Mark Ellis
Oakland Athletics 2002–2003; Oakland Athletics 2005–2010; Colorado Rockies 2011; Oakland Athletics 2011; Los Angeles Dodgers 2012–2013; St. Louis Cardinals 2014
Percentile snapshot
2011 season — qualified batters
of 145 qualified 2011 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 98 | 404 | 345 | 58 | 94 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 44 | 54 | 4 | 2 | .272 | .359 | .394 | .753 | 106.2 | 102.6 | .338 | 1.8 |
| 2003 | 154 | 622 | 553 | 78 | 137 | 31 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 48 | 94 | 6 | 2 | .248 | .313 | .371 | .684 | 79.9 | 80.4 | .303 | 0.8 |
| 2005 | 122 | 486 | 434 | 76 | 137 | 21 | 5 | 13 | 52 | 44 | 51 | 1 | 3 | .316 | .384 | .477 | .861 | 132.2 | 128.3 | .379 | 3.8 |
| 2006 | 124 | 500 | 441 | 64 | 110 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 52 | 40 | 76 | 4 | 0 | .249 | .319 | .385 | .704 | 84.4 | 84.0 | .312 | 1.0 |
| 2007 | 150 | 642 | 583 | 84 | 161 | 33 | 3 | 19 | 76 | 44 | 94 | 9 | 4 | .276 | .336 | .441 | .777 | 108.3 | 107.7 | .345 | 3.1 |
| 2008 | 117 | 507 | 442 | 55 | 103 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 41 | 53 | 65 | 14 | 2 | .233 | .321 | .373 | .694 | 89.5 | 87.6 | .315 | 1.3 |
| 2009 | 105 | 410 | 377 | 52 | 99 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 61 | 23 | 54 | 10 | 3 | .263 | .305 | .403 | .708 | 83.9 | 86.4 | .309 | 0.8 |
| 2010 | 124 | 492 | 436 | 45 | 127 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 49 | 40 | 56 | 7 | 6 | .291 | .358 | .381 | .739 | 105.5 | 104.4 | .333 | 2.2 |
| 2011 | 132 | 519 | 480 | 55 | 119 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 41 | 22 | 75 | 14 | 5 | .248 | .288 | .346 | .634 | 64.9 | 67.3 | .286 | -0.2 |
| 2012 | 110 | 464 | 415 | 62 | 107 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 40 | 70 | 5 | 0 | .258 | .333 | .364 | .697 | 97.5 | 93.8 | .318 | 1.6 |
| 2013 | 126 | 480 | 433 | 46 | 117 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 48 | 26 | 74 | 4 | 1 | .270 | .323 | .351 | .674 | 91.4 | 92.0 | .305 | 1.3 |
| 2014 | 73 | 202 | 178 | 15 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 38 | 4 | 1 | .180 | .253 | .213 | .466 | 24.6 | 33.7 | .216 | -1.1 |
Career totals
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 | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-04-23 | LAD @ NYM Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 2007-06-04 | BOS @ ATH Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 2008-06-17 | ATH @ AZ Gameday | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 2007-07-23 | ATH @ LAA Gameday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 2006-08-30 | BOS @ ATH Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
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.