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Frank
Ellerbe		  
Nickname: Governor
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 190
 
Born: December 25, 1895 in Usa, SC, MARION COUNTY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1926   
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
1919 23 PHI NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9
1920 24 PHI NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 2 2 9 9 9
1921 25 PHI NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 9 9
1922 26 PHI NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 10 9 9
1923 27 PHI NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9
1924 28 PHI NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9
1925 29 PHI NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9
1926 30 PHI NL $ 350,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1927 31 NY1 NL $ 310,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 6 7 2 2 2 10 10 10
1928 32 NY1 NL $ 320,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 7 6 7 2 2 2 10 9 10
1929 33 NY1 NL $ 1,750,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,750,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 3 2 2 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1919 23 PHI NL 132 564 70 172 22 3 2 74 13 10 20 40 .305 .330 .365 .695 62.8 10.6
1920 24 PHI NL 140 552 72 159 28 8 2 71 15 12 32 33 .288 .325 .379 .703 60.7 8.9
1921 25 PHI NL 95 333 37 93 11 6 2 44 7 5 17 19 .279 .315 .366 .682 35.7 3.5
1922 26 PHI NL 44 91 11 27 5 1 2 7 0 1 4 2 .297 .323 .440 .762 11.2 1.3
1923 27 AAA   117 483 55 137 21 6 3 71 14 5 34 20 .284 .331 .371 .701 58.4  
1924 28 PHI NL 54 148 14 40 3 2 0 11 2 3 7 2 .270 .301 .318 .619 11.6 0.1
    AAA   46 191 24 58 7 1 1 30 2 1 11 5 .304 .342 .366 .708 23.0  
1925 29 PHI NL 95 177 15 45 7 0 1 17 5 4 7 7 .254 .280 .311 .590 14.1 0.0
1926 30 PHI NL 52 91 9 30 2 0 0 9 2 0 3 0 .330 .351 .352 .703 9.9 1.8
1927 31 NY1 NL 32 47 7 18 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 3 .383 .431 .426 .857 6.2 1.3
1928 32 NY1 NL 49 75 8 20 2 0 2 13 1 0 6 1 .267 .329 .373 .703 9.2 1.6
1929 33 NY1 NL 89 236 29 61 9 5 1 25 1 5 9 2 .258 .285 .352 .637 20.2 0.8
10 Years Sim 782 2314 272 665 91 25 12 275 46 40 109 109 .287 .319 .364 .683 241.8 29.9
2 Years AAA 163 674 79 195 28 7 4 101 16 6 45 25 .289 .336 .369 .705 81.5  
162 Game Average 479 56 137 18 5 2 56 9 8 22 22 .287 .319 .364 .683 50.1  
Career Highs 140 564 72 172 28 8 2 74 15 12 32 40 .383 .431 .440 .857 62.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1679 195 471 66 13 8 187 34 33 80 81 .281 .313 .350 .662 171.4
vs LH   635 77 194 25 12 4 88 12 7 29 28 .306 .336 .402 .738 80.2
Home 390 1136 143 339 50 11 9 151 26 21 61 51 .298 .333 .386 .718 137.1
Away 392 1178 129 326 41 14 3 124 20 19 48 58 .277 .306 .343 .649 114.4
RISP   629 0 185 30 3 2 248 0 0 41 27 .294 .331 .361 .692 73.9
Pinch Hitting   98 14 27 5 1 0 13 0 0 3 7 .276 .291 .347 .638 9.3
Close/Late   263 30 81 9 4 0 33 0 0 18 12 .308 .349 .373 .721 33.3
Mar/Apr 67 206 30 61 9 5 2 29 5 1 9 12 .296 .326 .417 .743 26.8
May 129 382 49 112 13 3 1 48 12 7 16 16 .293 .324 .351 .675 40.9
June 147 457 61 130 25 5 3 61 8 4 25 19 .284 .323 .381 .704 53.3
July 149 440 42 122 9 4 2 45 5 12 19 23 .277 .306 .330 .635 40.0
August 139 373 48 115 14 5 0 39 10 7 21 23 .308 .343 .373 .715 45.2
Sep/Oct 151 456 42 125 21 3 4 53 6 9 19 16 .274 .301 .360 .661 45.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1919 23 PHI NL 3B 131 131 1168.3 74 241 16 23 .952 2.43 0 0 .000 0 5.0
1920 24 PHI NL 3B 139 139 1249.7 78 233 16 15 .951 2.24 0 0 .000 0 5.4
