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A.J. Ellis

Andrew James Ellis (A J)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 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 (Age 27)
Team: Dodgers 2008-2013
2013 Contract Status: 1st Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$2M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.151, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: ACES [*]
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Standard Batting

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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 .769 117 32 2 3 1 0 0 2
2012 31 LAD NL 133 505 423 44 114 20 1 13 52 0 0 65 107 .270 .373 .414 .786 118 175 17 7 6 4 11 *2
2013 32 LAD NL 31 128 109 7 31 6 1 2 10 0 0 18 23 .284 .386 .413 .799 125 45 2 0 1 0 0 *2
6 Yrs 251 877 738 66 199 32 3 17 90 0 1 111 167 .270 .371 .390 .761 112 288 26 11 12 5 12
162 Game Avg. 162 566 476 43 128 21 2 11 58 0 1 72 108 .270 .371 .390 .761 112 186 17 7 8 3 8

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 .480 .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 .477 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 /2
2010 29 LAD NL 44 128 1 -1 -1 -2 2 -0 -0.0 4 4 0.4 .500 .500 0.6 0.0 6 2
2011 30 LAD NL 31 103 3 -1 -0 -3 2 0 0.1 3 4 0.4 .502 .500 0.7 -0.2 7 $421,000 2
2012 31 LAD NL 133 505 11 -2 -3 2 8 17 1.8 16 32 3.3 .513 .511 3.0 1.1 30 $490,000 *2
2013 32 LAD NL 31 128 5 -1 -0 1 2 8 0.8 4 12 1.2 .527 .505 1.1 0.3 11 $2,000,000 *2
6 Seasons 251 877 17 -4 -3 -2 15 22 2.3 27 50 5.0 .509 .502 5.1 1.3 51 $2,911,000

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2008 LAD NL 27 C 3 1 1 10.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 7.20 2.67 .992 7.65 7.60 0 0 0 0 0
2009 LAD NL 28 C 7 2 1 27.2 38 36 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 12.36 5.43 .993 7.77 7.70 0 1 1 0 0% 29% 0
2010 LAD NL 29 C 43 34 29 308.2 285 263 21 1 4 .996 0 -2 0 -7 8.28 6.60 .992 8.05 7.97 1 17 26 10 28% 29% 0
2011 LAD NL 30 C 29 25 20 221.2 178 167 11 0 2 1.000 0 -3 0 -16 7.23 6.14 .992 7.98 7.96 2 8 11 4 27% 28% 0
2012 LAD NL 31 C 131 128 126 1151.0 1100 1007 87 6 12 .995 6 2 6 2 8.55 8.35 .992 8.36 8.26 11 37 74 36 33% 27% 2
2013 LAD NL 32 C 31 31 31 274.0 263 241 21 1 1 .996 2 1 10 5 8.61 8.45 .992 8.11 8.05 4 11 12 10 45% 28% 0
6 Seasons C 244 221 208 1993.0 1872 1721 143 8 19 .996 8 -1 5 0 8.42 7.64 .992 8.22 8.12 18 74 124 60 33% 27% 2
6 Seasons TOT 244 221 208 1993.0 1872 1721 143 8 19 .996 8 -1 5 0 8.42 7.64 .992 8.22 8.12 18 74 124 60 33% 27% 2
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2012 NL  11 (7th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2012 NL  17 (9th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
2012 NL  131 (3rd)
2013 NL  31 (5th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
2012 NL  1,007 (2nd)
2013 NL  241 (4th)

Assists as C s c a p y
2012 NL  87 (2nd)
2013 NL  21 (2nd)

Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y
2012 NL  12 (1st)

Passed Balls s c a p y
2012 NL  11 (3rd)
2013 NL  4 (2nd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
2012 NL  74 (4th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
2012 NL  36 (2nd)
2013 NL  10 (1st)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
2013 NL  45.5 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
2012 NL  6 (5th)
2013 NL  2 (1st)
Active  8 (19th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
2012 NL  8.55 (5th)
2013 NL  8.61 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
2012 NL  8.35 (4th)
2013 NL  8.45 (4th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
2012 NL  .995 (4th)
2013 NL  .996 (5th)

                           

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Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
201130Los Angeles Dodgers$421,000
201231Los Angeles Dodgers$490,000contracts
201332Los Angeles Dodgers$2,000,000
2013 Status1st Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), Earliest Arb Eligible: 2014, Earliest Free Agent: 2017
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,911,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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