John Ellis
1969–1981 · bats R / throws R · Cleveland Guardians, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers
883G
.262AVG
.312OBP
.392SLG
More career statistics
699H
69HR
391RBI
6SB
2Rare 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 · Strikeouts | 403 | 405 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 883 | 2,915 | 2,672 | 259 | 699 | 116 | 13 | 69 | 391 | 190 | 403 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 1,048 | .262 | .312 | .392 | .704 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1973-09-29 to 1974-04-19
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Three Double Plays Grounded Into | 1975-04-29 | 1 in 1,620 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1974-08-06 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1971-04-24 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 446 | 1435 | 327 | 27 | 195 | 100 | 200 | .251 | .298 | .361 |
| Away | 437 | 1480 | 372 | 42 | 196 | 90 | 205 | .272 | .312 | .421 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 114 | 354 | 79 | 6 | 43 | 24 | 44 | .246 | .291 | .330 |
| May | 153 | 491 | 129 | 13 | 72 | 31 | 65 | .286 | .326 | .437 |
| June | 134 | 464 | 97 | 15 | 57 | 19 | 77 | .221 | .250 | .364 |
| July | 175 | 600 | 146 | 17 | 88 | 38 | 75 | .266 | .307 | .417 |
| August | 159 | 518 | 135 | 9 | 64 | 37 | 74 | .286 | .332 | .407 |
| September | 141 | 467 | 111 | 9 | 66 | 38 | 69 | .263 | .319 | .384 |
| October | 7 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .111 | .238 | .111 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baltimore-orioles | 103 | 339 | 68 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 46 | .217 | .263 | .303 |
| detroit-tigers | 95 | 325 | 80 | 9 | 44 | 29 | 46 | .276 | .335 | .414 |
| boston-red-sox | 78 | 267 | 72 | 10 | 45 | 12 | 31 | .288 | .315 | .448 |
| california-angels | 75 | 256 | 64 | 6 | 37 | 15 | 40 | .275 | .309 | .446 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 74 | 243 | 57 | 8 | 36 | 17 | 25 | .256 | .305 | .399 |
| chicago-white-sox | 70 | 233 | 55 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 33 | .252 | .279 | .326 |
| minnesota-twins | 65 | 224 | 55 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 29 | .275 | .330 | .415 |
| athletics | 65 | 202 | 49 | 5 | 31 | 13 | 29 | .266 | .307 | .397 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 |  New York Yankees | 22 | 62 | 18 | 1 | 8 | – | .290 | – | – |
| 1970 | New York Yankees | 78 | 226 | 56 | 7 | 29 | – | .248 | – | – |
| 1971 | New York Yankees | 83 | 238 | 58 | 3 | 34 | – | .244 | – | – |
| 1972 | New York Yankees | 52 | 136 | 40 | 5 | 25 | – | .294 | – | – |
| 1973 |  Cleveland Guardians | 127 | 437 | 118 | 14 | 68 | – | .270 | – | – |
| 1974 | Cleveland Guardians | 128 | 477 | 136 | 10 | 64 | 1 | .285 | – | – |
| 1975 | Cleveland Guardians | 92 | 296 | 68 | 7 | 32 | – | .230 | – | – |
| 1976 |  Texas Rangers | 11 | 31 | 13 | 1 | 8 | – | .419 | – | – |
| 1977 | Texas Rangers | 49 | 119 | 28 | 4 | 15 | – | .235 | – | – |
| 1978 | Texas Rangers | 34 | 94 | 23 | 3 | 17 | – | .245 | – | – |
| 1979 | Texas Rangers | 111 | 316 | 90 | 12 | 61 | 2 | .285 | – | – |
| 1980 | Texas Rangers | 73 | 182 | 43 | 1 | 23 | 3 | .236 | – | – |
| 1981 | Texas Rangers | 23 | 58 | 8 | 1 | 7 | – | .138 | – | – |