Dock Ellis

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: March 11, 1945 in Los Angeles, CA us

Died: December 19, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA

Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA

High School: Gardena HS (Gardena, CA)

School: Los Angeles Harbor College (Wilmington, CA)

Debut: June 18, 1968 (Age 23-099d, 12,711th in major league history)
vs. LAD 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 29, 1979 (Age 34-202d)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Agents: Tom Reich

Full Name: Dock Phillip Ellis

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.2

138

119

ERA

3.46

345

317

2128.0

1136

WHIP

1.288

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1964	19	PIT-min	A	6	7	.462	3.20	16	16		8	0		121.0	128	73	43	5	39	0	130	4	1	10				1.380	9.5	0.4	2.9	9.7	3.33	BAT NYPL
1965	20	PIT-min	A,AAA	14	8	.636	1.95	26	25		15	4		189.0	151	56	41	2	71	2	153	7	0	8				1.175	7.2	0.1	3.4	7.3	2.15	KIN,CLB CARL,IL
1966	21	PIT-min	AA	10	9	.526	2.76	24	24		13	1		160.0	138	62	49	9	44	4	145	3	2	4				1.138	7.8	0.5	2.5	8.2	3.30	AVL SOUL
1967	22	PIT-min	AAA,AA	7	7	.500	4.34	23	20		4	1		116.0	102	62	56	7	59	5	93	5	2	7				1.388	7.9	0.5	4.6	7.2	1.58	CLB,MAC IL,SOUL
1968	23	PIT-min	AAA	2	1	.667	2.35	19	0		0	0		23.0	14	7	6	0	11	1	24	0	0	2				1.087	5.5	0.0	4.3	9.4	2.18	CLB IL
1968	23	PIT	NL	6	5	.545	2.50	26	10	5	2	0	0	104.1	82	35	29	4	38	4	52	1	1	6	426	116	3.01	1.150	7.1	0.3	3.3	4.5	1.37
1969	24	PIT	NL	11	17	.393	3.58	35	33	0	8	2	0	218.2	206	101	87	14	76	7	173	4	2	4	917	98	2.86	1.290	8.5	0.6	3.1	7.1	2.28
1970	25	PIT	NL	13	10	.565	3.21	30	30	0	9	4	0	201.2	194	81	72	9	87	11	128	10	0	3	863	121	3.39	1.393	8.7	0.4	3.9	5.7	1.47
1971	26	PIT	NL	19	9	.679	3.06	31	31	0	11	2	0	226.2	207	93	77	15	63	5	137	2	0	4	943	113	2.96	1.191	8.2	0.6	2.5	5.4	2.17	AS,CYA-4
1972	27	PIT	NL	15	7	.682	2.70	25	25	0	4	1	0	163.1	156	60	49	6	33	4	96	3	0	2	663	125	2.36	1.157	8.6	0.3	1.8	5.3	2.91
1973	28	PIT	NL	12	14	.462	3.05	28	28	0	3	1	0	192.0	176	86	65	7	55	7	122	6	1	3	803	116	2.72	1.203	8.3	*0.3*	2.6	5.7	2.22
1974	29	PIT	NL	12	9	.571	3.16	26	26	0	9	0	0	176.2	163	71	62	13	41	5	91	7	1	5	731	109	3.32	1.155	8.3	0.7	2.1	4.6	2.22
1975	30	PIT	NL	8	9	.471	3.79	27	24	1	5	2	0	140.0	163	69	59	9	43	9	69	3	2	0	621	93	3.42	1.471	10.5	0.6	2.8	4.4	1.60
1976	31	NYY	AL	17	8	.680	3.19	32	32	0	8	1	0	211.2	195	83	75	14	76	1	65	4	1	4	886	108	4.01	1.280	8.3	0.6	3.2	2.8	0.86
