Dock Ellis

Position: Starting 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)

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

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1964	19	-1.9	Batavia	NYPL	A	PIT	6	7	.462	3.20	5.43	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
1965	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AAA	PIT	14	8	.636	1.95	2.67	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
1965	20	-5.7	Columbus	IL	AAA	PIT	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1		0	0		3.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0		2.000	12.0	0.0	6.0	12.0	2.00
1965	20	-1.6	Kinston	CARL	A	PIT	14	8	.636	1.98	2.71	25	24		15	4		186.0	147	56	41	2	69	2	149	7	0	8		1.161	7.1	0.1	3.3	7.2	2.16
1966	21	-2.3	Asheville	SOUL	AA	PIT	10	9	.526	2.76	3.49	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
1967	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	PIT	7	7	.500	4.34	4.81	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
1967	22	-3.8	Columbus	IL	AAA	PIT	5	7	.417	4.59	5.13	20	17		2	0		100.0	91	57	51	7	51	5	77	5	2	7		1.420	8.2	0.6	4.6	6.9	1.51
1967	22	-1.6	Macon	SOUL	AA	PIT	2	0	1.000	2.81	2.81	3	3		2	1		16.0	11	5	5	0	8	0	16	0	0	0		1.188	6.2	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
1968	23	-2.3	Columbus	IL	AAA	PIT	2	1	.667	2.35	2.74	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
1968	23	-4.4	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	6	5	.545	2.50	3.02	26	10	5	2	0	0	104.1	82	35	29	4	38	4	52	1	1	6	426	1.150	7.1	0.3	3.3	4.5	1.37
1969	24	-3.0	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	11	17	.393	3.58	4.16	35	33	0	8	2	0	218.2	206	101	87	14	76	7	173	4	2	4	917	1.290	8.5	0.6	3.1	7.1	2.28
1970	25	-2.1	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	13	10	.565	3.21	3.61	30	30	0	9	4	0	201.2	194	81	72	9	87	11	128	10	0	3	863	1.393	8.7	0.4	3.9	5.7	1.47
1971	26	-1.4	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	19	9	.679	3.06	3.69	31	31	0	11	2	0	226.2	207	93	77	15	63	5	137	2	0	4	943	1.191	8.2	0.6	2.5	5.4	2.17
1972	27	-0.1	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	15	7	.682	2.70	3.31	25	25	0	4	1	0	163.1	156	60	49	6	33	4	96	3	0	2	663	1.157	8.6	0.3	1.8	5.3	2.91
1973	28	0.7	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	12	14	.462	3.05	4.03	28	28	0	3	1	0	192.0	176	86	65	7	55	7	122	6	1	3	803	1.203	8.3	0.3	2.6	5.7	2.22
1974	29	1.8	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	12	9	.571	3.16	3.62	26	26	0	9	0	0	176.2	163	71	62	13	41	5	91	7	1	5	731	1.155	8.3	0.7	2.1	4.6	2.22
1975	30	2.9	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	8	9	.471	3.79	4.44	27	24	1	5	2	0	140.0	163	69	59	9	43	9	69	3	2	0	621	1.471	10.5	0.6	2.8	4.4	1.60
1976	31	3.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	17	8	.680	3.19	3.53	32	32	0	8	1	0	211.2	195	83	75	14	76	1	65	4	1	4	886	1.280	8.3	0.6	3.2	2.8	0.86
1977	32		3 Teams	AL	Maj	NYY-OAK-TEX	12	12	.500	3.63	4.31	33	32	1	8	1	1	213.0	211	102	86	19	64	1	106	1	1	6	898	1.291	8.9	0.8	2.7	4.5	1.66
1977	32	4.5	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	1	.500	1.83	4.12	3	3	0	1	0	0	19.2	18	9	4	1	8	0	5	0	1	1	85	1.322	8.2	0.5	3.7	2.3	0.63
1977	32	4.5	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	1	5	.167	9.69	11.42	7	7	0	0	0	0	26.0	35	33	28	5	14	0	11	1	0	1	128	1.885	12.1	1.7	4.8	3.8	0.79
1977	32	4.5	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	10	6	.625	2.90	3.23	23	22	1	7	1	1	167.1	158	60	54	13	42	1	90	0	0	4	685	1.195	8.5	0.7	2.3	4.8	2.14
1978	33	5.8	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	9	7	.563	4.20	5.16	22	22	0	3	0	0	141.1	131	81	66	15	46	0	45	2	0	3	592	1.252	8.3	1.0	2.9	2.9	0.98
1979	34		3 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	TEX	4	12	.250	5.84	6.23	30	24	3	1	0	0	138.2	183	96	90	15	52	12	52	1	0	5	635	1.695	11.9	1.0	3.4	3.4	1.00
1979	34	6.6	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	1	5	.167	5.98	6.56	10	9	0	0	0	0	46.2	64	34	31	5	16	2	10	0	0	2	215	1.714	12.3	1.0	3.1	1.9	0.63
1979	34	5.8	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	3	7	.300	6.04	6.35	17	14	3	1	0	0	85.0	110	60	57	9	34	10	41	1	0	2	391	1.694	11.6	1.0	3.6	4.3	1.21
1979	34	5.8	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	0	0		2.57	2.57	3	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	9	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	29	1.571	11.6	1.3	2.6	1.3	0.50
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (12 seasons)					Majors		138	119	.537	3.46	4.05	345	317	10	71	14	1	2128.0	2067	958	817	140	674	66	1136	44	9	45	8978	1.288	8.7	0.6	2.9	4.8	1.69
Minors (5 seasons)					Minors		39	32	.549	2.88	3.84	108	85		40	6		609.0	533	260	195	23	224	12	545	19	5	31		1.243	7.9	0.3	3.3	8.1	2.43
All Levels (16 Seasons)							177	151	.540	3.33	4.01	453	402	10	111	20	1	2737.0	2600	1218	1012	163	898	78	1681	63	14	76	8978	1.278	8.5	0.5	3.0	5.5	1.87

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		7	8	.467	4.07	4.57	40	18		2	0		126.0	109	64	57	7	64	6	105	5	2	9		1.373	7.8	0.5	4.6	7.5	1.64
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		12	9	.571	2.76	3.43	27	27		15	2		176.0	149	67	54	9	52	4	161	3	2	4		1.142	7.6	0.5	2.7	8.2	3.10
A (2 seasons)					Minors		20	15	.571	2.46	3.78	41	40		23	4		307.0	275	129	84	7	108	2	279	11	1	18		1.248	8.1	0.2	3.2	8.2	2.58