Ellie
Rodriguez
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 205
 
Born: May 24, 1946 in P.R., , FAJARDO
 
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
1968 22 WAS NL     4 4 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 9 8 8 8 7 7
1969 23 BSN NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 9 9 9 8 8 8
1970 24 BSN NL     5 5 6 1 1 1 6 5 6 9 9 9 8 8 8
1971 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6 10 9 9 8 8 8
1972 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6 10 9 9 8 8 8
1973 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6 10 9 9 8 8 8
1974 28 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6 10 9 9 8 8 8
1975 29 BSN NL $ 1,607,143   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 10 9 9 8 8 8
1976 30 BSN NL $ 1,607,143   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 10 9 9 8 8 8
1977 31 BSN NL $ 1,607,143   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 5 5 10 9 9 8 8 8
1978 32 BSN NL $ 2,250,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 9 9 8 8 8
1979 33 BSN NL $ 2,250,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 9 9 7 7 7
1980 34 BSN NL $ 2,250,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 9 9 9 7 7 7
1981 35 BSN NL $ 2,250,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 9 9 9 7 7 7
1982 36 BSN NL $ 2,300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 9 8 8 7 7 7
1983 37 BSN NL $ 2,300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 5 6 3 3 3
1984 38 BSN NL $ 2,300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 5 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 5 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 10 9 9 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
1968 22 AA   137 463 69 110 17 2 4 42 7 8 106 55 .238 .380 .309 .688 64.4  
1969 23 AAA   137 454 56 124 19 2 3 53 3 5 81 60 .273 .383 .344 .727 64.9  
1970 24 AAA   119 431 59 124 20 0 8 52 7 2 80 49 .288 .399 .390 .789 72.3  
1971 25 BSN NL 96 327 33 83 11 1 2 28 4 1 42 46 .254 .352 .312 .664 39.8 6.9
    AAA   52 184 27 45 6 1 4 12 1 0 45 26 .245 .393 .353 .746 30.3  
1972 26 BSN NL 145 490 48 132 18 2 1 44 0 1 59 51 .269 .355 .320 .675 54.6 9.6
1973 27 BSN NL 144 488 55 133 20 1 0 48 4 5 67 53 .273 .371 .318 .689 56.9 9.0
1974 28 BSN NL 134 422 49 107 13 1 0 49 1 3 51 32 .254 .346 .289 .635 47.8 5.7
1975 29 BSN NL 101 329 55 93 14 0 2 29 1 0 41 25 .283 .364 .343 .708 41.6 7.0
1976 30 BSN NL 82 265 42 70 9 1 1 29 3 2 30 26 .264 .352 .317 .669 29.6 4.5
    AAA   26 101 20 32 4 1 0 10 1 0 16 15 .317 .410 .376 .786 16.4  
1977 31 BSN NL 77 226 29 59 9 2 0 23 0 1 31 27 .261 .354 .319 .672 29.0 4.4
1978 32 BSN NL 60 167 24 47 7 1 1 13 0 0 19 12 .281 .360 .353 .713 21.7 4.2
1979 33 BSN NL 62 173 26 41 8 1 0 14 0 0 30 22 .237 .359 .295 .654 20.2 3.1
1980 34 BSN NL 58 133 15 33 4 1 1 13 0 1 25 18 .248 .358 .316 .674 17.6 2.5
1981 35 BSN NL 138 488 52 121 14 4 0 37 1 4 75 66 .248 .358 .293 .651 57.3 7.9
1982 36 BSN NL 142 522 54 118 23 1 4 49 2 1 69 73 .226 .322 .297 .619 54.4 6.2
1983 37 BSN NL 106 347 15 63 6 1 0 19 0 1 29 78 .182 .261 .205 .466 18.9 0.0
1984 38 AAA   107 399 30 45 13 2 5 31 0 1 45 112 .113 .203 .193 .396 12.1  
13 Years Sim 1345 4377 497 1100 156 17 12 395 16 20 568 529 .251 .346 .303 .649 489.4 71.1
5 Years AAA 441 1569 192 370 62 6 20 158 12 8 267 262 .236 .357 .321 .678 196.0  
1 Years AA 137 463 69 110 17 2 4 42 7 8 106 55 .238 .389 .309 .698 64.4  
6 Years Minors 578 2032 261 480 79 8 24 200 19 16 373 317 .236 .365 .318 .683 260.4  
162 Game Average 527 59 132 18 2 1 47 1 2 68 63 .251 .346 .303 .649 58.9  
Career Highs 145 522 55 133 23 4 4 49 4 5 75 78 .283 .371 .353 .713 57.3  
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   2821 324 704 99 11 8 249 9 11 335 348 .250 .341 .301 .642 296.0
vs LH   1556 173 396 57 6 4 146 7 9 233 181 .254 .355 .307 .662 183.8
Home 656 2083 226 507 66 8 4 180 8 7 260 258 .243 .338 .289 .626 212.4
Away 689 2294 271 593 90 9 8 215 8 13 308 271 .259 .353 .316 .669 267.4
