Maje McDonnell

Robert A. "Maje" McDonnell (July 20, 1920 – July 8, 2010)^[1] was an American coach, scout and official with the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball. Until he retired in 2009, McDonnell served for four decades as the Phillies' "goodwill ambassador," and was an employee of the team for five of the eight National League pennants it has won, and both of its World Series championships. McDonnell was considered a face of the Phillies franchise.^[2]

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he attended the city's Northeast High School. McDonnell was a right-handed pitcher in college baseball who stood 5 feet 6 inches (168 cm) tall and weighed 135 pounds (61 kg; 9 st 9 lb). He attended Villanova University, where he also played basketball despite his stature. He joined the United States Army during World War II and rose to the rank of major, saw combat in the European Theater of Operations, and was awarded a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart and five battle stars.^[3]

McDonnell joined the Phillies as a batting practice pitcher in 1947, and was serving as a coach when the 1950 "Whiz Kids" won the National League flag — at that time, only the second pennant in Phillies' history. He was a member of the Phils' coaching staff through 1957, working under managers Ben Chapman, Eddie Sawyer, Steve O'Neill, Terry Moore and Mayo Smith. He was a Phillies' scout from 1958 to 1960.

After working for the Ballantine Brewery and coaching at the high school and college level in the Philadelphia area, he returned to the Phillies in 1973, serving as a "ticket seller, tour guide, Phantasy Camp instructor, and the organization's face and voice in the community."^[4] He was thus part of Phillie teams that won NL pennants in 1980, 1983, 1993 and 2008, and its 1980 and 2008 world champions.

References

External links

• Coach's page from Retrosheet
• Kepner, Tyler, "An Energetic Presence on Hand for Every Phillies Pennant," The New York Times, October 26, 2008
• Maje McDonnell at the SABR Baseball Biography Project , by Maje McDonnell, Retrieved Jack Morris.

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Wall of Fame members

Grover Cleveland Alexander Dick Allen Richie Ashburn Bob Boone Larry Bowa Jim Bunning Pat Burrell Johnny Callison Steve Carlton Ruly Carpenter Gavvy Cravath Darren Daulton Ed Delahanty Del Ennis Dallas Green Pat Gillick Roy Halladay Billy Hamilton Granny Hamner Willie Jones Harry Kalas Chuck Klein John Kruk Mike Lieberthal Greg Luzinski Garry Maddox Sherry Magee Charlie Manuel Bake McBride Tug McGraw Paul Owens John Quinn Ron Reed Robin Roberts Scott Rolen Juan Samuel Curt Schilling Mike Schmidt Chris Short Curt Simmons Tony Taylor Jim Thome Sam Thompson Manny Trillo John Vukovich Cy Williams

Franchise record holders

John Coleman Bill Duggleby Lenny Dykstra Kid Gleason Ryan Howard George McQuillan Jonathan Papelbon Lefty O'Doul Jimmy Rollins Curt Schilling Kent Tekulve Chase Utley

Retired numbers

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Key personnel

• Owner: Limited partnership (John S. Middleton, Jim & Pete Buck, Stanley Middleman, Estate of David Montgomery, & Pat Gillick)
• President: David Dombrowski
• General Manager: Sam Fuld
• Manager: Rob Thomson

World Series
championships (2)

• 1980
• 2008

NL pennants (8)

• 1915
• 1950
• 1980
• 1983
• 1993
• 2008
• 2009
• 2022

Division
championships (11)

• 1976
• 1977
• 1978
• 1980
• 1983
• 1993
• 2007
• 2008
• 2009
• 2010
• 2011

Wild Card titles (2)

• 2022
• 2023

Minor league
affiliates

Triple-A

Lehigh Valley IronPigs

Double-A

Reading Fightin Phils

High-A

Jersey Shore BlueClaws

Single-A

Clearwater Threshers

Rookie

FCL Phillies

DSL Phillies Red

DSL Phillies White

Rosters

Minor league rosters

Broadcasting

Television	NBC Sports Philadelphia WCAU
Radio	94 WIP (English flagship station) El Pasaporte (Spanish flagship station) Phillies radio network affiliates
Broadcasters	Tom McCarthy John Kruk Ben Davis Mike Schmidt Rubén Amaro Jr. Scott Franzke Larry Andersen

Seasons (142)
1880s	1880 · 1881 · 1882 · 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
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1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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