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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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1935	21	SUP	D	15	15	.500	0.00	39						228.0	213	145	0		140							1.548	8.4		5.5			SUP · NORL
1936	22	DUL	D	11	19	.367	5.09	38						214.0	221	170	121		147							1.720	9.3		6.2			DUL · NORL
1937	23	STL-min	B	8	15	.348		31						208.0	207	124			102							1.486	9.0		4.4			BMG,DEC · IIIL
1938	24	STL-min	D,B	18	7	.720	1.74	32	27					227.1	1	0	44		106							0.009	0.0		4.2			DYB,DEC · FLOR,IIIL
1939	25	LAD-min	D	19	4	.826	3.23	28	23					184.0	156	84	66		94							1.359	7.6		4.6			DYB · FLOR
1940	26	STL-min	C	7	13	.350	5.62	30						165.0	173	117	103		112							1.727	9.4		6.1			SPG · WA
1941	27	STL-min	C,AA,A1	29	7	.806	2.16	43	3		3	0		296.0	218	85	71		111	16						1.111	6.6		3.4	0.5	0.14	SPG,SAC,FTW · WA,PCL,TL
1942	28	STL-min	AA	21	10	.677	2.83	42	31		19	4		270.0	235	112	85		128	165	3	1	9			1.344	7.8		4.3	5.5	1.29	SAC · PCL
1943	29	STL-min	AA	17	8	.680	2.40	29	26		15	5		191.0	138	62	51		116	134	4	0	3			1.330	6.5		5.5	6.3	1.16	ROC · IL
1944	30	STL	NL	2	1	.667	2.12	27	4	12	2	1	2	76.1	61	26	18	2	34	45	2	0	3	322	169	1.245	7.2	0.2	4.0	5.3	1.32
1945	31	STL	NL	8	10	.444	3.52	31	23	6	9	4	2	166.1	157	79	65	10	87	76	6	0	3	732	107	1.467	8.5	0.5	4.7	4.1	0.87
1946	32	TOT	NL	4	6	.400	3.10	25	8	10	2	0	1	90.0	81	38	31	8	34	49	3	0	0	382	111	1.278	8.1	0.8	3.4	4.9	1.44
1946	32	STL	NL	1	2	.333	3.95	13	0	7	0	0	0	13.2	17	7	6	1	10	11	1	0	0	63	90	1.976	11.2	0.7	6.6	7.2	1.10
1946	32	PHI	NL	3	4	.429	2.95	12	8	3	2	0	1	76.1	64	31	25	7	24	38	2	0	0	319	117	1.153	7.5	0.8	2.8	4.5	1.58
1947	33	PHI	NL	4	6	.400	2.98	38	10	16	5	1	5	120.2	113	44	40	7	46	31	3	0	1	487	134	1.318	8.4	0.5	3.4	2.3	0.67
1948	34	PHI	NL	5	7	.417	3.69	26	19	7	8	1	2	131.2	125	65	54	13	49	46	0	0	1	536	106	1.322	8.5	0.9	3.3	3.1	0.94
1949	35	PHI	NL	2	1	.667	5.06	23	10	5	1	0	0	78.1	84	50	44	7	40	36	1	0	1	335	78	1.583	9.7	0.8	4.6	4.1	0.90
1950	36	PHI	NL	2	4	.333	4.29	14	1	6	0	0	0	21.0	30	13	10	5	10	10	0	0	1	102	95	1.905	12.9	2.1	4.3	4.3	1.00
1951	37	PHI-min	AAA	7	6	.538	4.07	25	20		9	1		137.0	132	66	62		49	79	2	0	2			1.321	8.7		3.2	5.2	1.61	BLT · IL
1951	37	BSN	NL	0	1	.000	7.36	6	0	1	0	0	0	7.1	8	6	6	1	6	3	1	1	1	38	53	1.909	9.8	1.2	7.4	3.7	0.50
1952	38	PHI-min	AAA	5	11	.313	2.62	44	4		1	1		96.0	76	38	28		46	55	2	0	4			1.271	7.1		4.3	5.2	1.20	BLT · IL
8 Yrs				27	36	.429	3.49	190	75	63	27	7	12	691.2	659	321	268	53	306	296	16	1	11	2934	109	1.395	8.6	0.7	4.0	3.9	0.97
162 Game Avg.				7	9	.429	3.49	49	19	16	7	2	3	177	169	82	69	14	79	76	4	0	3	753	109	1.395	8.6	0.7	4.0	3.9	0.97

