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A.J. Ellis

Andrew James Ellis (A J)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: April 9, 1981 in Cape Girardeau, MO
High School: Dunbar HS (Lexington, KY)
School: Austin Peay State University (Clarksville, TN)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 18th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 2008
Team: Dodgers 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$490k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.151, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2008 27 LAD NL 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
2009 28 LAD NL 8 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 -46 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
2010 29 LAD NL 44 128 108 6 30 5 0 0 16 0 0 14 18 .278 .363 .324 .687 91 35 5 1 4 1 1 2
2011 30 LAD NL 31 103 85 8 23 1 1 2 11 0 1 14 16 .271 .392 .376 .769 116 32 2 3 1 0 0 2
2012 31 LAD NL 40 160 131 18 41 7 1 5 23 0 0 26 30 .313 .430 .496 .927 156 65 5 1 2 0 5 *2
5 Yrs 127 404 337 33 95 13 2 7 51 0 1 54 67 .282 .388 .395 .783 117 133 12 5 7 1 6
162 Game Avg. 162 515 430 42 121 17 3 9 65 0 1 69 85 .282 .388 .395 .783 117 170 15 6 9 1 8

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2008 27 LAD NL 4 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .482 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /2
2009 28 LAD NL 8 10 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .476 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ /2
2010 29 LAD NL 44 128 1 -1 -1 -2 2 -0 -0.0 4 3 0.3 .499 .500 0.5 0.0 5 $ 2
2011 30 LAD NL 31 103 3 -1 -0 -3 2 0 0.0 3 3 0.3 .501 .500 0.6 -0.2 6 $421,000 2
2012 31 LAD NL 40 160 10 -0 -0 3 2 15 1.7 4 20 2.1 .540 .510 1.7 0.6 16 $ *2
5 Seasons 127 404 11 -2 -1 -2 6 12 1.4 11 24 2.4 .510 .502 2.5 0.5 26 $421,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2008 27 LAD NL 3 3 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .265 .000 .336 .000 .423 .000 .759 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2009 28 LAD NL 10 9 0 0.0 102 .111 .100 .260 .100 .332 .100 .413 .200 .745 -46 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .111 .000 .000
2010 29 LAD NL 128 88 13 4.0 99 .330 .278 .257 .363 .327 .324 .405 .687 .732 91 .433 -0.5 -0.1 .602 .176 .046
2011 30 LAD NL 103 66 13 5.3 96 .313 .271 .256 .392 .322 .376 .398 .769 .720 116 .580 2.5 0.2 .738 .259 .106 .0
2012 31 LAD NL 160 97 28 7.7 98 .375 .313 .256 .430 .323 .496 .404 .927 .727 156 .726 11.6 1.1 .968 .382 .183 .0
5 Yrs 404 263 54 5.5 98 .333 .282 .256 .388 .324 .395 .403 .783 .728 117 .588 10.7 1.0 .749 .270 .113 .0
162 Game Avg. 515 335 69 5.5 98 .333 .282 .256 .388 .324 .395 .403 .783 .728 117 .588 14 1 .749 .270 .113

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2008 27 LAD NL 3 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 33% 0%
2009 28 LAD NL 10 0.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 10.0 10.0 1.25 1.67 90% 11% 0.0% 25%
2010 29 LAD NL 128 0.0% 14.1% 10.9% 3.9% 17% 1.29 6.0 6.8 1.09 1.58 71% 17% 0.0% 19%
2011 30 LAD NL 103 1.9% 15.5% 13.6% 3.9% 17% 1.14 5.3 42.5 7.7 1.03 1.40 65% 19% 6.3% 6%
2012 31 LAD NL 160 3.1% 18.8% 16.3% 8.1% 32% 1.15 4.4 26.2 5.7 0.77 1.20 60% 21% 9.4% 7%
5 Yrs 404 1.7% 16.6% 13.4% 5.5% 23% 1.24 5.0 48.1 6.6 0.96 1.41 65% 19% 5.7% 11%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 2.14 4.9 34.8 8.0 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2008 27 LAD NL -0.9 -0.1 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .60 -0.1 -0.0 -0.5 -0.0 0.51 -0.9 0
2009 28 LAD NL -2.1 -0.2 10 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 .62 -0.2 0.0 -1.6 -0.2 1.06 -1.9 0.01 1
2010 29 LAD NL -0.5 -0.1 131 0.5 2.6 -2.1 1.04 0.1 0.4 2.6 0.3 1.00 1.2 2.48 1
2011 30 LAD NL 2.5 0.2 105 -0.3 1.1 -1.4 .80 -0.0 -0.4 -1.1 -0.1 1.11 2.0 0.01 2
2012 31 LAD NL 11.6 1.1 161 0.5 3.1 -2.6 1.14 0.8 -0.4 8.0 0.8 1.01 10.2 0
5 Yrs 10.6 1.0 410 0.5 6.9 -6.4 1.00 0.7 -0.2 7.4 0.7 1.03 10.6 0.63 4

