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Jacoby Ellsbury

Jacoby McCabe Ellsbury (Tacoby Bellsbury)

Position: Centerfielder
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
Team: RedSox 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.4M (11), 1 yr/$8.05M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.037, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 9:03AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #517. Hank Bauer… #518. Jimmy Dykes… #519. Mickey Tettleton… #520. JACOBY ELLSBURY… #521. Brian Roberts… #522. Frank White… #523. Marty Marion… 

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
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 * RoY-3
2009 25 BOS AL 153 691 624 94 188 27 10 8 60 70 12 49 74 .301 .355 .415 .770 98 259 13 6 6 6 3 *
2010 26 BOS AL 18 83 78 10 15 4 0 0 5 7 1 4 9 .192 .241 .244 .485 30 19 0 1 0 0 0
2011 27 BOS AL 158 729 660 119 212 46 5 32 105 39 15 52 98 .321 .376 .552 .928 146 364 8 9 3 5 1 *8/D AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
5 Seasons 507 2239 2032 341 611 106 23 52 235 175 39 154 276 .301 .354 .452 .807 110 919 32 24 13 16 6
162 Game Avg. 162 715 649 109 195 34 7 17 75 56 12 49 88 .301 .354 .452 .807 110 294 10 8 4 5 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2007 23 BOS AL 127 6 2 -1 0 1 -1 4 11 1.1 10 1.0 0.1 $
2008 24 BOS AL 609 -12 6 -1 2 22 -2 20 35 3.5 13 1.3 2.2 $406,000 * RoY-3
2009 25 BOS AL 693 0 6 1 0 -9 2 22 22 2.1 32 3.0 -0.9 $449,500 *
2010 26 BOS AL 84 -8 1 -0 1 1 -0 3 -3 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $496,500
2011 27 BOS AL 732 42 2 0 2 4 2 23 75 7.2 71 6.8 0.4 $2,400,000 *8/D AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
5 Seasons 2245 28 17 -1 5 18 1 72 140 13.6 122 11.7 1.9 $3,752,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2007 BOS AL 23 OF 33 75 75 0 0 0 1.000 1 -4 2.27 .987 2.28
2007 BOS AL 23 LF 22 15 12 144.0 37 37 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -3 -2 -25 2.31 1.68 .985 2.11 2.09
2007 BOS AL 23 CF 16 12 9 107.0 38 38 0 0 0 1.000 1 -1 10 -11 3.20 2.38 .989 2.71 2.68
2007 BOS AL 23 RF 1 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.10
2008 BOS AL 24 OF 140 336 332 4 0 2 1.000 22 14 2.40 .986 2.28 RoY-3
2008 BOS AL 24 CF 66 63 47 546.2 174 171 3 0 1 1.000 5 3 12 7 2.86 2.64 .989 2.71 2.69 RoY-3
2008 BOS AL 24 LF 58 36 34 346.1 90 89 1 0 1 1.000 7 5 24 17 2.34 1.55 .984 2.05 2.03 RoY-3
2008 BOS AL 24 RF 36 30 27 281.0 72 72 0 0 0 1.000 10 6 41 26 2.31 2.00 .985 2.15 2.13 RoY-3
2009 BOS AL 25 OF 153 363 357 4 2 1 .994 -9 -9 2.36 .987 2.30
2009 BOS AL 25 CF 153 150 138 1302.2 363 357 4 2 1 .994 -9 -9 -9 -8 2.49 2.36 .992 2.73 2.70
2010 BOS AL 26 OF 18 44 44 0 0 0 1.000 1 1 2.44 .986 2.28
2010 BOS AL 26 CF 13 13 10 104.2 33 33 0 0 0 1.000 3 0 31 0 2.84 2.54 .990 2.73 2.71
2010 BOS AL 26 LF 6 5 4 46.1 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -1 1 -28 26 2.14 1.83 .983 2.06 2.05
2011 BOS AL 27 CF 154 152 144 1358.1 394 388 6 0 3 1.000 4 6 3 5 2.61 2.56 .990 2.61 2.59 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
2011 BOS AL 27 OF 154 152 144 1358.1 394 388 6 0 3 1.000 4 6 3 5 2.61 2.56 .986 2.28 2.26 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
2011 BOS AL 27 DH 3 1 AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
5 Seasons OF 498 152 144 1358.1 1212 1196 14 2 6 .998 18 8 16 2 2.61 2.43 .986 2.28 2.28
5 Seasons CF 402 390 348 3419.1 1002 987 13 2 5 .998 4 -1 1 0 2.63 2.49 .991 2.68 2.66
3 Seasons LF 86 56 50 536.2 138 137 1 0 1 1.000 6 3 12 6 2.31 1.60 .984 2.07 2.05
2 Seasons RF 37 31 27 287.0 72 72 0 0 0 1.000 10 6 41 25 2.26 1.95 .985 2.15 2.13
5 Seasons TOT 498 152 144 1358.1 1212 1196 14 2 6 .998 18 16 16 14 2.61 2.43 .986 2.28 2.28
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2011 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2011 AL Comeback Player of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2011 AL (2, 62%)
0.62 Career Shares (377th)

