MLB / Players

Rocky Ellis

HandednessThrows Right
Listed at5 ft 8 in · 141 lb
BornJanuary 26, 1911 · Darby, PA, USA
Seasons8 (1928–1940)

Hilldale Club 1928; Philadelphia Stars 1934–1939; Homestead Grays 1940; Philadelphia Stars 1940

Percentile snapshot

1935 season — qualified pitchers

G
15
15.8
GS
12
25.3
W
7
31.6
L
4
81.1
SV
0
0
CG
5
22.1
SHO
0
0
H
108
73.7
ER
53
76.8
BB
33
77.9
SO
41
23.2
HR
8
55.8
IP
98.3
25.3
ERA
4.85
26.3
WHIP
1.434
42.1
K/9
3.75
52.6
FIP
5.28
10.5
FIP-
103.6
33.7
ERA+
105.1
46.3
sWAR
1.2
34.7

of 96 qualified 1935 pitchers (min 68 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
3.7
76

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
192811101000000001.0001.0001.0002.000408.6428.7.9270.1
19342262578810024200.140.197.158.35511.40.1.1803.1
19351640367800141100.222.243.306.54941.137.6.2491.2
19361927236400003000.174.269.174.44330.715.3.230-0.1
19371221192100010000.053.053.053.105-58.9-72.8.0480.4
19381414122200010000.167.167.167.333-1.8-11.8.1540.4
19391727213300005000.143.308.143.45148.822.8.253-1.0
1940711111200010100.182.182.182.3642.3-5.1.170-0.4

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19341615930122963738474118.02.821.1363.584.78106.0159.93.1
1935151274050108533341898.34.851.4343.755.28103.6105.11.2
19361582503070401430557.36.281.4654.714.8494.781.4-0.1
19371254503063281132353.74.701.3795.374.2484.9106.30.4
19381230400051231621441.05.051.6344.615.45107.9100.10.4
19391031300048321014533.08.731.7583.825.81119.955.5-1.0
19404211110241444215.38.221.8262.355.99114.763.5-0.4

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
108
PA
203
AB
180
R
29
H
29
2B
1
3B
0
HR
1
RBI
9
BB
13
SO
4
SB
0
BA
.1611
OBP
.2176
SLG
.1833
OPS
.4009

Pitching

G (P)
84
GS
48
W
24
L
25
SV
1
CG
24
SHO
2
IP
417
SO (P)
189
BB allowed
126
ERA
4.903
WHIP
1.4064
K/9
4.08

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

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1935-05-11NE @ PHS Gameday311001204
1934-07-09PHS @ ND Gameday411100102
1934-07-04BEG @ PHS Gameday311000101
1935-07-06NE @ PHS Gameday211000101
1935-07-13HOM @ PHS Gameday221000111

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1937-05-31TIC @ PHS Gameday9.0833091
1935-07-13HOM @ PHS Gameday9.01387083
1936-08-24PHS @ NBY Gameday8.11177280
1937-07-11PHS @ NE Gameday8.2732361
1938-05-21HOM @ PHS Gameday7.1822260

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.