Frank Ellerbe
1919–1924 · bats R / throws R · Cleveland Guardians, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
421G
.268AVG
.306OBP
.346SLG
More career statistics
389H
4HR
152RBI
12SB
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 · At bats | 1,453 | 1,458 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 13 | 14 |
| Batting · Doubles | 58 | 59 |
| Batting · Hits | 389 | 391 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 136 | 138 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,622 | 1,634 |
| Batting · RBI | 152 | 153 |
| Batting · Triples | 22 | 23 |
| Batting · Walks | 72 | 74 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 421 | 1,622 | 1,453 | 179 | 389 | 58 | 22 | 4 | 152 | 72 | 136 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 503 | .268 | .306 | .346 | .652 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1920-08-31 to 1920-09-11
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1920-07-31 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1921-09-24 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1919-09-21 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 201 | 771 | 185 | 0 | 70 | 40 | 60 | .273 | .292 | .344 |
| Away | 220 | 863 | 206 | 4 | 83 | 34 | 78 | .264 | .278 | .353 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 27 | 109 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | .227 | .239 | .320 |
| May | 76 | 286 | 64 | 0 | 30 | 21 | 20 | .256 | .297 | .312 |
| June | 86 | 348 | 82 | 1 | 36 | 16 | 26 | .261 | .282 | .341 |
| July | 61 | 214 | 55 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 9 | .293 | .299 | .399 |
| August | 63 | 237 | 59 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 30 | .278 | .291 | .363 |
| September | 101 | 409 | 104 | 2 | 44 | 13 | 37 | .281 | .286 | .357 |
| October | 7 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .185 | .194 | .296 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 77 | 288 | 49 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 26 | .191 | .222 | .241 |
| new-york-yankees | 63 | 243 | 54 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 28 | .243 | .267 | .284 |
| boston-red-sox | 57 | 230 | 52 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 16 | .260 | .265 | .355 |
| detroit-tigers | 57 | 217 | 55 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 15 | .284 | .272 | .397 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 54 | 208 | 48 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 18 | .265 | .308 | .376 |
| cleveland-guardians | 53 | 222 | 67 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 17 | .337 | .347 | .377 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 33 | 136 | 41 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 14 | .323 | .324 | .417 |
| st-louis-browns | 27 | 90 | 25 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 4 | .321 | .344 | .500 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 28 | 105 | 29 | – | 20 | 5 | .276 | – | – |
| 1920 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 101 | 337 | 98 | – | 40 | 5 | .291 | – | – |
| 1921 | St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 115 | 440 | 127 | 2 | 43 | 1 | .289 | – | – |
| 1922 |  St. Louis Browns | 91 | 342 | 84 | 1 | 32 | 1 | .246 | – | – |
| 1923 | St. Louis Browns | 18 | 49 | 9 | – | 1 | – | .184 | – | – |
| 1924 | Cleveland Guardians, St. Louis Browns | 68 | 185 | 44 | 1 | 17 | – | .238 | – | – |