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Frank Ellerbe

Positions: Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 165lb (178cm, 74kg)

Born: December 25, 1895 in Marion County, SC us

Died: July 8, 1988 in Latta, SC

Buried: Haselden Family Cemetery, Sellers, SC

Schools: Sewanee: The University of the South (Sewanee, TN), Wofford College (Spartanburg, SC)

Debut: August 28, 1919 (Age 23-246d, 4,782nd in major league history)
vs. NYY 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1924 (Age 28-277d)
vs. SLB 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1919 season

Full Name: Francis Rogers Ellerbe

Nicknames: Governor

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.5

1453

389

.268

179

RBI

152

OBP

.306

SLG

.346

OPS

.652

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	10 (9)	Apr 29	WSH	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
2	11	Apr 30	WSH		PHA	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	0	1	2	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	12	May 1	WSH		PHA	L,4-9	GS	26	5.0	1	0	1	2	0
4	16 (3)	May 5	WSH		NYY	L,1-7	GF	39	8.1	1	2	1	4	0
5	17	May 6	WSH		NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
6	18	May 7	WSH		NYY	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
7	19	May 8	WSH		NYY	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
8	20	May 9	WSH		NYY	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
9	21	May 11	WSH		DET	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	22	May 14	WSH		DET	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	23	May 15	WSH		SLB	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
12	24	May 16	WSH		SLB	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
13	25	May 17	WSH		SLB	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
14	26	May 18	WSH		SLB	W,17-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
15	27	May 20	WSH		CHW	L,5-13	CG	70	16.0	2	1	2	5	0
16	28	May 21	WSH		CHW	L,9-11	CG	52	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
17	29	May 22	WSH		CHW	L,6-10	CG	49	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
18	30	May 23	WSH		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
19	31	May 26	WSH		CLE	W,13-9	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
20	32	May 28	WSH	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
21	33	May 29 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
22	34	May 29 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
23	35	May 30	WSH		PHA	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
24	36	May 31 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	3	3	1	7	0
25	37	May 31 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,7-10	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	38	Jun 1	WSH	@	NYY	L,7-14	CG	44	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
27	39	Jun 2 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
28	40	Jun 2 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	1	4	2
29	41	Jun 3	WSH		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
30	42	Jun 6	WSH		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	43	Jun 8	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	44	Jun 9	WSH	@	SLB	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	45	Jun 10	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-15	CG	46	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
34	46	Jun 11	WSH	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
35	47	Jun 12	WSH	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	39	8.2	1	4	0	5	0
36	48	Jun 13	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	49	Jun 15	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-9	GF	32	6.2	0	3	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	62 (12)	Jul 2	WSH	@	BOS	L,9-10	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
39	66 (3)	Jul 6	WSH		NYY	L,0-17	CG	55	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
40	67	Jul 8 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
41	68	Jul 8 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	69	Jul 9	WSH		CLE	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
43	70	Jul 10 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
44	71	Jul 10 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
45	72	Jul 11	WSH		CLE	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
46	73	Jul 13	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	GS	26	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
47	86 (12)	Jul 27 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
48	87	Jul 27 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,19-6	GF	19	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
49	91 (3)	Jul 30	WSH	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
50	92	Jul 31	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	93	Aug 1	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
52	94	Aug 2	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
53	95	Aug 3	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	4	3	1	8	0
54	101 (5)	Aug 9 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	102	Aug 9 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
56	103	Aug 10	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	9.1	2	1	0	3	0
57	104	Aug 11	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
58	105	Aug 12	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
59	106	Aug 14	WSH		NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
60	107	Aug 15	WSH		NYY	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
61	108	Aug 17 (1)	WSH		SLB	L,2-7	GF	11	1.1	0	1	0	1	0
62	109	Aug 17 (2)	WSH		SLB	W,10-9	GS	50	10.0	1	2	1	4	0
63	110	Aug 18	WSH		SLB	L,2-13	CG	47	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
64	113 (2)	Aug 24	WSH		CHW	W,8-5	GF	24	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
65	116 (2)	Aug 27	WSH		DET	W,3-1	GF	16	4.0	0	3	0	3	0
66	119 (2)	Aug 31	WSH		CLE	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	120	Sep 1	WSH		CLE	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
68	123 (2)	Sep 5	WSH		BOS	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	124	Sep 6 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
70	125	Sep 6 (2)	WSH		BOS	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
71	126	Sep 7 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	127	Sep 7 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
73	128	Sep 9 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	51	12.0	5	4	0	9	0
74	129	Sep 9 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
75	130	Sep 11 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,6-13	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
76	131	Sep 11 (2)	WSH	@	SLB	L,2-17	CG	50	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
77	132	Sep 12	WSH	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
78	134 (1)	Sep 14	WSH	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
79	135	Sep 16	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
80	136	Sep 17	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	137	Sep 18	WSH	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
82	138	Sep 19 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,7-9	CG	37	8.0	1	0	2	3	0
83	139	Sep 19 (2)	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	140	Sep 20	WSH	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
85	141	Sep 21	WSH	@	DET	L,11-12	CG	49	8.1	2	0	0	2	1
86	142	Sep 24 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
87	143	Sep 24 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
88	144	Sep 25	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
89	145	Sep 26	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
90	147 (1)	Sep 27 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	149 (1)	Sep 28 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	0	10.0	3	4	0	7	1
92	150	Oct 1	WSH	@	PHA	W,13-3	GS	0	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
93	151	Oct 2 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
94	152	Oct 2 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
95	153	Oct 3	WSH		PHA	L,6-8		0	5.0	0	2	0	2	1
							95gm		773.0	127	210	28	365	12