finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1959 right 25 december 1992 houston , texas allen , michigan 1959 september 20 1-1 3.14 6 pitcher chicago cubs won/lost record era strikeouts august 1 10 december 1932 ed donnelly -lrb- 1950s pitcher -rrb-
 chicago cubs ed donnelly right
ed donnelly -lrb- 1950s pitcher -rrb-

edward vincent donnelly -lrb- december 10 , 1932 -- december 25 , 1992 -rrb- was a right-handed pitcher in major league baseball for the chicago cubs .
donnelly was signed as a free agent by the kansas city athletics before the 1956 season and was assigned to the abilene blue sox .
the athletics either sold or traded his rights to the cubs in june , and he made two more minor league stops in ponca city and lafayette .
in the 1957-59 seasons , donnelly worked his way through the system , toiling for burlington and fort worth as well , before finally earning a promotion to the cubs in the second half of the 1959 season .
donnelly 's major league debut came on august 1 in mop-up duty against the cincinnati reds .
cubs starter glen hobbie and reliever john buzhardt had combined to surrender 10 runs in 4 innings of work .
he induced the first batter the faced , roy mcmillan , to ground out to third base , and struck out eddie kasko for the second out , his first major league strikeout .
the next batter was opposing pitcher bob purkey , who doubled for the first hit donnelly surrendered in the big leagues , but he escaped the inning without giving up a run .
though he 'd surrender two runs -lrb- one earned -rrb- in the next inning , his debut was decent -- three innings , five hits , a walk , two runs -lrb- one earned -rrb- , two strikeouts .
that first outing would also prove to be the longest of his major league career .
donnelly lost his third appearance before earning his first -lrb- and only -rrb- major league victory in his fourth .
he was summoned to relieve buzhardt again after the cubs had fallen behind 7-6 through three innings .
donnelly gave up a hit and a walk , but no runs .
the cubs scored four runs in the bottom of that inning and never surrendered the lead , cruising to a 20-9 victory .
in donnelly 's final big league appearance -lrb- september 20 -rrb- , he threw a scoreless eighth inning as the cubs fell to the st. louis cardinals .
donnelly spent the next two seasons with the cubs ' aaa affiliate , the houston buffs , going a combined 15-10 in 101 games -lrb- 100 relief appearances , 1 start -rrb- with eras of 3.00 and 3.36 .
nevertheless , he was released by the cubs , and spent 1962 and 1963 with dallas-fort worth of the pacific coast league and syracuse in the international league .
he retired after the 1963 season , at age 30 .
donnelly died on christmas day , 1992 in houston , texas .
he is buried in weimar , texas , in st. michael catholic cemetery .
his grandson jarred cosart currently plays for the miami marlins .
