John Ellis
John Charles Ellis
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 225 lb.

Born: August 21, 1948 in New London, CT
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 17, 1969
Final Game: October 3, 1981
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1969 NYY AL 20 C 15 15 134.0 92 83 7 2 1 .978 -3.0 -26.9 -3 6.04 6.00 .987 6.65 5.59 1 4 23 4 15%
1970 NYY AL 21 1B 53 49 397.1 490 449 37 4 35 .992 2.4 7.2 2.4 -0.9 3.3 0 11.01 9.17 .991 9.59 8.14
1970 NYY AL 21 3B 5 5 41.0 4 0 3 1 0 .750 -1.5 -43.9 -1.5 -0.2 -1.3 0 0.66 0.60 .950 3.07 2.68
1970 NYY AL 21 C 2 2 19.0 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.16 6.50 .985 6.63 5.80 1 0 0 1 100%
1971 NYY AL 22 1B 65 64 539.0 667 625 35 7 66 .990 -2.1 -4.7 -2.1 -1.5 -0.5 0 11.02 10.15 .992 9.59 8.10
1971 NYY AL 22 C 2 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 6.48 5.65 0 0 0 0
1972 NYY AL 23 C 25 23 213.1 143 127 11 5 1 .965 -2.0 -11.2 -2 5.82 5.52 .985 6.48 5.66 1 5 10 5 33%
1972 NYY AL 23 1B 8 7 60.2 65 63 1 1 4 .985 0.5 9.9 0.5 -0.2 0.7 0 9.49 8.00 .991 9.76 8.04
1973 CLE AL 24 C 72 70 620.1 405 370 27 8 5 .980 -8.0 -15.5 -8 5.76 5.51 .985 6.05 5.29 9 43 37 22 37%
1973 CLE AL 24 DH 38
1973 CLE AL 24 1B 12 11 98.0 123 117 4 2 6 .984 -0.4 -4.9 -0.4 -0.7 0.2 0 11.11 10.08 .992 9.86 8.27
1974 CLE AL 25 1B 69 68 583.1 710 667 37 6 57 .992 1.3 2.7 1.3 2.6 -1.3 0 10.86 10.20 .992 9.70 8.01
1974 CLE AL 25 C 42 34 304.1 177 156 18 3 4 .983 -1.0 -3.9 -1 5.15 4.14 .983 5.89 5.01 2 9 27 13 33%
1974 CLE AL 25 DH 21
1975 CLE AL 26 C 84 72 670.2 451 396 44 11 3 .976 -1.0 -1.8 -1 5.90 5.24 .983 6.00 5.04 6 21 54 35 39%
1975 CLE AL 26 DH 3
1975 CLE AL 26 1B 2 2 17.0 20 17 1 2 1 .900 0.3 21.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0 9.53 9.00 .990 9.85 8.30
1976 TEX AL 27 C 7 4 39.0 23 21 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.31 3.29 .983 5.75 4.90 2 2 2 2 50%
1976 TEX AL 27 DH 3
1977 TEX AL 28 C 16 5 68.0 42 40 2 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -17.6 -1 5.56 2.63 .986 6.01 5.06 0 1 8 1 11%
1977 TEX AL 28 DH 15
1977 TEX AL 28 1B 8 7 54.0 52 49 3 0 0 1.000 -1.8 -40.0 -1.8 -2.0 0.2 0 8.67 6.50 .990 10.02 8.79
1978 TEX AL 29 C 22 17 157.2 95 81 10 4 1 .958 -2.0 -15.2 -2 5.19 4.14 .983 5.53 4.86 4 3 9 4 31%
1978 TEX AL 29 DH 7
1979 TEX AL 30 DH 62
1979 TEX AL 30 1B 30 28 185.0 232 216 11 5 17 .978 -0.7 -4.5 -0.7 1.0 -1.6 0 11.04 7.57 .992 10.08 8.85
1979 TEX AL 30 C 7 3 28.0 17 16 1 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -42.9 -1 5.46 2.43 .982 5.46 4.69 0 2 4 1 20%
1980 TEX AL 31 1B 39 33 239.0 254 240 12 2 22 .992 -2.8 -14.1 -2.8 -2.7 -0.2 0 9.49 6.46 .992 10.02 8.40
1980 TEX AL 31 DH 20
1980 TEX AL 31 C 3 0 5.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.20 1.33 .975 5.40 4.60 0 0 0 0
1981 TEX AL 32 1B 18 13 117.0 149 140 8 1 16 .993 -2.3 -23.6 -2.3 -0.3 -2.0 0 11.38 8.22 .993 10.06 8.57
1981 TEX AL 32 DH 1
10 Seasons 1B 304 282 2290.1 2762 2583 149 30 224 .989 -5.6 -2.9 -5.6 -4.6 -1.1 0 10.74 8.99 .992 9.75 8.25
12 Seasons C 297 245 2261.0 1462 1306 123 33 17 .977 -19.0 -10.1 -19 5.69 4.81 .984 6.04 5.16 26 90 174 88 34%
9 Seasons DH 170
1 Season 3B 5 5 41.0 4 0 3 1 0 .750 -1.5 -43.9 -1.5 -0.2 -1.3 0 0.66 0.60 .950 3.07 2.68
13 Seasons TOT 606 532 4592.1 4228 3889 275 64 241 .985 -26.1 -6.8 -7.1 -4.8 -2.4 0 -19 8.16 6.87 .974 7.87 6.69 26 90 174 88 34%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% 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
1969 NYY AL 20 22 15 22 22 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1970 NYY AL 21 78 56 78 78 0 2 53 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1971 NYY AL 22 83 64 83 83 0 2 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1972 NYY AL 23 52 30 52 52 0 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1973 CLE AL 24 127 112 127 84 0 72 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 15 0
1974 CLE AL 25 128 123 128 104 0 42 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 4 0
1975 CLE AL 26 92 76 92 86 0 84 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 0
1976 TEX AL 27 11 6 11 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
1977 TEX AL 28 49 25 49 24 0 16 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 18 0
1978 TEX AL 29 34 24 34 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 0
1979 TEX AL 30 111 78 111 35 0 7 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 32 0
1980 TEX AL 31 73 52 73 42 0 3 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 18 0
