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Rube
Ellis		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: November 17, 1885 in Usa, CA, DOWNEY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger Award 1916   
Gold Glove Award 1910    1917   
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
1909 23 WS1 AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 6 8 8 8
1910 24 WS1 AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 7 6 8 8 8
1911 25 SLA AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 7 6 7 8 8
1912 26 SLA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 6 8 8 8
1913 27 SLA AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 8 8 8
1914 28 SLA AL $ 2,528,571   8 8 8 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 6 8 8 8
1915 29 SLA AL $ 4,500,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 8 8
1916 30 SLA AL $ 4,500,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
1917 31 SLA AL $ 4,500,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
1918 32 SLA AL $ 6,270,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
1919 33 SLA AL $ 6,270,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7
1920 34 SLA AL $ 6,270,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7
1921 35 SLA AL $ 3,800,000   3 3 3 1 2 2 4 4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3
1922 36 SLA AL $ 3,800,000   3 3 3 1 2 2 4 4 4 2 4 3 3 3 3
1923 37 BRO NL     3 3 3 1 2 2 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 2 2 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,270,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 8 8 8
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
1909 23 WS1 AL 114 421 50 92 15 8 5 51 35 11 33 78 .219 .279 .328 .607 38.9 6.5
    AAA   39 144 25 38 4 2 7 20 14 4 31 45 .264 .394 .465 .860 29.1  
1910 24 WS1 AL 149 525 54 108 21 3 4 57 38 17 61 96 .206 .297 .280 .577 47.9 7.6
1911 25 WAS AL 27 91 9 13 1 1 1 7 9 4 11 17 .143 .240 .209 .449 5.3 0.0
  SLA AL 29 88 17 20 4 1 1 11 9 3 22 10 .227 .382 .330 .711 13.8 2.4
  TOT   56 179 26 33 5 2 2 18 18 7 33 27 .184 .313 .268 .581 19.2 2.4
1912 26 SLA AL 37 127 23 34 5 2 1 11 10 5 17 14 .268 .349 .362 .712 17.7 3.0
    AAA   97 261 61 81 16 4 11 60 18 6 66 39 .310 .450 .529 .978 63.0  
1913 27 SLA AL 135 488 62 126 12 11 7 83 27 15 60 74 .258 .341 .371 .711 61.8 9.8
1914 28 SLA AL 138 522 76 138 17 12 11 55 32 6 54 80 .264 .333 .406 .739 76.0 14.8
1915 29 SLA AL 146 580 88 157 21 5 8 52 42 15 88 75 .271 .367 .366 .732 85.8 22.4
1916 30 SLA AL 147 571 93 188 14 9 9 90 54 18 75 65 .329 .408 .433 .840 99.6 29.4
1917 31 SLA AL 140 535 81 161 15 5 8 59 39 24 67 66 .301 .379 .393 .771 78.9 18.3
1918 32 SLA AL 134 518 70 145 21 8 4 54 28 13 68 64 .280 .364 .375 .738 69.6 15.9
1919 33 SLA AL 128 484 59 138 11 5 3 56 22 14 35 62 .285 .336 .347 .684 53.9 8.8
1920 34 SLA AL 73 234 32 61 14 0 1 38 9 8 25 32 .261 .332 .333 .665 23.7 3.0
1921 35 SLA AL 130 429 63 119 15 8 1 43 33 11 38 75 .277 .339 .357 .696 53.0 7.5
1922 36 SLA AL 31 89 6 21 1 0 0 8 5 1 5 16 .236 .277 .247 .524 6.5 0.1
1923 37 AAA   132 510 64 118 14 3 7 50 11 4 45 101 .231 .294 .312 .605 48.6  
14 Years Sim 1558 5702 783 1521 187 78 64 675 392 165 659 824 .267 .344 .361 .705 732.3 149.3
3 Years AAA 268 915 150 237 34 9 25 130 43 14 142 185 .259 .358 .398 .756 140.8  
162 Game Average 592 81 158 19 8 6 70 40 17 68 85 .267 .344 .361 .705 76.1  
Career Highs 149 580 93 188 21 12 11 90 54 24 88 96 .329 .408 .433 .840 99.6  
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   3851 574 1043 119 61 50 473 281 121 515 498 .271 .358 .372 .731 545.0
vs LH   1851 209 478 68 17 14 202 111 44 144 326 .258 .313 .336 .649 199.4
Home 785 2866 395 776 88 40 37 347 190 89 315 435 .271 .346 .368 .714 375.9
Away 773 2836 388 745 99 38 27 328 202 76 344 389 .263 .343 .353 .696 368.4
RISP   1485 0 382 49 21 16 572 0 0 240 242 .257 .357 .351 .708 203.9
Pinch Hitting   48 6 14 1 0 0 6 3 1 7 4 .292 .375 .313 .688 6.6
Close/Late   723 103 190 19 7 9 77 0 0 112 103 .263 .366 .346 .711 98.3
Mar/Apr 160 548 84 155 16 6 4 82 40 28 82 92 .283 .379 .356 .735 76.4
May 268 984 132 247 29 11 11 108 65 25 105 127 .251 .327 .336 .663 114.8
June 273 1026 146 299 35 15 21 141 68 35 125 139 .291 .369 .416 .785 158.8
July 283 1017 145 261 31 19 8 110 74 24 119 149 .257 .334 .348 .682 128.6
August 267 1008 117 267 33 14 9 101 73 24 99 157 .265 .332 .352 .684 124.8
Sep/Oct 307 1119 159 292 43 13 11 133 72 29 129 160 .261 .338 .352 .690 141.0
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
1909 23 WS1 AL LF 114 114 1033.0 216 10 14 0 .942 1.97 0 0 .000 0 2.5
1910 24 WS1 AL LF 146 145 1310.7 278 7 17 1 .944 1.96 0 0 .000 0 3.0
1911 25 WAS AL LF 24 24 213.6 49 1 5 1 .909 2.11 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 0 0 2.4 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SLA AL LF 26 26 223.8 51 2 5 1 .914 2.13 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 1 0 2.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   LF 50 50 437.4 100 3 10 2 .912 2.12   1.2
      RF 1 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
