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Babe Ellison
Herbert Spencer Ellison (Bert)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.
School University of Arkansas

Debut September 18, 1916
Final Game September 23, 1920
Born November 15, 1896 in Ola, AR
Died August 11, 1955 in San Francisco, CA

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1916 19 DET AL   2    7    0    1   0  0   0    1   0      0   1  .143  .143  .143  -16    1   0           0    
 1917 20 DET AL   9   29    2    5   1  2   1    4   0      6   3  .172  .333  .448  138   13   1           1    
 1918 21 DET AL   7   23    1    6   1  0   0    2   1      3   1  .261  .346  .304   99    7   0           0    
 1919 22 DET AL  56  134   18   29   4  0   0   11   4     13  24  .216  .291  .246   52   33   6           1    
 1920 23 DET AL  61  155   11   34   7  2   0   21   4  1   8  26  .219  .258  .290   46   45   8           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      135  348   32   75  13  4   1   39   9  1  30  55  .216  .282  .284   58   99  15   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        418   38   90  16  5   1   47  11  1  36  66  .216  .282  .284   58  119  18   0   0   2   0
 Career High     61  155   18   34   7  2   1   21   4  1  13  26                          45   8   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1916 19 DET AL    7    6    0   0.0    86| .143  .261| .143  .336| .143  .341| .286  .677| -16  .000  -1.0  -0.1     
 1917 20 DET AL   37   25    4   4.3    80| .172  .255| .333  .326| .448  .330| .781  .656| 138  .610   1.3   0.1     
 1918 21 DET AL   26   17    2   3.2    79| .261  .256| .346  .326| .304  .326| .650  .652|  99  .459   0.1   0.0     
 1919 22 DET AL  154  111    9   2.2    93| .216  .274| .291  .340| .246  .368| .537  .708|  52  .242  -8.1  -0.9     
 1920 23 DET AL  171  130   12   2.5   105| .219  .289| .258  .353| .290  .397| .548  .750|  46  .245 -12.4  -1.2  80%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       395  289   27   2.5    96| .216  .277| .282  .343| .284  .374| .566  .717|  58  .282 -20.1  -2.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1916 19 DET AL 3B 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 3.25 1917 20 DET AL 1B 9 98 1 2 5 .980 .989 11.00 10.76 1918 21 DET AL OF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.17 0 0 4 2B 3 2 14 0 1 1.000 .958 5.33 5.30 1919 22 DET AL 2B 25 48 64 4 7 .966 .961 4.48 5.19 OF 10 11 1 0 0 1.000 .960 1.20 2.16 1 1 8 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00 1920 23 DET AL 1B 38 363 26 1 13 .997 .990 10.24 10.40 OF 4 1 2 0 1 1.000 .968 0.75 2.15 0 2 2 3B 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 3.40
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1917 20 DET AL 1B 9 98 1 2 5 .980 .989 11.00 10.76 1920 23 DET AL 1B 38 363 26 1 13 .997 .990 10.24 10.40 1918 21 DET AL 2B 3 2 14 0 1 1.000 .958 5.33 5.30 1919 22 DET AL 2B 25 48 64 4 7 .966 .961 4.48 5.19 1916 19 DET AL 3B 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 3.25 1920 23 DET AL 3B 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 3.40 1918 21 DET AL OF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.17 0 0 4 1919 22 DET AL OF 10 11 1 0 0 1.000 .960 1.20 2.16 1 1 8 1920 23 DET AL OF 4 1 2 0 1 1.000 .968 0.75 2.15 0 2 2 1919 22 DET AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 47 461 27 3 18 .994 .990 10.38 10.47 2B 28 50 78 4 8 .970 .961 4.57 5.20 OF 18 18 3 0 1 1.000 .963 1.17 2.16 1 3 14 3B 3 5 2 1 0 .875 .946 2.33 3.30 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 97 534 110 8 27 .988 .983 6.64 7.13
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1916 AL-19-3
1917 AL-20-7

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


Transactions 

November 17, 1920: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the San Francisco (PCL) for Bert Cole.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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