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Sammy Ellis

Samuel Joseph Ellis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 11, 1941 in Youngstown, OH
School: Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1962
Teams (by GP): Reds/Angels/WhiteSox 1962-1969

Final Game: June 8, 1969
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All-Star

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
1962 21 CIN NL 2 2 .500 6.75 8 4 1 0 0 0 28.0 29 25 21 6 29 0 27 1 1 0 140 60 2.071 9.3 1.9 9.3 8.7 0.93
1964 23 CIN NL 10 3 .769 2.57 52 5 32 2 0 14 122.1 101 38 35 9 28 2 125 1 0 2 488 141 1.054 7.4 0.7 2.1 9.2 4.46 MVP-16
1965 24 CIN NL 22 10 .688 3.79 44 39 4 15 2 2 263.2 222 119 111 22 104 4 183 6 1 9 1101 99 1.236 7.6 0.8 3.5 6.2 1.76 AS
1966 25 CIN NL 12 19 .387 5.29 41 36 2 7 0 0 221.0 226 135 130 35 78 8 154 3 2 9 960 74 1.376 9.2 1.4 3.2 6.3 1.97
1967 26 CIN NL 8 11 .421 3.84 32 27 4 8 1 0 175.2 197 86 75 18 67 7 80 4 0 6 769 99 1.503 10.1 0.9 3.4 4.1 1.19
1968 27 CAL AL 9 10 .474 3.95 42 24 6 3 0 2 164.0 150 80 72 22 56 4 93 6 0 1 694 73 1.256 8.2 1.2 3.1 5.1 1.66
1969 28 CHW AL 0 3 .000 5.83 10 5 2 0 0 0 29.1 42 20 19 6 16 2 15 1 0 1 144 67 1.977 12.9 1.8 4.9 4.6 0.94
7 Yrs 63 58 .521 4.15 229 140 51 35 3 18 1004.0 967 503 463 118 378 27 677 22 4 28 4296 88 1.340 8.7 1.1 3.4 6.1 1.79
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .521 4.15 42 26 9 6 1 3 185 178 93 85 22 70 5 125 4 1 5 792 88 1.340 8.7 1.1 3.4 6.1 1.79
CIN (5 yrs) 54 45 .545 4.13 177 111 43 32 3 16 810.2 775 403 372 90 306 21 569 15 4 26 3458 92 1.333 8.6 1.0 3.4 6.3 1.86
CAL (1 yr) 9 10 .474 3.95 42 24 6 3 0 2 164.0 150 80 72 22 56 4 93 6 0 1 694 73 1.256 8.2 1.2 3.1 5.1 1.66
CHW (1 yr) 0 3 .000 5.83 10 5 2 0 0 0 29.1 42 20 19 6 16 2 15 1 0 1 144 67 1.977 12.9 1.8 4.9 4.6 0.94
NL (5 yrs) 54 45 .545 4.13 177 111 43 32 3 16 810.2 775 403 372 90 306 21 569 15 4 26 3458 92 1.333 8.6 1.0 3.4 6.3 1.86
AL (2 yrs) 9 13 .409 4.24 52 29 8 3 0 2 193.1 192 100 91 28 72 6 108 7 0 2 838 72 1.366 8.9 1.3 3.4 5.0 1.50