1977	32	TOT	AL	12	12	.500	3.63	33	32	1	8	1	1	213.0	211	102	86	19	64	1	106	1	1	6	898	113	3.82	1.291	8.9	0.8	2.7	4.5	1.66
1977	32	NYY	AL	1	1	.500	1.83	3	3	0	1	0	0	19.2	18	9	4	1	8	0	5	0	1	1	85	220	4.11	1.322	8.2	0.5	3.7	2.3	0.63
1977	32	OAK	AL	1	5	.167	9.69	7	7	0	0	0	0	26.0	35	33	28	5	14	0	11	1	0	1	128	42	6.12	1.885	12.1	1.7	4.8	3.8	0.79
1977	32	TEX	AL	10	6	.625	2.90	23	22	1	7	1	1	167.1	158	60	54	13	42	1	90	0	0	4	685	142	3.43	1.195	8.5	0.7	2.3	4.8	2.14
1978	33	TEX	AL	9	7	.563	4.20	22	22	0	3	0	0	141.1	131	81	66	15	46	0	45	2	0	3	592	89	4.35	1.252	8.3	1.0	2.9	2.9	0.98
1979	34	TOT	MLB	4	12	.250	5.84	30	24	3	1	0	0	138.2	183	96	90	15	52	12	52	1	0	5	635	66	4.53	1.695	11.9	1.0	3.4	3.4	1.00
1979	34	TOT	NL	3	7	.300	5.77	20	15	3	1	0	0	92.0	119	62	59	10	36	10	42	1	0	3	420	64	4.44	1.685	11.6	1.0	3.5	4.1	1.17
1979	34	TEX	AL	1	5	.167	5.98	10	9	0	0	0	0	46.2	64	34	31	5	16	2	10	0	0	2	215	70	4.72	1.714	12.3	1.0	3.1	1.9	0.63
1979	34	NYM	NL	3	7	.300	6.04	17	14	3	1	0	0	85.0	110	60	57	9	34	10	41	1	0	2	391	60	4.38	1.694	11.6	1.0	3.6	4.3	1.21
1979	34	PIT	NL	0	0		2.57	3	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	9	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	29	160	5.16	1.571	11.6	1.3	2.6	1.3	0.50
12 Yrs				138	119	.537	3.46	345	317	10	71	14	1	2128.0	2067	958	817	140	674	66	1136	44	9	45	8978	104	3.37	1.288	8.7	0.6	2.9	4.8	1.69
162 Game Avg.				14	12	.537	3.46	35	33	1	7	1	0	219	212	98	84	14	69	7	117	5	1	5	922	104	3.37	1.288	8.7	0.6	2.9	4.8	1.69
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
PIT (9 yrs)				96	80	.545	3.16	231	208	6	51	12	0	1430.1	1356	598	502	78	438	52	869	36	7	28	5996	111	3.01	1.254	8.5	0.5	2.8	5.5	1.98
TEX (3 yrs)				20	18	.526	3.82	55	53	1	10	1	1	355.1	353	175	151	33	104	3	145	2	0	9	1492	104	3.96	1.286	8.9	0.8	2.6	3.7	1.39
NYY (2 yrs)				18	9	.667	3.07	35	35	0	9	1	0	231.1	213	92	79	15	84	1	70	4	2	5	971	114	4.02	1.284	8.3	0.6	3.3	2.7	0.83
NYM (1 yr)				3	7	.300	6.04	17	14	3	1	0	0	85.0	110	60	57	9	34	10	41	1	0	2	391	60	4.38	1.694	11.6	1.0	3.6	4.3	1.21
OAK (1 yr)				1	5	.167	9.69	7	7	0	0	0	0	26.0	35	33	28	5	14	0	11	1	0	1	128	42	6.12	1.885	12.1	1.7	4.8	3.8	0.79

NL (9 yrs)				99	87	.532	3.32	248	222	9	52	12	0	1515.1	1466	658	559	87	472	62	910	37	7	30	6387	105	3.09	1.279	8.7	0.5	2.8	5.4	1.93
AL (4 yrs)				39	32	.549	3.79	97	95	1	19	2	1	612.2	601	300	258	53	202	4	226	7	2	15	2591	100	4.08	1.311	8.8	0.8	3.0	3.3	1.12

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