Gold Gloves
2011 AL (CF)

Silver Sluggers
2011 AL (OF)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2011 AL  7.2 (3rd)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2011 AL  7.2 (2nd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2011 AL  6.8 (3rd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2008 AL  2.2 (1st)

Batting Average s c a p y
2011 AL  .321 (5th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2011 AL  .552 (6th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2011 AL  .928 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
2011 AL  158 (10th)

At Bats s c a p y
2011 AL  660 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2009 AL  691 (10th)
2011 AL  729 (2nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2011 AL  119 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
2009 AL  188 (7th)
2011 AL  212 (3rd)

Total Bases s c a p y
2011 AL  364 (1st)

Doubles s c a p y
2011 AL  46 (3rd)

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

Home Runs s c a p y
2011 AL  32 (5th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2011 AL  105 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2008 AL  50 (1st)
2009 AL  70 (1st)
2011 AL  39 (4th)
Active  175 (31st)

Singles s c a p y
2009 AL  143 (4th)
2011 AL  129 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2011 AL  146 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2011 AL  139 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2011 AL  42 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2011 AL  4.1 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2011 AL  83 (1st)

Times On Base s c a p y
2011 AL  273 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2011 AL  .722 (4th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2008 AL  11 (3rd)
2009 AL  12 (5th)
2011 AL  15 (2nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2011 AL  35.2 (1st)

Outs Made s c a p y
2009 AL  473 (9th)
2011 AL  479 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2011 AL  58.79 (3rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2011 AL  6.2 (3rd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2011 AL  4.9 (3rd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2011 AL  5.5 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
2008 AL  22 (1st)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
2009 AL  153 (5th)
2011 AL  154 (5th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
2009 AL  357 (4th)
2011 AL  388 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2011 AL  2.56 (5th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2011 AL  1.000 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
2008 AL  22 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
2011 AL  2.56 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2008 AL  1.000 (1st)
2011 AL  1.000 (1st)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 5 (382), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 36 (680), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 37 (516), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (782), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Austin McHenry (950)
  2. Lyman Bostock (943)
  3. Danny Taylor (942)
  4. Dick Wakefield (941)
  5. Rocco Baldelli (940)
  6. Cliff Lee (937)
  7. Shin-Soo Choo (935)
  8. David Murphy (931)
  9. Earl Webb (929)
  10. Hank Edwards (928)
Similar Batters through 27 
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  1. Mule Haas (958)
  2. Dick Wakefield (955)
  3. Gee Walker (953)
  4. Pete Fox (952)
  5. Tony Gonzalez (949)
  6. Minnie Minoso (949)
  7. Ethan Allen (946)
  8. Curt Walker (946)
  9. Carl Furillo (946)
  10. Lyman Bostock (943)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Roberto Kelly (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Shannon Stewart (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dave Robertson (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mule Haas (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200824Boston Red Sox$406,000
200925Boston Red Sox$449,500
201026Boston Red Sox$496,500
201127Boston Red Sox$2,400,000
201228Boston Red Sox$8,050,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$3,752,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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