Jim Ellis

James Russell Ellis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 25, 1945 in Tulare, CA
High School: Tulare HS (Tulare, CA)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 11, 1967
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Cardinals 1967-1969

Final Game: July 12, 1969
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1963	18	CHC-min	A	2	5	.286	8.84	19	9					58.0	94	69	57	15	30								2.138	14.6	2.3	4.7			PCT · PION
1964	19	CHC-min	A	4	6	.400	4.40	35	11					88.0	84	58	43	12	50								1.523	8.6	1.2	5.1			SCL · NORL
1965	20	CHC-min	A	14	8	.636	3.00	31	25					168.0	137	66	56	11	68								1.220	7.3	0.6	3.6			QUI · MIDW
1966	21	CHC-min	AA	9	7	.563	2.95	29	28					180.0	164	71	59	9	48		138						1.178	8.2	0.4	2.4	6.9	2.88	DFW · TL
1967	22	CHC-min	AAA	11	11	.500	3.15	29	26		7	1		163.0	154	76	57	4	79	4	109	4	1	5			1.429	8.5	0.2	4.4	6.0	1.38	TAC · PCL
1967	22	CHC	NL	1	1	.500	3.24	8	1	4	0	0	0	16.2	20	7	6	1	9	1	8	0	0	0	75	112	1.740	10.8	0.5	4.9	4.3	0.89

1968	23	LAD-CHC-min	AAA	8	5	.615	3.60	31	12		3	1		105.0	106	51	42	4	49	2	69	2	1	8			1.476	9.1	0.3	4.2	5.9	1.41	SPO,TAC · PCL
1969	24	STL-min	AAA	6	7	.462	2.87	18	15		9	0	1	119.0	115	52	38	2	47	3	71	1	0	9			1.361	8.7	0.2	3.6	5.4	1.51	TUL · AA
1969	24	STL	NL	0	0		1.69	2	1	1	0	0	0	5.1	7	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	25	228	1.875	11.8	0.0	5.1	0.0	0.00
1970	25	STL-min	AAA	5	4	.556	4.58	22	6		2	1	3	59.0	63	37	30	4	30	3	39	2	1	4			1.576	9.6	0.6	4.6	5.9	1.30	TUL · AA
1971	26	MIL-min	AAA	4	8	.333	5.67	35	0		0	0	4	54.0	63	40	34	4	31	10	33	2	0	6			1.741	10.5	0.7	5.2	5.5	1.06	EVN · AA
2 Yrs				1	1	.500	2.86	10	2	5	0	0	0	22.0	27	8	7	1	12	2	8	0	0	0	100	129	1.773	11.0	0.4	4.9	3.3	0.67
162 Game Avg.				6	6	.500	2.86	57	11	28	0	0	0	125	153	45	40	6	68	11	45	0	0	0	567	129	1.773	11.0	0.4	4.9	3.3	0.67

STL (1 yr)				0	0		1.69	2	1	1	0	0	0	5.1	7	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	25	228	1.875	11.8	0.0	5.1	0.0	0.00
CHC (1 yr)				1	1	.500	3.24	8	1	4	0	0	0	16.2	20	7	6	1	9	1	8	0	0	0	75	112	1.740	10.8	0.5	4.9	4.3	0.89

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1967	22	CHC	NL	16.2	8	1	7	3.78	3.88	0.27	-0.08	108.0	3.81	-0	-0.0	2.1	-0.0	0.1	2	.498	.500	$

1969	24	STL	NL	5.1	2	1	1	1.69	4.46	-0.04	-0.01	98.0	4.39	2	0.2	.1	-0.0	0.2	2	.592	.501	$
2 Seasons				22.0	10	2	8	3.27	4.02	0.19	-0.07	105.6	3.95	1	0.2	1.9	-0.1	0.3	4	.517	.501	$