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2008 27 LAD NL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 28 LAD NL 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
2010 29 LAD NL 3 0 13% 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 9% 5 5 0 2 2 0 4 3 1
2011 30 LAD NL 1 0 16% 38 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0% 7 7 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
2012 31 LAD NL 1 0 21% 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 22% 9 8 1 0 0 0 9 5 3
5 Yrs 5 0 18% 179 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 13% 21 20 1 3 3 0 14 9 4

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2008 27 LAD NL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2009 28 LAD NL 10 20% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 7 1 14% 0 0 0 0 0
2010 29 LAD NL 128 20% 30 3 1 1 0 0 0 2.48 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 29 5 17% 19 7 37% 87 18 21% 16 10 63% 4 3 75% 0
2011 30 LAD NL 103 27% 23 1 0 2 1 0 0 0.01 2 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 100% 18 2 11% 8 1 13% 83 9 11% 8 3 38% 5 1 20% 0
2012 31 LAD NL 160 23% 41 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 3 2 2 3 0 2 2 100% 28 5 18% 14 6 43% 112 18 16% 10 5 50% 8 6 75% 0
5 Yrs 404 23% 95 6 1 4 1 0 0 0.63 7 0 16 3 4 2 5 0 8 7 88% 76 12 16% 42 14 33% 290 46 16% 34 18 53% 17 10 59% 0
MLB Averages 55% 68% 11% 32% 14% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2008 27 LAD NL 3 17 5.67 11 65% 55% 9% 27% 9% 45% 0% 29% 80% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
2009 28 LAD NL 10 40 4.00 26 65% 42% 8% 15% 35% 58% 0% 38% 87% 0% 0% 0 0 10% 1 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
2010 29 LAD NL 129 504 3.91 313 62% 40% 9% 21% 30% 60% 2% 38% 86% 15% 9% 11 0 13% 17 2 11% 14 7 33% -1 0 0
2011 30 LAD NL 103 464 4.50 277 60% 40% 9% 26% 25% 60% 0% 36% 84% 8% 5% 5 0 15% 15 4 13% 13 7 31% 0 0 0
2012 31 LAD NL 161 755 4.69 437 58% 44% 8% 24% 24% 56% 4% 32% 85% 4% 14% 22 0 22% 36 6 14% 23 7 30% -1 0 0
5 Yrs 406 1780 4.38 1064 60% 42% 9% 23% 26% 58% 3% 35% 85% 8% 9% 38 0 17% 69 12 12% 50 21 33% -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 27 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 28 12 13 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .077 .077 .077 .154 -58 1 0 0 0 0 0
2010 29 56 141 121 7 31 5 0 0 17 0 0 14 21 .256 .336 .298 .633 76 36 5 1 4 1 1
2011 30 87 244 206 15 54 6 1 2 28 0 1 28 37 .262 .360 .330 .690 93 68 7 4 5 1 1
2012 31 127 404 337 33 95 13 2 7 51 0 1 54 67 .282 .388 .395 .783 117 133 12 5 7 1 6

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2008 27 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
2009 28 8 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8
2010 29 44 129 109 6 31 5 0 0 16 0 14 18 .284 .368 .330 .698 13 44
2011 30 31 105 86 9 24 1 1 2 12 0 15 16 .279 .404 .384 .788 13 31
2012 31 40 165 134 20 44 8 1 5 26 0 28 30 .328 .448 .515 .963 31 40
5 Yrs 127 412 342 36 99 14 2 7 54 0 57 67 .289 .398 .404 .801 57 127
162 Game Avg. 162 526 436 46 126 18 3 9 69 0 73 85 .289 .398 .404 .801 73 127

* 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

On-Base% s c a p y
2012 NL  .430 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2012 NL  26 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2012 NL  156 (9th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2012 NL  5 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2155), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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