Robert Ellis

Robert Randolph Ellis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: December 15, 1970 in Baton Rouge, LA
High School: Belaire HS (Baton Rouge, LA)
School: Northwestern State University of Louisiana (Natchitoches, LA)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1996
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/Rangers/Dodgers/Angels 1996-2003

Final Game: August 16, 2003
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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
1990		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1991	20	CHW-min	A-	3	9	.250	4.62	15	15	0	1	1	0	87.2	86	66	45	4	61	0	66	6	0	13	407		1.677	8.8	0.4	6.3	6.8	1.08	UTI · NYPL
1992	21	CHW-min	A,Rk	7	5	.583	2.67	19	19	0	1	1	0	128.0	100	52	38	3	36	0	101	4	2	7	505		1.062	7.0	0.2	2.5	7.1	2.81	SBN,WHS · MIDW,GULF
1993	22	CHW-min	A+,AA	13	11	.542	2.77	27	27	0	10	3	0	185.1	149	70	57	5	52	1	156	7	1	12	750		1.085	7.2	0.2	2.5	7.6	3.00	SAR,BIR · FLOR,SOUL
1994	23	CHW-min	AAA	4	10	.286	6.09	19	19	0	1	0	0	105.0	126	77	71	19	55	1	76	2	4	1	483		1.724	10.8	1.6	4.7	6.5	1.38	NVL · AA
1995	24	CHW-min	AAA	1	1	.500	2.18	4	4	0	0	0	0	20.2	16	7	5	2	10	0	9	1	0	1	85		1.258	7.0	0.9	4.4	3.9	0.90	NVL · AA
1996	25	ANA-CHW-min	AAA,AA	5	12	.294	5.31	28	22	2	2	0	0	122.0	114	77	72	9	81	3	72	8	0	14	548		1.598	8.4	0.7	6.0	5.3	0.89	NVL,VAN,BIR · AA,PCL,SOUL
1996	25	CAL	AL	0	0		0.00	3	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	1	19		0.800	0.0	0.0	7.2	9.0	1.25

1997	26	ANA-min	AAA	9	10	.474	5.92	29	23	1	3	0	0	149.0	185	108	98	15	83	1	70	7	1	15	698		1.799	11.2	0.9	5.0	4.2	0.84	VAN · PCL
1998	27	MIL-min	AAA	10	10	.500	5.63	30	28	0	0	0	0	150.1	171	103	94	21	78	1	79	8	0	13	693		1.656	10.2	1.3	4.7	4.7	1.01	LOU · IL
1999	28	HOU-min	AAA	7	12	.368	5.43	27	27	0	1	0	0	155.2	176	106	94	20	51	1	105	5	2	11	690		1.458	10.2	1.2	2.9	6.1	2.06	NOR · PCL
2000	29	TOR-min	AAA	9	6	.600	3.67	31	14	10	3	0	2	110.1	95	49	45	10	47	1	88	4	2	9	464		1.287	7.7	0.8	3.8	7.2	1.87	MTY,SYR · MEX,IL
2001	30	ARI-min	AAA	1	1	.500	3.08	5	5	0	0	0	0	26.1	25	12	9	2	5	0	13	1	1	0	106		1.139	8.5	0.7	1.7	4.4	2.60	TUC · PCL
2001	30	ARI	NL	6	5	.545	5.77	19	17	1	0	0	0	92.0	106	61	59	12	34	2	41	4	2	3	413	81	1.522	10.4	1.2	3.3	4.0	1.21
2002	31	LAD-min	AAA	9	7	.563	4.17	29	28	0	1	0	0	172.2	195	100	80	17	37	0	110	13	2	12	753		1.344	10.2	0.9	1.9	5.7	2.97	LVG · PCL
2002	31	LAD	NL	0	1	.000	10.13	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	43	2.250	20.3	3.4	0.0	0.0
2003	32	TEX-min	AAA	3	10	.231	4.94	27	15	7	2	0	3	118.1	128	68	65	12	35	3	49	7	1	7	516		1.377	9.7	0.9	2.7	3.7	1.40	OKC · PCL
2003	32	TEX	AL	1	1	.500	8.35	4	4	0	0	0	0	18.1	26	17	17	7	10	0	8	1	0	0	89	61	1.964	12.8	3.4	4.9	3.9	0.80
2004	33	PHI-CLE-min	AAA	8	12	.400	5.10	26	26	0	1	1	0	166.0	176	96	94	20	34	1	90	2	0	5	694		1.265	9.5	1.1	1.8	4.9	2.65	SWB,BFL · IL
2005	34	PHI-min	AAA	0	1	.000	6.38	4	4	0	0	0	0	18.1	24	14	13	2	7	0	13	0	0	0	82		1.691	11.8	1.0	3.4	6.4	1.86	SWB · IL
4 Yrs				7	7	.500	6.03	29	21	4	0	0	0	118.0	138	81	79	20	48	2	54	5	2	4	534	79	1.576	10.5	1.5	3.7	4.1	1.13
162 Game Avg.				10	10	.500	6.03	39	29	5	0	0	0	160	188	110	107	27	65	3	73	7	3	5	726	79	1.576	10.5	1.5	3.7	4.1	1.13

