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John
Ellis		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 235
 
Born: August 21, 1948 in Usa, CT, NEW LONDON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1973   
Gold Glove 1980    1981   
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
1969 20 MON NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1970 21 MON NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1971 22 MON NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1972 23 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1973 24 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1974 25 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1975 26 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1976 27 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1977 28 MON NL $ 580,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1978 29 MON NL $ 1,528,571   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1979 30 MON NL $ 2,000,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1980 31 MON NL $ 3,500,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1981 32 PHN NL $ 3,500,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1982 33 PHN NL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1983 34 WAS NL $ 3,500,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1984 35 MON NL $ 920,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1985 36 BSN NL $ 920,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
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
1969 20 AAA   111 437 60 125 21 3 16 69 6 1 28 61 .286 .329 .458 .787 64.1  
    AA   25 100 10 25 2 0 3 12 1 1 6 10 .250 .292 .360 .652 10.5  
1970 21 AAA   136 527 68 151 18 0 18 67 1 1 49 84 .287 .347 .423 .770 76.8  
1971 22 AAA   136 489 64 130 25 1 21 80 0 1 34 81 .266 .314 .450 .763 67.6  
1972 23 MON NL 10 30 3 6 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .367 .567 1.5 0.0
    AAA   123 505 59 141 28 1 21 78 0 1 32 66 .279 .322 .463 .786 72.6  
1973 24 MON NL 11 25 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .240 .259 .280 .539 2.2 0.1
1974 25 MON NL 10 25 1 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .360 .385 .440 .825 3.8 0.8
1975 26 MON NL 14 33 4 14 5 1 0 2 0 0 6 3 .424 .513 .636 1.149 8.6 2.5
1976 27 MON NL 44 142 13 40 6 2 3 15 0 0 3 24 .282 .297 .415 .712 14.0 1.7
1977 28 MON NL 131 501 61 146 24 0 5 57 2 1 21 74 .291 .319 .369 .689 57.0 10.1
1978 29 MON NL 134 483 59 148 26 1 4 55 0 1 28 55 .306 .346 .389 .735 58.5 10.2
1979 30 MON NL 139 520 53 139 23 5 11 62 1 1 20 62 .267 .293 .394 .687 53.2 8.6
1980 31 MON NL 138 502 71 138 26 0 10 57 2 1 24 55 .275 .310 .386 .696 55.5 10.3
1981 32 MON NL 49 179 12 43 7 1 3 15 0 0 11 27 .240 .284 .341 .625 16.6 1.9
  PHN NL 89 325 40 94 17 1 4 40 1 0 14 31 .289 .321 .385 .705 37.3 7.3
  TOT   138 504 52 137 24 2 7 55 1 0 25 58 .272 .308 .369 .677 53.9 9.2
1982 33 PHN NL 132 449 44 116 14 3 9 67 3 0 29 59 .258 .302 .363 .665 47.2 5.9
1983 34 WAS NL 73 256 22 66 7 0 4 28 0 2 10 36 .258 .284 .332 .616 21.7 2.0
1984 35 MON NL 127 430 42 101 13 2 2 26 0 0 22 86 .235 .274 .288 .562 30.4 1.2
1985 36 AAA   123 439 52 126 26 0 11 49 1 0 33 93 .287 .337 .421 .758 60.4  
13 Years Sim 1101 3900 425 1066 173 16 56 430 9 6 190 524 .273 .307 .369 .676 407.6 62.7
5 Years AAA 629 2397 303 673 118 5 87 343 8 4 176 385 .281 .331 .443 .774 341.4  
1 Years AA 25 100 10 25 2 0 3 12 1 1 6 10 .250 .294 .360 .654 10.5  
6 Years Minors 654 2497 313 698 120 5 90 355 9 5 182 395 .280 .330 .440 .769 351.9  
162 Game Average 573 62 156 25 2 8 63 1 0 27 77 .273 .307 .369 .676 60.0  
Career Highs 139 520 71 148 26 5 11 67 3 2 29 86 .424 .513 .636 1.149 58.5  
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   2713 283 724 119 12 34 307 7 4 130 375 .267 .301 .357 .658 279.9
vs LH   1187 142 342 54 4 22 123 2 2 60 149 .288 .322 .396 .718 144.7
Home 543 1873 185 488 88 6 26 202 2 1 80 266 .261 .291 .356 .646 185.3
Away 558 2027 240 578 85 10 30 228 7 5 110 258 .285 .322 .381 .704 239.3
RISP   1021 0 277 42 4 14 348 0 0 60 142 .271 .309 .361 .670 112.0
Pinch Hitting   52 4 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 6 .135 .151 .212 .362 0.7
Close/Late   457 42 121 14 1 9 56 0 0 24 59 .265 .300 .359 .659 48.5
Mar/Apr 163 595 54 139 23 2 9 54 1 1 22 92 .234 .262 .324 .586 47.7
May 212 736 66 191 27 4 9 88 2 2 40 98 .260 .296 .344 .640 73.1
