Jacoby Ellsbury
Jacoby McCabe Ellsbury
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 11, 1983 in Madras, OR
High School: Madras (Madras, OR)
School: Oregon State University
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed July 1, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 2007
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Standard Batting

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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
2007 23 BOS AL 33 127 116 20 41 7 1 3 18 9 0 8 15 .353 .394 .509 .902 131 59 2 1 0 2 0 78/9
2008 24 BOS AL 145 609 554 98 155 22 7 9 47 50 11 41 80 .280 .336 .394 .729 87 218 9 7 4 3 2 *879 RoY-3
2009 25 BOS AL 153 691 624 94 188 27 10 8 60 70 12 49 74 .301 .355 .415 .770 97 259 13 6 6 6 3 *8
3 Seasons 331 1427 1294 212 384 56 18 20 125 129 23 98 169 .297 .350 .414 .764 96 536 24 14 10 11 5
162 Game Avg. 162 698 633 104 188 27 9 10 61 63 11 48 83 .297 .350 .414 .764 96 262 12 7 5 5 2

Advanced Batting

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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
2007 23 BOS AL 127 79 25 8.4 112 .380 .353 .278 .394 .346 .509 .435 .902 .781 131 .720 5.3 0.5 1.000 .302 .155 4.5
2008 24 BOS AL 609 426 78 4.9 112 .312 .280 .277 .336 .346 .394 .435 .729 .782 87 .494 -12.2 -1.2 .728 .258 .114 15.3
2009 25 BOS AL 691 473 99 5.6 113 .328 .301 .274 .355 .344 .415 .440 .770 .784 97 .545 -3.2 -0.3 .807 .285 .114 14.4
3 Seasons 1427 978 202 5.5 112 .326 .297 .276 .350 .345 .414 .438 .764 .783 96 .542 -10.0 -1.0 .788 .275 .117 34.6
162 Game Avg. 698 479 99 5.5 112 .326 .297 .276 .350 .345 .414 .438 .764 .783 96 .542 -10.0 -1.0 .788 .275 .117 17