PHI (5 yrs)				16	22	.421	3.64	113	48	37	16	2	8	428.0	416	203	173	39	169	161	6	0	4	1779	106	1.367	8.7	0.8	3.6	3.4	0.95
STL (3 yrs)				11	13	.458	3.12	71	27	25	11	5	4	256.1	235	112	89	13	131	132	9	0	6	1117	119	1.428	8.3	0.5	4.6	4.6	1.01
BSN (1 yr)				0	1	.000	7.36	6	0	1	0	0	0	7.1	8	6	6	1	6	3	1	1	1	38	53	1.909	9.8	1.2	7.4	3.7	0.50

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1944	30	STL	NL	76.0	27	4	26	3.08	4.28	0.41	0.00	101.1	3.91	7	0.8	1.0	-0.1	1.4	14	.529	.505	$
1945	31	STL	NL	166.0	31	23	79	4.28	4.29	0.13	0.00	99.3	4.13	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.1	0.9	14	.487	.497	$
1946	32	STL	NL	13.2	13	0	7	4.61	3.97	0.10	0.00	101.4	3.93	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.491	.499	$
1946	32	PHI	NL	76.2	12	8	31	3.64	3.91	-0.22	0.00	99.6	4.11	4	0.5	1.0	-0.0	1.1	12	.539	.503	$
1947	33	PHI	NL	120.2	38	10	44	3.28	4.73	-0.10	0.00	98.0	4.73	19	2.0	1.0	-0.1	3.1	34	.552	.512	$
1948	34	PHI	NL	131.2	26	19	65	4.44	4.64	-0.25	0.00	100.2	4.90	6	0.7	.7	-0.1	1.9	22	.526	.504	$
1949	35	PHI	NL	78.1	23	10	50	5.74	4.65	-0.06	0.00	96.7	4.56	-11	-1.0	.7	-0.0	-0.3	-1	.455	.494	$
1950	36	PHI	NL	21.0	14	1	13	5.57	5.05	0.21	0.00	95.4	4.62	-2	-0.2	1.2	-0.0	-0.1	0	.485	.499	$
1951	37	BSN	NL	7.1	6	0	6	7.36	4.55	-0.25	0.00	86.6	4.16	-3	-0.3	2.1	-0.2	-0.3	-2	.456	.498	$
8 Seasons				691.1	190	75	321	4.18	4.45	-0.01	0.00	99.0	4.41	16	1.9	1.0	-0.6	7.7	93	.510	.501	$

PHI (5 yrs)				428.1	113	48	203	4.27	4.56	-0.14	0.00	98.6	4.64	17	1.9	1.0	-0.3	5.7	66	.517	.502	$
STL (3 yrs)				255.2	71	27	112	3.94	4.27	0.21	0.00	99.9	4.05	2	0.3	1.0	-0.2	2.3	28	.504	.501	$
BSN (1 yr)				7.1	6	0	6	7.36	4.55	-0.25	0.00	86.6	4.16	-3	-0.3	2.1	-0.2	-0.3	-2	.456	.498	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1944	30	STL	NL	WS	W	SLB	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	2	0	0	0	1	1	9	0	0	0	21	0.500	3.0	0.0	1.5	13.5	9.00
1 WS							1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	2	0	0	0	1	1	9	0	0	0	21	0.500	3.0	0.0	1.5	13.5	9.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	ROE
1948	34	PHI	NL	26	319	504	65	125	16	5	13	11	2	49	46	.248	.315	.377	.692	.252	190	10	0	8	0	5
1949	35	PHI	NL	23	295	299	50	84	11	2	7	1	5	40	36	.281	.368	.401	.769	.301	120	10	1	7	0	6
1950	36	PHI	NL	14	98	91	13	30	7	0	5	1	2	10	10	.330	.396	.571	.967	.329	52	0	0	1	0	1
1951	37	BSN	NL	6	38	28	6	8	0	1	1	0	0	6	3	.286	.429	.464	.893	.292	13	0	1	3	0	1
4 Yrs				69	750	922	134	247	34	8	26	13	9	105	95	.268	.344	.407	.751	.276	375	20	2	19	0	13
162 Game Avg.				47	515	633	92	170	23	5	18	9	6	72	65	.268	.344	.407	.751	.276	258	14	1	13	0	9
MLB Averages																.261	.336	.347	.683	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1948	34	PHI	NL	1.9	0.2	337	1.2	5.8	-4.6	1.00	0.2	1.1	5.7	0.6	1.00	0.1	0	0	2
1949	35	PHI	NL	-10.1	-1.0	305	-0.6	5.4	-6.0	1.11	-0.6	0.0	-12.3	-1.2	1.11	-7.8	1	3	4
1950	36	PHI	NL	-1.2	-0.1	100	-0.6	1.9	-2.5	1.26	-0.6	0.1	-6.8	-0.7	1.26	-5.8	6	0	6
1951	37	BSN	NL	-2.7	-0.3	40	-0.8	0.9	-1.6	1.71	-0.3	-0.1	-3.0	-0.3	1.71	-3.6	3	1	2
8 Yrs				19.8	2.1	782	-0.8	13.9	-14.7	1.11	-1.3	0.6	-16.4	-1.6	1.11	-17.1	10	4	14