June 184 646 71 184 38 1 6 71 1 1 32 83 .285 .322 .375 .696 72.9
July 158 574 82 193 27 4 13 78 1 1 30 63 .336 .367 .465 .832 90.3
August 192 682 77 185 29 3 8 72 3 0 31 95 .271 .305 .358 .662 71.4
Sep/Oct 191 667 75 174 29 2 11 67 1 1 35 93 .261 .296 .360 .656 69.2
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
1972 23 MON NL C 10 8 71.7 50 2 1 0 .981 6.53 5 1 .200 1 0.3
1973 24 MON NL C 9 8 61.3 43 2 2 1 .957 6.60 5 1 .200 1 0.1
1974 25 MON NL C 6 5 45.3 36 0 1 0 .973 7.15 2 0 .000 0 0.1
1975 26 MON NL C 8 6 58.0 31 3 0 0 1.000 5.28 7 3 .429 0 0.3
    1B 3 3 24.0 28 1 0 3 1.000 10.88 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1976 27 MON NL C 29 29 256.0 161 13 2 0 .989 6.12 20 6 .300 0 0.5
    1B 8 6 51.7 56 4 0 2 1.000 10.45 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1977 28 MON NL C 131 130 1169.0 681 42 10 0 .986 5.57 113 31 .274 2 2.4
    SS 1 0 1.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 29 MON NL C 130 127 1118.0 640 56 7 2 .990 5.60 103 35 .340 3 5.9
1979 30 MON NL C 139 132 1191.3 749 57 8 1 .990 6.09 115 36 .313 1 5.4
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 31 MON NL C 134 129 1147.3 717 59 7 2 .991 6.09 101 39 .386 2 7.7
1981 32 MON NL C 48 47 416.7 278 20 1 0 .997 6.44 30 11 .367 1 2.9
    1B 0 0 0.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 25.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  PHN NL C 86 84 745.6 497 36 3 0 .994 6.43 55 19 .345 3 2.8
    1B 1 0 1.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 20.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 134 131 1162.3 775 56 4 0 .995 6.43 85 30 .353 4 5.7
      1B 1 0 2.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 22.50   0.0
1982 33 PHN NL C 131 128 1136.3 709 52 12 1 .984 6.03 113 34 .301 3 3.5
1983 34 WAS NL C 70 66 598.7 382 27 5 0 .988 6.15 57 18 .316 0 3.4
    1B 2 1 10.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 35 MON NL C 126 124 1074.7 598 48 6 0 .991 5.41 112 31 .277 4 3.7
  C 1057 1023 9089.9 5572 417 65 7 .989 5.93 838 265 .316 21 38.9
  1B 15 10 88.7 100 5 0 5 1.000 10.66 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  SS 1 0 1.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1073 1033 9179.9 5673 422 65 12 .989 5.98 838 265 .316 21 39.2
Career Highs   140 132 1192.3 780 59 12 3 1.000 7.15 115 39 .429 4  
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
1975 26 MON NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1977 28 MON NL 13 49 3 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 10 .082 .082 .204 .286
1978 29 MON NL 11 41 3 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 2 .220 .256 .317 .573
1979 30 MON NL 10 39 10 14 2 0 1 6 0 0 3 3 .359 .386 .487 .874
1981 32 PHN NL 6 22 4 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .273 .333 .409 .742
Career Post-Season Batting 42 152 20 33 6 0 4 13 0 0 7 17 .217 .248 .336 .584
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  1. Sammy Taylor (958)
  2. Jake Gibbs (956)
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  4. Harry Danning (941)
  5. Ron Pruitt (939)
  6. Matt Batts (937)
  7. Charlie Lau (934)
  8. Frank House (932)
  9. Dave Roberts (931)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 31st overall pick, by Montreal in 1969
Injured on 5/12/1969 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 8/9/1972 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for 2 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 9/1/1972, off Carl Morton (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 9/5/1972, off Jim O'toole (STL)
Injured on 6/25/1973 with a Torn Thigh Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1973
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (N) on 8/21/1974
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $580,000 through salary arbitration
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 8/12/1977
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 7/22/1978
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,000,000 through salary arbitration
10/28/1979: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1980
Traded from Montreal to Philadelphia on 6/1/1981 (Going to MON: C Jerry Narron, RF Reggie Jackson, 2B Felix Millan, P Les Cain, C Charlie Sands. Going to PHN: C John Ellis, P Tom Underwood, 1B Hal Mcrae)
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1981
 
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