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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 Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1916 DET AL 19 3B 2 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.50 .940 3.40
1917 DET AL 20 1B 9 101 98 1 2 5 .980 11.00 .989 11.07
1918 DET AL 21 OF 4 4 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .962 2.25 0-0-4
1918 DET AL 21 RF 4 4 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .955 1.98
1918 DET AL 21 2B 3 3 3 16 2 14 0 1 1.000 5.33 .958 5.47
1919 DET AL 22 2B 25 20 20 116 48 64 4 7 .966 4.48 .961 5.35
1919 DET AL 22 OF 10 8 8 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.20 .958 2.26
1919 DET AL 22 RF 8 6 6 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.13 .951 1.94
1919 DET AL 22 CF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60
1919 DET AL 22 LF 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .960 2.20
1919 DET AL 22 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20
1920 DET AL 23 1B 38 36 33 390 363 26 1 16 .997 10.24 .990 10.82
1920 DET AL 23 OF 4 3 2 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 0.75 .963 2.25
1920 DET AL 23 CF 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.55
1920 DET AL 23 RF 2 2 2 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.50 .957 1.90
1920 DET AL 23 3B 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00 .947 3.60
2 Seasons 1B 47 36 33 491 461 27 3 21 .994 10.38 .990 10.87
2 Seasons 2B 28 23 23 132 50 78 4 8 .970 4.57 .961 5.36
3 Seasons OF 18 15 13 21 18 3 0 1 1.000 1.17 .960 2.26 1-3-18
3 Seasons (incomplete) RF 14 12 11 18 15 3 0 1 1.000 1.29 .953 1.94
2 Seasons CF 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.57
2 Seasons 3B 3 1 1 8 5 2 1 0 .875 2.33 .942 3.47
1 Season SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20
1 Season LF 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .960 2.20
5 Seasons TOT 97 75 70 652 534 110 8 30 .988 6.64 .982 7.39 1-3-18
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

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1916 DET AL 19 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1917 DET AL 20 9 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1918 DET AL 21 7 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 4 0
1919 DET AL 22 56 28 56 36 0 0 0 25 0 1 1 1 8 10 0 19 2
1920 DET AL 23 61 40 61 43 0 0 38 0 1 0 0 2 2 4 0 18 0
5 Seasons 135 68 135 79 0 0 47 28 3 1 1 3 14 18 0 37 2
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.

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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