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Sammy
Ellis		  
Nickname: da Bull
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 185
 
Born: February 11, 1941 in Usa, OH, YOUNGSTOWN
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 21 COL NL   8 4 5 5 5 6 6 4 5 5
1963 22 COL NL   8 4 5 5 5 6 6 4 5 4
1964 23 COL NL   8 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 5
1965 24 LAD NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 6 6
1966 25 LAD NL $ 300,000 8 4 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 6
1967 26 LAD NL $ 300,000 8 4 5 4 7 7 7 6 7 7
1968 27 TAM AL $ 300,000 8 4 5 5 7 7 7 6 7 6
1969 28 TAM AL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 7 6
1970 29 TAM AL $ 2,135,714 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 7 7
1971 30 TAM AL $ 1,250,000 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1972 31 TAM AL $ 1,250,000 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1973 32 TAM AL $ 1,250,000 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 7 7
1974 33 TAM AL $ 1,250,000 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 7 7
1975 34 TAM AL $ 1,500,000 5 4 4 4 6 7 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 4 4 4 5 6 6 4 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,135,714 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 21 COL NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 22 COL NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 23 COL NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 24 LAD NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 25 LAD NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 26 LAD NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 27 TAM AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 28 TAM AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 29 TAM AL $ 2,135,714   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 30 TAM AL $ 1,250,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 31 TAM AL $ 1,250,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1973 32 TAM AL $ 1,250,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1974 33 TAM AL $ 1,250,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1975 34 TAM AL $ 1,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,135,714   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1962 21 AA   13 9 .591 29 29 3 3 0 215.0 159 67 18 62 233 2.80 .203 .261 .297 .558  
1963 22 AA   15 8 .652 25 25 1 1 0 184.3 130 45 14 48 193 2.20 .193 .246 .292 .538  
1964 23 AA   12 12 .500 30 30 0 0 0 196.3 184 83 24 61 177 3.80 .245 .301 .384 .686  
1965 24 COL NL 0 0 .000 3 2 0 0 0 2.7 4 3 1 2 0 10.11 .333 .429 .583 1.012 0.0
  LAD NL 2 3 .400 6 4 1 0 0 48.3 43 15 7 11 29 2.79 .240 .283 .380 .663 2.8
  TOT   2 3 .400 9 6 1 0 0 51.0 47 18 8 13 29 3.18 .246 .293 .393 .685 2.8
    AA   3 4 .429 13 13 2 1 0 89.3 81 36 8 22 73 3.63 .238 .285 .359 .643  
1966 25 LAD NL 7 17 .292 38 32 7 1 0 247.3 270 126 41 58 125 4.58 .279 .317 .457 .774 3.3
1967 26 LAD NL 2 7 .222 21 10 1 0 3 83.0 89 50 10 37 47 5.42 .274 .350 .415 .765 0.0
    AAA   3 6 .333 9 9 0 0 0 59.7 71 29 6 22 39 4.37 .297 .356 .418 .775  
1968 27 LAD NL 11 8 .579 24 24 6 3 0 189.7 178 63 12 35 89 2.99 .249 .282 .348 .630 13.3
  TAM AL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 15.7 15 3 1 6 5 1.72 .254 .323 .339 .662 1.8
  TOT   11 9 .550 26 26 6 3 0 205.3 193 66 13 41 94 2.89 .249 .285 .347 .632 15.1
    A   3 2 .600 6 6 1 1 0 46.0 29 10 1 8 50 1.96 .181 .220 .244 .464  
1969 28 TAM AL 14 10 .583 32 32 5 1 0 237.0 237 94 21 86 122 3.57 .258 .319 .370 .689 14.2
1970 29 TAM AL 6 8 .429 36 11 1 1 1 120.7 128 67 8 46 61 5.00 .269 .333 .389 .722 3.6
1971 30 TAM AL 12 0 1.000 37 0 0 0 2 69.3 60 22 11 23 33 2.86 .232 .293 .398 .691 9.2
1972 31 TAM AL 16 12 .571 34 34 2 1 0 235.3 250 99 23 91 109 3.79 .274 .342 .393 .734 15.5
1973 32 TAM AL 12 11 .522 74 0 0 0 16 140.7 150 59 10 53 52 3.78 .275 .337 .381 .718 14.3
1974 33 TAM AL 3 7 .300 59 0 0 0 18 76.7 91 55 7 31 29 6.46 .294 .353 .413 .766 3.5
1975 34 AAA   4 1 .800 76 0 0 0 9 73.0 99 38 9 35 42 4.68 .330 .400 .473 .873  
10 Years Sim 85 84 .503 366 151 23 7 40 1466.3 1515 656 152 479 701 4.03 .267 .323 .395 .718 81.5
2 Years AAA 7 7 .500 85 9 0 0 9 132.7 170 67 15 57 81 4.55 .315 .381 .449 .830  
4 Years AA 43 33 .566 97 97 6 5 0 685.0 554 231 64 193 676 3.04 .217 .272 .330 .602  
1 Years A 3 2 .600 6 6 1 1 0 46.0 29 10 1 8 50 1.96 .181 .220 .244 .464  
7 Years Minors 53 42 .558 188 112 7 6 9 863.7 753 308 80 258 807 3.21 .232 .288 .345 .633  
Season Average 8 8 .500 36 15 2 0 4 146.6 151 65 15 47 70 4.03 .267 .323 .395 .718  
Career Highs 16 17 1.000 74 34 7 3 18 247.3 270 126 41 91 125 6.46 .294 .353 .457 .774  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   731 320 77 200 387   .259 .308 .386 .693
vs LH   784 336 75 279 314   .275 .339 .404 .744
Home 49 45 .521 190 76 10 5 14 760.0 805 350 79 253 350 4.15 .272 .329 .395 .724
Away 36 39 .480 176 75 13 2 27 706.3 710 306 73 226 351 3.90 .261 .318 .395 .713
Mar/Apr 17 17 .500 51 34 5 2 3 292.6 289 116 27 89 128 3.57 .258 .313 .375 .688
May 14 23 .378 69 38 6 1 9 312.0 363 199 47 102 151 5.74 .287 .341 .454 .795
June 17 11 .607 75 23 2 1 9 255.6 240 104 25 87 123 3.66 .248 .310 .377 .686
July 16 12 .571 56 21 5 2 8 209.0 221 86 18 64 108 3.70 .273 .326 .389 .716
August 10 8 .556 63 12 1 1 6 169.3 169 66 14 63 85 3.51 .262 .328 .371 .699
