Dock Ellis

Position: 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)

Debut: June 18, 1968 (Age 23-099d, 12,704th in major league history)
vs. LAD 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

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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Team Record in Appearances: 9-21 / in Starts: 8-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 1

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	316	5	Apr 13	TEX		DET	W,5-4	GS-6		99	5.0	7	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.60	3.13	23	10	4	0	2	5	45			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.049	1.78	0.04%	0.23	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 out a3
2	317	12	Apr 22	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS-3	L(0-1)	8	2.2	7	4	4	1	0	1	0	7.04	5.08	15	6	2	0	1	6	27			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	-0.275	1.95	-0.26%	-2.69	1b start a 1	3b 1-- 2 out d3
3	318	18	Apr 29	TEX	@	CHW	W,10-0	GS-7	W(1-1)	6	6.2	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	3.77	4.83	28	14	6	2	0	4	62			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.421	2.23	0.43%	3.43	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	319	24	May 5	TEX		CHW	L,6-7	GS-4	L(1-2)	5	3.2	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	5.00	4.40	17	8	2	0	0	7	31			0	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.300	1.89	-0.31%	-2.39	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d2
5	320	26	May 7	TEX		KCR	L,6-10	8-8		1	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.40	4.37	2	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.008	1.54	-0.01%	-0.06	8t --- 1 out d1	8t -2- 2 out d1
6	321	34	May 15	TEX	@	MIN	W,9-8	GS-6		7	5.1	9	6	5	2	1	1	0	6.08	4.72	29	10	7	0	0	9	27			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	2	.97	-0.264	2.16	-0.35%	-1.68	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out tie
7	322	43	May 25(2)	TEX		SEA	L,3-5	GS-7	L(1-3)	9	7.0	8	4	3	2	0	1	0	5.58	4.88	30	15	5	1	0	8	45			1	1	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	0	.98	-0.108	1.68	-0.11%	-0.40	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
8	323	47	May 30	TEX		BOS	W,3-2	GS-7		4	6.0	4	2	1	2	2	0	0	4.91	4.59	23	10	5	1	1	4	58			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.159	1.86	0.17%	1.70	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	324	52	Jun 4	TEX	@	BOS	L,5-13	GS-5	L(1-4)	4	4.1	8	7	7	1	2	2	0	5.93	5.00	23	7	5	0	0	8	20			0	0	0	21	2	1	0	0	1	1	.78	-0.411	1.50	-0.47%	-4.52	1b start a 1	5b --- 1 out d4
10	325	57	Jun 9	TEX	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-6	L(1-5)	4	5.2	8	4	4	2	3	0	0	5.98	4.72	25	8	4	0	0	8	38			0	1	0	23	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.05	-0.158	1.86	-0.17%	-1.39	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d3
				Player went from Texas Rangers to New York Mets
11	326	61	Jun 18	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS-6		8	6.0	7	2	2	2	1	0	0	5.64	4.57	24	11	3	0	1	7	49			1	0	0	21	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.52	0.083	.47	0.02%	0.65	1b start a 2	6b 3 out tie
12	327	69	Jun 27	NYM	@	PIT	W,12-9	GS-6		8	6.0	8	3	2	3	4	0	0	5.37	4.40	29	9	5	1	0	8	47			3	0	0	25	0	0	1	1	1	1	1.83	-0.011	.26	0.00%	-0.04	1b start a 2	6b 3 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	328	74	Jul 2	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-6	GS-6	L(1-6)	4	6.0	9	6	6	2	3	1	0	5.71	4.45	29	9	6	0	1	9	31			3	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	1	.84	-0.371	.15	-0.04%	-3.09	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d4
14	329	79	Jul 7	NYM		SDP	L,3-11	GS-5	L(1-7)	4	5.0	8	5	5	2	3	0	0	5.94	4.33	22	6	3	0	0	8	32			0	1	0	20	1	1	0	1	0	0	.56	-0.313	.03	-0.01%	-2.77	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
