Dick Ellsworth
Richard Clark Ellsworth
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 22, 1940 in Lusk, WY
High School: Fresno (Fresno, CA)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 22, 1958
Final Game: June 23, 1971
Relatives: Father of Steve Ellsworth
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1958 CHC NL 18 P 1 1 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.93 0.80
1960 CHC NL 20 P 31 27 176.2 41 12 29 0 1 1.000 2.09 1.32 .961 2.09 0.87
1961 CHC NL 21 P 37 31 186.2 59 8 49 2 7 .966 2.75 1.54 .959 2.18 0.88
1962 CHC NL 22 P 37 33 208.2 51 7 41 3 3 .941 2.07 1.30 .949 2.07 0.82
1963 CHC NL 23 P 37 37 290.2 78 15 60 3 3 .962 2.32 2.03 .950 2.06 0.84 MVP-19
1964 CHC NL 24 P 37 36 256.2 77 13 58 6 2 .922 2.49 1.92 .955 2.14 0.84 AS
1965 CHC NL 25 P 36 34 222.0 60 8 50 2 3 .967 2.35 1.61 .955 2.08 0.81
1966 CHC NL 26 P 38 37 269.1 77 19 53 5 3 .935 2.41 1.89 .948 1.96 0.74
1967 PHI NL 27 P 32 21 125.1 41 8 31 2 1 .951 2.80 1.22 .961 2.00 0.78
1968 BOS AL 28 P 31 28 196.0 41 10 30 1 2 .976 1.84 1.29 .956 1.89 0.73
1969 TOT AL 29 P 36 24 147.0 37 15 21 1 3 .973 2.20 1.00 .949 1.88 0.69
1969 BOS AL 29 P 2 2 12.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 1.00 .950 1.88 0.70
1969 CLE AL 29 P 34 22 135.0 35 15 19 1 3 .971 2.27 1.00 .949 1.88 0.69
1970 TOT AL 30 P 43 1 59.4 18 4 14 0 1 1.000 2.73 0.42 .944 1.85 0.67
1970 CLE AL 30 P 29 1 43.2 15 3 12 0 1 1.000 3.09 0.52 .947 1.85 0.67
1970 MIL AL 30 P 14 0 15.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.72 0.21 .933 1.84 0.67
1971 MIL AL 31 P 11 0 14.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.23 0.18 .950 1.96 0.77
13 Seasons P 407 310 2155.1 582 120 437 25 29 .957 2.33 1.37 .953 2.03 0.79
13 Seasons TOT 407 310 2155.1 582 120 437 25 29 .957 2.33 1.37 .910 2.03 0.79
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1958 CHC NL 18 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHC NL 20 31 27 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CHC NL 21 37 31 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CHC NL 22 37 33 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CHC NL 23 37 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 CHC NL 24 37 36 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CHC NL 25 36 34 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CHC NL 26 38 37 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 PHI NL 27 32 21 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 BOS AL 28 31 28 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CLE AL 29 34 22 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 BOS AL 29 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CLE AL 30 29 1 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 MIL AL 30 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 MIL AL 31 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 407 310 407 407 407 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1958 CHC NL 18 17 76% 24% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHC NL 20 761 78% 33% 34 91% 1 10 0 7 31 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1961 CHC NL 21 822 83% 38% 58 86% 0 8 1 5 49 34 12 2 0 0 2 1 7 6 6 1 12 83%
1962 CHC NL 22 948 79% 40% 56 82% 1 7 3 2 44 32 8 3 0 1 2 2 3 3 3 0 7 86%
1963 CHC NL 23 1179 78% 42% 76 87% 1 12 2 8 64 57 4 3 0 0 3 2 3 2 2 1 12 75%
1964 CHC NL 24 1110 80% 37% 64 92% 1 13 2 11 58 45 5 6 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 0 5 100%
1965 CHC NL 25 932 80% 39% 54 87% 2 7 3 2 46 35 5 2 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 2 9 67%
1966 CHC NL 26 1173 83% 39% 63 89% 0 17 2 11 55 46 7 5 0 2 3 4 3 3 3 0 8 88%
1967 PHI NL 27 561 84% 36% 34 94% 2 8 1 7 31 24 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 8 88%
1968 BOS AL 28 826 82% 31% 34 97% 0 9 1 7 32 26 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 6 100%
1969 CLE AL 29 610 85% 32% 22 86% 0 15 1 13 19 13 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 4 100%
1969 BOS AL 29 55 85% 27% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CLE AL 30 190 85% 32% 15 100% 1 3 0 2 14 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1970 MIL AL 30 62 79% 37% 1 100% 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 MIL AL 31 72 75% 21% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 9318 81% 37% 515 89% 9 112 16 78 448 351 52 25 1 9 15 16 29 24 24 5 77 86%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 83%

* 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.

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