RISP   1015 0 256 34 3 1 353 0 0 157 135 .252 .352 .295 .646 118.6
Pinch Hitting   156 22 45 5 0 1 15 0 0 25 21 .288 .391 .340 .731 22.4
Close/Late   562 53 130 12 2 1 46 0 0 63 83 .231 .323 .265 .589 49.6
Mar/Apr 179 583 61 153 25 2 0 53 1 2 80 58 .262 .356 .312 .668 68.5
May 227 761 86 182 25 2 2 64 2 3 89 88 .239 .326 .285 .611 73.5
June 244 774 85 183 34 1 1 53 5 3 117 103 .236 .347 .287 .634 83.4
July 221 738 92 188 29 1 4 74 5 2 90 96 .255 .350 .313 .663 82.7
August 241 814 89 214 23 4 0 86 2 4 92 99 .263 .342 .301 .643 87.0
Sep/Oct 233 707 84 180 20 7 5 65 1 6 100 85 .255 .357 .324 .681 84.5
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
1971 25 BSN NL C 92 84 756.0 468 24 3 0 .994 5.86 35 10 .286 1 2.5
1972 26 BSN NL C 134 127 1118.3 548 50 11 0 .982 4.81 87 26 .299 1 4.2
    3B 1 1 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1973 27 BSN NL C 136 125 1152.3 599 62 4 1 .994 5.16 89 42 .472 3 7.3
1974 28 BSN NL C 125 102 939.0 550 51 5 1 .992 5.76 67 29 .433 4 5.5
1975 29 BSN NL C 84 77 700.7 526 34 3 1 .995 7.19 52 22 .423 0 3.6
1976 30 BSN NL 1B 52 42 399.0 488 26 3 46 .994 11.59 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    C 14 13 112.0 91 4 0 0 1.000 7.63 8 4 .500 0 0.5
    2B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 31 BSN NL 1B 33 29 252.7 315 23 3 35 .991 12.04 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    C 29 27 226.0 159 7 2 1 .988 6.61 30 5 .167 0 0.3
    RF 1 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1978 32 BSN NL C 36 34 294.7 179 16 0 1 1.000 5.96 22 9 .409 1 0.8
    1B 9 6 51.0 75 1 2 8 .974 13.41 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1979 33 BSN NL C 42 39 330.7 177 15 4 1 .980 5.23 38 8 .211 0 0.9
    1B 6 0 6.0 7 2 1 2 .900 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 34 BSN NL C 28 25 207.0 112 11 2 0 .984 5.35 17 3 .176 1 0.6
    1B 20 13 119.7 165 11 0 11 1.000 13.24 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1981 35 BSN NL C 133 122 1114.7 628 52 3 1 .996 5.49 123 45 .366 2 8.3
1982 36 BSN NL C 130 125 1161.0 561 65 4 1 .994 4.85 141 49 .348 4 6.7
    1B 6 0 11.0 13 2 0 1 1.000 12.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 37 BSN NL C 99 96 845.0 441 53 6 1 .988 5.26 103 42 .408 0 4.8
    1B 5 0 8.7 13 2 1 2 .938 15.59 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1082 996 8957.3 5039 444 47 9 .992 5.51 812 294 .362 17 46.0
  1B 131 90 848.0 1076 67 10 105 .991 12.13 0 0 .000 0 1.8
  3B 1 1 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  2B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1218 1087 9825.3 6119 512 57 114 .991 6.07 812 294 .362 17 47.9
Career Highs   137 128 1174.0 628 67 11 46 .996 10.74 141 49 .500 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 29 BSN NL 5 17 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 2 .235 .435 .412 .847
1976 30 BSN NL 4 11 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .364 .417 .455 .871
Career Post-Season Batting 9 28 5 8 1 0 1 3 0 0 6 2 .286 .429 .429 .857
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.
On-Base Pct
1973-9-.371
Walks
1981-10-75
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 28th overall pick, by Washington in 1968
Traded from Washington to Boston (N) on 7/1/1969 (Going to WAS: P Joe Horlen. Going to BSN: C Ellie Rodriguez, CF Fred Valentine, P Stan Williams, P Gaylord Perry)
Injured on 8/10/1970 with a Fractured Hand, out for 3 weeks
Had first career hit on 6/2/1971, off John Miller (COL)
Hit first career homerun on 9/26/1971, off Jim Nelson (SDP)
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,607,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,607,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,607,143 through salary arbitration
10/1/1977: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $2,250,000 per year, for 4 years
6/1/1981: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $2,300,000 per year, for 4 years