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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 |
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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 |
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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. | ||||||||||||||||||
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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) |
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