Dock Ellis

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Full Name: Dock Phillip Ellis	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/205	First Game: June 18, 1968
Birthdate: March 11, 1945	Final Game: September 29, 1979
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
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[edit] Biography

Born on March 11, 1945 in Los Angeles, California, Dock Ellis (Dock Phillip Ellis) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics and New York Mets over the course of his 12 year career. Ellis broke into the bigs on June 18, 1968 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 2.51 ERA in 104 innings pitched in 1968, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Dock Ellis's best season was 1971, when he posted a 3.06 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 137 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1968	PIT	N	26	10	6	5	2.51	52	35	29	2	0	0	104	82	4	38	4	6	1
1969	PIT	N	35	33	11	17	3.58	173	101	87	8	2	0	218.2	206	14	76	7	4	4
1970	PIT	N	30	30	13	10	3.21	128	81	72	9	4	0	201.2	194	9	87	11	3	10
1971	PIT	N	31	31	19	9	3.06	137	93	77	11	2	0	226.2	207	15	63	5	4	2
1972	PIT	N	25	25	15	7	2.70	96	60	49	4	1	0	163.1	156	6	33	4	2	3
1973	PIT	N	28	28	12	14	3.05	122	86	65	3	1	0	192	176	7	55	7	3	6
1974	PIT	N	26	26	12	9	3.16	91	71	62	9	0	0	176.2	163	13	41	5	5	7
1975	PIT	N	27	24	8	9	3.79	69	69	59	5	2	0	140	163	9	43	9	0	3
1976	NY	A	32	32	17	8	3.19	65	83	75	8	1	0	211.2	195	14	76	1	4	4
1977	TEX	A	23	22	10	6	2.90	90	60	54	7	1	1	167.1	158	13	42	1	4	0
1977	OAK	A	7	7	1	5	9.69	11	33	28	0	0	0	26	35	5	14	0	1	1
1977	NY	A	3	3	1	1	1.83	5	9	4	1	0	0	19.2	18	1	8	0	1	0
1977	TOT	A	33	32	12	12	3.63	106	102	86	8	1	1	213	211	19	64	1	6	1
1978	TEX	A	22	22	9	7	4.20	45	81	66	3	0	0	141.1	131	15	46	0	3	2
1979	TEX	A	10	9	1	5	5.98	10	34	31	0	0	0	46.2	64	5	16	2	2	0
1979	PIT	N	3	1	0	0	2.57	1	2	2	0	0	0	7	9	1	2	0	1	0
1979	NY	N	17	14	3	7	6.04	41	60	57	1	0	0	85	110	9	34	10	2	1
1979	Total		30	24	4	12	5.84	52	96	90	1	0	0	138.2	183	15	52	12	5	1
1979	TOT	N	20	15	3	7	5.77	42	62	59	1	0	0	92	119	10	36	10	3	1
Total	NL		248	222	99	87	3.32	910	658	559	52	12	0	1515	1466	87	472	62	30	37
Total	AL		97	95	39	32	3.79	226	300	258	19	2	1	612.2	601	53	202	4	15	7
Total			345	317	138	119	3.46	1136	958	817	71	14	1	2127.2	2067	140	674	66	45	44

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1968	PIT	N	P	26	10	104.1	5	18	0	2	0	2	3	1	1	1.000
1969	PIT	N	P	35	33	218.2	15	35	3	2	0	5	14	13	0	.943
1970	PIT	N	P	30	30	201.2	21	34	2	3	0	3	21	11	1	.965
1971	PIT	N	P	31	31	226.2	22	32	2	1	0	2	5	8	0	.964
1972	PIT	N	P	25	25	163.1	16	15	0	2	0	0	10	1	0	1.000
1973	PIT	N	P	28	28	192	16	30	1	3	0	2	17	3	0	.979
1974	PIT	N	P	26	26	176.2	14	22	4	2	0	2	10	4	0	.900
1975	PIT	N	P	27	24	140	8	16	2	4	0	2	16	3	0	.923
1976	NY	A	P	32	32	211.2	19	20	3	0	0	3	19	6	2	.929
1977	TEX	A	P	23	22	167.1	15	16	3	4	0	1	11	6	0	.912
1977	OAK	A	P	7	7	26	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1.000
1977	NY	A	P	3	3	19.2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1977	TOT	A	P	33	32	213	17	21	3	4	0	1	14	9	0	.927
1978	TEX	A	P	22	22	141.1	11	22	2	2	0	1	8	10	0	.943
1979	TEX	A	P	10	9	46.2	2	8	1	0	0	0	2	4	0	.909
1979	PIT	N	P	3	1	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1979	NY	N	P	17	14	85	7	13	0	1	0	0	15	3	0	1.000
1979	Total		P	30	24	138.2	9	22	1	1	0	0	17	7	0	.969
1979	TOT	N	P	20	15	92	7	14	0	1	0	0	15	3	0	1.000
Total			P	345	317	2128	173	287	23	26	0	23	154	76	4	.952

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1968	PIT	N	27	29	1	2	0	2	.069	.069	.103	1	0	0	11	0	3	0	0	0
1969	PIT	N	37	68	2	6	0	1	.088	.114	.088	0	0	2	40	0	7	0	0	0
1970	PIT	N	38	70	9	7	0	1	.100	.125	.114	1	0	2	37	0	4	1	0	0
1971	PIT	N	44	79	11	16	0	12	.203	.259	.203	0	0	6	29	0	10	2	0	1
1972	PIT	N	36	59	6	9	0	1	.153	.167	.153	0	0	1	22	0	1	0	0	0
1973	PIT	N	29	65	2	7	0	0	.108	.134	.108	0	0	2	32	0	6	1	0	0
1974	PIT	N	30	56	6	12	0	4	.214	.313	.232	1	0	8	15	0	5	0	0	1
1975	PIT	N	30	36	3	4	0	1	.111	.220	.139	1	0	5	8	0	7	0	0	1
1976	NY	A	32	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	TEX	A	23	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	OAK	A	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	NY	A	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	TOT	A	33	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	TEX	A	22	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	TEX	A	10	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	PIT	N	3	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	NY	N	17	26	2	2	0	1	.077	.111	.077	0	0	1	7	0	1	0	0	0
1979	Total		30	27	2	2	0	1	.074	.107	.074	0	0	1	7	0	1	0	0	0
1979	TOT	N	20	27	2	2	0	1	.074	.107	.074	0	0	1	7	0	1	0	0	0
Total	NL		291	489	42	65	0	23	.133	.178	.141	4	0	27	201	0	44	4	0	3
Total	AL		97	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			388	489	42	65	0	23	.133	.178	.141	4	0	27	201	0	44	4	0	3

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (January 14, 1964).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Willie Randolph and Ken Brett to New York Yankees in exchange for Doc Medich (December 11, 1975).
Traded by New York Yankees with Marty Perez and Larry Murray to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Mike Torrez (April 27, 1977).
Sold by Oakland Athletics to Texas Rangers (June 15, 1977).
Traded by Texas Rangers to New York Mets in exchange for Bob Myrick and Mike Bruhert (June 15, 1979).
Sold by New York Mets to Pittsburgh Pirates (September 21, 1979).
Granted free agency (November 1, 1979).

[edit] Trivia

All-Star Games: 1971
World Series Champion: 1971
AL Comeback Player of the Year: 1976

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