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 Awards
1962 21 CIN NL 28.0 8 4 25 8.04 4.59 -0.06 -0.03 104.5 4.83 -10 -0.9 .7 0.0 -0.7 -7 .382 .494 $
1964 23 CIN NL 122.1 52 5 38 2.80 4.05 0.11 -0.10 102.5 3.94 14 1.6 1.6 0.1 2.9 28 .532 .510 $ MVP-16
1965 24 CIN NL 263.2 44 39 119 4.06 4.01 -0.16 0.06 105.5 4.46 12 1.3 1.6 -0.1 3.5 39 .530 .508 $ AS
1966 25 CIN NL 221.0 41 36 135 5.50 4.13 -0.32 0.06 110.2 4.97 -16 -1.7 2.6 -0.2 0.1 10 .458 .489 $
1967 26 CIN NL 175.2 32 27 86 4.41 3.86 -0.08 0.05 112.4 4.49 -0 -0.1 .2 -0.1 1.4 19 .498 .500 $26,500
1968 27 CAL AL 164.0 42 24 80 4.39 3.48 0.17 0.01 97.0 3.21 -20 -2.4 1.4 -0.2 -1.3 -10 .444 .485 $26,500
1969 28 CHW AL 29.1 10 5 20 6.14 4.07 -0.12 0.01 104.1 4.38 -6 -0.6 .9 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .442 .496 $27,500
7 Seasons 1004.0 229 140 503 4.51 3.94 -0.09 0.03 105.9 4.32 -26 -2.7 1.4 -0.5 5.5 77 .488 .498 $80,500
CIN (5 yrs) 810.2 177 111 403 4.47 4.03 -0.14 0.03 107.8 4.54 -1 0.3 1.5 -0.3 7.2 89 .502 .500 $26,500
CAL (1 yr) 164.0 42 24 80 4.39 3.48 0.17 0.01 97.0 3.21 -20 -2.4 1.4 -0.2 -1.3 -10 .444 .485 $26,500
CHW (1 yr) 29.1 10 5 20 6.14 4.07 -0.12 0.01 104.1 4.38 -6 -0.6 .9 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .442 .496 $27,500

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1965 CIN NL 24

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
1962 21 CIN NL 8 140 108 25 29 2 2 6 0 2 29 27 .269 .424 .491 .915 .303 53 2 1 1 1 0 3
1964 23 CIN NL 52 488 452 38 101 18 3 9 5 2 28 125 .223 .269 .336 .605 .288 152 10 1 5 2 2 6
1965 24 CIN NL 44 1100 981 119 222 31 5 22 16 10 104 183 .226 .303 .335 .638 .256 329 16 6 4 6 4 11
1966 25 CIN NL 41 960 856 135 226 31 8 35 19 2 78 154 .264 .324 .442 .766 .282 378 13 3 13 10 8 12
1967 26 CIN NL 32 768 689 86 197 27 5 18 17 9 67 80 .286 .351 .418 .769 .301 288 16 4 5 4 7 12
1968 27 CAL AL 42 694 615 80 150 18 0 22 19 5 56 93 .244 .310 .380 .691 .253 234 11 6 11 6 4 13
1969 28 CHW AL 10 144 125 20 42 7 1 6 2 1 16 15 .336 .415 .552 .967 .346 69 2 1 2 0 2 2
7 Yrs 229 4294 3826 503 967 134 24 118 78 31 378 677 .253 .321 .393 .714 .277 1503 70 22 41 29 27 59
162 Game Avg. 42 791 705 93 178 25 4 22 14 6 70 125 .253 .321 .393 .714 .277 277 13 4 8 5 5 11
MLB Averages .247 .312 .370 .681 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1962 21 CIN NL -8.6 -0.8 145 -0.6 1.5 -2.0 .64 -1.4 0.5 -5.7 -0.5 0.64 -12.7 0 2 2
1964 23 CIN NL 14.8 1.6 497 2.7 10.0 -7.2 1.09 1.7 0.9 18.7 2.0 1.09 19.2 21 10 15
1965 24 CIN NL 2.2 0.2 1135 0.8 20.1 -19.3 1.04 1.3 -0.6 6.1 0.6 1.04 16.7 2 1 2
1966 25 CIN NL -25.4 -2.6 994 -3.8 17.8 -21.6 1.13 -2.4 -0.9 -29.5 -2.8 1.13 -24.8 4 0 1
1967 26 CIN NL -1.2 -0.1 800 -1.4 13.9 -15.3 1.06 -1.4 0.1 -6.0 -0.6 1.06 -12.9 0 0 5
1968 27 CAL AL -18.6 -2.1 722 -0.5 12.3 -12.9 1.10 -1.4 0.9 -15.0 -1.7 1.10 -13.5 6 5 7
1969 28 CHW AL -5.2 -0.5 149 -1.3 2.0 -3.3 .95 -1.3 -0.0 -10.3 -1.0 0.95 -13.8 1 2 1
7 Yrs -42.0 -4.3 4442 -4.0 77.6 -81.7 1.06 -4.9 1.1 -41.7 -4.1 1.06 -41.7 34 20 33