ARI (1 yr)				6	5	.545	5.77	19	17	1	0	0	0	92.0	106	61	59	12	34	2	41	4	2	3	413	81	1.522	10.4	1.2	3.3	4.0	1.21
TEX (1 yr)				1	1	.500	8.35	4	4	0	0	0	0	18.1	26	17	17	7	10	0	8	1	0	0	89	61	1.964	12.8	3.4	4.9	3.9	0.80
LAD (1 yr)				0	1	.000	10.13	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	43	2.250	20.3	3.4	0.0	0.0
CAL (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	3	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	1	19		0.800	0.0	0.0	7.2	9.0	1.25

NL (2 yrs)				6	6	.500	5.89	22	17	1	0	0	0	94.2	112	64	62	13	34	2	41	4	2	3	426	79	1.542	10.6	1.2	3.2	3.9	1.21
AL (2 yrs)				1	1	.500	6.56	7	4	3	0	0	0	23.1	26	17	17	7	14	0	13	1	0	1	108	78	1.714	10.0	2.7	5.4	5.0	0.93

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
1996	25	CAL	AL	5.0	3	0	0	0.00	5.73	-0.02	-0.43	101.9	5.43	3	0.3	.3	-0.1	0.2	4	.595	.502	$

2001	30	ARI	NL	92.0	19	17	61	5.97	4.87	0.38	0.17	104.8	4.88	-11	-1.1	.1	-0.0	-0.4	-2	.444	.493	$
2002	31	LAD	NL	2.2	3	0	3	10.13	4.71	0.45	-0.35	117.2	4.59	-2	-0.2	.3	0.1	-0.1	-1	.445	.499	$
2003	32	TEX	AL	18.1	4	4	17	8.35	5.40	0.41	0.20	109.6	5.70	-5	-0.5		-0.0	-0.3	-3	.382	.497	$
4 Seasons				118.0	29	21	81	6.18	4.98	0.37	0.13	105.7	5.02	-15	-1.4	.2	-0.1	-0.6	-3	.451	.498	$

ARI (1 yr)				92.0	19	17	61	5.97	4.87	0.38	0.17	104.8	4.88	-11	-1.1	.1	-0.0	-0.4	-2	.444	.493	$
TEX (1 yr)				18.1	4	4	17	8.35	5.40	0.41	0.20	109.6	5.70	-5	-0.5		-0.0	-0.3	-3	.382	.497	$
LAD (1 yr)				2.2	3	0	3	10.13	4.71	0.45	-0.35	117.2	4.59	-2	-0.2	.3	0.1	-0.1	-1	.445	.499	$
CAL (1 yr)				5.0	3	0	0	0.00	5.73	-0.02	-0.43	101.9	5.43	3	0.3	.3	-0.1	0.2	4	.595	.502	$

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
1996	25	CAL	AL	3	19	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	.000	.211	.000	.211	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2001	30	ARI	NL	19	413	362	61	106	17	0	12	6	3	34	41	.293	.354	.439	.793	.297	159	7	4	6	7	2	5
2002	31	LAD	NL	3	13	13	3	6	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	.462	.462	.846	1.308	.417	11	1	0	0	0	0	0
2003	32	TEX	AL	4	89	76	17	26	6	0	7	1	2	10	8	.342	.416	.697	1.113	.302	53	2	1	0	2	0	1
4 Yrs				29	534	466	81	138	23	1	20	8	5	48	54	.296	.362	.479	.840	.294	223	10	5	6	9	2	6
162 Game Avg.				39	726	634	110	188	31	1	27	11	7	65	73	.296	.362	.479	.840	.294	303	14	7	8	12	3	8
MLB Averages																.267	.337	.425	.763	.298

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1996	25	CAL	AL	3.0	0.3	20	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.37	0.2	0.1	3.0	0.3	0.37	3.4	0	1	1

2001	30	ARI	NL	-9.0	-0.8	426	-0.5	6.7	-7.2	.99	-0.7	0.2	-10.5	-1.0	0.99	-11.2	0	0	2
2002	31	LAD	NL	-1.7	-0.2	14	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.25	-0.1	-0.4	-1.7	-0.2	0.25	-2.0	0	1	1
2003	32	TEX	AL	-5.3	-0.5	91	-0.7	1.3	-2.0	.97	-0.8	0.1	-7.9	-0.7	0.97	-9.3	0	0	0
4 Yrs				-13.1	-1.2	551	-1.2	8.2	-9.4	.95	-1.4	0.1	-17.0	-1.5	0.95	-19.1	0	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	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
2001	30	ARI	NL	19	17	6	5	6	3	1	11	6	.647	2	2	0	0	8	47%	43.8	64	17	5	2	2	8	5.6	4.9	5.2	78	8	6	3	0	103

