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Dock Ellis

Birthdate:

3/11/1945

Height / Weight:

6' 3" / 210 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Bats / Throws:

B / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Doc Ellis was the workhorse of the Pittsburgh PIrates team in 1970 when he hurled 202 innings, posted a 13-10 mark, 3.21 ERA ... spun a no-hitter against the Padres on June 12th 1970 ... ranks as one of the top pitchers in the league. A fun-loving person but when he was pitching he was an aggressive mound master with outstanding control.

In 1971 with a 14-3 record at All-Star time, Doc Ellis started for the NL against Vida Blue of the AL. Ellis lost the 1971 All-Star Game, by yielding a single in the third inning to Luis Aparicio followed by a long homer by Reggie Jackson and another two-run homer by Frank Robinson.

In his career, Doc Ellis posted a 138-119 win/loss record

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1968	PIT (NL)	26	10	6	5	0	2	0	104.0	82	35	29	4	38	4	52	6	1	1	2.51
1969	PIT (NL)	35	33	11	17	0	8	2	218.2	206	101	87	14	76	7	173	4	4	2	3.58
1970	PIT (NL)	30	30	13	10	0	9	4	201.2	194	81	72	9	87	11	128	3	10	0	3.21
1971	PIT (NL)	31	31	19	9	0	11	2	226.2	207	93	77	15	63	5	137	4	2	0	3.06
1972	PIT (NL)	25	25	15	7	0	4	1	163.1	156	60	49	6	33	4	96	2	3	0	2.70
1973	PIT (NL)	28	28	12	14	0	3	1	192.0	176	86	65	7	55	7	122	3	6	1	3.05
1974	PIT (NL)	26	26	12	9	0	9	0	176.2	163	71	62	13	41	5	91	5	7	1	3.16
1975	PIT (NL)	27	24	8	9	0	5	2	140.0	163	69	59	9	43	9	69	0	3	2	3.79
1976	NYY (AL)	32	32	17	8	0	8	1	211.2	195	83	75	14	76	1	65	4	4	1	3.19
1977	OAK (AL)	7	7	1	5	0	0	0	26.0	35	33	28	5	14	0	11	1	1	0	9.69
1977	NYY (AL)	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	19.2	18	9	4	1	8	0	5	1	0	1	1.83
1977	TEX (AL)	23	22	10	6	1	7	1	167.1	158	60	54	13	42	1	90	4	0	0	2.90
1978	TEX (AL)	22	22	9	7	0	3	0	141.1	131	81	66	15	46	0	45	3	2	0	4.20
1979	NYM (NL)	17	14	3	7	0	1	0	85.0	110	60	57	9	34	10	41	2	1	0	6.04
1979	TEX (AL)	10	9	1	5	0	0	0	46.2	64	34	31	5	16	2	10	2	0	0	5.98
1979	PIT (NL)	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	9	2	2	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	2.57
16 years		345	317	138	119	1	71	14	2127.2	2067	958	817	140	674	66	1136	45	44	9	3.46

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1968	PIT (NL)	27	29	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	.69	.69	SLG
1969	PIT (NL)	37	68	2	6	0	0	0	1	2	40	0	0	0	0	7	0	.88	.114	SLG
1970	PIT (NL)	38	70	9	7	1	0	0	1	2	37	1	0	0	0	4	0	.100	.125	SLG
1971	PIT (NL)	44	79	11	16	0	0	0	12	6	29	2	0	0	0	10	0	.203	.259	SLG
1972	PIT (NL)	36	59	6	9	0	0	0	1	1	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	.153	.167	SLG
1973	PIT (NL)	29	65	2	7	0	0	0	0	2	32	1	0	0	0	6	0	.108	.134	SLG
1974	PIT (NL)	30	56	6	12	1	0	0	4	8	15	0	0	0	0	5	0	.214	.313	SLG
1975	PIT (NL)	30	36	3	4	1	0	0	1	5	8	0	0	0	0	7	0	.111	.220	SLG
1976	NYY (AL)	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1977	NYY (AL)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1977	OAK (AL)	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1977	TEX (AL)	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1978	TEX (AL)	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1979	NYM (NL)	17	26	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	.77	.111	SLG
1979	TEX (AL)	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1979	PIT (NL)	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
16 years		388	489	42	65	4	0	0	23	27	201	4	0	0	0	44	0	.133	.178	.SLG

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