Sep/Oct 11 13 .458 52 23 4 0 6 227.6 233 85 21 74 106 3.36 .266 .323 .377 .701
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
1965 24 COL NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  LAD NL 6 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.4 0.0
  TOT   9 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.5 0.0
1966 25 LAD NL 38 86 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 33 .070 .080 .093 .173 -3.5 0.0
1967 26 LAD NL 21 23 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 .087 .125 .174 .299 0.0 0.0
1968 27 LAD NL 24 57 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 30 .053 .067 .070 .137 -1.9 0.0
  TAM AL 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0
  TOT   26 62 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 31 .065 .077 .081 .158 -1.7 0.0
4 Years Sim 94 188 7 12 3 1 0 5 0 0 2 78 .064 .077 .090 .168 -6.8 0.0
162 Game Average 324 12 20 5 1 0 8 0 0 3 134 .064 .077 .090 .168 -11.7  
Career Highs 38 86 2 6 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 33 .087 .125 .174 .299 0.0  
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   95 4 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 33 .095 .121 .116 .237 -2.6
vs LH   93 3 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 45 .032 .032 .065 .096 -6.4
Home 49 99 4 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 44 .051 .069 .081 .149 -5.4
Away 45 89 3 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 34 .079 .087 .101 .188 -3.6
RISP   40 0 2 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 19 .050 .047 .075 .122 -2.4
Close/Late   13 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .231 .231 .231 .462 0.5
Mar/Apr 18 48 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 20 .083 .102 .125 .227 -1.3
May 19 42 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 .071 .091 .071 .162 -2.2
June 15 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .000 .030 .000 .030 -2.7
July 12 30 2 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 15 .100 .094 .167 .260 -0.7
Sep/Oct 13 36 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .056 .056 .083 .139 -2.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1965 24 COL NL P 3 2 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LAD NL P 6 4 48.3 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.49    
  TOT   P 9 6 51.0 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.41    
1966 25 LAD NL P 38 32 247.3 16 33 0 4 1.000 1.78    
1967 26 LAD NL P 21 10 83.0 3 18 1 2 .955 2.28    
1968 27 LAD NL P 24 24 189.7 15 25 1 3 .976 1.90    
  TAM AL P 2 2 15.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.72    
  TOT   P 26 26 205.3 16 27 1 3 .977 1.88    
1969 28 TAM AL P 32 32 237.0 17 30 1 5 .979 1.78    
1970 29 TAM AL P 36 11 120.7 8 17 1 0 .962 1.86    
1971 30 TAM AL P 37 0 69.3 5 7 0 1 1.000 1.56    
1972 31 TAM AL P 34 34 235.3 11 29 2 2 .952 1.53    
1973 32 TAM AL P 74 0 140.7 7 22 1 2 .967 1.86    
1974 33 TAM AL P 59 0 76.7 6 11 0 1 1.000 2.00    
Career Totals   366 151 1466.3 91 200 7 20 .977 1.79    
Career Highs   74 34 247.3 17 33 2 5 1.000 2.28    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1972 31 TAM AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 3.3 9 8 2 1 1 21.62 .474 .500 .895 1.395
1973 32 TAM AL 0 1 .000 6 0 0 0 1 10.0 16 5 2 8 3 4.50 .364 .462 .568 1.030
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 2 .000 7 1 0 0 1 13.3 25 13 4 9 4 8.78 .397 .472 .667 1.139
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1968-7-2.99
 Wins
1972-9-16
 Saves
1973-2-16
1974-1-18
 Games Pitched
1973-2-74
1974-6-59
 Games Started
1972-10-34
 Shutouts
1968-4-3
1972-10-1
Hits Allowed
1972-9-250
 Homeruns Allowed
1966-2-41
 Walks per 9IP
1968-5-1.7
 WHiP
1968-5-1.12
 OOBP
1968-6-.282
 OOPS
1968-9-.630
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 21    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Dave Tobik (962)
  2. Frank Lary (961)
  3. Jim Slaton (957)
  4. Len Barker (955)
  5. Don Robinson (952)
  6. Terry Leach (944)
  7. Ray Corbin (944)
  8. Juan Agosto (944)
  9. Elias Sosa (943)
  10. Johnny Murphy (941)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 38th overall pick, by Colorado in 1962
Injured on 8/9/1962 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/9/1963 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 7/14/1964 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 8/6/1964 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 9/1/1964 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 5/3/1965 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Traded from Colorado to Los Angeles on 7/31/1965 (Going to COL: P Red Swanson. Going to LAD: P Sammy Ellis, P Rick Wise)
Earned first career win on 9/5/1965
Had first career hit on 5/4/1966, off Humberto Robinson (OAK)
Traded from Los Angeles to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1968 (Going to TAM: P Sammy Ellis. Going to LAD: 1B John Donaldson)
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,135,714 through salary arbitration
9/22/1970: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $1,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1972, winning 2 games with a 2.76 ERA
7/31/1974: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $1,500,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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