Ellis Burton
Ellis Narrington Burton
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: August 12, 1936 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Jordan (Watts, CA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1958
Final Game: September 4, 1965
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1958 STL NL 21 OF 7 7 60.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 -0.3 0 1.80 1.71 .983 2.26 1.94
1958 STL NL 21 LF 5 5 43.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 -0.3 0 2.09 2.00 .970 2.01 1.54
1958 STL NL 21 RF 2 2 17.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.59 1.50 .967 2.01 1.75
1960 STL NL 23 OF 23 3 67.1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -23.2 -1.3 -0.8 -0.5 0 1.07 0.35 .975 2.21 1.92
1960 STL NL 23 LF 14 1 36.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -13.3 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 1.00 0.29 .975 1.98 1.54
1960 STL NL 23 CF 5 1 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -53.3 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 1.00 0.40 1.000 2.60 2.32
1960 STL NL 23 RF 4 1 13.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -9.0 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 0 1.35 0.50 1.000 1.96 1.75
1963 TOT MLB 26 OF 106 91 836.2 170 159 7 4 2 .976 -13.4 -19.2 -11.4 -6.9 -4.6 -2 1.79 1.57 .977 2.02 1.77
1963 TOT MLB 26 RF 27 20 196.0 23 22 1 0 0 1.000 -2.7 -16.5 -2.7 0.0 -2.8 0 1.06 0.85 .978 1.87 1.63
1963 TOT MLB 26 LF 10 3 38.1 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -31.3 -2.0 -0.9 -1.1 1 1.17 0.50 .980 1.88 1.55
1963 CLE AL 26 OF 16 6 72.1 9 8 1 0 1 1.000 -0.9 -14.9 -1.9 -0.4 -1.6 1 1.12 0.56 .978 2.16 1.91
1963 CLE AL 26 LF 9 2 29.1 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 -0.4 -16.4 -1.4 -0.9 -0.5 1 1.23 0.44 .975 1.90 1.57
1963 CLE AL 26 RF 6 4 43.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -14.0 -0.5 0.5 -1.1 0 1.05 0.83 .980 2.01 1.72
1963 CHC NL 26 OF 90 85 764.1 161 151 6 4 1 .975 -12.5 -19.6 -9.5 -6.5 -3.0 -3 1.85 1.74 .977 2.01 1.75
1963 CHC NL 26 CF 76 68 602.1 136 127 5 4 1 .971 -9.7 -19.3 -6.7 -6.0 -0.7 -3 1.97 1.74 .982 2.37 2.09
1963 CHC NL 26 RF 21 16 153.0 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -17.3 -2.2 -0.5 -1.7 0 1.06 0.86 .978 1.83 1.61
1963 CHC NL 26 LF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -80.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.40
1964 CHC NL 27 OF 29 24 222.1 52 51 0 1 0 .981 -1.6 -8.6 0.4 0.2 0.3 -2 2.06 1.76 .973 1.99 1.72
1964 CHC NL 27 CF 21 17 145.2 31 30 0 1 0 .968 -3.0 -24.7 -1.0 0.2 -1.2 -2 1.85 1.43 .977 2.35 2.10
1964 CHC NL 27 RF 11 7 72.2 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 14.9 0.9 -0.5 1.5 0 2.35 1.73 .974 1.89 1.62
1964 CHC NL 27 LF 1 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 150.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 4.50 2.00 .950 1.80 1.30
1965 CHC NL 28 OF 12 6 71.1 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -25.2 -0.5 -0.7 0.1 -1 2.52 1.67 .975 1.99 1.75
1965 CHC NL 28 CF 11 6 61.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -1.9 -37.4 -0.9 -1.1 0.1 -1 2.36 1.45 .981 2.30 2.00
1965 CHC NL 28 LF 2 0 10.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 46.5 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 2.61 1.50 .967 1.74 1.40
5 Seasons OF 177 131 1257.2 262 249 8 5 2 .981 -17.8 -17.0 -12.8 -7.8 -5.0 -5 1.84 1.45 .976 2.04 1.79
4 Seasons CF 113 92 827.0 185 175 5 5 1 .973 -15.4 -22.3 -9.4 -7.7 -1.8 -6 1.96 1.59 .982 2.37 2.09
4 Seasons RF 44 30 299.0 47 46 1 0 0 1.000 -1.9 -7.6 -1.9 -0.3 -1.6 0 1.41 1.07 .977 1.89 1.65
5 Seasons LF 32 9 131.2 24 23 1 0 1 1.000 -0.5 -4.6 -1.5 0.2 -1.6 1 1.64 0.75 .971 1.93 1.53
5 Seasons TOT 177 131 1257.2 262 249 8 5 2 .981 -17.8 -17.0 -12.8 -7.8 -5.0 -5 1.84 1.45 .957 2.04 1.79
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1958 STL NL 21 8 7 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 7 1 0
1960 STL NL 23 29 3 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 5 4 23 7 5
1963 CHC NL 26 93 85 93 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 76 21 90 4 0
1963 CLE AL 26 26 6 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 6 16 9 2
1964 CHC NL 27 42 24 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21 11 29 15 0
1965 CHC NL 28 17 6 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 12 8 1
5 Seasons 215 131 215 215 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 113 44 177 44 8
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1960 STL NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 73 49% 79% 30% 8 25%
1963 CHC NL 26 4 0 3 1 0 5 0 1 1 2 37 21 0 25 3 0 4 0 1 6 1 0 9 4 0 81 29 35.8% 51 1 1.2% 4 2597 59% 79% 31% 283 46%
1964 CHC NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 17 4 23.5% 13 0 0.0% 0 621 62% 82% 25% 69 43%
1965 CHC NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 10 2 20.0% 8 0 0.0% 0 286 71% 84% 33% 41 39%
4 Seasons 5 0 4 1 0 5 0 1 1 2 54 24 0 29 3 0 6 2 1 11 1 0 13 7 0 113 37 32.7% 75 1 0.9% 4 3577 60% 80% 30% 401 44%
MLB Averages 41.1% 2.0% 61% 77% 28% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1958 STL NL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 53% 78% 27% 6 50%
1960 STL NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 68 54% 75% 32% 7 29%
1963 CHC NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8 3 37.5% 5 0 0.0% 1 641 56% 81% 31% 46 39%
1963 CLE AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 182 66% 74% 26% 10 50%
1964 CHC NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 9 3 33.3% 6 0 0.0% 0 338 54% 83% 20% 33 58%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10 3 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 20 7 35.0% 13 0 0.0% 1 1306 57% 80% 27% 102 46%
MLB Averages 42.0% 3.1% 61% 77% 28% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1958 STL NL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 10 7 70.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 201 69% 73% 23% 26 38%
1960 STL NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 141 62% 74% 31% 16 25%
1963 CLE AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71.4% 2 0 0.0% 1 139 66% 65% 18% 17 18%
1963 CHC NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 42 74% 90% 45% 9 11%
1964 CHC NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 44% 75% 44% 3 67%
1965 CHC NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 56% 73% 24% 5 60%
5 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 11 0 4 2 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 26 18 69.2% 8 0 0.0% 1 584 65% 73% 26% 76 30%
MLB Averages 57.0% 2.3% 61% 77% 28% 48%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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