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1944	30	STL	NL	27	4	2	0	2	0	0	3	1	.750	0	0	2	1	2	50%	54.2	79	35			2	2	4.9		6.6
1945	31	STL	NL	31	23	8	9	6	1	4	13	10	.565	0	0	9	4	14	61%	52.1	87	22			7	9	4.5		6.4
1946	32	TOT	NL	25	8	2	4	2	1	2	3	5	.375	0	0	2	0	5	63%		69	25			2	2	3.7		7.5
1946	32	PHI	NL	12	8	2	4	2	1	2	3	5	.375	0	0	2	0	5	63%	54.9	69	25			2	2	3.7		7.5
1947	33	PHI	NL	38	10	4	3	3	0	2	6	4	.600	0	0	5	1	7	70%	54.5	81	27			4	3	4.4		7.6
1948	34	PHI	NL	26	19	5	7	7	0	3	8	10	.444	0	0	8	1	10	53%	50.3	83	19	1	0	6	9	4.6	3.0	6.4
1949	35	PHI	NL	23	10	1	1	8	0	0	5	5	.500	4	2	1	0	3	30%	48.4	68	25	14	7	2	8	5.5	4.8	5.9
1950	36	PHI	NL	14	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	44.0	44	44	2	1	1	0	3.0	3.0	6.0
7 Yrs				171	75	22	25	28	2	12	38	36	.514	4	2	27	7	42	56%	52	87	19	17	8	24	33	4.6	3.7	6.6
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	115	-11					4.5	4.7	6.8