15	330	84	Jul 12	NYM		LAD	W,12-5	GS-8	W(2-7)	4	7.1	9	5	5	2	5	1	0	5.96	4.29	34	11	8	0	0	8	43			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	1	1	.11	0.060	.00	0.00%	-2.28	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a7
16	331	88	Jul 15	NYM		SFG	L,0-4	9-GF		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.91	4.28	2	0	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.005	.01	0.00%	0.85	9t 12- 1 out d4	9t end d 4
17	332	92	Jul 22	NYM	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS-4		6	4.0	5	3	2	2	3	0	0	5.84	4.20	20	5	5	0	1	5	43			2	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	1	1	.83	-0.152	.02	0.00%	-1.14	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
18	333	97	Jul 27	NYM		CHC	L,2-4	CG	L(2-8)	4	9.0	5	4	4	2	3	2	0	5.66	4.34	34	12	12	1	0	5	62			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.085	.03	0.00%	0.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	334	102	Aug 1	NYM		PHI	L,6-9	GS-4	L(2-9)	4	3.0	10	7	7	2	0	1	0	6.15	4.49	20	3	5	1	0	10	9			0	0	0	18	4	0	0	1	0	0	.66	-0.398	.02	-0.01%	-5.00	1t start tie	4t 1-3 0 out d4
20	335	107	Aug 5(1)	NYM	@	MON	W,4-2	GS-6	W(3-9)	3	6.0	6	2	2	1	6	0	1	5.96	4.33	26	9	3	0	0	6	57			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.47	0.016	.03	0.00%	0.79	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
21	336	112	Aug 9	NYM		STL	L,0-4	GS-7	L(3-10)	3	7.0	9	4	3	2	1	0	0	5.82	4.26	31	14	5	0	0	9	44			1	0	0	29	2	1	2	1	0	1	1.07	-0.126	.00	0.00%	-0.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
22	337	116	Aug 14	NYM	@	ATL	W,18-5	GS-3		4	2.2	4	5	5	1	2	3	0	6.09	4.57	14	4	3	0	0	4	31			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	.38	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-3.72	1b start a 2	3b 1-- 2 out a5
23	338	121	Aug 19	NYM	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS-5		4	4.2	9	5	5	3	3	0	0	6.24	4.52	26	3	8	1	0	9	26			1	0	0	23	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.56	-0.386	.00	0.00%	-3.11	1b start a 1	5b 1-3 2 out d3
24	339	129	Aug 28	NYM		ATL	L,4-6	GS-7	L(3-11)	8	7.0	10	4	4	3	4	1	0	6.17	4.53	33	13	3	0	0	10	42			1	0	0	29	4	0	2	0	1	0	.78	-0.173	.00	0.00%	-0.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	340	136	Sep 4	NYM	@	MON	L,1-5	GS-6	L(3-12)	6	5.2	8	5	5	3	3	0	0	6.25	4.48	26	5	7	1	0	8	33			0	2	0	22	2	0	1	0	1	0	.98	-0.114	.00	0.00%	-0.95	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out d2
26	341	140	Sep 8	NYM		PIT	W,3-2	13-GF(15)	W(4-12)	3	3.0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	6.11	4.48	13	4	4	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.11	0.380	.00	0.00%	1.34	13t --- 0 out tie	15t end tie
27	342	149	Sep 19(1)	NYM		MON	L,1-3	8-GF		10	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6.02	4.50	8	5	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.038	.00	0.00%	0.89	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
				Player went from New York Mets to Pittsburgh Pirates
28	343	157	Sep 24(2)	PIT		MON	L,6-7	GS-4		4	4.0	5	2	2	1	0	1	0	5.97	4.57	17	7	4	0	1	5	43			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.027	17.47	-0.26%	-0.03	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
29	344	160	Sep 27	PIT		STL	L,5-9	6-7		2	2.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.88	4.55	8	3	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.34	0.044	3.28	0.26%	0.99	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
30	345	162	Sep 29	PIT		CHC	L,6-7	11-12		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.84	4.53	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	0.054	10.80	0.18%	0.11	11t --- 0 out tie	12t 1-- 0 out tie
							9-21		W-L:4-12	4.6	138.2	183	96	90	52	52	15	1	5.84	4.53	635	1.76		3%	2%	179	39	2	0%	17	7	0	567	29	3	12	12	7	9	1.05	-2.423	1.25	-0.92%	-26.01

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