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
1962 21 CIN NL 8 4 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 1 25% 37.8 57 18 8 8 0 2 6.1 9.5 4.3
1964 23 CIN NL 52 5 3 2 0 2 1 3 2 .600 0 0 2 0 2 40% 52.6 63 30 6 1 0 2 7.0 7.3 7.8
1965 24 CIN NL 44 39 20 10 9 2 1 25 14 .641 2 5 15 2 22 56% 55.2 103 16 30 10 23 4 5.7 5.6 6.6
1966 25 CIN NL 41 36 11 18 7 1 1 12 24 .333 3 5 7 0 13 36% 47.8 80 15 37 13 20 7 4.4 4.5 5.9
1967 26 CIN NL 32 27 8 11 8 0 3 13 14 .481 2 5 8 1 13 48% 48.5 80 21 21 5 8 13 4.4 3.8 6.2
1968 27 CAL AL 42 24 8 9 7 1 1 13 11 .542 2 2 3 0 11 46% 49.1 81 21 31 8 13 7 3.9 3.5 5.4
1969 28 CHW AL 10 5 0 2 3 0 0 3 2 .600 1 1 0 0 0 0% 37.0 45 33 9 2 0 4 4.7 4.3 4.5
7 Yrs 229 140 52 54 34 7 7 71 69 .507 10 18 35 3 62 44% 50 103 15 142 47 64 39 4.8 4.8 6.1
MLB Averages .500 55% 54 116 -14 4.0 3.9 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1962 21 CIN NL 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 .638 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 3 0 3 0 8.0
1964 23 CIN NL 52 47 32 7 1 16 14 2 88% 18 1 33 8 24% 8 1.085 21 10 15 18 9 20 15 32 31 8 31 11 5.3
1965 24 CIN NL 44 5 4 2 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 5 0 0% 9 1.038 2 1 2 3 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 2 2.8
1966 25 CIN NL 41 5 2 1 1 2 0 2 0% 2 0 5 2 40% 7 1.128 4 0 1 2 2 1 3 2 3 2 3 2 4.8
1967 26 CIN NL 32 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 8 1.061 0 0 5 0 0 5 1 4 3 0 3 1 4.6
1968 27 CAL AL 42 18 6 1 1 2 2 0 100% 4 2 14 2 14% 8 1.098 6 5 7 6 2 10 8 10 12 4 13 2 5.9
1969 28 CHW AL 10 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 1 .953 1 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 2 1 3 0 4.2
7 Yrs 229 89 51 11 4 22 18 4 82% 26 3 66 15 23% 1.061 34 20 33 29 15 45 35 54 55 17 57 18 5.3