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 23 BOS AL ALDS LAA W 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
2007 23 BOS AL ALCS CLE W 5 9 8 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 .250 .333 .250 .583 2 0 0 0 0 1
2007 23 BOS AL WS COL W 4 18 16 4 7 4 0 0 3 1 0 2 2 .438 .500 .688 1.188 11 0 0 0 0 0
2008 24 BOS AL ALDS LAA W 4 20 18 2 6 3 0 0 6 3 1 2 2 .333 .400 .500 .900 9 1 0 0 0 0
2008 24 BOS AL ALCS TBR L 4 16 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .000 .063 .000 .063 0 0 0 0 1 0
2009 25 BOS AL ALDS LAA L 3 12 12 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .417 .667 5 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (6 Series) 22 76 69 12 18 7 1 0 11 5 1 6 10 .261 .316 .391 .707 27 2 0 0 1 1
3 ALDS 9 33 31 5 9 3 1 0 6 3 1 2 4 .290 .333 .452 .785 14 2 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 9 25 22 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 4 .091 .160 .091 .251 2 0 0 0 1 1
1 WS 4 18 16 4 7 4 0 0 3 1 0 2 2 .438 .500 .688 1.188 11 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2007 23 BOS AL 127 2.4% 11.8% 6.3% 8.7% 27% 1.88 7.7 38.7 6.4 1.15 1.71 79% 20% 7.1% 11%
2008 24 BOS AL 609 1.5% 13.1% 6.7% 6.2% 25% 1.95 6.9 61.6 11.8 1.10 1.40 77% 17% 5.1% 19%
2009 25 BOS AL 691 1.2% 10.7% 7.1% 6.5% 24% 1.51 8.4 78.0 10.4 1.02 1.33 79% 19% 3.3% 10%
3 Seasons 1427 1.4% 11.8% 6.9% 6.6% 25% 1.72 7.7 64.7 10.4 1.06 1.39 78% 18% 4.3% 14%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2007 23 BOS AL 1 0 36% 50 9 0 100% 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 50% 8 5 3 1 0 1 7 3 4
2008 24 BOS AL 5 0 46% 204 50 11 82% 42 9 8 2 0 0 4 2 5 22 39% 28 21 7 16 9 7 21 8 11
2009 25 BOS AL 9 2 37% 266 70 12 85% 56 9 13 3 1 0 7 5 7 24 32% 30 22 7 9 6 2 26 13 12
3 Seasons 15 2 40% 520 129 23 85% 107 18 21 5 1 0 12 7 15 50 37% 66 48 17 26 15 10 54 24 27
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2007 23 BOS AL 127 77% 41 6 0 1 1 0 0 3.73 3 0 7 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 22 2 9% 11 4 36% 90 15 17% 7 3 43% 8 5 63% 0
2008 24 BOS AL 609 75% 155 36 10 0 0 0 0 1.92 9 0 16 8 1 4 5 0 8 4 50% 98 9 9% 43 17 40% 354 41 12% 23 12 52% 30 12 40% 0
2009 25 BOS AL 693 69% 188 39 8 2 0 0 0 1.01 8 0 15 6 2 4 4 0 11 6 55% 110 13 12% 48 20 42% 396 54 14% 30 17 57% 27 18 67% 0
3 Seasons 1429 72% 384 81 18 3 1 0 0 1.92 20 0 38 17 3 11 9 0 19 10 53% 230 24 10% 102 41 40% 840 110 13% 60 32 53% 65 35 54% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2007 23 BOS AL 127 466 3.67 298 64% 25% 10% 30% 35% 75% 0% 48% 87% 35% 4% 5 0 11% 14 4 9% 12 10 20% 0 0 0
2008 24 BOS AL 609 2183 3.58 1421 65% 33% 8% 25% 34% 67% 1% 44% 88% 25% 4% 22 0 12% 72 19 7% 41 22 49% 0 0 0
2009 25 BOS AL 693 2613 3.77 1655 63% 34% 8% 24% 34% 66% 1% 42% 87% 16% 5% 33 0 15% 101 19 9% 62 32 38% 0 0 2
3 Seasons 1429 5262 3.68 3374 64% 33% 8% 25% 34% 67% 1% 43% 87% 21% 4% 60 0 13% 187 42 8% 115 64 41% 0 0 2
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 23 33 127 116 20 41 7 1 3 18 9 0 8 15 .353 .394 .509 .902 131 59 2 1 0 2 0
2008 24 178 736 670 118 196 29 8 12 65 59 11 49 95 .293 .346 .413 .759 95 277 11 8 4 5 2
2009 25 331 1427 1294 212 384 56 18 20 125 129 23 98 169 .297 .350 .414 .764 96 536 24 14 10 11 5

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
2007 23 33 127 116 18 41 7 1 3 16 9 8 15 .353 .394 .509 .902 23 33
2008 24 145 604 553 89 154 22 7 9 43 50 41 80 .278 .334 .392 .727 71 145
2009 25 153 685 624 86 188 27 10 8 55 70 49 74 .301 .355 .415 .770 91 153
3 Seasons 331 1416 1293 193 383 56 18 20 114 129 98 169 .296 .350 .414 .763 185 331
162 Game Avg. 162 693 633 94 187 27 9 10 56 63 48 83 .296 .350 .414 .763 91 331

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2009 AL  691 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
2009 AL  188 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
2008 AL  7 (6th)
2009 AL  10 (1st)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2008 AL  50 (1st)
2009 AL  70 (1st)
Active  129 (44th)

Singles s c a p y
2009 AL  143 (4th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2008 AL  11 (3rd)
2009 AL  12 (5th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2009 AL  473 (9th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 5 (372), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 9 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1286), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1210), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Buzz Boyle (963)
  2. Joe Connolly (958)
  3. Fred Lewis (954)
  4. Buster Mills (953)
  5. Denny Sothern (953)
  6. Skip Schumaker (953)
  7. Denard Span (951)
  8. Bill Hassamaer (951)
  9. Wes Schulmerich (950)
  10. Alex Sanchez (950)
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  1. Roberto Kelly (970)
  2. Shannon Stewart (969)
  3. Jigger Statz (967)
  4. Ethan Allen (963)
  5. Sam West (963)
  6. Danny Litwhiler (961)
  7. Alex Metzler (960)
  8. Wally Moon (958)
  9. Luis Polonia (958)
  10. Jo-Jo Moore (956)
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  1. Roberto Kelly (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Roberto Kelly (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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