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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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	15 (14)	Apr 22 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
2	16	Apr 24	CLE	@	OAK	L,0-4	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
3	20 (3)	Apr 28	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	7	1	1	9	1	1B
4	21	Apr 29	CLE	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	26 (4)	May 6 (2)	CLE		OAK	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	31 (4)	May 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
7	36 (4)	May 18	CLE		BAL	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
8	37	May 19	CLE		NYY	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
9	39 (1)	May 20 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
10	41 (1)	May 22	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	49 (7)	Jun 2	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
12	50	Jun 3	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
13	51	Jun 6 (1)	CLE		MIN	L,3-7	CG	59	15.0	20	1	0	21	0	1B
14	52	Jun 6 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,9-13	CG	49	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
15	56 (3)	Jun 10 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
16	57	Jun 12	CLE		TEX	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
17	58	Jun 13	CLE		TEX	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
18	59	Jun 15	CLE		KCR	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
19	62 (2)	Jun 17 (2)	CLE		KCR	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
20	63	Jun 18	CLE		DET	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
21	69 (5)	Jun 24	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-8	GS	26	4.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	73 (3)	Jun 28 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-16	CG	49	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	74	Jun 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
24	75	Jun 30	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	76	Jul 1 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
26	77	Jul 1 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
27	78	Jul 2	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
28	79	Jul 3	CLE		DET	L,4-5	GS	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
29	81 (1)	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	42	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
30	82	Jul 6	CLE		CAL	W,8-7	CG	44	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
31	83	Jul 7	CLE		CAL	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	84	Jul 8 (1)	CLE		CAL	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
33	86 (1)	Jul 10	CLE		OAK	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
34	87	Jul 11	CLE		OAK	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
35	89 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
36	90	Jul 13	CLE	@	MIN	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	91	Jul 14	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
38	92	Jul 15	CLE	@	MIN	L,6-7	GF	8	1.2	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
39	93	Jul 16	CLE	@	CAL	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
40	94	Jul 17	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
41	95	Jul 18	CLE	@	CAL	W,10-8	CG	49	11.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
42	96	Jul 20	CLE	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	8	3	0	11	1	C
43	97	Jul 21	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
44	98	Jul 22	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
45	99	Jul 26 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
46	101 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
47	103 (1)	Jul 28	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
48	104	Jul 29 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
49	105	Jul 29 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
50	106	Jul 31	CLE		BAL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	107	Aug 1	CLE		BAL	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	108	Aug 2	CLE		BAL	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	109	Aug 3	CLE		MIL	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
54	110	Aug 4	CLE		MIL	L,4-9	CG	47	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
55	111	Aug 5 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
56	112	Aug 5 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	C
57	113	Aug 6	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	114	Aug 7	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	51	11.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
59	115	Aug 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,13-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
60	116	Aug 10	CLE	@	TEX	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
61	117	Aug 11	CLE	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
62	118	Aug 12	CLE	@	TEX	W,7-6	CG	52	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
63	119	Aug 14	CLE	@	KCR	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
64	120	Aug 15	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
65	121	Aug 16	CLE	@	KCR	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
66	122	Aug 17	CLE		MIN	L,2-14	CG	51	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
67	123	Aug 18	CLE		MIN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
68	124	Aug 19 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
69	126 (1)	Aug 21	CLE		CHW	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
70	127	Aug 22	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	46	12.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
71	129 (1)	Aug 25	CLE		TEX	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
72	130	Aug 26 (1)	CLE		TEX	L,0-9	GS	34	7.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
73	132 (1)	Aug 28	CLE		KCR	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
74	134 (1)	Aug 30	CLE	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
75	135	Aug 31	CLE	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	138 (2)	Sep 3 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-13	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
77	139	Sep 3 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
78	140	Sep 4	CLE	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
79	141	Sep 5	CLE		DET	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	C
80	144 (2)	Sep 8	CLE		BAL	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
81	146 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,4-13	GS	45	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
82	156 (9)	Sep 23 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,1-2	GS	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
83	160 (3)	Sep 28 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-18	CG	50	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
84	162 (1)	Sep 29 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
							84gm		718.1	487	31	10	528	11