A.J. Ellis

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 225lb (188cm, 102kg)

Born: April 9, 1981 in Cape Girardeau, MO us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 18th round of the 2003 MLB June Amateur Draft from Austin Peay State University (Clarksville, TN).

High School: Paul Laurence Dunbar HS (Lexington, KY)

School: Austin Peay State University (Clarksville, TN)

Debut: September 15, 2008 (Age 27-159d, 19,464th in major league history)
vs. PIT 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 2018 (Age 37-174d)
vs. ARI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2010 season

Agents: ACES

Full Name: Andrew James Ellis

Nicknames: Dad

Twitter: @AJEllis17

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.4

1948

466

.239

194

RBI

229

OBP

.340

SLG

.352

OPS

.693

OPS+

Summary of 44 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 1 tying, 11 go ahead

4 Tms
LAD	36
MIA	6
SDP	1
PHI	1

Platoon
vs RHP	30
vs LHP	14

Home/Road
Away	30
Home	14

Outs
0	19
1	15
2	10

15 Opps
COL	9
SFG	6
ARI	5
SDP	5
CHC	4
PHI	2
ATL	2
STL	2
CIN	2
MIL	2
NYM	1
OAK	1
LAD	1
HOU	1
TOR	1

39 Pitchers
Eric Jokisch	2
Josh Collmenter	2
George Kontos	2
Madison Bumgarner	2
Alex White	2
Jaime García	1
Jorge De La Rosa	1
Will Harris	1
Manny Corpas	1
Dustin Moseley	1
Anthony Bass	1
Guillermo Mota	1
Kyle Lohse	1
Marco Estrada	1
Josh Johnson	1
Alex Wood	1
Jeff Samardzija	1
Carlos Martínez	1
Wilton López	1
Burch Smith	1
Matt Reynolds	1
Huston Street	1
Mike Minor	1
Jhoulys Chacín	1
Jeff Manship	1
Fernando Rodriguez Jr.	1
Keith Hessler	1
Jon Gray	1
Tyler Chatwood	1
Sal Romano	1
Joel De La Cruz	1
Jake Thompson	1
Joe Saunders	1
Trevor Cahill	1
Eric Stults	1
Ryan Vogelsong	1
David Holmberg	1
Erik Goeddel	1
Adam Morgan	1

14 Parks
Dodger Stad (LOS)	12
Coors Fld (DEN)	5
Chase Field (PHO)	5
Oracle Park (SFO)	4
Petco Pk (SAN)	4
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	2
CitizensBank (PHI)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	2
loanDepot pk (MIA)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1

Where Hit
7	19
78	14
8	5
89	5
9	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
5	12
3	10
2	7
4	5
1	4
7+	4
6	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	40
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	22
1--	12
-2-	3
12-	2
1-3	2
123	1
--3	1
-23	1

73 RBI
RISP	10
0 on	22
1 on	16
2 on	5
3 on	1
Any on	22

Inning
1	1
2	7
3	2
4	8
5	8
6	2
7	6
8	6
9	2
Extra	2

1-3	10
4-6	18
7-end	16

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	4
+2	2
+1	6
Tied	11
-1	1
-2	3
-3	2
-4..	5

Ahead	22
Tied	11
Behind	11

Before event,
for batter

Count
3-1	9
1-1	8
1-0	6
3-2	5
0-0	4
2-1	4
2-2	3
1-2	2
0-2	1
0-1	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	43
PH	1

OrderPos
7th	17
8th	15
6th	6
5th	5
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	23