STL (1 yr)				5.1	2	1	1	1.69	4.46	-0.04	-0.01	98.0	4.39	2	0.2	.1	-0.0	0.2	2	.592	.501	$
CHC (1 yr)				16.2	8	1	7	3.78	3.88	0.27	-0.08	108.0	3.81	-0	-0.0	2.1	-0.0	0.1	2	.498	.500	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1967	22	CHC	NL	8	75	64	7	20	1	2	1	0	0	9	8	.313	.397	.438	.835	.345	28	3	0	2	0	1	0

1969	24	STL	NL	2	25	22	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.318	.400	.318	.718	.318	7	1	0	0	0	1	1
2 Yrs				10	100	86	8	27	1	2	1	0	0	12	8	.314	.398	.407	.805	.338	35	4	0	2	0	2	1
162 Game Avg.				57	567	487	45	153	6	11	6	0	0	68	45	.314	.398	.407	.805	.338	198	23	0	11	0	11	6
MLB Averages																.243	.309	.356	.665	.273

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1967	22	CHC	NL	0.6	0.1	76	-1.1	0.9	-1.9	.98	-0.2	-0.9	-2.8	-0.3	0.98	-2.0	2	2	3

1969	24	STL	NL	1.4	0.2	25	0.1	0.4	-0.3	.93	-0.0	0.2	3.2	0.4	0.93	0.6	0	0	1
2 Yrs				2.0	0.2	101	-0.9	1.3	-2.2	.97	-0.2	-0.7	0.4	0.1	0.97	-1.3	2	2	4

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1967	22	CHC	NL	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	52.0	52	52	5	2	1	0	3.0	3.9	6.0

1969	24	STL	NL	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	42.0	42	42	2	1	1	0	6.8	9.0	3.7
2 Yrs				10	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	1	50%	47	52	42	7	3	2	0	4.8	5.4	4.8
MLB Averages													.500						58%	55	112	0					3.8	3.7	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1967	22	CHC	NL	8	7	4	0	1	2	0	2	0%	2	0	9	6	67%	8	.983	2	2	3	2	0	5	4	3	3	3	3	1	4.6

1969	24	STL	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	7	.927	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	5.0
2 Yrs				10	8	5	0	1	2	0	2	0%	2	0	11	6	55%		.969	2	2	4	2	0	6	5	3	4	3	4	1	4.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1967	22	CHC	NL	75	33%	1.3%	10.7%	12.0%	5.3%	20%	1.28	73%	18	3	17%

1969	24	STL	NL	25	24%	0.0%	0.0%	12.0%	0.0%	0%	0.60	88%	10	1	10%
2 Yrs				100	31%	1.0%	8.0%	12.0%	4.0%	15%	1.04	77%	28	4	14%
MLB Averages					47%	1.9%	15.8%	8.3%	5.8%	27%	1.11	73%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1967	22	CHC	NL	75	20			1	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	3	0	60%	0	0	0	31	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1969	24	STL	NL	25	7			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0%	1	0	0	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				100	27			1	0	2	1	0	0	1	8	3	0	38%	1	0	0	45	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages																		48%							61%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1967	22	1	1	.500	3.24	8	1	4	16.2	20	7	6	1	9	1	8	75	112	1.740	10.8	0.5	4.9	4.3	0.89	112
1968	23	1	1	.500	3.24	8	1	4	16.2	20	7	6	1	9	1	8	75	112	1.740	10.8	0.5	4.9	4.3	0.89	112
1969	24	1	1	.500	2.86	10	2	5	22.0	27	8	7	1	12	2	8	100	129	1.773	11.0	0.4	4.9	3.3	0.67	129

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1967	22	0	1	.000	4.20	15.0	21	8	7	1	9	7	0	2.000	12.6	5.4	4.2	0.78	0.6	8

1969	24	0	0		1.80	5.0	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	2.000	12.6	5.4	0.0	0.00	0.0	2
2 Yrs		0	1	.000	3.60	20.0	28	9	8	1	12	7	0	2.000	12.6		3.2	0.58	0.5	10

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