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Ellis Burton

Ellis Narrington Burton

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: August 12, 1936 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Jordan HS (Watts, CA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1958
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Cardinals/Indians 1958-1965

Final Game: September 4, 1965
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1958 STL NL 21 OF 7 7 7 60.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.80 1.71 .980 2.26 2.26
1958 STL NL 21 LF 5 5 5 43.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.09 2.00 .975 2.01 2.00
1958 STL NL 21 RF 2 2 2 17.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.59 1.50 .977 2.01 2.00
1960 STL NL 23 OF 23 3 2 67.1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -23 1.07 0.35 .978 2.21 2.20
1960 STL NL 23 LF 14 1 0 36.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 1.00 0.29 .975 2.00 1.99
1960 STL NL 23 CF 5 1 1 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -53 1.00 0.40 .980 2.60 2.60
1960 STL NL 23 RF 4 1 1 13.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -9 1.35 0.50 .980 1.96 2.00
1963 TOT MLB 26 OF 106 91 80 836.2 170 159 7 4 2 .976 -13 -19 1.79 1.57 .977 2.02 2.02
1963 TOT MLB 26 RF 27 20 16 196.0 23 22 1 0 0 1.000 -3 -17 1.06 0.85 .977 1.87 1.86
1963 TOT MLB 26 LF 10 3 3 38.1 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -31 1.17 0.50 .974 1.88 1.89
1963 CLE AL 26 OF 16 6 6 72.1 9 8 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -15 1.12 0.56 .981 2.16 2.16
1963 CLE AL 26 LF 9 2 2 29.1 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 -0 -16 1.23 0.44 .975 1.90 1.90
1963 CLE AL 26 RF 6 4 4 43.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -14 1.05 0.83 .980 2.01 2.02
1963 CHC NL 26 OF 90 85 74 764.1 161 151 6 4 1 .975 -12 -20 1.85 1.74 .977 2.01 2.00
1963 CHC NL 26 CF 76 68 61 602.1 136 127 5 4 1 .971 -10 -19 1.97 1.74 .982 2.37 2.36
1963 CHC NL 26 RF 21 16 12 153.0 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -17 1.06 0.86 .976 1.83 1.82
1963 CHC NL 26 LF 1 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -80 1.00 1.00 .970 1.80 1.80
1964 CHC NL 27 OF 29 24 18 222.1 52 51 0 1 0 .981 -2 -9 2.06 1.76 .973 1.99 1.98
1964 CHC NL 27 CF 21 17 13 145.2 31 30 0 1 0 .968 -3 -25 1.85 1.43 .977 2.35 2.33
1964 CHC NL 27 RF 11 7 5 72.2 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 1 15 2.35 1.73 .973 1.89 1.87
1964 CHC NL 27 LF 1 0 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 150 4.50 2.00 .965 1.80 1.70
1965 CHC NL 28 OF 12 6 6 71.1 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -25 2.52 1.67 .975 1.99 2.00
1965 CHC NL 28 CF 11 6 6 61.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -37 2.36 1.45 .981 2.29 2.30
1965 CHC NL 28 LF 2 0 0 10.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 46 2.61 1.50 .967 1.74 1.70
5 Seasons OF 177 131 113 1257.2 262 249 8 5 2 .981 -18 -17 1.84 1.45 .976 2.04 2.05
4 Seasons CF 113 92 81 827.0 185 175 5 5 1 .973 -15 -22 1.96 1.59 .981 2.36 2.36
4 Seasons RF 44 30 24 299.0 47 46 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -8 1.41 1.07 .976 1.89 1.88
5 Seasons LF 32 9 8 131.2 24 23 1 0 1 1.000 -0 -5 1.64 0.75 .973 1.94 1.93
5 Seasons TOT 177 131 113 1257.2 262 249 8 5 2 .981 -18 -17 1.84 1.45 .976 2.04 2.05
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1958 STL NL 21 LF 0 0 0 -0 0 0
1958 STL NL 21 RF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 STL NL 23 LF -0 -13 -0 -0 -0 0
1960 STL NL 23 CF -1 -53 -1 0 -1 0
1960 STL NL 23 RF -0 -9 -0 -0 0 0
1963 CLE AL 26 LF -0 -16 -1 -0 -1 1
1963 CLE AL 26 RF -0 -14 -0 -1 0 0
1963 CHC NL 26 CF -10 -19 -7 -1 -6 -3
1963 CHC NL 26 RF -2 -17 -2 -2 -0 0
1963 CHC NL 26 LF -1 -80 -1 -1 0 0
1964 CHC NL 27 CF -3 -25 -1 -1 0 -2
1964 CHC NL 27 RF 1 15 1 2 -0 0
1964 CHC NL 27 LF 0 150 0 0 0 0
1965 CHC NL 28 CF -2 -37 -1 0 -1 -1
1965 CHC NL 28 LF 0 46 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons CF -15 -22 -9 -2 -8 -6
4 Seasons RF -2 -8 -2 -2 -0 0
5 Seasons LF -1 -5 -2 -2 0 1
5 Seasons TOT -18 -17 -13 -5 -8 -5

Appearances

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 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 7 0 1 0
1960 STL NL 23 29 3 29 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 5 4 23 0 7 5
1963 CHC NL 26 93 85 93 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 76 21 90 0 4 0
1963 CLE AL 26 26 6 26 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 6 15 0 9 2
1964 CHC NL 27 42 24 42 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21 11 29 0 15 0
1965 CHC NL 28 17 6 17 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 12 0 8 1
5 Seasons 215 131 215 176 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 113 44 176 0 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 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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 52 27 0 25 3 0 4 0 1 6 1 0 10 4 0 97 35 36.1% 61 1 1.0% 4 2526 61% 82% 32% 283 46%
1964 CHC NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 19 5 26.3% 14 0 0.0% 0 603 63% 85% 26% 69 43%
1965 CHC NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 12 3 25.0% 9 0 0.0% 0 279 72% 86% 33% 41 39%
4 Seasons 5 0 4 1 0 5 0 1 1 2 71 30 0 29 3 0 6 2 1 11 1 0 16 9 0 133 45 33.8% 87 1 0.8% 4 3481 62% 83% 31% 401 44%
MLB Averages 42.0% 2.2% 63% 79% 28% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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 74 55% 81% 28% 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 65 57% 78% 34% 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% 1 621 58% 83% 32% 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% 0 328 56% 86% 21% 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 1270 59% 82% 28% 102 46%
MLB Averages 40.6% 3.1% 63% 79% 28% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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% 0 191 72% 76% 25% 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 3 3 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 137 67% 66% 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 43 58% 77% 26% 5 60%
5 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 12 0 4 2 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 27 19 70.4% 8 0 0.0% 1 570 67% 74% 27% 76 30%
MLB Averages 58.4% 2.5% 63% 79% 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1963 NL  4 (5th)

                                         

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