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Dock Ellis

Full name Dock Phillip Ellis
Born March 11, 1945, Los Angeles, California
Died December 19, 2008, Los Angeles, California
Buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California
First Game: June 18, 1968; Final Game: September 29, 1979
Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 6' 3" Weight: 205
Named AL Comeback Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1976)
Ejections: 1973 (1), 1977 (1). Total: 2
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Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1968 PIT N    Daily Splits   27    29    1    2   1   0   0    2    0   0   11   0   3   0   0   2   0    0   0  .069  .069  .103   0.0 1968 PIT N
1969 PIT N    Daily Splits   37    68    2    6   0   0   0    1    2   0   40   0   7   0   0   1   0    0   0  .088  .114  .088   0.0 1969 PIT N
1970 PIT N    Daily Splits   38    70    9    7   1   0   0    1    2   0   37   0   4   0   0   1   0    1   0  .100  .125  .114   0.0 1970 PIT N
1971 PIT N    Daily Splits   44    79   11   16   0   0   0   12    6   0   29   0  10   0   0   1   1    2   0  .203  .259  .203   0.0 1971 PIT N
1972 PIT N    Daily Splits   36    59    6    9   0   0   0    1    1   0   22   0   1   0   0   1   0    0   0  .153  .167  .153   0.0 1972 PIT N
1973 PIT N    Daily Splits   29    65    2    7   0   0   0    0    2   0   32   0   6   0   0   2   0    1   0  .108  .134  .108   0.0 1973 PIT N
1974 PIT N    Daily Splits   30    56    6   12   1   0   0    4    8   0   15   0   5   0   0   1   1    0   0  .214  .313  .232   0.0 1974 PIT N
1975 PIT N    Daily Splits   30    36    3    4   1   0   0    1    5   0    8   0   7   0   0   3   1    0   0  .111  .220  .139   0.0 1975 PIT N
1976 NY  A                   32     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1976 NY  A
1977 NY  A                    3     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1977 NY  A
1977 OAK A                    7     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1977 OAK A
1977 TEX A                   23     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1977 TEX A
1977 TOT A                   33     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1977 TOT A
1978 TEX A                   22     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1978 TEX A
1979 TEX A                   10     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1979 TEX A
1979 NY  N    Daily Splits   17    26    2    2   0   0   0    1    1   0    7   0   1   0   0   1   0    0   0  .077  .111  .077   0.0 1979 NY  N
1979 PIT N    Daily Splits    3     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1979 PIT N
1979 TOT N                   20    27    2    2   0   0   0    1    1   0    7   0   1   0   0   1   0    0   0  .074  .107  .074   0.0 1979 TOT N
1979 Total                   30    27    2    2   0   0   0    1    1   0    7   0   1   0   0   1   0    0   0  .074  .107  .074   0.0 1979 Total
Total NL ( 9 Years)         291   489   42   65   4   0   0   23   27   0  201   0  44   0   0  13   3    4   0  .133  .178  .141   0.0 Total NL
Total AL ( 4 Years)          97     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 Total AL
Total    (12 Years) Splits  388   489   42   65   4   0   0   23   27   0  201   0  44   0   0  13   3    4   0  .133  .178  .141   0.0 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team

League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1970 PIT N    Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   2   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1970 PIT N
1971 PIT N    Daily Splits    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1971 PIT N
1972 PIT N    Daily Splits    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1972 PIT N
1975 PIT N                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1975 PIT N
1976 NY  A                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1976 NY  A
Total NL ( 4 Years)           5     6    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    3   0   2   0   0   1   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 Total NL
Total AL ( 1 Year )           1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - Total AL
Total    ( 5 Years) Splits    6     6    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    3   0   2   0   0   1   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1971 PIT N    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1971 PIT N
1976 NY  A                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1976 NY  A
Total    ( 2 Years) Splits    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

             All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1971 NL       Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1971 NL   


