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Blix Donnelly

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 166lb (178cm, 75kg)

Born: January 21, 1914 in Olivia, MN us

Died: June 20, 1976 in Olivia, MN

Buried: St. Aloysius Cemetery, Olivia, MN

High School: Olivia HS (Olivia, MN)

Debut: May 6, 1944 (Age 30-106d, 9,711th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 3, 1951 (Age 37-102d)
vs. CHC 0.2 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1944 season

Full Name: Sylvester Urban Donnelly

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1944 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.9

ERA

3.49

190

691.2

296

WHIP

1.395

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	15-16 / in Starts: 13-10
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	21 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 62 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	29 (12-13-4) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 62 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	41 (21-13-6)

Most Driven In
M Marion	1
L Klein	1
E Verban	1

Most Driven In By
R Schoendienst	1
B Adams	1

1945 Batting Game Log

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1945 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	28	3 (2)	Apr 21	STL		CIN	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.17	-0.060	3.17	-0.10%	-0.49	P
2	29	7 (3)	Apr 28	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.92	-0.202	4.70	-0.30%	-0.85	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	30	11 (3)	May 2 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,1-11	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
4	31	17 (5)	May 12	STL	@	NYG	L,3-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.61	-0.049	1.64	-0.08%	-0.63	P
5	32	20 (2)	May 15	STL	@	BSN	W,8-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
6	33	21	May 16 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,4-5	9-GF(14)	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	9	1.32	0.062	2.75	0.08%	0.25	P
7	34	27 (5)	May 21	STL	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.235	.412	9	.83	-0.037	1.79	-0.05%	0.33	P
8	35	30 (2)	May 25	STL		BRO	W,9-7	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.176	.235	.412	9						P
9	36	31	May 26	STL		BRO	L,2-11	1-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.222	.389	9	.30	-0.008	.88	-0.01%	-0.11	P
10	37	32	May 27 (1)	STL		PHI	L,0-2	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.222	.389	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	38	38 (5)	Jun 1	STL		NYG	W,4-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.158	.158	.211	.368	9	1.28	-0.049	4.11	-0.09%	-0.45	P
12	39	43 (4)	Jun 8	STL		PIT	W,4-3	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.143	.143	.190	.333	9						P
13	40	48 (4)	Jun 13	STL		CIN	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.130	.174	.304	9	.86	-0.046	2.50	-0.08%	-0.40	P
14	41	50 (1)	Jun 16	STL	@	PIT	W,13-10	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.167	.292	9	.11	-0.003	.31	-0.01%	-0.17	P
15	42	54 (3)	Jun 21	STL	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.107	.107	.143	.250	9	.78	-0.088	2.31	-0.16%	-1.33	P
16	43	60 (5)	Jun 27 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.156	.156	.188	.344	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	44	65 (4)	Jul 1 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,7-8	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.171	.171	.200	.371	9	1.43	-0.005	5.92	-0.01%	-0.42	P
18	45	70 (4)	Jul 6	STL	@	BRO	W,15-3	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.154	.154	.179	.333	9	.50	-0.016	3.12	-0.06%	-0.46	P
19	46	74 (3)	Jul 12	STL		NYG	L,7-9	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.154	.179	.333	9						P
20	47	81 (6)	Jul 18 (1)	STL		PHI	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1			0	0	0	.143	.143	.167	.310	9						P
21	48	86 (4)	Jul 22 (1)	STL		BRO	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.156	.289	9	1.08	-0.089	6.33	-0.31%	-0.99	P
22	49	90 (3)	Jul 27	STL		PIT	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.125	.125	.146	.271	9						P
23	50	96 (5)	Jul 31 (2)	STL		CIN	L,0-2	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.146	.271	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	51	99 (2)	Aug 4	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.146	.271	9						P
25	52	122 (22)	Aug 29	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.120	.120	.140	.260	9	.75	-0.038	4.63	-0.14%	-0.33	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	53	128 (5)	Sep 3 (2)	STL		PIT	L,2-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.120	.120	.140	.260	9						P
27	54	131 (2)	Sep 6 (1)	STL		BSN	L,1-9	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.120	.120	.140	.260	9						P
28	55	139 (7)	Sep 14 (1)	STL		BRO	L,3-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.120	.120	.140	.260	9						P
29	56	140	Sep 14 (2)	STL		BRO	L,1-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.120	.120	.140	.260	9						P
30	57	144 (3)	Sep 17	STL		PHI	W,7-3	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.135	.167	.154	.321	9	.48	0.107	2.39	0.32%	1.60	P
31	58	149 (4)	Sep 23	STL		CIN	W,9-6	GS-8	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	.130	.161	.148	.309	9	.43	-0.031	4.76	-0.20%	-0.86	P
							15-16		62	54	3	7	1	0	0	3	2	0	5	0	6		1	0	0	0	.130	.161	.148	.309		.89	-0.552	3.40	-1.21%	-5.30

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