Bruce Ellingsen

Harold Bruce Ellingsen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 26, 1949 in Pocatello, ID
High School: Lakewood HS (Lakewood, CA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 63rd round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1974
Team: Indians 1974

Final Game: September 28, 1974
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1968	19	LAD-min	Rk,A	8	4	.667	2.11	20	14					111.0	109	49	26	6	35								1.297	8.8	0.5	2.8			OGD,BAK · PION,CALL
1969	20	LAD-min	A	10	11	.476	2.53	28	28				0	203.0	177	76	57	15	66		190						1.197	7.8	0.7	2.9	8.4	2.88	BAK · CALL
1970	21	LAD-min	AA	12	5	.706	3.18	28	21					167.0	169	73	59	18	47								1.293	9.1	1.0	2.5			ABQ · TL
1971	22	LAD-min	AAA	3	4	.429	4.77	29	5		0	0	7	66.0	77	38	35	10	21	1	50	0	1	1			1.485	10.5	1.4	2.9	6.8	2.38	SPO · PCL
1972	23	LAD-min	AAA	6	4	.600	1.61	48	0		0	0	18	67.0	57	20	12	3	20	6	54	1	0	1			1.149	7.7	0.4	2.7	7.3	2.70	ABQ · PCL
1973	24	LAD-min	AAA	5	10	.333	6.71	44	7		3	0	7	106.0	147	87	79	14	55	7	62	4	0	3			1.906	12.5	1.2	4.7	5.3	1.13	ABQ · PCL
1974	25	CLE-min	AAA	3	4	.429	5.37	15	8		0	0	0	57.0	70	38	34	5	27	1	40	0	1	4			1.702	11.1	0.8	4.3	6.3	1.48	OKC · AA
1974	25	CLE	AL	1	1	.500	3.21	16	2	4	0	0	0	42.0	45	21	15	5	17	4	16	0	0	1	185	114	1.476	9.6	1.1	3.6	3.4	0.94
1975	26	CLE-min	AAA	4	12	.250	6.43	27	19		3	1	0	119.0	158	103	85	9	82	6	67	9	0	8			2.017	11.9	0.7	6.2	5.1	0.82	OKC · AA
1 Yr				1	1	.500	3.21	16	2	4	0	0	0	42.0	45	21	15	5	17	4	16	0	0	1	185	114	1.476	9.6	1.1	3.6	3.4	0.94
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.500	3.21	60	8	15	0	0	0	159	170	79	57	19	64	15	60	0	0	4	699	114	1.476	9.6	1.1	3.6	3.4	0.94

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1974	25	CLE	AL	42.0	16	2	21	4.50	4.05	0.24	-0.21	101.8	3.66	-4	-0.4	2.0	-0.2	-0.3	0	.473	.497	$1,500
1 Season				42.0	16	2	21	4.50	4.05	0.24	-0.21	101.8	3.66	-4	-0.4	2.0	-0.2	-0.3	0	.473	.497	$1,500

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1974	25	CLE	AL	16	185	162	21	45	8	0	5	5	1	17	16	.278	.339	.420	.759	.276	68	2	0	2	4	4	3
1 Yr				16	185	162	21	45	8	0	5	5	1	17	16	.278	.339	.420	.759	.276	68	2	0	2	4	4	3
162 Game Avg.				60	699	612	79	170	30	0	19	19	4	64	60	.278	.339	.420	.759	.276	257	8	0	8	15	15	11
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.369	.693	.282

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1974	25	CLE	AL	0.3	0.0	192	-0.3	2.3	-2.6	.82	-0.6	0.2	-5.9	-0.6	0.82	-7.7	6	4	3
1 Yr				0.3	0.0	192	-0.3	2.3	-2.6	.82	-0.6	0.2	-5.9	-0.6	0.82	-7.7	6	4	3

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1974	25	CLE	AL	16	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	1	50%	45.5	60	31	6	0	0	2	4.0	4.1	5.8
1 Yr				16	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	1	50%	46	60	31	6	0	0	2	4.0	4.1	5.8
MLB Averages													.500						55%	52	106	-2					4.1	4.1	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1974	25	CLE	AL	16	14	4	1	0	1	0	1	0%	6	5	21	10	48%	6	.824	6	4	3	6	1	7	12	2	8	6	8	2	6.5
1 Yr				16	14	4	1	0	1	0	1	0%	6	5	21	10	48%		.824	6	4	3	6	1	7	12	2	8	6	8	2	6.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1974	25	CLE	AL	185	44%	2.7%	8.7%	9.2%	7.0%	29%	0.50	78%	30	2	7%
1 Yr				185	44%	2.7%	8.7%	9.2%	7.0%	29%	0.50	78%	30	2	7%
MLB Averages					45%	1.8%	13.1%	8.7%	5.9%	26%	1.07	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1974	25	CLE	AL	185	45			5	0	11	2	3	2	3	21	10	2	48%	3	1	0	71	5	1	83%	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
1 Yr				185	45			5	0	11	2	3	2	3	21	10	2	48%	3	1	0	71	5	1	83%	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
MLB Averages																		51%							64%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1974	25	1	1	.500	3.21	16	2	4	0	0	0	42.0	45	21	15	5	17	4	16	0	0	1	185	114	1.476	9.6	1.1	3.6	3.4	0.94	114

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1974	25	2	2	.500	3.83	40.0	48	19	17	5	18	15	0	1.650	10.8	4.1	3.4	0.83	1.1	16
1 Yr		2	2	.500	3.83	40.0	48	19	17	5	18	15	0	1.650	10.8		3.4	0.83	1.1	16

* 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.

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