1912 26 SLA AL LF 31 31 272.0 48 2 3 1 .943 1.65 0 0 .000 0 0.5
1913 27 SLA AL LF 127 125 1136.0 223 10 15 3 .940 1.85 0 0 .000 0 1.4
1914 28 SLA AL LF 135 134 1185.0 243 6 22 1 .919 1.89 0 0 .000 0 2.3
1915 29 SLA AL LF 146 145 1302.0 250 7 24 3 .915 1.78 0 0 .000 0 3.8
1916 30 SLA AL RF 147 147 1310.7 275 9 23 5 .925 1.95 0 0 .000 0 3.1
1917 31 SLA AL LF 126 125 1123.3 254 5 18 3 .935 2.08 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    RF 13 10 102.0 24 1 2 0 .926 2.21 0 0 .000 0  
1918 32 SLA AL LF 102 102 933.7 200 4 19 3 .915 1.97 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    RF 31 31 292.3 61 2 3 0 .955 1.94 0 0 .000 0  
1919 33 SLA AL LF 77 76 660.7 165 6 10 2 .945 2.33 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    RF 49 49 430.7 95 1 8 0 .923 2.01 0 0 .000 0  
1920 34 SLA AL RF 31 30 263.0 61 2 5 0 .926 2.16 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 28 26 235.0 49 0 6 0 .891 1.88 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 1 13.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.38 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 1 9.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 2 0 .000 0 0.1
1921 35 SLA AL RF 73 71 584.0 129 1 12 0 .915 2.00 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    LF 48 42 342.3 80 3 5 0 .943 2.18 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 5 3 25.0 5 0 2 0 .714 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
1922 36 SLA AL LF 24 23 188.0 46 0 0 0 1.000 2.20 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 1154 1138 10159.0 2152 63 163 19 .931 1.96 0 0 .000 0 25.1
  RF 346 338 2988.7 647 16 53 5 .926 2.00 0 0 .000 0 6.1
  CF 6 4 38.0 6 1 2 1 .778 1.66 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 1 9.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 2 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   1507 1481 13194.7 2810 80 218 25 .930 1.97 2 0 .000 0 31.3
Career Highs   147 147 1310.7 278 10 24 5 1.000 2.20 2 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
1915 29 SLA AL 5 20 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 4 .150 .190 .150 .340
Career Post-Season Batting 5 20 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 4 .150 .190 .150 .340
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.
Batting Average
1916-1-.329
 On-Base Pct
1915-7-.367
1916-1-.408
1917-7-.379
 Slugging Pct
1914-8-.406
1916-4-.433
 OPS
1915-10-.732
1916-1-.840
 XR
1914-9-76.0
1915-1-85.8
1916-1-99.6
 Games
1910-9-149
1915-7-146
1916-6-147
At-Bats
1915-3-580
1916-3-571
 Runs
1915-1-88
1916-4-93
 Hits
1915-4-157
1916-1-188
 Total Bases
1915-5-212
1916-1-247
 Singles
1915-3-123
1916-2-156
1917-6-133
 Homeruns
1909-3-5
1910-9-4
1913-5-7
1914-2-11
1915-2-8
1916-4-9
1917-4-8
1918-8-4
RBIs
1913-7-83
1916-3-90
 Stolen Bases
1915-10-42
1916-3-54
1921-8-33
 Caught Stealing
1917-6-24
 Walks
1910-7-61
1915-3-88
1916-3-75
1917-10-67
1918-8-68
CAR-46-659
 Strikeouts
1909-5-78
1910-4-96
1913-6-74
1914-8-80
1915-6-75
1916-10-65
1917-8-66
1918-10-64
1919-5-62
1921-1-75
CAR-11-824
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 83    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 19th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1901
Set a new season AL-Record for Strikeouts with 11 on 5/4/1901
Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1901, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 8/32/1902, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 1/4/1903 to a 5-year deal worth $7,497,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1903, winning 2 games with a 0.53 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 6/4/1906, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis (N) on 2/8/1908 to a minor league contract
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by Washington in 1909
Had first career hit on 5/29/1909, off Frank Owen (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 6/12/1909, off Tully Sparks (CLE)
Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 1910
Traded from Washington to St. Louis (A) on 5/27/1911 (Going to WS1: P Ralph Caldwell, 3B Bill Friel, CF Beals Becker, 2B She Donahue, RF Doc Nance. Going to SLA: 1B Vic Saier, P Alex Malloy, P Joe Benz, P Dixie Walker, LF Rube Ellis)
2/8/1914: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,528,571 through salary arbitration
7/1/1914: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (A), $4,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 9/25/1914 with a Torn Hip Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against New York (A) on 4/14/1916
Won Silver Slugger Award in 1916, hitting .329 with 9 HR, 90 RBI
6/1/1917: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (A), $6,270,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 1917
7/16/1920: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (A), $3,800,000 per year, for 2 years
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 3/12/1923 to a minor league contract
 
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