MLB / Players

John Ellis

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 225 lb

BornAugust 21, 1948 · New London, CT, USA

MLB debutMay 17, 1969

Final gameOctober 3, 1981

Seasons13 (1969–1981)

New York Yankees 1969–1972; Cleveland Indians 1973–1975; Texas Rangers 1976–1981

Percentile snapshot

1974 season — qualified batters

128

5.3

513

6.9

477

19.1

136

32.8

51.9

73.3

42.7

RBI

52.7

17.6

3.1

74.8

.285

65.6

OBP

.330

31.3

SLG

.421

61.1

OPS

.751

51.9

wRC+

115.5

56.5

OPS+

115.8

59.5

wOBA

.345

44.3

sWAR

2.2

36.6

of 132 qualified 1974 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

6.8

82.7

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1969	22	65	62	2	18	4	0	1	8	1	11	0	2	.290	.308	.403	.711	99.3	102.5	.324	0.4
1970	78	249	226	24	56	12	1	7	29	18	47	0	1	.248	.305	.403	.708	98.2	99.0	.323	0.3
1971	83	271	238	16	58	12	1	3	34	23	42	0	0	.244	.322	.340	.663	86.4	89.3	.307	-0.1
1972	52	144	136	13	40	5	1	5	25	8	22	0	0	.294	.333	.456	.789	142.0	137.4	.366	1.4
1973	127	494	437	59	118	12	2	14	68	46	57	0	0	.270	.339	.403	.741	107.8	107.3	.342	2.3
1974	128	513	477	58	136	23	6	10	64	32	53	1	2	.285	.330	.421	.751	115.5	115.8	.345	2.2
1975	92	316	296	22	68	11	1	7	32	14	33	0	1	.230	.266	.345	.610	65.9	71.9	.278	0.5
1976	11	31	31	4	13	2	0	1	8	0	4	0	0	.419	.419	.581	1.000	197.8	189.7	.460	0.5
1977	49	127	119	7	28	7	0	4	15	8	26	0	0	.235	.283	.395	.678	77.5	83.2	.297	0.0
1978	34	104	94	7	23	4	0	3	17	6	20	0	1	.245	.282	.383	.665	81.6	86.4	.299	0.2
1979	111	337	316	33	90	12	0	12	61	15	55	2	2	.285	.318	.437	.754	101.3	103.2	.334	0.3
1980	73	200	182	12	43	9	1	1	23	14	23	3	0	.236	.290	.313	.603	66.2	67.8	.278	-0.7
1981	23	64	58	2	8	3	0	1	7	5	10	0	1	.138	.219	.241	.460	29.0	35.6	.215	-0.5

Career totals

883

2,915

2,672

259

699

116

RBI

391

190

403

.2616

OBP

.3119

SLG

.3922

OPS

.7041

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1979-06-07	TEX @ MIL Gameday	4	2	3	1	0	2	6	10
1974-07-07	CLE @ LAA Gameday	5	2	3	1	1	1	1	9
1974-08-06	CLE @ DET Gameday	5	2	5	0	0	1	2	8
1979-07-12	TEX @ KC Gameday	3	2	2	0	0	2	4	8
1977-06-21	TEX @ MIN Gameday	4	2	2	0	0	2	2	8

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.