                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1968 PIT N    Daily Splits   26  10   2   0   5   0  104.1   82   426   4   35   29   38   4   52   1   1   6   1   1  10   1   7  10   6   5   2.50  4.10   0.3 1968 PIT N
1969 PIT N    Daily Splits   35  33   8   2   0   0  218.2  206   917  14  101   87   76   7  173   7   6   4   4   2  31   6  22  19  11  17   3.58  3.30  -0.8 1969 PIT N
1970 PIT N    Daily Splits   30  30   9   4   0   0  201.2  194   863   9   81   72   87  11  128   6   5   3  10   0  24   9  20  10  13  10   3.21  3.97   1.5 1970 PIT N
1971 PIT N    Daily Splits   31  31  11   2   0   0  226.2  207   943  15   93   77   63   5  137   6   7   4   2   0  26   6  12  19  19   9   3.06  5.74   0.9 1971 PIT N
1972 PIT N    Daily Splits   25  25   4   1   0   0  163.1  156   663   6   60   49   33   4   96   5   5   2   3   0  17   5  20   9  15   7   2.70  4.80   1.2 1972 PIT N
1973 PIT N    Daily Splits   28  28   3   1   0   0  192    176   803   7   86   65   55   7  122   6   4   3   6   1  12   4  13  18  12  14   3.05  3.68   0.5 1973 PIT N
1974 PIT N    Daily Splits   26  26   9   0   0   0  176.2  163   731  13   71   62   41   5   91   6   3   5   7   1  25   3  12  17  12   9   3.16  4.38   1.0 1974 PIT N
1975 PIT N    Daily Splits   27  24   5   2   1   0  140    163   621   9   69   59   43   9   69   9   7   0   3   2  32   2  10   9   8   9   3.79  3.79  -0.4 1975 PIT N
1976 NY  A    Daily Splits   32  32   8   1   0   0  211.2  195   886  14   83   75   76   1   65   5  11   4   4   1  32   3  20  12  17   8   3.19  3.72   0.5 1976 NY  A
1977 NY  A    Daily Splits    3   3   1   0   0   0   19.2   18    85   1    9    4    8   0    5   0   1   1   0   1   7   1   1   2   1   1   1.83  4.33   0.2 1977 NY  A
1977 OAK A    Daily Splits    7   7   0   0   0   0   26     35   128   5   33   28   14   0   11   1   1   1   1   0   6   2   1   4   1   5   9.69  3.71  -2.7 1977 OAK A
1977 TEX A    Daily Splits   23  22   7   1   1   1  167.1  158   685  13   60   54   42   1   90  12   8   4   0   0  22   5  19  12  10   6   2.90  4.82   1.9 1977 TEX A
1977 TOT A                   33  32   8   1   1   1  213    211   898  19  102   86   64   1  106  13  10   6   1   1  35   8  21  18  12  12   3.63  4.53  -0.6 1977 TOT A
1978 TEX A    Daily Splits   22  22   3   0   0   0  141.1  131   592  15   81   66   46   0   45   6   3   3   2   0  29   3  12  17   9   7   4.20  5.00  -1.0 1978 TEX A
1979 TEX A    Daily Splits   10   9   0   0   0   0   46.2   64   215   5   34   31   16   2   10   0   1   2   0   0  11   1   2   4   1   5   5.98  5.00  -1.0 1979 TEX A
1979 NY  N    Daily Splits   17  14   1   0   3   0   85    110   391   9   60   57   34  10   41   6   6   2   1   0  17   2   8   7   3   7   6.04  5.29  -2.2 1979 NY  N
1979 PIT N    Daily Splits    3   1   0   0   0   0    7      9    29   1    2    2    2   0    1   1   0   1   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   0   2.57  6.00   0.0 1979 PIT N
1979 TOT N                   20  15   1   0   3   0   92    119   420  10   62   59   36  10   42   7   6   3   1   0  18   2  10   7   3   7   5.77  5.33  -2.2 1979 TOT N
1979 Total                   30  24   1   0   3   0  138.2  183   635  15   96   90   52  12   52   7   7   5   1   0  29   3  12  11   4  12   5.84  5.21  -3.2 1979 Total
Total NL ( 9 Years)         248 222  52  12   9   0 1515.1 1466  6387  87  658  559  472  62  910  53  44  30  37   7 195  38 126 118  99  87   3.32  4.30   2.0 Total NL
Total AL ( 4 Years)          97  95  19   2   1   1  612.2  601  2591  53  300  258  202   4  226  24  25  15   7   2 107  15  55  51  39  32   3.79  4.41  -2.1 Total AL
Total    (12 Years) Splits  345 317  71  14  10   1 2128   2067  8978 140  958  817  674  66 1136  77  69  45  44   9 302  53 181 169 138 119   3.46  4.33  -0.1 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team

  League Championship Series Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team
1970 PIT N    Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    9.2    9    41   0    3    3    4   2    1   0   0   0   0   0   2   1   1   0   0   1   2.79  0.00 1970 PIT N
1971 PIT N    Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    5      6    26   0    2    2    4   1    1   1   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   0   1   0   3.60  9.00 1971 PIT N
1972 PIT N    Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    5      5    22   0    3    0    1   0    3   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   1   0.00  1.00 1972 PIT N
1975 PIT N    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   1   0    2      2     8   0    0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00     - 1975 PIT N
1976 NY  A    Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    8      6    29   0    3    3    2   0    5   0   1   0   1   0   1   0   2   0   1   0   3.38  5.00 1976 NY  A
Total NL ( 4 Years)           4   3   0   0   1   0   21.2   22    97   0    8    5    9   3    7   2   0   0   1   0   5   1   1   1   1   2   2.08  3.33 Total NL
Total AL ( 1 Year )           1   1   0   0   0   0    8      6    29   0    3    3    2   0    5   0   1   0   1   0   1   0   2   0   1   0   3.38  5.00 Total AL
Total    ( 5 Years) Splits    5   4   0   0   1   0   29.2   28   126   0   11    8   11   3   12   2   1   0   2   0   6   1   3   1   2   2   2.43  3.75 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team

