Dick Ellsworth
1958–1971 · bats L / throws L · Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians, Milwaukee Brewers, NLS, Philadelphia Phillies
407G
.088AVG
.151OBP
.097SLG
More career statistics
59H
0HR
22RBI
0SB
115–137W–L
2,155.2IP
1,140K
3.72ERA
310GS
5SV
3Rare feats
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pitching · p ipouts | 6,467 | 6,466 |
| Pitching · p w | 595 | 596 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 407 | 774 | 673 | 32 | 59 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 46 | 322 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 65 | .088 | .151 | .097 | .248 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,155.7 | 407 | 310 | 87 | 115 | 137 | 5 | 2,274 | 1,033 | 890 | 194 | 595 | 1,140 | 0 | 0 | 3.72 | 1.331 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1966-06-03 to 1966-06-12
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1963-07-11 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1968-07-01 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1963-06-01 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 202 | 378 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 26 | 155 | .077 | .135 | .086 |
| Away | 205 | 396 | 34 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 167 | .098 | .136 | .107 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 39 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 36 | .055 | .098 | .055 |
| May | 73 | 144 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 67 | .070 | .118 | .070 |
| June | 77 | 141 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 56 | .130 | .184 | .130 |
| July | 74 | 144 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 52 | .094 | .118 | .142 |
| August | 68 | 137 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 53 | .086 | .139 | .086 |
| September | 71 | 118 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 54 | .082 | .153 | .082 |
| October | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 40 | 92 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 42 | .090 | .152 | .090 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 38 | 84 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 39 | .120 | .155 | .120 |
| cincinnati-reds | 34 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | .088 | .147 | .105 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 31 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | .073 | .131 | .073 |
| san-francisco-giants | 31 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 20 | .079 | .176 | .132 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 31 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .051 | .111 | .102 |
| houston-astros | 25 | 67 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 22 | .121 | .149 | .121 |
| new-york-mets | 25 | 80 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 31 | .097 | .150 | .097 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 |  Chicago Cubs | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 2 | – |
| 1960 | Chicago Cubs | 31 | 48 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .042 | 176 | 94 |
| 1961 | Chicago Cubs | 37 | 56 | 2 | – | – | – | .036 | 186 | 91 |
| 1962 | Chicago Cubs | 37 | 62 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .113 | 208 | 113 |
| 1963 | Chicago Cubs | 37 | 94 | 9 | – | 5 | – | .096 | 290 | 185 |
| 1964 | Chicago Cubs | 37 | 87 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .046 | 256 | 148 |
| 1965 | Chicago Cubs | 36 | 73 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .096 | 222 | 130 |
| 1966 | Chicago Cubs | 38 | 90 | 14 | – | 5 | – | .156 | 269 | 144 |
| 1967 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 32 | 37 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .108 | 125 | 45 |
| 1968 |  Boston Red Sox | 31 | 72 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .056 | 196 | 106 |
| 1969 | Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians | 36 | 48 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .125 | 147 | 52 |
| 1970 | Cleveland Guardians, Milwaukee Brewers | 43 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 59 | 22 |
| 1971 |  Milwaukee Brewers | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 14 | 10 |