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Sammy Ellis
Samuel Joseph Ellis

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.
School Mississippi State University

Debut April 14, 1962
  vs. SFG 2.3 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, L
Final Game June 8, 1969
Born February 11, 1941 in Youngstown, OH

Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1962 21 CIN NL   2   2   8   4   0   0   1  0   28.0   29   25   21   6   29   27   1   0   140   0   1  6.75  4.02   60 2.071
 1964 23 CIN NL  10   3  52   5   2   0  32 14  122.3  101   38   35   9   28  125   1   2   488   2   0  2.57  3.61  140 1.054 MVP-16
 1965 24 CIN NL  22  10  44  39  15   2   4  2  263.7  222  119  111  22  104  183   6   9  1101   4   1  3.79  3.75   99 1.236 AS
 1966 25 CIN NL  12  19  41  36   7   0   2  0  221.0  226  135  130  35   78  154   3   9   960   8   2  5.29  3.93   74 1.376
 1967 26 CIN NL   8  11  32  27   8   1   4  0  175.7  197   86   75  18   67   80   4   6   769   7   0  3.84  3.78   98 1.503
 1968 27 CAL AL   9  10  42  24   3   0   6  2  164.0  150   80   72  22   56   93   6   1   694   4   0  3.95  2.89   73 1.256
 1969 28 CHW AL   0   3  10   5   0   0   2  0   29.3   42   20   19   6   16   15   1   1   144   2   0  5.83  3.88   67 1.977
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .521  63  58 229 140  35   3  51 18 1004.0  967  503  463 118  378  677  22  28  4296  27   4  4.15  3.65   88 1.340
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  10  42  25   6   0   9  3  185.0  178   92   85  21   69  124   4   5   791   4   0  4.15  3.65   88 1.340
 Career High     22  19  52  39  15   2  32 14  263.7  226  135  130  35  104  183   6   9  1101   8   2  2.57  3.93  140 1.054

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1962 21 CIN NL   8   10    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .200  .200  .200    6    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1964 23 CIN NL  52   24    4    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   4  12  .083  .214  .083  -13    2   3   0   0   0   0 MVP-16
 1965 24 CIN NL  44   96    5   12   2  0   0    4   0  0   5  44  .125  .168  .146  -13   14   7   0   0   0   2 AS
 1966 25 CIN NL  43   70    3    8   1  0   0    1   0  0   4  28  .114  .162  .129  -21    9   9   0   0   0   1
 1967 26 CIN NL  32   49    2    4   0  0   0    2   0  0   4  23  .082  .151  .082  -34    4   6   0   0   0   0
 1968 27 CAL AL  42   44    3    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  21  .045  .087  .045  -58    2   7   0   0   2   0
 1969 28 CHW AL  10    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .167  .286  .167   27    1   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      231  299   19   31   3  0   0    7   0  0  18 134  .104  .160  .114  -23   34  33   0   0   2   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        210   13   22   2  0   0    5   0  0  13  94  .104  .160  .114  -23   24  23   0   0   1   2
 Career High     52   96    5   12   2  0   0    4   0  0   5  44                          14   9   0   0   2   2
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1962 21 CIN NL   10    8    0   0.0   106| .200  .275| .200  .342| .200  .417| .400  .759|   6  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1964 23 CIN NL   31   25    1   1.1    96| .083  .267| .214  .325| .083  .396| .297  .721| -13  .079  -3.7  -0.4   0%
 1965 24 CIN NL  108   93    3   0.9    99| .125  .266| .168  .331| .146  .402| .314  .732| -13  .054 -15.0  -1.6   0%
 1966 25 CIN NL   83   72    2   0.8   104| .114  .276| .162  .336| .129  .416| .291  .751| -21  .040 -12.1  -1.3   0%
 1967 26 CIN NL   59   51    1   0.5   100| .082  .271| .151  .335| .082  .398| .233  .733| -34  .024  -9.2  -1.0   0%
 1968 27 CAL AL   53   49    0   0.0    76| .045  .232| .087  .301| .045  .344| .132  .645| -58  .000  -8.2  -0.9   0%
 1969 28 CHW AL    8    6    0   0.0   100| .167  .261| .286  .339| .167  .394| .453  .733|  27  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       352  304    7   0.6    97| .104  .264| .160  .328| .114  .396| .274  .724| -23  .031 -50.1  -5.4   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1962 21 CIN NL P 8 1 3 2 1 .667 .952 0.50 0.82 1.29 2.06 4 28.0 1964 23 CIN NL P 52 8 18 1 3 .963 .952 0.50 0.84 1.91 2.14 5 122.3 1965 24 CIN NL P 44 15 32 5 1 .904 .955 1.07 0.81 1.60 2.08 39 263.7 AS 1966 25 CIN NL P 41 8 23 1 1 .969 .948 0.76 0.74 1.26 1.96 36 221.0 1967 26 CIN NL P 32 9 27 2 1 .947 .960 1.12 0.78 1.84 2.00 27 175.7 1968 27 CAL AL P 42 12 14 2 0 .929 .956 0.62 0.73 1.43 1.89 24 164.0 1969 28 CHW AL P 10 3 6 0 0 1.000 .947 0.90 0.69 2.76 1.87 5 29.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1962 21 CIN NL P 8 1 3 2 1 .667 .952 0.50 0.82 1.29 2.06 4 28.0 1964 23 CIN NL P 52 8 18 1 3 .963 .952 0.50 0.84 1.91 2.14 5 122.3 1965 24 CIN NL P 44 15 32 5 1 .904 .955 1.07 0.81 1.60 2.08 39 263.7 1966 25 CIN NL P 41 8 23 1 1 .969 .948 0.76 0.74 1.26 1.96 36 221.0 1967 26 CIN NL P 32 9 27 2 1 .947 .960 1.12 0.78 1.84 2.00 27 175.7 1968 27 CAL AL P 42 12 14 2 0 .929 .956 0.62 0.73 1.43 1.89 24 164.0 1969 28 CHW AL P 10 3 6 0 0 1.000 .947 0.90 0.69 2.76 1.87 5 29.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 229 56 123 13 7 .932 .954 0.78 0.78 1.60 2.01 140 1004.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 229 56 123 13 7 .932 .954 0.78 0.78 1.60 2.01 140 1004
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1965   CIN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1965

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1964-NL-16-0.05
Car-1073-0.05 shares

Wins
1965 NL-22-4

Won-Loss %
1965 NL-.688-5

Hits Allowed/9IP
1965 NL-7.58-8

Saves
1964 NL-14-5

Innings
1965 NL-263.7-10

Strikeouts
1965 NL-183-10

Games Started
1965 NL-39-5
1966 NL-36-9

Comp. Games
1965 NL-15-6

Home Runs Allow.
1966 NL-35-1
1968 AL-22-6

Bases On Balls Allow.
1965 NL-104-5
1966 NL-78-5

Losses
1966 NL-19-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1965 NL-111-1
1966 NL-130-1

Wild Pitches
1965 NL-9-10
1966 NL-9-9

Batters Faced
1965 NL-1101-10

Games Finished
1964 NL-32-8

 

Gray Ink: Pitching - 23 (952) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1068) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 10.0 (900) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1961 Season: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.

November 29, 1967: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the California Angels for Bill Kelso and Jorge Rubio.

January 20, 1969: Traded by the California Angels to the Chicago White Sox for Bill Voss and Andy Rubilotta (minors).

June 13, 1969: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Jack Hamilton.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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