	15	2	0	6		8	14	.158	.223	.179	.402	13	17	2	8
1947	33	121	151	127	8	17	2	0	6		11	21	.134	.203	.150	.353	-1	19	4	13
1948	34	147	199	172	10	27	3	1	7		14	31	.157	.220	.186	.406	13	32	5	14
1949	35	170	223	195	12	31	3	1	8		14	34	.159	.215	.185	.400	11	36	5	15
1950	36	184	228	200	12	32	3	1	8		14	35	.160	.215	.185	.400	11	37	5	15
1951	37	190	229	201	12	32	3	1	8	0	14	35	.159	.214	.184	.398	10	37	6	15

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1944	30	28	22	17	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.000	.150	.000	.150	0	27
1945	31	32	63	55	2	6	1	0	3	2	5	.109	.140	.127	.268	1	31
1946	32	26	30	27	6	8	1	0	2	3	7	.296	.367	.333	.700	3	25
1947	33	40	41	33	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	38
1948	34	27	52	48	2	11	1	1	1	3	10	.229	.275	.292	.566	4	26
1949	35	24	26	25	3	5	0	0	1	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	23
1950	36	15	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	14
1951	37	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
8 Yrs		198	240	211	13	30	3	1	7	14	35	.142	.196	.166	.361	9	190
162 Game Avg.		162	196	173	11	25	2	1	6	11	29	.142	.196	.166	.361	7	190

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Oldest s c a p y 1950 NL born 1914-01-21 (9th) 1951 NL born 1914-01-21 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1950 NL born 1914-01-21 (9th)
1951 NL born 1914-01-21 (5th)

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