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1921 25 PHI NL 3B 82 80 700.3 42 177 19 9 .920 2.81 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    1B 3 3 27.0 38 2 1 2 .976 13.33 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 3 3 27.0 7 13 1 2 .952 6.67 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 2 2 16.0 4 3 1 1 .875 3.94 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1922 26 PHI NL SS 12 11 95.0 22 42 4 10 .941 6.06 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    1B 6 6 48.0 64 5 3 4 .958 12.94 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 3 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1924 28 PHI NL CF 11 11 97.3 22 1 3 0 .885 2.13 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 10 10 87.7 16 1 1 0 .944 1.75 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 10 10 83.0 21 0 1 0 .955 2.28 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 2 18.0 24 0 0 2 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 4 0 9.0 4 2 0 1 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 2 0 2.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1925 29 PHI NL 2B 31 17 176.0 49 80 9 15 .935 6.60 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    SS 31 12 152.3 28 62 3 12 .968 5.32 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 8 3 34.3 5 12 1 1 .944 4.46 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1926 30 PHI NL SS 28 15 138.0 21 60 6 13 .931 5.28 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 8 7 63.0 4 16 1 3 .952 2.86 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 3 0 5.0 9 2 0 1 1.000 19.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1927 31 NY1 NL 1B 13 10 98.0 135 12 0 15 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 8 0 13.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 3 0 2.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1928 32 NY1 NL 1B 15 12 107.0 127 9 0 16 1.000 11.44 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 8 4 40.3 8 20 3 4 .903 6.25 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 6 1 19.0 1 7 1 1 .889 3.79 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1929 33 NY1 NL 3B 62 47 408.0 37 88 11 7 .919 2.76 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    1B 12 12 103.0 134 7 0 9 1.000 12.32 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 8 5 54.0 14 25 1 7 .975 6.50 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 451 408 3668.6 246 779 65 60 .940 2.51 0 0 .000 0 16.0
  SS 94 50 511.3 102 225 18 49 .948 5.76 0 0 .000 0 2.2
  1B 55 45 407.0 533 37 4 49 .993 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  2B 35 19 194.0 54 85 10 16 .933 6.45 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  CF 11 11 97.3 22 1 3 0 .885 2.13 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  LF 12 10 92.7 16 1 1 0 .944 1.65 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 12 10 88.0 21 0 1 0 .955 2.15 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   671 553 5060.0 994 1128 103 174 .954 3.77 0 0 .000 0 19.7
Career Highs   140 139 1251.7 185 241 22 28 1.000 11.87 0 0 .000 0  
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
1920 24 PHI NL 8 33 2 10 2 1 0 5 0 0 1 3 .303 .324 .424 .748
1929 33 NY1 NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 10 34 2 10 2 1 0 5 0 0 1 3 .294 .314 .412 .726
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.
At-Bats
1919-2-564
 Hits
1919-6-172
 Singles
1919-6-145
 RBIs
1919-9-74
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 57th overall pick, by Philadelphia (N) in 1919
Had first career hit on 4/23/1919, off George Ferguson (NY1)
Hit first career homerun on 6/10/1919, off Erv Kantlehner (CHN)
3/14/1922: Signed a minor league contract extension with Philadelphia (N)
3/13/1923: Signed a minor league contract extension with Philadelphia (N)
Injured on 8/24/1923 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
6/16/1924: Signed a minor league contract extension with Philadelphia (N)
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with Philadelphia (N) in 1926
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/20/1927 to a 1-year deal worth $310,000 per year
10/16/1927: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $320,000 per year, for 1 years
10/3/1928: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $1,750,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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