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%
1962 21 CIN NL 140 49% 4.3% 19.3% 20.7% 7.1% 35% 0.62 54% 36 2 6%
1964 23 CIN NL 488 63% 1.8% 25.6% 5.7% 6.2% 30% 1.06 66% 87 10 11%
1965 24 CIN NL 1101 56% 2.0% 16.6% 9.5% 5.3% 26% 0.97 71% 212 16 8%
1966 25 CIN NL 960 58% 3.7% 16.0% 8.1% 7.7% 33% 0.85 71% 162 13 8%
1967 26 CIN NL 769 57% 2.3% 10.4% 8.7% 6.5% 25% 0.82 77% 152 16 11%
1968 27 CAL AL 694 55% 3.2% 13.4% 8.1% 5.8% 27% 0.76 73% 118 11 9%
1969 28 CHW AL 144 63% 4.2% 10.4% 11.1% 9.7% 33% 1.03 72% 26 2 8%
7 Yrs 4296 57% 2.8% 15.8% 8.8% 6.4% 29% 0.88 71% 793 70 9%
MLB Averages 48% 2.1% 15.5% 8.2% 6.1% 28% 1.10 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
1962 21 CIN NL 140 29 6 0 5 3 3 2 4 5 3 1 60% 3 0 0 65 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1964 23 CIN NL 488 101 9 0 16 6 3 3 6 27 13 9 48% 6 2 0 175 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1965 24 CIN NL 1100 222 22 2 27 11 11 11 11 59 27 14 46% 11 9 0 384 16 10 62% 14 10 2 0 0 0 1 0 19 1
1966 25 CIN NL 960 226 35 0 14 24 11 24 11 49 23 8 47% 12 9 0 341 19 2 90% 17 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 24 0
1967 26 CIN NL 768 197 18 0 14 14 4 14 4 42 18 3 43% 12 6 0 289 17 9 65% 14 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 12 1
1968 27 CAL AL 694 150 22 1 20 12 10 13 9 31 12 4 39% 13 1 0 237 19 5 79% 17 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
1969 28 CHW AL 144 42 6 0 3 4 2 4 2 9 3 1 33% 2 1 1 61 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
7 Yrs 4294 967 118 3 99 74 44 71 47 222 99 40 45% 59 28 1 1552 78 31 72% 68 29 9 2 1 0 3 1 73 2
MLB Averages 49% 62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1962 21 2 2 .500 6.75 8 4 1 0 0 0 28.0 29 25 21 6 29 0 27 1 1 0 140 60 2.071 9.3 1.9 9.3 8.7 0.93 60
1963 22 2 2 .500 6.75 8 4 1 0 0 0 28.0 29 25 21 6 29 0 27 1 1 0 140 60 2.071 9.3 1.9 9.3 8.7 0.93 60
1964 23 12 5 .706 3.35 60 9 33 2 0 14 150.1 130 63 56 15 57 2 152 2 1 2 628 110 1.244 7.8 0.9 3.4 9.1 2.67 110
1965 24 34 15 .694 3.63 104 48 37 17 2 16 414.0 352 182 167 37 161 6 335 8 2 11 1729 103 1.239 7.7 0.8 3.5 7.3 2.08 103
1966 25 46 34 .575 4.21 145 84 39 24 2 16 635.0 578 317 297 72 239 14 489 11 4 20 2689 90 1.287 8.2 1.0 3.4 6.9 2.05 90
1967 26 54 45 .545 4.13 177 111 43 32 3 16 810.2 775 403 372 90 306 21 569 15 4 26 3458 92 1.333 8.6 1.0 3.4 6.3 1.86 92
1968 27 63 55 .534 4.10 219 135 49 35 3 18 974.2 925 483 444 112 362 25 662 21 4 27 4152 89 1.320 8.5 1.0 3.3 6.1 1.83 89
1969 28 63 58 .521 4.15 229 140 51 35 3 18 1004.0 967 503 463 118 378 27 677 22 4 28 4296 88 1.340 8.7 1.1 3.4 6.1 1.79 88

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1962 21 1 2 .333 7.00 27.0 29 23 21 6 29 26 1 2.148 9.7 9.7 8.7 0.90 2.0 8
1964 23 9 4 .692 2.82 118.0 104 41 37 9 29 121 1 1.127 7.9 2.2 9.2 4.17 0.7 52
1965 24 14 14 .500 4.06 253.0 224 127 114 22 105 176 6 1.300 8.0 3.7 6.3 1.68 0.8 44
1966 25 9 15 .375 5.33 218.0 225 143 129 35 78 152 3 1.390 9.3 3.2 6.3 1.95 1.4 41
1967 26 9 9 .500 4.17 166.0 200 86 77 18 68 75 4 1.614 10.8 3.7 4.1 1.10 1.0 32
1968 27 5 11 .313 5.76 150.0 173 107 96 25 65 85 7 1.587 10.4 3.9 5.1 1.31 1.5 42
1969 28 1 2 .333 6.11 28.0 43 21 19 6 16 14 1 2.107 13.8 5.1 4.5 0.88 1.9 10
7 Yrs 48 57 .457 4.62 960.0 998 548 493 121 390 649 23 1.446 9.4 6.1 1.66 1.1 229

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1965

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1964 NL (16, 5%)
0.05 Career Shares (1113th)

Wins s c a p y
1965 NL  22 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1965 NL  .688 (4th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1965 NL  7.578 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  6.069 (223rd)

Saves s c a p y
1964 NL  14 (5th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1965 NL  263.7 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1965 NL  183 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1965 NL  39 (5th)
1966 NL  36 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1965 NL  15 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1966 NL  35 (1st)
1968 AL  22 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1965 NL  104 (5th)
1966 NL  78 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1966 NL  19 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1965 NL  111 (1st)
1966 NL  130 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1965 NL  9 (10th)
1966 NL  9 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1965 NL  1,101 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1964 NL  32 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 23 (984), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (961), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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