Dock Ellis
1968–1979 · bats B / throws R · NLS, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Texas Rangers
346G
.133AVG
.178OBP
.141SLG
More career statistics
65H
0HR
23RBI
4SB
138–119W–L
2,127.2IP
1,136K
3.46ERA
317GS
1SV
5Rare 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 346 | 388 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 6,383 | 6,384 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 346 | 560 | 489 | 42 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 27 | 201 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | .133 | .178 | .141 | .319 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,127.7 | 345 | 317 | 71 | 138 | 119 | 1 | 2,067 | 958 | 817 | 140 | 674 | 1,136 | 0 | 0 | 3.46 | 1.288 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1971-05-27 to 1971-06-11
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | No-Hitter With Five Walks | 1970-06-12 | 1 in 5,452 games | box score ↗ |
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1970-06-12 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1971-04-06 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 204 | 272 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 100 | .110 | .136 | .122 |
| Away | 184 | 288 | 38 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 101 | .156 | .191 | .160 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 40 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 23 | .113 | .145 | .113 |
| May | 75 | 86 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 33 | .107 | .151 | .107 |
| June | 70 | 112 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 36 | .167 | .188 | .177 |
| July | 79 | 123 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 42 | .178 | .195 | .196 |
| August | 66 | 100 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 35 | .124 | .160 | .135 |
| September | 56 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 32 | .072 | .117 | .072 |
| October | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 36 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 25 | .037 | .075 | .056 |
| chicago-cubs | 34 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | .077 | .103 | .077 |
| montreal-expos | 34 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .000 | .100 | .000 |
| houston-astros | 29 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 24 | .125 | .161 | .146 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 28 | 62 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 27 | .222 | .226 | .222 |
| new-york-mets | 28 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | .156 | .188 | .156 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 22 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | .195 | .209 | .220 |
| atlanta-braves | 22 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .171 | .186 | .171 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 27 | 29 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .069 | 104 | 52 |
| 1969 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 37 | 68 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .088 | 218 | 173 |
| 1970 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 38 | 70 | 7 | – | 1 | 1 | .100 | 201 | 128 |
| 1971 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 44 | 79 | 16 | – | 12 | 2 | .203 | 226 | 137 |
| 1972 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 36 | 59 | 9 | – | 1 | – | .153 | 163 | 96 |
| 1973 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 29 | 65 | 7 | – | – | 1 | .108 | 192 | 122 |
| 1974 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 30 | 56 | 12 | – | 4 | – | .214 | 176 | 91 |
| 1975 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 30 | 36 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .111 | 140 | 69 |
| 1976 |  New York Yankees | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 211 | 65 |
| 1977 | New York Yankees, Athletics, Texas Rangers | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 213 | 106 |
| 1978 |  Texas Rangers | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 141 | 45 |
| 1979 | New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Texas Rangers | 30 | 27 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .074 | 138 | 52 |