1981 TEX AL 32 23 14 23 18 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0
13 Seasons 883 675 883 657 0 297 304 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 143 182 0
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 -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1970 NYY AL 21 1697 58% 79% 31% 102 93% 2 435 19 409 9 42 38 28 2 1 1 4 2 2 0 2 37 0 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 9 78%
1971 NYY AL 22 2299 67% 82% 34% 131 87% 4 629 30 589 9 55 35 21 8 1 1 7 0 5 2 6 69 2 0 1 67 3 2 1 1 14 71%
1972 NYY AL 23 263 64% 80% 31% 20 95% 0 64 7 56 1 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1973 CLE AL 24 445 55% 78% 27% 23 87% 0 113 6 103 4 10 5 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 0%
1974 CLE AL 25 2487 63% 82% 29% 137 96% 0 670 43 626 1 58 37 26 3 1 3 6 3 3 0 2 57 0 0 0 49 0 8 3 5 6 100%
1975 CLE AL 26 74 68% 80% 26% 5 100% 1 17 0 17 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1977 TEX AL 28 255 47% 78% 24% 8 100% 0 49 4 45 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 TEX AL 30 852 56% 81% 29% 57 86% 0 216 12 201 3 27 12 9 1 0 0 5 0 5 0 5 17 0 0 0 14 0 2 0 2 3 67%
1980 TEX AL 31 1068 57% 78% 25% 32 91% 1 236 3 231 3 19 12 6 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 21 0 0 0 20 0 1 0 1 3 100%
1981 TEX AL 32 505 60% 78% 31% 15 87% 0 140 5 134 1 4 9 2 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 17 0 0 0 15 0 2 0 1 1 100%
10 Seasons 9945 61% 81% 30% 530 91% 8 2569 129 2411 31 231 153 99 18 5 13 30 6 21 3 19 229 2 0 1 213 3 15 4 10 40 78%
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1969 NYY AL 20 578 3.09 3.56 5 100% 1 0 84 4 1 7 72 8 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1970 NYY AL 21 93 8.53 9.47 1 100% 0 0 12 1 0 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 NYY AL 22 9 21.60 21.60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 NYY AL 23 918 3.16 3.75 13 77% 0 0 126 7 2 4 113 11 3 0 0 3 5 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 33%
1973 CLE AL 24 2843 5.22 5.70 20 90% 1 0 370 14 2 8 346 26 3 0 0 2 8 0 5 3 0 6 0 0 1 1 100%
1974 CLE AL 25 1365 4.50 4.94 22 86% 0 0 156 11 1 9 135 20 6 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 4 100%
1975 CLE AL 26 2995 3.82 4.37 26 100% 1 0 397 15 3 11 368 44 8 0 0 0 11 0 1 10 0 4 0 0 0 5 100%
1976 TEX AL 27 174 2.77 3.46 1 100% 0 0 21 1 1 0 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 TEX AL 28 289 2.65 2.91 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 40 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1978 TEX AL 29 685 3.48 3.65 10 100% 0 0 81 6 0 0 75 10 4 0 0 2 4 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 100%
1979 TEX AL 30 127 5.46 6.11 0 0 0 16 0 0 2 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1980 TEX AL 31 21 3.60 3.60 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 10097 4.19 4.67 98 92% 3 0 1307 59 10 41 1197 125 24 1 0 10 33 0 11 22 0 19 0 1 2 17 88%
MLB Averages 3.70 4.17 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1969 NYY AL 20 1 4 189 23 4 3 15% 17 2 5 1 1 1 0 0 36 5 1.29 1.05
1970 NYY AL 21 1 0 38 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.79
1971 NYY AL 22 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 NYY AL 23 1 5 307 10 5 4 33% 10 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 21 7 1.19 1.28
1973 CLE AL 24 9 43 1054 37 22 18 37% 35 21 2 1 0 0 0 0 111 24 1.17 1.10
1974 CLE AL 25 2 9 490 27 13 12 33% 21 13 3 0 3 0 0 0 44 14 1.42 0.98
1975 CLE AL 26 7 21 1047 54 35 32 39% 52 30 1 3 1 2 0 0 107 37 1.25 1.12
1976 TEX AL 27 2 2 70 2 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0.80 0.74
1977 TEX AL 28 0 1 101 8 1 1 11% 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 1.22 1.09
1978 TEX AL 29 4 3 265 9 4 3 31% 8 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 22 6 1.35 1.24
1979 TEX AL 30 0 2 44 4 1 1 20% 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 1 1.45 1.81
1980 TEX AL 31 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 27 90 3619 174 88 77 34% 156 77 12 6 6 5 1 0 363 98 1.26 1.10
MLB Averages 36% 1.28 1.26

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1970 NYY AL 21 164 42% 83% 33% 5 60% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 164 42% 83% 33% 5 60% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 89% 67%

* 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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