Bones Ely
1897–1902 · bats R / throws R · Philadelphia Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators (1901-60)
1,341G
.258AVG
.295OBP
.327SLG
More career statistics
1,331H
24HR
656RBI
164SB
0–5W–L
52.0IP
32K
6.75ERA
5GS
1SV
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 1,341 | 765 |
| Batting · At bats | 5,159 | 2,828 |
| Batting · Doubles | 149 | 81 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,331 | 705 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 11 | 12 |
| Batting · Home runs | 24 | 8 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 108 | 157 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,576 | 3,057 |
| Batting · Runs | 655 | 308 |
| Batting · RBI | 656 | 346 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 164 | 45 |
| Batting · Triples | 68 | 32 |
| Batting · Walks | 257 | 122 |
| Pitching · Games | 9 | 0 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 239 | 0 |
| Pitching · p cg | 4 | 0 |
| Pitching · p er | 39 | 0 |
| Pitching · p gs | 5 | 0 |
| Pitching · p h | 77 | 0 |
| Pitching · p hr | 1 | 0 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 156 | 0 |
| Pitching · p k | 32 | 0 |
| Pitching · p r | 67 | 0 |
| Pitching · p w | 34 | 0 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,341 | 5,576 | 5,159 | 655 | 1,331 | 149 | 68 | 24 | 656 | 257 | 108 | 164 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1,688 | .258 | .295 | .327 | .622 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52.0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 77 | 67 | 39 | 1 | 34 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2.135 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1900-07-27 to 1900-08-12
19longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1899-05-24 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1897-05-07 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1900-07-31 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 379 | 1498 | 368 | 4 | 186 | 57 | 68 | .266 | .284 | .335 |
| Away | 386 | 1559 | 337 | 4 | 160 | 65 | 89 | .234 | .258 | .284 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 51 | 215 | 46 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 9 | .232 | .265 | .288 |
| May | 134 | 543 | 113 | 1 | 67 | 19 | 32 | .226 | .243 | .287 |
| June | 119 | 472 | 111 | 1 | 51 | 19 | 25 | .257 | .275 | .312 |
| July | 140 | 562 | 134 | 3 | 65 | 26 | 33 | .258 | .285 | .323 |
| August | 153 | 597 | 145 | 0 | 62 | 20 | 20 | .262 | .276 | .318 |
| September | 140 | 561 | 120 | 1 | 54 | 21 | 32 | .228 | .251 | .268 |
| October | 28 | 107 | 36 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 6 | .371 | .393 | .546 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 74 | 287 | 54 | 0 | 29 | 17 | 18 | .205 | .247 | .250 |
| boston-braves | 67 | 268 | 60 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 19 | .238 | .250 | .333 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 67 | 271 | 56 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 15 | .223 | .244 | .275 |
| new-york-giants | 65 | 262 | 63 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 17 | .251 | .252 | .271 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 63 | 252 | 64 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 13 | .274 | .286 | .329 |
| cincinnati-reds | 63 | 246 | 55 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 10 | .247 | .289 | .336 |
| chicago-cubs | 61 | 248 | 61 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 17 | .264 | .278 | .338 |
| louisville-colonels | 43 | 181 | 41 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 6 | .240 | .249 | .287 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 133 | 516 | 146 | 2 | 74 | 10 | .283 | – | – |
| 1898 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 148 | 519 | 110 | 2 | 44 | 7 | .212 | – | – |
| 1899 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 139 | 526 | 146 | 3 | 72 | 8 | .278 | – | – |
| 1900 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 130 | 474 | 116 | – | 52 | 6 | .245 | – | – |
| 1901 | Philadelphia Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates | 110 | 412 | 87 | – | 44 | 11 | .211 | – | – |
| 1902 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 105 | 381 | 100 | 1 | 60 | 3 | .262 | – | – |