Jacoby Ellsbury

Q: Where was Jacoby Ellsbury born?

Jacoby Ellsbury was born in Madras, OR .

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: September 11, 1983 in Madras, OR us

Draft: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 23rd round of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Madras HS (Madras, OR) and the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (23rd) of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR).

High School: Madras HS (Madras, OR)

School: Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR)

Debut: June 30, 2007 (Age 23-292d, 19,134th in major league history)
vs. TEX 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 2017 (Age 34-019d)
vs. TOR 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: Jacoby McCabe Ellsbury

Nicknames: Tacoby Bellsbury or Chief

Pronunciation: \Juh-COE-bee ELLS-bur-ee\

Instagram: @jacobyellsbury

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

31.2

4846

1376

104

.284

749

RBI

512

343

OBP

.342

SLG

.417

OPS

.760

OPS+

103

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2007	23	BOS	AL	0.6	33	127	116	20	41	7	1	3	18	9	0	8	15	.353	.394	.509	.902	131	.416	134	59	2	1	0	2	0	78/H9
2008	24	BOS	AL	3.0	145	609	554	98	155	22	7	9	47	50	11	41	80	.280	.336	.394	.729	88	.339	85	218	9	7	4	3	2	*879/HD	ROY-3
2009	25	BOS	AL	2.8	153	693	624	94	188	27	10	8	60	70	12	49	74	.301	.355	.415	.770	98	.362	100	259	13	6	6	6	3	*8/H
2010	26	BOS	AL	-0.1	18	84	78	10	15	4	0	0	5	7	1	4	9	.192	.241	.244	.485	30	.248	22	19	0	1	0	0	0	8/7
2011	27	BOS	AL	*8.3*	158	*732*	660	119	212	46	5	32	105	39	15	52	98	.321	.376	.552	.928	146	.408	152	*364*	8	9	3	5	1	*8/HD	AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
2012	28	BOS	AL	0.9	74	323	303	43	82	18	0	4	26	14	3	19	43	.271	.313	.370	.682	84	.307	79	112	5	0	0	1	0	8/D
2013	29	BOS	AL	5.8	134	636	577	92	172	31	8	9	53	52	4	47	92	.298	.355	.426	.781	113	.361	111	246	12	5	1	2	3	*8	MVP-15
2014	30	NYY	AL	3.6	149	635	575	71	156	27	5	16	70	39	5	49	93	.271	.328	.419	.747	111	.343	108	241	9	3	0	7	5	*8/DH
2015	31	NYY	AL	1.8	111	501	452	66	116	15	2	7	33	21	9	35	86	.257	.318	.345	.663	83	.312	89	156	6	7	1	3	1	*8/H
2016	32	NYY	AL	2.7	148	626	551	71	145	24	5	9	56	20	8	54	84	.263	.330	.374	.703	88	.316	88	206	11	2	4	3	1	*8/H
2017	33	NYY	AL	1.8	112	409	356	65	94	20	4	7	39	22	3	41	63	.264	.348	.402	.750	97	.345	101	143	7	5	2	0	3	8H/D
11 Yrs				31.2	1235	5375	4846	749	1376	241	47	104	512	343	71	399	737	.284	.342	.417	.760	103	.348	103	2023	82	46	21	32	19	*87H9D
162 Game Avg				4.1	162	705	636	98	180	32	6	14	67	45	9	52	97	.284	.342	.417	.760	103	.348	103	265	11	6	3	4	2

BOS (7 Yrs)				21.4	715	3204	2912	476	865	155	31	65	314	241	46	220	411	.297	.350	.439	.789	108	.362	108	1277	49	29	14	19	9	879H/D
NYY (4 Yrs)				9.8	520	2171	1934	273	511	86	16	39	198	102	25	179	326	.264	.330	.386	.716	95	.329	96	746	33	17	7	13	10	*8HD

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
2007	23	BOS	AL,WS	11	28	25	8	9	4	0	0	4	2	0	3	3	.360	.429	.520	.949	13	1	0	0	0	1	*/78H9
2008	24	BOS	AL	8	36	32	2	6	3	0	0	7	3	1	3	5	.188	.250	.281	.531	9	1	0	0	1	0	/89H
2009	25	BOS	AL	3	13	12	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.417	.667	5	0	0	0	0	0	*/8

2013	29	BOS	AL,WS	16	71	64	14	22	4	1	0	6	6	1	7	14	.344	.408	.438	.846	28	2	0	0	0	1	*8

2015	31	NYY	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	*/8H

2017	33	NYY	AL	6	12	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.182	.000	.182	0	0	0	0	0	0	/DH
6 Yrs				45	161	143	27	40	11	2	0	17	11	2	15	27	.280	.346	.385	.731	55	4	0	0	1	2	8/7HD9
162 Game Avg				162	580	515	97	144	40	7	0	61	40	7	54	97	.280	.346	.385	.731	198	14	0	0	4	7

