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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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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
1969 20 NYY AL 22 65 62 2 18 4 0 1 8 0 2 1 11 .290 .308 .403 .711 102 25 0 1 0 1 0 2
1970 21 NYY AL 78 249 226 24 56 12 1 7 29 0 1 18 47 .248 .305 .403 .708 98 91 5 2 0 3 0 3/52
1971 22 NYY AL 83 271 238 16 58 12 1 3 34 0 0 23 42 .244 .322 .340 .663 93 81 12 6 1 3 5 3/2
1972 23 NYY AL 52 144 136 13 40 5 1 5 25 0 0 8 22 .294 .333 .456 .789 137 62 9 0 0 0 0 2/3
1973 24 CLE AL 127 494 437 59 118 12 2 14 68 0 0 46 57 .270 .339 .403 .741 106 176 13 3 1 7 2 2D3
1974 25 CLE AL 128 513 477 58 136 23 6 10 64 1 2 32 53 .285 .330 .421 .751 117 201 16 1 1 2 3 32D
1975 26 CLE AL 92 316 296 22 68 11 1 7 32 0 1 14 33 .230 .266 .345 .610 73 102 13 2 0 4 2 2/D3
1976 27 TEX AL 11 31 31 4 13 2 0 1 8 0 0 0 4 .419 .419 .581 1.000 189 18 1 0 0 0 0 /2D
1977 28 TEX AL 49 127 119 7 28 7 0 4 15 0 0 8 26 .235 .283 .395 .678 83 47 1 0 0 0 2 2D/3
1978 29 TEX AL 34 104 94 7 23 4 0 3 17 0 1 6 20 .245 .282 .383 .665 86 36 0 0 1 3 0 2/D
1979 30 TEX AL 111 337 316 33 90 12 0 12 61 2 2 15 55 .285 .318 .437 .754 103 138 3 2 0 4 1 D3/2
1980 31 TEX AL 73 200 182 12 43 9 1 1 23 3 0 14 23 .236 .290 .313 .603 68 57 6 1 0 3 1 3D/2
1981 32 TEX AL 23 64 58 2 8 3 0 1 7 0 1 5 10 .138 .219 .241 .460 37 14 3 1 0 0 1 3/D
13 Seasons 883 2915 2672 259 699 116 13 69 391 6 10 190 403 .262 .312 .392 .704 99 1048 82 19 4 30 17
162 Game Avg. 162 535 490 48 128 21 2 13 72 1 2 35 74 .262 .312 .392 .704 99 192 15 3 1 6 3
TEX (6 yrs) 301 863 800 65 205 37 1 22 131 5 4 48 138 .256 .298 .388 .686 88 310 14 4 1 10 5
NYY (4 yrs) 235 729 662 55 172 33 3 16 96 0 3 50 122 .260 .317 .391 .709 105 259 26 9 1 7 5
CLE (3 yrs) 347 1323 1210 139 322 46 9 31 164 1 3 92 143 .266 .318 .396 .714 102 479 42 6 2 13 7

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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

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1973 AL  7 (2nd)

                                         

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Transactions

August 15, 1966: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

November 27, 1972: Traded by the New York Yankees with Jerry Kenney, Charlie Spikes and Rusty Torres to the Cleveland Indians for Jerry Moses and Graig Nettles.

December 9, 1975: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Texas Rangers for Ron Pruitt and Stan Thomas.

March 30, 1982: Released by the Texas Rangers.

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