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1944	30	STL	NL	27	23	12	0	1	0	2	0		0	0														14	2		4	6.5
1945	31	STL	NL	31	8	6	0	1	0	2	0		0	0														5	1		4	6.6
1946	32	TOT	NL	25	17	10	2	2	0	1	0		0	0														7	6		0	5.4
1946	32	STL	NL	13	13	7	1	2	0	0	0		0	0														3	6		0	3.2
1946	32	PHI	NL	12	4	3	1	0	0	1	0		0	0														4	0		0	12.5
1947	33	PHI	NL	38	28	16	0	3	0	5	0		0	0														12	6		6	4.8
1948	34	PHI	NL	26	7	7	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0	0			1.003	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	4	0	1	2	4.3
1949	35	PHI	NL	23	13	5	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	5	83%		1.106	1	3	4	0	0	9	3	6	8	1	6	2	4.5
1950	36	PHI	NL	14	13	6	2	3	0	0	0		1	0	8	6	75%	5	1.260	6	0	6	1	3	8	6	6	5	5	7	0	3.5
1951	37	BSN	NL	6	6	1	0	1	1	0	1	0%	4	3	5	1	20%	9	1.706	3	1	2	4	0	2	3	3	2	4	2	2	3.7
8 Yrs				190	115	63	5	11	1	12	1	1200%	5	3	19	12	63%		1.113	10	4	14	5	3	21	12	17	57	25	16	20	5.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1944	30	STL	NL	322		0.6%	14.0%	10.6%	0.9%	5%		72%
1945	31	STL	NL	733		1.4%	10.4%	11.9%	3.3%	15%		74%
1946	32	TOT	NL	382		2.1%	12.8%	8.9%	2.6%	12%		74%
1946	32	STL	NL	63		1.6%	17.5%	15.9%				59%
1946	32	PHI	NL	319		2.2%	11.9%	7.5%	2.8%	14%		77%
1947	33	PHI	NL	502		1.4%	6.2%	9.2%	3.0%	13%		80%
1948	34	PHI	NL	561	56%	4.1%	14.4%	15.4%	10.7%	27%	0.71	140%	58	10	17%
1949	35	PHI	NL	347	59%	2.4%	12.2%	13.6%	6.8%	24%	0.73	87%	72	10	14%
1950	36	PHI	NL	102	69%	5.1%	10.2%	10.2%	12.2%	40%	0.81	78%	19	0	0%
1951	37	BSN	NL	38	66%	2.6%	7.9%	15.8%	5.3%	25%	0.46	63%	13	0	0%
8 Yrs				2987	59%	2.0%	11.0%	11.4%	4.4%	18%	0.71	84%	162	20	12%
MLB Averages					49%	1.8%	10.8%	11.0%	4.7%	18%	0.94	89%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1944	30	STL	NL		61			2												3
1945	31	STL	NL		157			10												3
1946	32	TOT	NL		81			8												0
1946	32	STL	NL		17			1												0
1946	32	PHI	NL		64			7												0
1947	33	PHI	NL		113			7												1
1948	34	PHI	NL	319	125			13	0	10	3	1	3	1	15	7	0	47%	5	1	2	125	11	2	85%	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	242
1949	35	PHI	NL	295	84			7	0	8	4	1	3	2	23	17	0	74%	6	1	1	121	1	5	17%	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	52
1950	36	PHI	NL	98	30			5	0	3	3	2	1	4	4	2	0	50%	1	1	0	45	1	2	33%	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
1951	37	BSN	NL	38	8			1	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	1	1	25%	1	1	0	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
8 Yrs				750	659			53	0	22	11	4	8	7	46	27	1	59%	13	11	3	313	13	9	59%	13	8	0	1	0	0	1	0	11	298
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1944	30	2	1	.667	2.12	27	4	12	2	1	2	76.1	61	26	18	2	34	45	2	0	3	322	169	1.245	7.2	0.2	4.0	5.3	1.32	169
1945	31	10	11	.476	3.08	58	27	18	11	5	4	242.2	218	105	83	12	121	121	8	0	6	1054	121	1.397	8.1	0.4	4.5	4.5	1.00	121
1946	32	14	17	.452	3.08	83	35	28	13	5	5	332.2	299	143	114	20	155	170	11	0	6	1436	118	1.365	8.1	0.5	4.2	4.6	1.10	118
1947	33	18	23	.439	3.06	121	45	44	18	6	10	453.1	412	187	154	27	201	201	14	0	7	1923	122	1.352	8.2	0.5	4.0	4.0	1.00	122
1948	34	23	30	.434	3.20	147	64	51	26	7	12	585.0	537	252	208	40	250	247	14	0	8	2459	118	1.345	8.3	0.6	3.8	3.8	0.99	118
1949	35	25	31	.446	3.42	170	74	56	27	7	12	663.1	621	302	252	47	290	283	15	0	9	2794	111	1.373	8.4	0.6	3.9	3.8	0.98	111
1950	36	27	35	.435	3.45	184	75	62	27	7	12	684.1	651	315	262	52	300	293	15	0	10	2896	111	1.390	8.6	0.7	3.9	3.9	0.98	111
1951	37	27	36	.429	3.49	190	75	63	27	7	12	691.2	659	321	268	53	306	296	16	1	11	2934	109	1.395	8.6	0.7	4.0	3.9	0.97	109

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1944	30	6	2	.750	2.34	77.0	65	22	20	2	36	45	2	1.312	7.6	4.2	5.3	1.25	0.2	27
1945	31	10	8	.556	3.64	168.0	165	76	68	11	91	77	6	1.524	8.8	4.9	4.1	0.85	0.6	31
1946	32	5	5	.500	3.60	90.0	89	40	36	9	37	49	3	1.400	8.9	3.7	4.9	1.32	0.9	25
1947	33	7	5	.583	3.27	113.0	118	46	41	7	48	29	3	1.469	9.4	3.8	2.3	0.60	0.6	38
1948	34	7	7	.500	4.07	126.0	131	63	57	14	51	44	0	1.444	9.4	3.6	3.1	0.86	1.0	26
1949	35	3	5	.375	5.75	72.0	88	51	46	7	42	33	1	1.806	11.0	5.3	4.1	0.79	0.9	23
1950	36	1	1	.500	4.09	22.0	31	11	10	5	10	10	0	1.864	12.7	4.1	4.1	1.00	2.0	14
1951	37	0	0		6.75	8.0	8	7	6	1	6	3	1	1.750	9.0	6.8	3.4	0.50	1.1	6
8 Yrs		39	33	.542	3.78	676.0	695	316	284	56	321	290	16	1.503	9.3		3.9	0.90	0.7	190

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1945 NL 8.495 (7th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1945 NL 4.112 (7th)	Saves s c a p y 1947 NL 5 (5th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1945 NL 76 (10th)
Shutouts s c a p y 1945 NL 4 (2nd)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1945 NL 87 (5th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1945 NL 6 (6th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1947 NL 16 (10th)
Oldest s c a p y 1950 NL born 1914-01-21 (9th) 1951 NL born 1914-01-21 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 10 (1481), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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