BOS (4 Yrs)				38	148	133	26	40	11	2	0	17	11	2	13	24	.301	.361	.414	.774	55	4	0	0	1	2	*8/7H9
NYY (2 Yrs)				7	13	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0	/DH8

AL (6 Yrs)				35	117	103	19	27	6	2	0	13	10	2	11	19	.262	.330	.359	.690	37	4	0	0	1	2	8/H7D9
WS (2 Yrs)				10	44	40	8	13	5	0	0	4	1	0	4	8	.325	.386	.450	.836	18	0	0	0	0	0	*8/79

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Pos	Awards
2007	23	BOS	AL	127	5	2	0	-5	-1	2	0.2	5	7	0.6	.505	.501	1.1	-0.5	12	78/H9
2008	24	BOS	AL	609	-11	6	2	12	-2	7	0.9	23	30	3.0	.505	.504	1.8	1.1	17	*879/HD	ROY-3
2009	25	BOS	AL	693	0	6	0	-5	4	4	0.5	24	28	2.8	.502	.502	3.3	-0.1	33	*8/H
2010	26	BOS	AL	84	-7	1	1	2	0	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.477	.497	-0.3	0.2	-3	8/7
2011	27	BOS	AL	*732*	42	1	1	9	4	58	6.0	25	83	*8.3*	.538	.537	7.5	1.4	74	*8/HD	AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
2012	28	BOS	AL	323	-8	2	0	2	2	-2	-0.2	12	10	0.9	.497	.499	0.8	0.4	8	8/D
2013	29	BOS	AL	636	8	9	0	13	3	33	3.8	20	54	5.8	.527	.522	4.2	2.0	41	*8	MVP-15
2014	30	NYY	AL	635	5	4	1	-3	3	10	1.3	23	33	3.6	.507	.507	3.8	0.2	36	*8/DH
2015	31	NYY	AL	501	-6	2	1	1	3	0	0.2	17	17	1.8	.500	.500	1.7	0.5	16	*8/H
2016	32	NYY	AL	626	-8	1	0	7	3	4	0.5	22	26	2.7	.503	.502	1.9	1.2	19	*8/H
2017	33	NYY	AL	409	0	2	2	-3	2	3	0.3	15	18	1.8	.503	.502	2.1	-0.1	21	8H/D
11 Yrs				5375	20	36	8	30	20	114	13.1	189	303	31.2	.510	.509	27.8	6.1	273	*87H9D
162 Game Avg				705	3	5	1	4	3	15	1.7	25	40	4.1	.510	.509	3.6	0.8	36

BOS (7 Yrs)				3204	29	26	4	28	9	98	10.7	112	210	21.4	.514	.513	18.3	4.4	182	879H/D
NYY (4 Yrs)				2171	-9	10	3	2	11	17	2.4	77	94	9.8	.503	.503	9.5	1.7	92	*8HD

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					Batting				Batting Ratios			Batted Ball									Win Probability			Baserunning
Season	Age	Team	Lg	PA	rOBA	Rbat+	BAbip	ISO	HR%	SO%	BB%	EV	HardH%	LD%	GB%	FB%	GB/FB	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	WPA	cWPA	RE24	RS%	SB%	XBT%	Pos	Awards
2007	23	BOS	AL	127	.416	134	.380	.155	2.4	11.8	6.3			20.4	52.4	19.4	1.15	26.2	52.4	21.4	0.5	0.0%	9.89	36.2	100.0	50.0	78/H9
2008	24	BOS	AL	609	.339	85	.312	.114	1.5	13.1	6.7			16.8	50.1	19.3	1.10	23.8	55.6	20.6	-0.5	-0.6%	-8.27	45.9	82.0	38.5	*879/HD	ROY-3
2009	25	BOS	AL	693	.362	100	.328	.114	1.2	10.7	7.1			18.5	48.8	24.4	1.02	24.7	56.2	19.0	-0.4	-0.7%	7.23	36.6	85.4	32.3	*8/H
2010	26	BOS	AL	84	.248	22	.217	.051	0.0	10.7	4.8			15.9	49.3	27.5	0.97	24.6	60.9	14.5	-0.4	-0.2%	-3.90	50.0	87.5	42.9	8/7
2011	27	BOS	AL	*732*	.408	152	.336	.230	4.4	13.4	7.1			19.6	43.7	28.1	0.79	28.1	55.3	16.7	6.2	5.9%	59.01	36.1	72.2	55.1	*8/HD	AS,MVP-2,GG,SS
2012	28	BOS	AL	323	.307	79	.304	.099	1.2	13.3	5.9			17.6	47.5	29.1	0.91	26.4	55.2	18.4	0.0	-0.1%	-3.63	40.2	82.4	51.6	8/D
2013	29	BOS	AL	636	.361	111	.341	.128	1.4	14.5	7.4			24.0	51.0	18.9	1.05	24.8	56.6	18.6	2.4	1.9%	18.42	38.6	92.9	41.9	*8	MVP-15
2014	30	NYY	AL	635	.343	108	.296	.148	2.5	14.6	7.7			27.4	42.5	22.1	0.75	24.4	57.4	18.2	2.8	2.2%	18.54	28.6	88.6	48.9	*8/DH
2015	31	NYY	AL	501	.312	89	.301	.088	1.4	17.2	7.0	86.9	33.0	24.9	46.2	19.5	0.86	30.8	51.6	17.6	-1.4	-1.2%	-6.11	39.1	70.0	35.4	*8/H
2016	32	NYY	AL	626	.316	88	.295	.111	1.4	13.4	8.6	87.4	35.8	26.2	46.2	17.7	0.87	32.8	53.0	14.3	0.4	-0.1%	-2.51	32.3	71.4	32.3	*8/H
2017	33	NYY	AL	409	.345	101	.304	.138	1.7	15.4	10.0	85.8	28.5	27.8	45.8	17.3	0.87	33.9	46.4	19.7	1.3	1.5%	11.60	43.6	88.0	37.7	8H/D
11 Yrs				5375	.348	103	.315	.134	1.9	13.7	7.4	86.8	33.0	22.2	47.0	21.9	0.91	27.3	54.6	18.1	10.8	8.5%	100.27	37.6	82.9	41.6	*87H9D
MLB Average					.329	100	.299	.151	2.7	19.3	8.2	88.3	38.2	21.6	43.9	25.2	0.81	27.3	55.1	17.6				30.3	72.7	39.8

