Rube Ellis

George William Ellis

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 17, 1885 in Downey, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1909
Team: Cardinals 1909-1912

Final Game: October 6, 1912
Died: March 13, 1938 in Rivera, CA
Buried: Rose Hill Memorial Park, Whittier, CA
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1905	19	LOS	A	5	18	18		6	3	0	0					.333	.333	.500	.833		9				LOS · PCL
1906	20	LOS	A	145	489	489		100	13	2	1					.204	.204	.245	.450		120				LOS · PCL
1907	21	LOS	A	171	578	578		138	15	7	4					.239	.239	.310	.548		179				LOS · PCL
1908	22	LOS	A	184	646	646		174	19	13	5					.269	.269	.362	.632		234				LOS · PCL
1909	23	STL	NL	149	637	575	76	154	10	9	3	46	18	54	78	.268	.334	.332	.666	113	191	3	5	*O
1910	24	STL	NL	142	632	550	87	142	18	8	4	54	25	62	70	.258	.339	.342	.681	102	188	5	15	*O
1911	25	STL	NL	155	646	555	69	139	20	11	2	66	9	66	64	.250	.332	.337	.669	90	187	2	23	*O
1912	26	STL	NL	109	352	305	47	82	18	2	4	33	6	34	36	.269	.342	.380	.723	99	116	0	13	O
1913	27	LOS	AA	183	648	648		178	25	7	8					.275	.275	.372	.647		241				LOS · PCL
1914	28	LOS	AA	208	756	756		234	34	15	6					.310	.310	.418	.728		316				LOS · PCL
1915	29	LOS	AA	200	705	705		191	25	8	5					.271	.271	.350	.621		247				LOS · PCL
1916	30	LOS	AA	197	755	755		192	28	10	2					.254	.254	.326	.580		246				LOS · PCL
1917	31	SFR,LOS	AA	179	616	616		168	27	7	4					.273	.273	.359	.631		221				SFR,LOS · PCL
1918	32	LOS	AA	104	366	366		102	21	4	1					.279	.279	.366	.645		134				LOS · PCL
1919	33	LOS	AA	176	616	616		159	21	4	3					.258	.258	.320	.578		197				LOS · PCL
1920	34	LOS	AA	176	619	619		154	20	1	3					.249	.249	.299	.548		185				LOS · PCL
1921	35	LOS	AA	48	89	89		21	3	0	0					.236	.236	.270	.506		24				LOS · PCL
1925	39	VER	AA	1	1	1		0	0	0	0					.000	.000	.000	.000		0				VER · PCL
1928	42	BUR	D	86	326	326		86	8	6	2					.264	.264	.344	.607		112				BUR · MSVL
4 Yrs				555	2267	1985	279	517	66	30	13	199	58	216	248	.260	.336	.344	.680	101	682	10	56
162 Game Avg.				162	662	579	81	151	19	9	4	58	17	63	72	.260	.336	.344	.680	101	199	3	16

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1909	23	STL	NL	149	637	8	-1	2	-8	1	0.2	19	20	2.1	.501	.501	1.8	-0.6	18	$	*O
1910	24	STL	NL	142	632	2	-1	-6	-8	-12	-1.3	18	5	0.4	.490	.491	1.1	-1.5	11	$	*O
1911	25	STL	NL	155	646	-6	-1	2	-8	-13	-1.6	18	4	0.2	.491	.491	0.2	-0.7	3	$	*O
1912	26	STL	NL	109	352	-0	-0	-2	-4	-7	-0.7	10	3	0.3	.494	.496	0.6	-0.6	5	$	O
4 Seasons				555	2267	4	-4	-4	-27	-31	-3.4	64	33	3.0	.494	.495	3.7	-3.4	37	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1909	23	STL	NL	637	426	63	4.0	71	.306	.268	.244	.334	.311	.332	.315	.666	.625	113	.594	8.2	1.0	.632	.190	.064	5.1
1910	24	STL	NL	632	423	63	4.0	85	.290	.258	.258	.339	.332	.342	.342	.681	.674	102	.539	2.0	0.2	.686	.242	.084	6.9
1911	25	STL	NL	646	439	62	3.8	93	.280	.250	.265	.332	.341	.337	.365	.669	.706	90	.476	-7.2	-0.8	.635	.222	.086	3.3
1912	26	STL	NL	352	236	40	4.5	98	.294	.269	.278	.342	.347	.380	.378	.723	.726	99	.528	0.1	0.0	.700	.243	.111	4.8
4 Yrs				2267	1524	228	4.0	85	.292	.260	.259	.336	.331	.344	.346	.680	.677	101	.533	3.1	0.4	.658	.221	.083	21.2
162 Game Avg.				662	445	67	4.0	85	.292	.260	.259	.336	.331	.344	.346	.680	.677	101	.533	1	0	.658	.221	.083	6

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1909	23	149	637	575	76	154	10	9	3	46	18	54	78	.268	.334	.332	.666	113	191	3	5
1910	24	291	1269	1125	163	296	28	17	7	100	43	116	148	.263	.336	.337	.673	107	379	8	20
1911	25	446	1915	1680	232	435	48	28	9	166	52	182	212	.259	.335	.337	.672	101	566	10	43
1912	26	555	2267	1985	279	517	66	30	13	199	58	216	248	.260	.336	.344	.680	101	682	10	56

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1909	23	156	704	629	103	189	12	11	4	62	22	66	82	.300	.371	.374	.744	86	149
1910	24	148	679	587	104	161	20	9	5	65	28	70	73	.274	.357	.365	.722	75	142
1911	25	161	676	580	74	148	21	12	2	71	10	70	66	.255	.337	.343	.681	66	155
1912	26	115	372	322	49	86	19	2	4	34	6	36	38	.267	.341	.376	.717	41	109
4 Yrs		580	2431	2118	330	584	72	34	15	232	66	242	259	.276	.353	.363	.716	268	555
162 Game Avg.		162	679	592	92	163	20	9	4	65	18	68	72	.276	.353	.363	.716	75	555

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1911 NL 155 (4th)	At Bats s c a p y 1909 NL 575 (6th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1909 NL 637 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1909 NL 78 (2nd) 1910 NL 70 (4th)
Singles s c a p y 1909 NL 132 (3rd)	Times On Base s c a p y 1909 NL 211 (10th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1909 NL 426 (10th) 1911 NL 439 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 5 (2198), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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