John Ellis

Positions: First Baseman and Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 225lb (188cm, 102kg)

Born: August 21, 1948 in New London, CT us

Died: April 6, 2022 in New Haven, CT

High School: New London HS (New London, CT)

School: Mitchell College (New London, CT)

Debut: May 17, 1969 (Age 20-269d, 12,823rd in major league history)
vs. CAL 2 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1981 (Age 33-043d)
vs. CAL 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: John Charles Ellis

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.0

2672

699

.262

259

RBI

391

OBP

.312

SLG

.392

OPS

.704

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	12-22 / in Starts: 11-13
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 7 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 104 PAs	17
Actual Runners on Base	81 (38-27-16)
Avg. MLBer w/ 104 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	63 (31-21-11)

Most Driven In
A Oliver	3
J BenÃquez	3
Self	3
B Bonds	2
R Zisk	2
J Sundberg	2
M Hargrove	1
M Jorgensen	1

Most Driven In By
Self	3
M Hargrove	1
B Wills	1
J BenÃquez	0
T Harrah	0
B Campaneris	0

1978 Batting Game Log

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1978 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	643	11 (10)	Apr 23 (1)	TEX	@	DET	L,6-9	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	7	.84	-0.054	.52	-0.02%	0.21	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	644	44 (32)	May 29 (2)	TEX		MIN	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.750	1.000	6	.32	-0.010	.54	-0.01%	-0.19	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	645	49 (4)	Jun 4	TEX	@	TOR	W,9-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.545	.795	8	.34	-0.020	.49	-0.02%	-0.26	C
4	646	53 (3)	Jun 9	TEX		CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.188	.400	.588	6	1.44	-0.156	2.77	-0.18%	-0.90	C
5	647	60 (6)	Jun 16 (1)	TEX		TOR	L,3-8	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.111	.150	.333	.483	6	2.32	-0.055	3.95	-0.06%	-1.69	C
6	648	68 (7)	Jun 23 (2)	TEX		CAL	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.167	.318	.485	7	.54	0.009	1.42	0.02%	-0.51	C
7	649	73 (4)	Jun 29	TEX	@	OAK	L,7-8	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.200	.348	.548	1	3.05	0.159	8.81	0.28%	0.73	PH
8	650	74	Jun 30	TEX	@	CAL	L,2-4	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.231	.375	.606	9	2.99	0.065	9.48	0.12%	1.00	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	651	75	Jul 1	TEX	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.233	.333	.567	7	.78	-0.036	2.46	-0.07%	-0.29	DH
10	652	76	Jul 2	TEX	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.235	.323	.558	7	1.31	-0.107	4.28	-0.21%	-0.98	DH
11	653	77	Jul 3	TEX	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.237	.400	.637	7	1.36	0.212	3.42	0.32%	2.12	DH
12	654	79 (1)	Jul 5	TEX		NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.205	.238	.385	.623	5	1.57	-0.134	3.28	-0.17%	-1.43	DH
13	655	80	Jul 6	TEX		NYY	L,2-7	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.375	.625	3	.14	0.006	.31	0.01%	0.16	C
14	656	81	Jul 7	TEX		DET	L,7-12	9-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.267	.415	.681	8	.02	0.002	.04	0.00%	0.62	C
15	657	82	Jul 8	TEX		DET	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.271	.409	.680	7	1.06	-0.001	1.92	0.00%	-0.06	DH
16	658	83	Jul 9	TEX		DET	W,4-3	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.288	.404	.693	7	1.51	0.186	2.38	0.18%	1.06	DH
17	659	87 (3)	Jul 15 (2)	TEX	@	BAL	W,11-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.281	.385	.665	7	.58	-0.096	1.12	-0.11%	-1.52	C
18	660	90 (2)	Jul 18	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.276	.377	.653	6	.92	-0.020	1.84	-0.02%	-0.44	PH
19	661	93 (2)	Jul 21	TEX		MIL	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.262	.357	.619	7	1.66	-0.125	2.38	-0.11%	-0.87	DH
20	662	94	Jul 22	TEX		MIL	L,1-2	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.258	.351	.609	9	4.96	-0.138	5.86	-0.10%	-0.31	PH
21	663	95	Jul 23	TEX		MIL	L,8-17	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.254	.345	.599	3	.07	-0.002	.07	0.00%	-0.15	C
22	664	98 (2)	Jul 26	TEX		BOS	W,2-0	2-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.242	.328	.570	3	1.47	-0.109	.82	-0.04%	-0.73	C
23	665	103 (4)	Jul 30 (2)	TEX	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.188	.229	.313	.541	7	1.57	-0.120	.70	-0.03%	-0.68	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	666	114 (10)	Aug 13 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS-9	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.209	.243	.328	.572	8	.65	0.033	.44	0.01%	0.22	C
25	667	123 (8)	Aug 22	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.247	.319	.566	9	1.39	-0.055	.66	-0.02%	-0.30	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	668	133 (9)	Sep 3	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.250	.319	.569	7	1.70	-0.084	1.50	-0.05%	-0.26	C
27	669	136 (2)	Sep 6 (2)	TEX	@	CAL	W,9-2	CG	4	3	2	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.286	.360	.646	8	.38	0.076	.14	0.02%	2.95	C
28	670	137	Sep 7	TEX	@	CAL	L,6-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.282	.355	.638	1	1.34	-0.034	.54	-0.01%	-0.09	PH
29	671	138	Sep 8	TEX	@	OAK	L,4-11	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.279	.351	.630	3	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.09	C
30	672	140 (1)	Sep 10 (2)	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.270	.338	.607	7	1.05	-0.082	.19	-0.01%	-0.64	C
31	673	145 (4)	Sep 15 (1)	TEX		OAK	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.261	.325	.586	7	1.14	-0.085	.03	0.00%	-0.47	C
32	674	151 (5)	Sep 22 (1)	TEX		SEA	W,10-2	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.278	.375	.653	6	.21	0.081	.00	0.00%	1.98	C
33	675	155 (3)	Sep 24 (2)	TEX		SEA	W,4-3	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.280	.374	.654	4	1.19	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.03	C
34	676	159 (3)	Sep 28	TEX	@	SEA	W,4-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.282	.383	.665	5	1.54	0.126	.00	0.00%	0.55	C
							12-22		104	94	7	23	4	0	3	17	6	0	20	0	1	3	1	0	0	1	.245	.282	.383	.665		1.12	-0.586	1.59	-0.28%	-1.30

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