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Rob
Ellis		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 180
 
Born: July 3, 1950 in Usa, MI, GRAND RAPIDS
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1971 20 LAD NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
1972 21 LAD NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5
1973 22 LAD NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5
1974 23 LAD NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 7 7 5 5 5
1975 24 LAD NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
1976 25 LAD NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 9 9 9 5 5 5
1977 26 LAD NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 10 10 10 5 6 6
1978 27 LAD NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 10 10 10 6 6 6
1979 28 LAD NL $ 697,143   6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 10 10 10 6 7 7
1980 29 LAD NL $ 1,542,857   6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 10 10 10 6 6 6
1981 30 IND AL $ 1,542,857   6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 10 10 10 7 7 7
1982 31 IND AL $ 1,250,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 10 10 10 6 6 6
1983 32 IND AL $ 1,250,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 10 10 10 6 6 6
1984 33 IND AL $ 1,250,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 10 10 10 5 5 5
1985 34 IND AL $ 1,250,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 9 9 9 5 5 5
1986 35 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 8 8 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,542,857   6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 10 10 10 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1971 20 AA   31 108 9 26 2 0 1 12 0 0 13 14 .241 .322 .287 .609 10.9  
    A   84 316 33 97 11 0 5 25 2 3 62 57 .307 .421 .389 .810 55.1  
1972 21 AA   137 520 54 127 13 0 4 41 1 2 69 111 .244 .333 .292 .625 55.4  
1973 22 AA   137 523 61 154 20 1 10 58 0 1 68 90 .294 .376 .394 .770 78.7  
1974 23 AA   137 511 61 131 15 1 7 39 1 2 85 98 .256 .362 .331 .693 67.9  
1975 24 LAD NL 11 18 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 7 .056 .292 .056 .347 0.6 0.0
    AAA   83 277 26 68 7 2 4 23 2 0 40 65 .245 .341 .329 .669 34.3  
1976 25 LAD NL 32 56 4 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 .196 .318 .214 .532 5.0 0.3
1977 26 LAD NL 93 243 20 52 9 1 1 13 0 0 32 54 .214 .304 .272 .576 20.4 1.3
1978 27 LAD NL 97 266 29 58 5 0 0 15 0 1 35 39 .218 .311 .237 .548 21.0 1.5
1979 28 LAD NL 141 431 52 112 10 0 0 37 1 0 67 75 .260 .359 .283 .642 49.2 10.0
1980 29 LAD NL 114 303 32 83 6 0 1 33 0 1 48 56 .274 .370 .304 .674 36.8 6.3
1981 30 IND AL 80 268 27 74 4 1 2 21 0 0 33 41 .276 .351 .321 .672 34.2 5.8
1982 31 IND AL 153 465 51 111 11 1 3 45 0 0 67 80 .239 .335 .286 .621 52.7 7.9
1983 32 IND AL 142 377 46 74 6 0 0 25 0 0 60 58 .196 .306 .212 .518 24.5 0.0
1984 33 IND AL 133 390 50 107 11 1 1 31 0 0 57 70 .274 .368 .315 .683 48.2 7.8
1985 34 IND AL 150 450 62 111 12 0 2 33 0 0 67 117 .247 .349 .287 .636 49.2 7.3
1986 35 DET AL 96 265 22 56 4 0 3 24 0 0 36 81 .211 .306 .260 .566 24.1 1.2
12 Years Sim 1242 3532 396 850 79 4 13 279 1 2 518 687 .241 .338 .276 .614 365.8 49.3
1 Years AAA 83 277 26 68 7 2 4 23 2 0 40 65 .245 .344 .329 .672 34.3  
4 Years AA 442 1662 185 438 50 2 22 150 2 5 235 313 .264 .356 .336 .692 212.9  
1 Years A 84 316 33 97 11 0 5 25 2 3 62 57 .307 .422 .389 .811 55.1  
6 Years Minors 609 2255 244 603 68 4 31 198 6 8 337 435 .267 .364 .342 .706 302.3  
162 Game Average 460 51 110 10 0 1 36 0 0 67 89 .241 .338 .276 .614 47.7  
Career Highs 153 465 62 112 12 1 3 45 1 1 67 117 .276 .370 .321 .683 52.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2385 272 577 58 3 9 200 0 1 334 463 .242 .336 .280 .616 251.0
vs LH   1147 124 273 21 1 4 79 1 1 184 224 .238 .343 .269 .611 123.9
Home 615 1714 205 420 33 2 10 152 0 2 249 346 .245 .341 .284 .625 187.5
Away 627 1818 191 430 46 2 3 127 1 0 269 341 .237 .335 .269 .604 187.4
RISP   767 0 218 21 2 5 262 0 0 122 140 .284 .376 .336 .712 108.2
Pinch Hitting   13 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .385 .429 .385 .813 2.1
Close/Late   333 21 86 10 0 1 23 0 0 56 62 .258 .363 .297 .660 41.5
Mar/Apr 162 443 48 103 9 0 2 38 0 0 75 80 .233 .344 .266 .611 48.2
May 200 551 59 134 16 2 0 36 1 0 72 114 .243 .331 .279 .611 56.2
June 217 620 68 154 13 0 6 64 0 1 79 105 .248 .336 .298 .634 67.3
July 207 597 64 136 15 0 0 42 0 1 94 109 .228 .331 .253 .584 58.7
August 241 731 83 182 15 1 2 56 0 0 106 163 .249 .344 .280 .624 80.1
Sep/Oct 215 590 74 141 11 1 3 43 0 0 92 116 .239 .342 .276 .618 64.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1975 24 LAD NL SS 9 8 64.7 10 29 1 6 .975 5.43 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 25 LAD NL SS 13 7 66.0 8 26 1 4 .971 4.64 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 8 3 36.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 6 2 26.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 2 2 17.0 3 10 1 2 .929 6.88 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
1977 26 LAD NL 2B 76 75 619.7 153 297 4 66 .991 6.54 0 0 .000 0 4.9