                World Series Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team
1971 PIT N    Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    2.1    4    12   2    4    4    1   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1  15.43  3.00 1971 PIT N
1976 NY  A    Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    3.1    7    16   1    4    4    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   1  10.80  2.00 1976 NY  A
Total    ( 2 Years) Splits    2   2   0   0   0   0    5.2   11    28   3    8    8    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   2  12.71  2.50 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team

               All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team
1971 NL       Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    3      4    14   2    4    4    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1  12.00  4.00 1971 NL   


                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1968 PIT N Daily Splits   P   26   10    2   104.1     5   18    0    2   0    3    4    1    0 1.000
1969 PIT N Daily Splits   P   35   33    8   218.2    15   35    3    2   0    5   14   13    0  .943
1970 PIT N Daily Splits   P   30   30    9   201.2    21   34    2    3   0    3   21   11    1  .965
1971 PIT N Daily Splits   P   31   31   11   226.2    22   32    2    1   0    2    5    8    0  .964
1972 PIT N Daily Splits   P   25   25    4   163.1    16   15    0    2   0    0   10    1    0 1.000
1973 PIT N Daily Splits   P   28   28    3   192      16   30    1    3   0    2   17    3    0  .979
1974 PIT N Daily Splits   P   26   26    9   176.2    14   22    4    2   0    2   10    4    0  .900
1975 PIT N Daily Splits   P   27   24    5   140       8   16    2    4   0    2   16    3    0  .923
1976 NY  A Daily Splits   P   32   32    8   211.2    19   20    3    0   0    3   19    6    1  .929
1977 NY  A Daily Splits   P    3    3    1    19.2     1    2    0    0   0    0    1    1    0 1.000
1977 OAK A Daily Splits   P    7    7    0    26       1    3    0    0   0    0    2    2    0 1.000
1977 TEX A Daily Splits   P   23   22    7   167.1    15   16    3    4   0    1   11    6    0  .912
1977 TOT A                P   33   32    8   213      17   21    3    4   0    1   14    9    0  .927
1978 TEX A Daily Splits   P   22   22    3   141.1    11   22    2    2   0    1    8   10    0  .943
1979 TEX A Daily Splits   P   10    9    0    46.2     2    8    1    0   0    0    2    4    0  .909
1979 NY  N Daily Splits   P   17   14    1    85       7   13    0    1   0    0   15    3    0 1.000
1979 PIT N Daily Splits   P    3    1    0     7       0    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1979 TOT N                P   20   15    1    92       7   14    0    1   0    0   15    3    0 1.000
1979 Total                P   30   24    1   138.2     9   22    1    1   0    0   17    7    0  .969
Total (12 Years) Splits   P  345  317   71  2128     173  287   23   26   0   24  155   76    2  .952
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG

League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1970 PIT N Daily Splits   P    1    1    0     9.2     0    3    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1971 PIT N Daily Splits   P    1    1    0     5       0    0    0    0   0    1    1    0    0     -
1972 PIT N Daily Splits   P    1    1    0     5       0    0    0    0   0    0    2    0    0     -
1975 PIT N Daily Splits   P    1    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -
1976 NY  A Daily Splits   P    1    1    0     8       1    0    0    0   0    1    1    2    0 1.000
Total ( 5 Years) Splits   P    5    4    0    29.2     1    3    0    0   0    2    4    2    0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG

              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1971 PIT N Daily Splits   P    1    1    0     2.1     1    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1976 NY  A Daily Splits   P    1    1    0     3.1     0    0    0    0   0    0    2    0    0     -
Total ( 2 Years) Splits   P    2    2    0     5.2     1    0    0    0   0    0    2    0    0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG

             All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1971 NL    Daily Splits   P    1    1    0     3       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -


Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 6-17-1973(1)  BOX  PIT N  Bruce Froemming     Bench Jockeying
 8-25-1977     BOX  TEX A  Rich Garcia         Called third strike


Transaction Information

Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (January 14, 1964).

Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Willie Randolph and Ken Brett to New York Yankees
in exchange for Doc Medich (December 11, 1975).

Traded by New York Yankees with Marty Perez and Larry Murray to Oakland Athletics in
exchange for Mike Torrez (April 27, 1977).

Sold by Oakland Athletics to Texas Rangers (June 15, 1977).

Traded by Texas Rangers to New York Mets in exchange for Bob Myrick and Mike Bruhert
(June 15, 1979).

Sold by New York Mets to Pittsburgh Pirates (September 21, 1979).

Granted free agency (November 1, 1979).

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