Ellis
Burton
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 170
 
Born: August 12, 1936 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1968   
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
1958 21 CLE AL     3 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 4 3 3
1959 22 CLE AL     4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 4 4 4
1960 23 CLE AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5
1961 24 CLE AL     6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5
1962 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5
1963 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5
1964 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 7 9 9 9 5 5 5
1965 28 CLE AL $ 3,542,857   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8 5 5 5
1966 29 MON NL $ 4,492,857   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5
1967 30 NYA AL $ 4,492,857   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 6 7 8 8 8 5 5 5
1968 31 NYA AL $ 4,492,857   7 7 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5
1969 32 COL NL $ 5,000,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 7 7 5 5 5
1970 33 CLE AL $ 5,000,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
1971 34 CLE AL $ 5,000,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
1972 35 MON NL $ 5,000,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5
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
1958 21 A   127 432 86 128 28 3 30 86 5 6 115 81 .296 .444 .583 1.028 108.9  
1959 22 A   137 468 84 134 20 5 42 88 3 5 111 107 .286 .423 .620 1.043 118.2  
1960 23 AA   2 6 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 .667 .778 .667 1.444 3.0  
    A   135 473 101 157 24 1 51 108 9 6 109 86 .332 .457 .710 1.167 138.7  
1961 24 AAA   137 512 91 119 16 3 26 77 8 0 104 120 .232 .362 .428 .790 88.2  
1962 25 CLE AL 157 581 57 123 17 1 9 59 6 3 69 176 .212 .297 .291 .588 53.0 4.1
1963 26 CLE AL 120 251 46 64 13 4 6 35 4 1 33 57 .255 .342 .410 .752 34.6 7.3
1964 27 CLE AL 151 488 73 142 27 1 12 69 21 7 76 84 .291 .390 .424 .814 79.0 18.8
1965 28 CLE AL 151 417 72 142 25 1 12 72 23 5 64 69 .341 .431 .492 .923 82.8 23.8
1966 29 CLE AL 51 154 15 47 10 2 3 25 2 1 23 19 .305 .397 .455 .851 26.8 5.3
  MON NL 96 350 57 100 19 0 9 36 3 3 39 55 .286 .359 .417 .776 51.1 11.6
  TOT   147 504 72 147 29 2 12 61 5 4 62 74 .292 .371 .429 .799 77.9 16.9
1967 30 NYA AL 125 463 69 135 33 5 13 77 11 4 64 72 .292 .377 .469 .846 79.6 18.1
    AAA   2 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1  
1968 31 NYA AL 158 541 71 165 29 1 10 66 13 9 77 89 .305 .393 .418 .810 87.2 17.4
1969 32 COL NL 148 577 93 172 27 5 21 74 12 1 52 89 .298 .356 .471 .827 93.4 18.4
1970 33 NYG NL 20 79 7 17 6 0 3 9 0 0 8 15 .215 .287 .405 .692 8.9 1.1
1971 34 CLE AL 127 385 38 90 8 1 1 40 8 3 39 98 .234 .305 .268 .573 33.0 3.0
1972 35 AA   137 461 42 97 13 3 3 37 5 5 56 95 .210 .296 .271 .567 39.2  
10 Years Sim 1304 4286 598 1197 214 21 99 562 103 37 544 823 .279 .362 .408 .770 629.4 128.9
2 Years AAA 139 519 92 120 16 3 26 77 8 0 104 121 .231 .363 .424 .787 88.1  
2 Years AA 139 467 45 101 13 3 3 37 6 5 59 95 .216 .311 .276 .587 42.2  
3 Years A 399 1373 271 419 72 9 123 282 17 17 335 274 .305 .440 .639 1.080 365.8  
7 Years Minors 677 2359 408 640 101 15 152 396 31 22 498 490 .271 .400 .520 .920 496.0  
162 Game Average 532 74 148 26 2 12 69 12 4 67 102 .279 .362 .408 .770 78.2  
Career Highs 158 581 93 172 33 5 21 77 23 9 77 176 .341 .431 .492 .923 93.4  
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   2931 409 848 154 14 64 393 82 30 372 534 .289 .371 .417 .788 457.3
vs LH   1355 189 349 60 7 35 169 21 7 172 289 .258 .342 .390 .732 187.8
Home 651 2048 266 556 107 14 36 248 46 15 271 406 .271 .357 .390 .748 295.3
Away 653 2238 332 641 107 7 63 314 57 22 273 417 .286 .366 .425 .791 349.8
RISP   1064 0 307 55 3 25 435 0 0 187 197 .289 .393 .416 .809 181.6
Pinch Hitting   174 28 53 12 2 3 30 2 1 16 36 .305 .365 .448 .813 26.9
Close/Late   595 68 172 28 4 13 77 0 0 82 114 .289 .376 .415 .791 93.8
Mar/Apr 224 713 94 201 39 3 20 106 15 5 92 153 .282 .363 .429 .792 112.7
May 221 677 91 196 41 5 13 89 21 7 92 115 .290 .376 .422 .798 108.6
June 223 742 109 209 35 3 18 110 16 7 83 148 .282 .358 .410 .768 108.4
July 222 775 112 224 38 3 20 103 12 6 72 146 .289 .351 .423 .774 112.6
August 230 774 109 208 37 6 16 76 17 5 125 144 .269 .374 .394 .768 120.0
Sep/Oct 184 605 83 159 24 1 12 78 22 7 80 117 .263 .346 .365 .711 82.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1962 25 CLE AL CF 153 153 1345.0 297 8 0 3 1.000 2.04   4.3
    RF 3 0 7.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.68    
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1963 26 CLE AL CF 30 18 203.3 31 0 0 0 1.000 1.37   1.5
    RF 26 14 146.7 32 0 0 0 1.000 1.96    