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2011-08-24	LAD	@	STL	Jaime García	ahead 6-1	t 5	2	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	8	2	0.025	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	2011-09-03	LAD	@	ATL	Mike Minor	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	7	2	0.116	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2012-04-07	LAD	@	SDP	Dustin Moseley	ahead 4-0	t 4	1	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	7	2	0.042	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
4	4	2	1	2012-05-01	LAD	@	COL	Jhoulys Chacín	ahead 5-0	t 5	1	-2-	4,(2-1) CBB2X	2	8	2	0.038	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Gwynn Scores
5	5	3	1	2012-05-13	LAD		COL	Matt Reynolds	ahead 5-4	b 5	2	1-3	4,(2-1) BCBX	3	6	2	0.213	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Abreu Scores; J. Loney Scores
6	6	4	1	2012-05-23	LAD	@	ARI	Joe Saunders	behind 0-5	t 4	1	---	8,(3-2) BBFFBFFX	1	5	2	0.038	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
7	7	5	1	2012-05-26	LAD		HOU	Wilton López	tied 3-3	b 9	1	12-	3,(1-1) BFX	3	7	2	0.299	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Ethier Scores; J. Loney Scores
8	8	6	1	2012-06-03	LAD	@	COL	Alex White	behind 0-3	t 7	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	2	0.154	27%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); J. Loney Scores
9	9	7	1	2012-07-07	LAD	@	ARI	Trevor Cahill	behind 2-4	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	2	0.124	30%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
10	10	8	1	2012-07-28	LAD	@	SFG	George Kontos	ahead 4-0	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.022	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	9	1	2012-08-03	LAD		CHC	Jeff Samardzija	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	5,(1-2) CBTFX	1	8	2	0.128	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
12	12	10	2	2012-08-03	LAD		CHC	Manny Corpas	ahead 5-1	b 7	0	---	3,(1-1) .CBX	1	8	2	0.013	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
13	13	11	1	2012-08-29	LAD	@	COL	Will Harris	ahead 6-1	t 8	0	123	5,(2-2) BCBFX	4	8	2	0.007	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); L. Cruz Scores; A. Ethier Scores; J. Rivera Scores
14	14	12	1	2012-09-30	LAD		COL	Alex White	ahead 5-1	b 6	1	1--	4,(1-2) FB1CX	2	8	2	0.030	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); A. Ethier Scores
15	15	13	1	2012-10-02	LAD		SFG	Guillermo Mota	behind 1-4	b 7	0	1--	9,(3-2) .FBCBBFFF1X	2	8	2	0.186	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); A. Ethier Scores
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	2013-04-10	LAD	@	SDP	Eric Stults	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	1--	5,(3-1) BB1BCX	2	7	2	0.177	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Cruz Scores
17	17	2	1	2013-05-04	LAD	@	SFG	Ryan Vogelsong	behind 0-5	t 4	1	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	5	2	0.034	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
18	18	3	1	2013-06-20	LAD	@	SDP	Huston Street	behind 2-6	t 9	0	---	6,(3-2) .CBBCBX	1	7	2	0.014	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
19	19	4	1	2013-07-10	LAD	@	ARI	Josh Collmenter	ahead 6-5	t 14	0	---	7,(2-2) BCCBFFX	1	5	2	0.085	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	5	1	2013-07-22	LAD	@	TOR	Josh Johnson	tied 0-0	t 2	1	-2-	5,(3-1) BBBCX	2	6	2	0.166	69%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); A. Ethier Scores
21	21	6	1	2013-08-08	LAD	@	STL	Carlos Martínez	tied 1-1	t 5	2	1-3	5,(3-1) BC*BBX	3	6	2	0.335	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. González Scores; A. Ethier Scores
22	22	7	1	2013-08-30	LAD		SDP	Anthony Bass	ahead 8-1	b 7	0	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	5	2	0.001	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
23	23	8	1	2013-09-19	LAD	@	ARI	Josh Collmenter	tied 6-6	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.262	76%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
24	24	9	1	2013-09-21	LAD	@	SDP	Burch Smith	tied 0-0	t 4	1	1--	2,(0-1) 1C1X	2	7	2	0.243	75%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); M. Ellis Scores
25	25	10	1	2013-09-27	LAD		COL	Jeff Manship	ahead 8-0	b 5	0	1--	3,(1-1) *BCX	2	6	2	0.003	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Uribe Scores
2014	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	2014-08-10	LAD	@	MIL	Marco Estrada	ahead 3-1	t 8	1	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	7	2	0.067	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
27	27	2	1	2014-09-19	LAD	@	CHC	Eric Jokisch	ahead 4-0	t 1	2	1--	5,(2-2) .CFB*BX	2	8	2	0.087	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Uribe Scores
28	28	3	2	2014-09-19	LAD	@	CHC	Eric Jokisch	ahead 6-3	t 3	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	2	0.112	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Uribe Scores/unER; A. Ellis Scores/unER
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	2015-07-08	LAD		PHI	Adam Morgan	tied 0-0	b 2	0	-2-	5,(3-1) C*BBBX	2	8	2	0.148	76%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); J. Rollins Scores
30	30	2	1	2015-07-12	LAD		MIL	Kyle Lohse	behind 1-3	b 5	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	7	2	0.133	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
31	31	3	1	2015-08-18	LAD	@	OAK	Fernando Rodriguez Jr.	tied 1-1	t 8	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	8	2	0.440	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Crawford Scores; A. Ethier Scores
32	32	4	1	2015-08-26	LAD	@	CIN	David Holmberg	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	1--	3,(1-1) C1BX	2	7	2	0.120	89%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); C. Utley Scores
33	33	5	1	2015-09-13	LAD	@	ARI	Keith Hessler	ahead 3-0	t 8	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	7	2	0.034	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
34	34	6	1	2015-09-16	LAD		COL	Jorge De La Rosa	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	6,(3-2) BBCBCX	1	5	2	0.116	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
35	35	7	1	2015-09-29	LAD	@	SFG	Madison Bumgarner	ahead 3-0	t 6	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	0.059	92%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	2016-04-23	LAD	@	COL	Tyler Chatwood	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	1--	7,(3-2) *BC1B1CB>F>X	2	8	2	0.151	75%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Pederson Scores
37	37	2	1	2016-09-02	PHI		ATL	Joel De La Cruz	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	-23	2,(1-0) *BX	3	8	2	0.104	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. Ruf Scores; F. Galvis Scores
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	2017-07-09	MIA	@	SFG	George Kontos	tied 7-7	t 11	1	--3	3,(0-2) .CSX	2	9	PH	0.247	92%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Realmuto Scores/unER
39	39	2	1	2017-07-23	MIA	@	CIN	Sal Romano	behind 0-1	t 4	2	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	6	2	0.124	45%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
40	40	3	1	2017-08-15	MIA		SFG	Madison Bumgarner	ahead 3-2	b 4	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	2	0.104	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
41	41	4	1	2017-08-24	MIA	@	PHI	Jake Thompson	behind 3-8	t 5	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	2	0.075	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Dietrich Scores
42	42	5	1	2017-09-20	MIA		NYM	Erik Goeddel	ahead 5-2	b 8	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	7	2	0.014	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
43	43	6	1	2017-09-27	MIA	@	COL	Jon Gray	behind 1-6	t 4	2	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	7	2	0.088	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Dietrich Scores
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	2018-05-26	SDP	@	LAD	Alex Wood	behind 2-4	t 5	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	7	2	0.117	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)