    SS 13 9 86.7 16 37 1 4 .981 5.50 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 4 1 17.0 4 5 0 0 1.000 4.76 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 27 LAD NL SS 57 56 467.0 88 203 8 43 .973 5.61 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    RF 19 14 119.7 36 1 0 0 1.000 2.78 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 10 9 83.0 1 20 0 2 1.000 2.28 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 13 6 60.0 10 21 0 4 1.000 4.65 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 1 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1979 28 LAD NL SS 55 53 432.7 73 186 3 41 .989 5.39 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    2B 45 35 333.0 75 151 6 39 .974 6.11 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    3B 40 37 316.0 28 75 0 11 1.000 2.93 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    RF 3 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1980 29 LAD NL 3B 65 64 524.7 43 151 8 22 .960 3.33 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    2B 32 15 161.7 38 68 1 11 .991 5.90 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    SS 15 14 122.0 26 65 0 16 1.000 6.71 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 30 IND AL 3B 42 41 357.3 29 117 2 9 .986 3.68 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    SS 17 12 109.0 16 48 2 8 .970 5.28 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    2B 10 9 78.0 24 25 0 5 1.000 5.65 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 9 4 40.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 5 4 35.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.31 0 0 .000 0  
1982 31 IND AL 2B 128 128 1100.7 261 467 12 103 .984 5.95 0 0 .000 0 4.6
    SS 23 23 200.7 35 93 2 14 .985 5.74 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    RF 3 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 32 IND AL 2B 107 107 836.3 212 366 4 83 .993 6.22 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    3B 31 31 258.0 14 63 2 7 .975 2.69 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    SS 2 0 5.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 33 IND AL RF 125 125 1021.3 246 5 1 2 .996 2.21 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    2B 4 4 31.0 13 19 0 4 1.000 9.29 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 6 1 13.3 3 3 0 0 1.000 4.05 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 1 9.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 34 IND AL RF 147 147 1219.0 250 3 1 2 .996 1.87 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    SS 3 0 10.0 0 7 0 1 1.000 6.30 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 3 0 6.7 0 4 0 0 1.000 5.41 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1986 35 DET AL 2B 88 87 719.0 170 297 8 65 .983 5.85 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    3B 4 2 18.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 4 0 7.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 509 468 3965.0 959 1725 36 382 .987 6.09 0 0 .000 0 19.3
  RF 314 293 2453.0 550 9 2 4 .996 2.05 0 0 .000 0 5.1
  3B 205 188 1609.3 123 439 12 51 .979 3.14 0 0 .000 0 6.6
  SS 217 183 1584.0 276 701 18 138 .982 5.55 0 0 .000 0 8.6
  LF 19 5 63.0 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.29 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  CF 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1266 1137 9684.2 1923 2875 68 575 .986 4.46 0 0 .000 0 39.8
Career Highs   154 151 1308.3 298 560 14 117 .997 6.36 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1979 28 LAD NL 11 22 2 7 4 0 0 4 0 0 5 1 .318 .444 .500 .944
1981 30 IND AL 5 13 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 .308 .526 .308 .834
1982 31 IND AL 12 37 6 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 7 1 .135 .273 .189 .462
1983 32 IND AL 10 29 2 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 6 .345 .457 .379 .836
1984 33 IND AL 7 19 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .053 .182 .105 .287
1985 34 IND AL 5 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .053 .100 .053 .153
Career Post-Season Batting 50 139 13 28 8 0 0 8 0 0 28 26 .201 .335 .259 .594
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Strikeouts
1985-10-117
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 72nd overall pick, by Los Angeles in 1971
Injured on 5/25/1971 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 8/27/1971 with a Blister On Finger, out for 6 days
Injured on 6/6/1972 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
Had first career hit on 5/2/1975, off Hal Kurtz (STL)
Injured on 7/11/1975 with a Blister On Finger, out for 5 days
Hit first career homerun on 6/19/1977, off Rob Gardner (NYA)
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $697,143 through salary arbitration
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,542,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/26/1980 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/25/1980 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,542,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Los Angeles to Indianapolis on 3/4/1981 (Going to LAD: P Steve Comer, 2B Ken Henderson. Going to IND: 3B Rob Ellis, P Dennis Lamp, 1B Tony Solaita)
Injured on 8/19/1981 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 3 weeks
10/3/1981: Signed a contract extension with Indianapolis, $1,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 6/1/1986 to a minor league deal
 
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