2003	32	TEX	AL	4	4	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	.500	0	1	0	0	1	25%	35.2	59	13	6	1	0	3	7.7	9.0	4.6	80	2	1	1	0	109
2 Yrs				23	21	7	6	8	3	1	13	8	.619	2	3	0	0	9	43%	42	64	13	11	3	2	11	6.0	5.7	5.1	79	10	7	4	0	109
MLB Averages													.500						48%	48	105	-21					4.9	4.9	5.9	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1996	25	CAL	AL	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.369	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	2	0	2	0	5.0	28

2001	30	ARI	NL	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.992	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	4.5	29
2002	31	LAD	NL	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.255	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	0	2.7	16
3 Yrs				25	8	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.944	0	2	4	2	0	6	0	8	3	1	4	0	4.0	24

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1996	25	CAL	AL	19	58%	0.0%	26.3%	21.1%	0.0%		0.43	0.43	53%	0%	0.0%	57%	1	0	0%

2001	30	ARI	NL	413	52%	2.9%	9.9%	8.2%	7.0%	27%	0.87	1.19	77%	22%	8.7%	17%	84	7	8%
2002	31	LAD	NL	13	77%	7.7%	0.0%	0.0%	15.4%	33%	0.33	0.60	92%	38%	14.3%	22%	2	1	50%
2003	32	TEX	AL	89	45%	7.9%	9.0%	11.2%	14.6%	50%	0.46	0.61	71%	26%	15.2%	4%	19	2	11%
4 Yrs				534	52%	3.8%	10.1%	9.0%	8.2%	32%	0.75	1.02	75%	22%	10.3%	16%	106	10	9%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.8%	8.9%	7.9%	34%	0.78	1.08	70%	22%	8.3%	14%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1996	25	CAL	AL	19	83	4.37	42	51%	36%	12%	29%	24%	64%	0%	33%	81%	53%	11%	2	1	5%	1	0	0	80%	0	1	0	0	0

2001	30	ARI	NL	414	1390	3.36	873	63%	23%	11%	27%	38%	77%	2%	48%	86%	63%	7%	28	19	18%	76	38	6	34%	11	7	-1	0	0
2002	31	LAD	NL	13	47	3.62	32	68%	22%	3%	34%	41%	78%	0%	53%	96%	62%	0%	0	0	46%	6	5	1		0	0	0	0	0
2003	32	TEX	AL	89	321	3.61	197	61%	24%	8%	32%	36%	76%	0%	47%	89%	56%	7%	6	5	15%	13	7	1	38%	2	1	0	0	0
4 Yrs				535	1841	3.44	1144	62%	24%	10%	29%	37%	76%	1%	47%	87%	61%	7%	36	25	18%	96	50	8	39%	13	9	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.72		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	57%	5%			20%				28%

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
1996	25	CAL	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

2001	30	ARI	NL	413	106	13	3	12	0	10	6	6	3	9	30	24	3	80%	5	3	0	156	6	3	67%	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
2002	31	LAD	NL	13	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	50%	0	0	0	3	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	32	TEX	AL	89	26	1	0	7	0	2	5	2	4	3	5	2	0	40%	1	0	0	34	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
4 Yrs				534	138	14	3	20	0	13	12	8	8	12	37	27	3	73%	6	4	0	198	8	5	62%	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1996	25	0	0		0.00	3	0	3	5.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	1	19		0.800	0.0	0.0	7.2	9.0	1.25
1997	26	0	0		0.00	3	0	3	5.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	1	19		0.800	0.0	0.0	7.2	9.0	1.25
1998	27	0	0		0.00	3	0	3	5.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	1	19		0.800	0.0	0.0	7.2	9.0	1.25
1999	28	0	0		0.00	3	0	3	5.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	1	19		0.800	0.0	0.0	7.2	9.0	1.25
2000	29	0	0		0.00	3	0	3	5.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	1	19		0.800	0.0	0.0	7.2	9.0	1.25
2001	30	6	5	.545	5.47	22	17	4	97.0	106	61	59	12	38	2	46	4	2	4	432	86	1.485	9.8	1.1	3.5	4.3	1.21	86
2002	31	6	6	.500	5.60	25	17	4	99.2	112	64	62	13	38	2	46	4	2	4	445	84	1.505	10.1	1.2	3.4	4.2	1.21	84
2003	32	7	7	.500	6.03	29	21	4	118.0	138	81	79	20	48	2	54	5	2	4	534	79	1.576	10.5	1.5	3.7	4.1	1.13	79

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1996	25	0	0		0.00	5.0	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	0.800	0.0	7.2	9.0	1.25	0.0	3

2001	30	4	6	.400	5.09	92.0	100	58	52	11	32	41	4	1.435	9.8	3.1	4.0	1.28	1.1	19
2002	31	0	0		6.75	4.0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	3
2003	32	0	2	.000	7.50	18.0	24	17	15	6	9	8	1	1.833	12.0	4.5	4.0	0.89	3.0	4
4 Yrs		4	8	.333	5.29	119.0	124	78	70	17	45	54	5	1.420	9.4		4.1	1.20	1.3	29

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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