Rube Ellis
1909–1912 · bats L / throws L · St. Louis Cardinals
555G
.260AVG
.336OBP
.344SLG
More career statistics
517H
13HR
199RBI
56SB
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 · At bats | 1,985 | 1,983 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 170 | 234 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,267 | 2,270 |
| Batting · Runs | 279 | 280 |
| Batting · RBI | 199 | 189 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 56 | 59 |
| Batting · Triples | 30 | 32 |
| Batting · Walks | 216 | 221 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 555 | 2,267 | 1,985 | 279 | 517 | 66 | 30 | 13 | 199 | 216 | 170 | 56 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 682 | .260 | .336 | .344 | .680 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1910-07-16 to 1910-07-30
27longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | 12 total bases | 1912-05-05 | 1 in 4,532 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1909-07-19 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1910-08-06 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 273 | 1088 | 253 | 6 | 94 | 98 | 97 | .265 | .323 | .341 |
| Away | 282 | 1182 | 264 | 7 | 95 | 123 | 137 | .256 | .327 | .350 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 47 | 188 | 35 | 1 | 14 | 22 | 19 | .216 | .303 | .272 |
| May | 101 | 431 | 106 | 2 | 50 | 47 | 44 | .286 | .355 | .380 |
| June | 93 | 375 | 92 | 0 | 24 | 34 | 26 | .281 | .336 | .333 |
| July | 98 | 415 | 91 | 3 | 35 | 28 | 57 | .245 | .287 | .348 |
| August | 98 | 409 | 97 | 3 | 26 | 38 | 37 | .266 | .330 | .352 |
| September | 97 | 373 | 74 | 4 | 34 | 47 | 43 | .235 | .324 | .343 |
| October | 21 | 79 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | .301 | .342 | .370 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 82 | 327 | 75 | 2 | 37 | 26 | 15 | .257 | .309 | .318 |
| boston-braves | 82 | 343 | 79 | 2 | 34 | 41 | 28 | .273 | .350 | .356 |
| chicago-cubs | 81 | 301 | 72 | 1 | 23 | 30 | 34 | .276 | .339 | .360 |
| new-york-giants | 81 | 342 | 82 | 4 | 28 | 31 | 56 | .272 | .330 | .381 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 79 | 343 | 79 | 3 | 26 | 38 | 36 | .267 | .341 | .375 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 75 | 305 | 70 | 0 | 17 | 25 | 30 | .255 | .311 | .327 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 75 | 309 | 60 | 1 | 24 | 30 | 35 | .224 | .291 | .299 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 149 | 574 | 154 | 3 | 46 | 18 | .268 | – | – |
| 1910 | St. Louis Cardinals | 142 | 550 | 142 | 4 | 47 | 25 | .258 | – | – |
| 1911 | St. Louis Cardinals | 155 | 554 | 139 | 2 | 64 | 10 | .251 | – | – |
| 1912 | St. Louis Cardinals | 109 | 305 | 82 | 4 | 32 | 6 | .269 | – | – |