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Blix Donnelly
Sylvester Urban Donnelly
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 178 lb.

Born: January 21, 1914 in Olivia, MN (All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 1944
Final Game: May 3, 1951
Died: June 20, 1976 in Olivia, MN
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
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 3 322 167 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 87 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 6 46 31 3 0 1 487 135 1.318 8.4 0.4 3.4 2.3 0.67
1948 34 PHI NL 5 7 .417 3.69 26 19 6 8 1 2 131.2 125 65 54 13 49 46 0 0 1 536 107 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 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 50 1.909 9.8 1.2 7.4 3.7 0.50
8 Seasons 27 36 .429 3.49 190 75 62 27 7 12 691.2 659 321 268 52 306 296 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 13 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 36 16 2 8 428.0 416 203 173 38 169 161 6 0 4 1779 107 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 118 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 50 1.909 9.8 1.2 7.4 3.7 0.50

Postseason Pitching

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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
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Standard Batting

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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1944 30 STL NL 27 21 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .063 .211 .063 .273 -21 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 95 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 88 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 49 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 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
8 Seasons 190 230 201 12 32 3 1 0 8 0 0 14 35 .159 .214 .184 .398 10 37 6 0 15
162 Game Avg. 162 196 171 10 27 3 1 0 7 0 12 30 .159 .214 .184 .398 10 32 5 0 13
PHI (5 yrs) 113 145 130 9 24 2 1 0 4 0 8 28 .185 .232 .215 .447 23 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

Postseason Batting

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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
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1944 STL NL 30 P 27 21 3 17 1 0 .952 0.74 .962 1.09
1945 STL NL 31 P 31 23 4 17 2 0 .913 0.68 .965 1.06
1946 TOT NL 32 P 25 14 3 11 0 0 1.000 0.56 .964 1.01
1946 STL NL 32 P 13 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.08 1.000 1.01
1946 PHI NL 32 P 12 13 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.08 .962 1.01
1947 PHI NL 33 P 38 28 2 24 2 2 .929 0.68 .968 0.91
1948 PHI NL 34 P 26 19 2 15 2 0 .895 0.65 .963 0.91
1949 PHI NL 35 P 23 8 0 7 1 0 .875 0.30 .962 0.91
1950 PHI NL 36 P 14 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 0.43 .967 0.97
1951 BSN NL 37 P 6 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.50 .967 0.97
8 Seasons P 190 122 15 99 8 2 .934 0.60 .965 0.98
8 Seasons TOT 190 122 15 99 8 2 .934 0.60 .899 0.98

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--9th

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 InkPitching - 10 (1492), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1334), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1195), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

Before 1937 Season: Obtained by the St. Louis Cardinals from 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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