Dock Ellis
Dock Phillip Ellis
Born: March 11, 1945
Los Angeles, CA USA
Deceased: 2008
Los Angeles, CA USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PR
Bats: B
Throws: R
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 205
Career: 1968-1979
Minor League Statistics
Dock Ellis compiled a career record of 138 wins and 119 losses in his 388-game career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics and New York Mets. He began playing during the 1968 season and last took the field during the 1979 campaign.
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Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.51 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 104.0 | 82 | 35 | 29 | 4 | 38 | 4 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 426 |
| 1969 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 11 | 17 | .393 | 3.58 | 35 | 33 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 218.7 | 206 | 101 | 87 | 14 | 76 | 7 | 173 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 917 |
| 1970 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.21 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 201.7 | 194 | 81 | 72 | 9 | 87 | 11 | 128 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 863 |
| 1971 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 19 | 9 | .679 | 3.06 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 226.7 | 207 | 93 | 77 | 15 | 63 | 5 | 137 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 943 |
| 1972 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 15 | 7 | .682 | 2.70 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 163.3 | 156 | 60 | 49 | 6 | 33 | 4 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 663 |
| 1973 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 12 | 14 | .462 | 3.05 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 192.0 | 176 | 86 | 65 | 7 | 55 | 7 | 122 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 803 |
| 1974 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.16 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 176.7 | 163 | 71 | 62 | 13 | 41 | 5 | 91 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 731 |
| 1975 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.79 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 140.0 | 163 | 69 | 59 | 9 | 43 | 9 | 69 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 621 |
| 1976 | AL | New York Yankees | 17 | 8 | .680 | 3.19 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 211.7 | 195 | 83 | 75 | 14 | 76 | 1 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 886 |
| 1977 | AL | New York Yankees | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.83 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 85 |
| 1977 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 1 | 5 | .167 | 9.69 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 35 | 33 | 28 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 128 |
| 1977 | AL | Texas Rangers | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.90 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 167.3 | 158 | 60 | 54 | 13 | 42 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 685 |
| 1978 | AL | Texas Rangers | 9 | 7 | .563 | 4.20 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 141.3 | 131 | 81 | 66 | 15 | 46 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 592 |
| 1979 | AL | Texas Rangers | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.98 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.7 | 64 | 34 | 31 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 215 |
| 1979 | NL | New York Mets | 3 | 7 | .300 | 6.04 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 | 110 | 60 | 57 | 9 | 34 | 10 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 391 |
| 1979 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | |
| Totals | 138 | 119 | .537 | 3.46 | 345 | 317 | 10 | 71 | 14 | 1 | 2127.7 | 2067 | 958 | 817 | 140 | 674 | 66 | 1136 | 44 | 9 | 45 | 8978 |
Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 27 | 32 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .069 | .069 | .103 | .172 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 37 | 77 | 68 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | .088 | .114 | .088 | .203 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 38 | 76 | 70 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 37 | .100 | .125 | .114 | .239 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 44 | 95 | 79 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 29 | .203 | .259 | .203 | .461 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 36 | 61 | 59 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .153 | .167 | .153 | .319 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 29 | 73 | 65 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32 | .108 | .134 | .108 | .242 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 30 | 69 | 56 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .214 | .313 | .232 | .545 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 30 | 48 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .111 | .220 | .139 | .358 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | AL | New York Yankees | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1977 | AL | New York Yankees | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1977 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1977 | AL | Texas Rangers | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1978 | AL | Texas Rangers | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1979 | AL | Texas Rangers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1979 | NL | New York Mets | 17 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .077 | .111 | .077 | .188 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 388 | 560 | 489 | 42 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 201 | .133 | .178 | .141 | .319 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 26 | 10 | 104.3 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.984 | .885 |
| 1969 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 35 | 33 | 218.7 | 15 | 35 | 3 | 2 | .943 | 2.058 | 1.429 |
| 1970 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 30 | 30 | 202.0 | 21 | 34 | 2 | 3 | .965 | 2.450 | 1.833 |
| 1971 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 31 | 31 | 227.0 | 22 | 32 | 2 | 1 | .964 | 2.141 | 1.742 |
| 1972 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 25 | 25 | 163.0 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.712 | 1.240 |
| 1973 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 28 | 28 | 192.0 | 16 | 30 | 1 | 3 | .979 | 2.156 | 1.643 |
| 1974 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 26 | 26 | 176.7 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 2 | .900 | 1.834 | 1.385 |
| 1975 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 27 | 24 | 140.0 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 4 | .923 | 1.543 | .889 |
| 1976 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 32 | 32 | 211.7 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 0 | .929 | 1.658 | 1.219 |
| 1977 | AL | Texas Rangers | P | 23 | 22 | 167.3 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 4 | .912 | 1.667 | 1.348 |
| 1977 | AL | Oakland Athletics | P | 7 | 7 | 26.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.385 | .571 |
| 1977 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 3 | 3 | 19.7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.373 | 1.000 |
| 1978 | AL | Texas Rangers | P | 22 | 22 | 141.3 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .943 | 2.101 | 1.500 |
| 1979 | NL | New York Mets | P | 17 | 14 | 85.0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.118 | 1.176 |
| 1979 | AL | Texas Rangers | P | 10 | 9 | 46.7 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.929 | 1.000 |
| 1979 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 3 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | .333 |
| Totals | 345 | 317 | 2128.3 | 173 | 287 | 23 | 26 | .952 | 1.945 | 1.333 |
Postseason - Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | NLCS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.79 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| 1971 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | NLCS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 1971 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 15.43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 1972 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | NLCS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 1975 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | NLCS | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| 1976 | AL | New York Yankees | ALCS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 1976 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Totals | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.08 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.3 | 39 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 154 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | NLCS | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | NLCS | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | WS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | NLCS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | NLCS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1976 | AL | New York Yankees | ALCS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1976 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | NLCS | P | 1 | 1 | 9.7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.793 | 3.000 |
| 1971 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | NLCS | P | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 1971 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | WS | P | 1 | 1 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.857 | 1.000 |
| 1972 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | NLCS | P | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 1975 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | NLCS | P | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 1976 | AL | New York Yankees | ALCS | P | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | 1.000 |
| 1976 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | P | 1 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| Totals | 7 | 6 | 35.3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.274 | .714 |
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