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					Batting		Batting Ratios			Win Probability			Baserunning
Season	Age	Team	Lg	PA	BAbip	ISO	HR%	SO%	BB%	WPA	cWPA	RE24	RS%	SB%	Pos	Awards
2007	23	BOS	AL,WS	28	.409	.160	0.0	10.7	10.7	0.4	11.5%	3.75	66.7	100.0	*/78H9
2008	24	BOS	AL	36	.214	.094	0.0	13.9	8.3	-0.2	-4.8%	-0.36	22.2	75.0	/89H
2009	25	BOS	AL	13	.300	.167	0.0	15.4	0.0	0.0	0.0%	-0.39	66.7		*/8

2013	29	BOS	AL,WS	71	.440	.094	0.0	19.7	9.9	0.6	8.6%	6.92	48.3	85.7	*8

2015	31	NYY	AL	1	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1%	-0.10			*/8H

2017	33	NYY	AL	12	.000	.000	0.0	25.0	16.7	-0.1	-1.0%	-1.75	50.0		/DH
6 Yrs				161	.342	.105	0.0	16.8	9.3	0.7	14.3%	8.07	49.1	84.6	8/7HD9
MLB Average					.283	.155	3.0	22.2	8.9				29.2	77.7

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Jacoby Ellsbury?

Jacoby Ellsbury is 41 years old.

When was Jacoby Ellsbury born?

Jacoby Ellsbury was born on September 11, 1983.

Where was Jacoby Ellsbury born?

Jacoby Ellsbury was born in Madras, OR.

How tall is Jacoby Ellsbury?

Jacoby Ellsbury is 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

How much did Jacoby Ellsbury weigh when playing?

Jacoby Ellsbury weighed 195 lbs (88 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Jacoby Ellsbury play?

Jacoby Ellsbury played 11 seasons.

Is Jacoby Ellsbury in the Hall of Fame?

Jacoby Ellsbury has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Jacoby Ellsbury drafted?

Jacoby Ellsbury was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 23rd round of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Madras HS (Madras, OR) and the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (23rd) of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR).

What position did Jacoby Ellsbury play?

Jacoby Ellsbury was a Centerfielder.

How many hits did Jacoby Ellsbury have?

Jacoby Ellsbury had 1,376 hits over his career.

How many home runs did Jacoby Ellsbury have?

Jacoby Ellsbury had 104 home runs over his career.

What was Jacoby Ellsbury's average?

Jacoby Ellsbury had a .284 average over his career.

How many teams has Jacoby Ellsbury played for?

Jacoby Ellsbury played for 2 teams; the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees.

How many World Series has Jacoby Ellsbury won?

Jacoby Ellsbury has won 2 World Series.

When did Jacoby Ellsbury retire?

Jacoby Ellsbury last played in 2017.

What is Jacoby Ellsbury's Twitter account?

Jacoby Ellsbury is on Twitter at JacobyEllsbury.

What is Jacoby Ellsbury's Instagram account?

Jacoby Ellsbury is on Instagram at jacobyellsbury.

What are Jacoby Ellsbury's nicknames?

Tacoby Bellsbury, Chief are nicknames for Jacoby Ellsbury.

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