Dock Ellis
Dock Phillip Ellis
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 11, 1945 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Gardena (Gardena, CA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 1968
Final Game: September 29, 1979
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1968 PIT NL 23 P 26 10 104.1 23 5 18 0 2 1.000 1.98 0.88 .957 2.01 0.85
1969 PIT NL 24 P 35 33 218.2 53 15 35 3 2 .943 2.06 1.43 .958 1.95 0.78
1970 PIT NL 25 P 30 30 201.2 57 21 34 2 3 .965 2.45 1.83 .951 1.85 0.71
1971 PIT NL 26 P 31 31 226.2 56 22 32 2 1 .964 2.14 1.74 .954 1.90 0.78 AS,CYA-4
1972 PIT NL 27 P 25 25 163.1 31 16 15 0 2 1.000 1.71 1.24 .948 1.78 0.73
1973 PIT NL 28 P 28 28 192.0 47 16 30 1 3 .979 2.16 1.64 .949 1.88 0.73
1974 PIT NL 29 P 26 26 176.2 40 14 22 4 2 .900 1.83 1.38 .948 1.88 0.71
1975 PIT NL 30 P 27 24 140.0 26 8 16 2 4 .923 1.54 0.89 .946 1.86 0.72
1976 NYY AL 31 P 32 32 211.2 42 19 20 3 0 .929 1.66 1.22 .950 1.87 0.85
1977 TOT AL 32 P 33 32 213.0 41 17 21 3 4 .927 1.61 1.15 .949 1.95 0.84
1977 NYY AL 32 P 3 3 19.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.37 1.00 .933 1.97 0.83
1977 OAK AL 32 P 7 7 26.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.38 0.57 .950 1.94 0.84
1977 TEX AL 32 P 23 22 167.1 34 15 16 3 4 .912 1.67 1.35 .950 1.95 0.84
1978 TEX AL 33 P 22 22 141.1 35 11 22 2 2 .943 2.10 1.50 .954 1.90 0.85
1979 TOT MLB 34 P 30 24 138.2 32 9 22 1 1 .969 2.01 1.03 .950 1.84 0.71
1979 TOT NL 34 P 20 15 92.0 21 7 14 0 1 1.000 2.05 1.05 .948 1.80 0.66
1979 TEX AL 34 P 10 9 46.2 11 2 8 1 0 .909 1.93 1.00 .955 1.93 0.81
1979 NYM NL 34 P 17 14 85.0 20 7 13 0 1 1.000 2.12 1.18 .950 1.80 0.66
1979 PIT NL 34 P 3 1 7.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 0.33 .900 1.80 0.67
12 Seasons P 345 317 2128.0 483 173 287 23 26 .952 1.95 1.33 .951 1.89 0.77
12 Seasons TOT 345 317 2128.0 483 173 287 23 26 .952 1.95 1.33 .904 1.89 0.77
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1968 PIT NL 23 27 10 27 27 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1969 PIT NL 24 37 33 37 37 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1970 PIT NL 25 38 30 38 38 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
1971 PIT NL 26 44 31 44 44 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
1972 PIT NL 27 36 25 36 36 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
1973 PIT NL 28 29 28 29 29 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 PIT NL 29 30 26 30 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1975 PIT NL 30 30 24 30 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1976 NYY AL 31 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 TEX AL 32 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 OAK AL 32 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 NYY AL 32 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 TEX AL 33 22 0 1 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 NYM NL 34 17 14 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 TEX AL 34 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 PIT NL 34 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 388 222 292 381 345 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1968 PIT NL 23 368 77% 35% 17 88% 0 4 0 3 14 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1969 PIT NL 24 875 71% 27% 27 96% 0 13 0 10 26 20 3 3 0 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 3 100%
1970 PIT NL 25 900 75% 31% 39 92% 0 21 1 15 33 26 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 3 0 1 100%
1971 PIT NL 26 964 79% 30% 35 94% 0 24 3 16 31 25 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 100%
1972 PIT NL 27 677 80% 31% 13 100% 0 15 1 13 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 100%
1973 PIT NL 28 827 78% 32% 30 93% 1 15 0 11 29 22 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 3 100%
1974 PIT NL 29 754 82% 30% 32 88% 0 14 1 10 25 21 2 4 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 5 80%
1975 PIT NL 30 646 82% 28% 19 89% 0 8 0 6 16 11 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 3 4 0 3 67%
1976 NYY AL 31 925 84% 37% 21 95% 0 19 1 15 20 17 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1977 TEX AL 32 710 81% 32% 22 82% 0 14 0 11 18 16 2 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 4 0 4 75%
1977 OAK AL 32 133 80% 27% 4 100% 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 NYY AL 32 89 85% 33% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 TEX AL 33 618 85% 35% 24 96% 0 11 0 8 22 19 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 100%
1979 NYM NL 34 412 82% 28% 16 100% 1 6 0 4 14 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1979 TEX AL 34 222 88% 39% 8 100% 0 2 0 2 8 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 PIT NL 34 30 90% 40% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
12 Seasons 9150 80% 31% 310 93% 2 169 7 125 276 223 27 23 3 8 12 5 25 12 22 3 33 91%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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