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Dock Ellis
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Dock Phillip Ellis
- Bats Both, Throws Right
- Height 6' 3", Weight 210 lb.
- School Los Angeles Harbor Community College
- High School Gardena High School
- Debut June 18, 1968
- Final Game September 29, 1979
- Born March 11, 1945 in Los Angeles, CA USA
- Died December 19, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA USA
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[edit] Biographical Information
Pitcher Dock Ellis had his finest season in 1971, winning 19 games (including 13 straight) for the Pittsburgh Pirates and starting the 1971 All-Star Game. The Pirates won the World Series that year. He was often used as a pinch runner during his time with the Pirates. After a 3-8 start in 1974, he won 8 in a row; no Pirate would match that winning stretch until A.J. Burnett 38 years later.
After the Pirates, he moved on to the New York Yankees in 1976, winning 17 games as the team returned to the World Series for the first time since 1964. He won the American League Comeback Player of the Year Award that season. He then pitched for the Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers and New York Mets before ending his career where it started, with the Pirates in 1979. He only pitched 3 games for them, in the heat of a pennant race at the end of the season, and the team won the 1979 World Series although he was not eligible for the postseason roster.
In 1989, he was a player/coach for the St. Petersburg Pelicans of the Senior Professional Baseball Association and went 0-2 with a 1.76 ERA as a part of the team's bullpen. In 1990, Ellis continued to pitch for the St. Petersburg Pelicans; in 5 games, he had a 0.00 ERA with 2 saves when the league folded.
He admitted to pitching a major-league no-hitter while under the influence of LSD.
[edit] Notable Achievements
- NL All-Star (1971)
- 1976 AL Comeback Player of the Year Award
- 15 Wins Seasons: 3 (1971, 1972 & 1976)
- 200 Innings Pitched Seasons: 5 (1969-1971 & 1976-1977)
- Won a World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1971
[edit] Further Reading
- Dock Ellis (as told to George Vass): "The Game I'll Never Forget", Baseball Digest, May 1980, pp. 50-52.[1]
- Donald Hall: Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball, Fireside Books, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 1989 (originally published in 1976). ISBN 067165988X
[edit] Related Sites
- The Southpaw "Balls Out: Dock Ellis...How to throw a no-hitter on acid"
- Obit