    LF 24 15 144.0 23 1 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1964 27 CLE AL RF 141 129 1123.3 189 3 2 2 .990 1.54   3.1
    CF 3 2 20.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 3.60    
    LF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1965 28 CLE AL CF 102 92 813.7 154 2 0 1 1.000 1.73   1.9
    RF 22 5 80.3 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.57    
    LF 13 5 62.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.16    
1966 29 CLE AL LF 31 29 238.9 43 1 0 0 1.000 1.66   1.0
    CF 10 7 63.1 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.14   0.0
    RF 7 6 45.8 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.18   0.0
  MON NL LF 59 55 526.4 94 2 0 1 1.000 1.64   2.3
    CF 20 12 138.9 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.07   0.0
    RF 12 10 100.9 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.25   0.0
  TOT   LF 90 84 765.3 137 3 0 1 1.000 1.65   3.3
      CF 30 19 202.0 47 0 0 0 1.000 2.09   0.0
      RF 19 16 146.7 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.23   0.0
1967 30 NYA AL CF 121 119 1067.7 250 3 1 2 .996 2.13   4.5
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1968 31 NYA AL CF 149 148 1286.7 303 3 0 1 1.000 2.14   3.7
    LF 4 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1969 32 COL NL CF 94 86 796.3 234 3 1 2 .996 2.68   5.0
    LF 54 53 471.3 102 1 0 0 1.000 1.97    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1970 33 NYG NL CF 20 20 178.3 32 0 0 0 1.000 1.61   0.3
1971 34 CLE AL RF 110 101 909.3 203 2 3 1 .986 2.03   1.0
    CF 7 0 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    LF 4 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
  CF 709 657 5927.0 1358 20 2 9 .999 2.09   21.2
  RF 323 265 2415.7 460 6 5 3 .989 1.74   4.1
  LF 191 158 1471.6 275 5 0 1 1.000 1.71   3.3
  SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1224 1080 9816.3 2094 32 7 14 .997 1.95   28.6
Career Highs   157 153 1355.3 336 8 3 3 1.000 2.41    
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
1964 27 CLE AL 15 57 8 14 3 1 2 5 0 1 6 10 .246 .328 .439 .767
1965 28 CLE AL 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .000 .333 .000 .333
1966 29 MON NL 6 27 2 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .259 .310 .296 .607
1967 30 NYA AL 9 32 9 14 0 1 3 6 0 0 8 2 .438 .550 .781 1.331
1969 32 COL NL 20 90 11 29 8 1 5 16 1 0 2 23 .322 .337 .600 .937
Career Post-Season Batting 53 212 30 64 12 3 10 30 1 1 21 39 .302 .368 .528 .896
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.
Batting Average
1965-1-.328*
1968-8-.305
1969-8-.298
On-Base Pct
1964-4-.390
1965-2-.417*
1967-7-.377
1968-3-.393
Slugging Pct
1965-8-.473*
OPS
1965-2-.891*
1967-7-.846
1969-9-.827
XR
1968-10-87.2
1969-7-93.4
Games
1962-3-157
1968-2-158
At-Bats
1962-10-581
Runs
1969-6-93
Hits
1969-6-172
Total Bases
1969-10-272
Singles
1968-8-125
1969-7-119
Triples
1969-10-5
Walks
1964-8-76
1968-8-77
Strikeouts
1962-1-176
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 37th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1958
Injured on 8/23/1958 with a Ruptured Achilles Tendon, out for full season
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1962, off Dean Chance (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/8/1962, off Stan Williams (WAS)
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,542,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,492,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Montreal on 6/1/1966 (Going to CLE: P Stan Bahnsen, CF Larry Stahl, P Nick Willhite, LF Bill Virdon. Going to MON: CF Ellis Burton)
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,492,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Montreal to New York (A) on 3/3/1967 (Going to MON: P Don Drysdale. Going to NYA: LF Ellis Burton, P Jim O'toole)
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,492,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/13/1968 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for one week
7/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Traded from New York (A) to Colorado on 2/21/1969 (Going to COL: SS Phil Linz, CF Ellis Burton. Going to NYA: 1B Jim Breazeale, 3B Wayne Garrett)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1969, hitting .619 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1969, hitting .452 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Traded from Colorado to New York (N) on 2/3/1970 (Going to NYG: P Jim Brewer, P Fred Scherman, CF Ellis Burton. Going to COL: LF Al Luplow)
Injured on 4/23/1970 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland (A) on 5/1/1970 (Going to CLE: CF Ellis Burton. Going to NYG: CF Larry Elliot)
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Montreal on 2/3/1972 (Going to CLE: C Rico Carty. Going to MON: CF Ellis Burton)