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Babe Ellison

Herbert Spencer Ellison (Bert)

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 15, 1896 in Ola, AR
School: University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1916
Team: Tigers 1916-1920

Final Game: September 23, 1920
Died: August 11, 1955 in San Francisco, CA
Buried: Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA
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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
1916 19 DET AL 2 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -15 1 0 0 /5
1917 20 DET AL 9 37 29 2 5 1 2 1 4 0 6 3 .172 .333 .448 .782 139 13 1 1 /3
1918 21 DET AL 7 26 23 1 6 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 .261 .346 .304 .651 100 7 0 0 /O94
1919 22 DET AL 56 154 134 18 29 4 0 0 11 4 13 24 .216 .291 .246 .537 52 33 1 6 4O/9876
1920 23 DET AL 61 171 155 11 34 7 2 0 21 4 1 8 26 .219 .258 .290 .548 47 45 0 8 3/O895
5 Yrs 135 395 348 32 75 13 4 1 39 9 1 30 55 .216 .282 .284 .566 58 99 2 15
162 Game Avg. 162 474 418 38 90 16 5 1 47 11 36 66 .216 .282 .284 .566 58 119 2 18

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
1916 19 DET AL 2 7 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .450 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /5
1917 20 DET AL 9 37 1 0 0 -1 -0 0 0.0 1 2 0.1 .503 .500 0.3 -0.2 2 $ /3
1918 21 DET AL 7 26 0 0 0 1 -0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .516 .501 0.1 0.1 1 $ /O94
1919 22 DET AL 56 154 -8 -0 0 -2 -0 -10 -1.2 5 -5 -0.6 .479 .493 -0.4 -0.2 -3 $ 4O/9876
1920 23 DET AL 61 171 -13 1 0 1 -2 -12 -1.3 5 -7 -0.7 .479 .492 -0.8 -0.1 -8 $ 3/O895
5 Seasons 135 395 -21 1 0 -1 -2 -23 -2.4 13 -10 -1.1 .482 .497 -0.9 -0.3 -9 $

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
1916 19 DET AL 7 6 0 0.0 85 .167 .143 .260 .143 .335 .143 .340 .286 .674 -15 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .167 .000 .000
1917 20 DET AL 37 25 4 4.3 79 .160 .172 .254 .333 .325 .448 .328 .782 .653 139 .610 1.3 0.2 .833 .483 .276 .0
1918 21 DET AL 26 17 2 3.2 78 .273 .261 .255 .346 .325 .304 .325 .651 .649 100 .459 0.2 0.0 .647 .217 .043 .0
1919 22 DET AL 154 111 9 2.2 93 .264 .216 .274 .291 .340 .246 .368 .537 .708 52 .242 -8.1 -0.9 .486 .157 .030 .0
1920 23 DET AL 171 130 12 2.5 104 .264 .219 .287 .258 .352 .290 .395 .548 .747 47 .245 -12.2 -1.2 .459 .142 .071 .0
5 Yrs 395 289 27 2.5 95 .253 .216 .277 .282 .342 .284 .373 .566 .716 58 .284 -19.8 -2.0 .507 .178 .069 1.8
162 Game Avg. 474 347 32 2.5 95 .253 .216 .277 .282 .342 .284 .373 .566 .716 58 .284 -19.8 -2.0 .507 .178 .069 2

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
1918 21 DET AL 26 0.0% 3.9% 11.5% 3.9% 17% 0.33 23.0 11.5 85%
1919 22 DET AL 154 0.0% 15.6% 8.4% 2.6% 14% 1.85 5.6 12.2 71%
1920 23 DET AL 171 0.0% 15.2% 4.7% 5.3% 27% 3.25 6.0 7.4 75%
5 Yrs 351 0.3% 15.7% 8.6% 5.1% 24% 1.83 6.3 348.0 8.9 83%
MLB Averages 0.8% 15.0% 12.8% 8.7% 22% 1.18 10.2 192.2 10.3 137%

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
1916 19 2 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -15 1 0 0
1917 20 11 44 36 2 6 1 2 1 5 0 0 6 4 .167 .302 .389 .691 110 14 1 1
1918 21 18 70 59 3 12 2 2 1 7 1 0 9 5 .203 .319 .356 .675 106 21 1 1
1919 22 74 224 193 21 41 6 2 1 18 5 0 22 29 .212 .300 .280 .579 68 54 2 7
1920 23 135 395 348 32 75 13 4 1 39 9 1 30 55 .216 .282 .284 .566 58 99 2 15

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
1916 19 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1917 20 9 40 31 3 6 1 2 1 5 0 7 3 .194 .359 .452 .811 5 9
1918 21 9 35 31 2 9 2 0 0 3 2 4 1 .290 .371 .355 .726 4 7
1919 22 65 180 156 22 35 5 0 0 13 5 16 28 .224 .301 .256 .557 12 56
1920 23 64 178 162 11 35 7 2 0 21 4 8 27 .216 .253 .284 .537 12 61
5 Yrs 149 440 387 38 85 15 4 1 42 11 35 60 .220 .288 .287 .575 33 135
162 Game Avg. 162 478 421 41 92 16 4 1 46 12 38 65 .220 .288 .287 .575 36 135

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1916 AL  born 1896-11-15 (3rd)
1917 AL  born 1896-11-15 (7th)

                                         

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Name and misspellings: Herbert Babe Bert Spencer Ellison

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