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Mark Ellis
Mark William Ellis

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.
School University of Florida

Debut April 9, 2002

Born June 6, 1977 in Rapid City, SD

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 9th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1999. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2002 25 OAK AL  98  345   58   94  16  4   6   35   4  2  44  54  .272  .359  .394  103  136   8   3   1   4   3 RoY-8
 2003 26 OAK AL 154  553   78  137  31  5   9   52   6  2  48  94  .248  .313  .371   81  205   9   5   4   7   7
 2005 28 OAK AL 122  434   76  137  21  5  13   52   1  3  44  51  .316  .384  .477  127  207   4   0   1   4  10
 2006 29 OAK AL 124  441   64  110  25  1  11   52   4  0  40  76  .249  .319  .385   84  170   4   7   1   8  13
 2007 30 OAK AL 150  583   84  161  33  3  19   76   9  4  44  94  .276  .336  .441  110  257   2   3   1  10  10
 2008 31 OAK AL 117  442   55  103  20  3  12   41  14  2  53  65  .233  .321  .373   90  165   5   2   2   5  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      765 2798  415  742 146 21  70  308  38 13 273 434  .265  .337  .407   99 1140  32  20  10  38  54
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        593   88  157  31  4  15   65   8  3  58  92  .265  .337  .407   99  241   7   4   2   8  11
 Career High    154  583   84  161  33  5  19   76  14  4  53  94  .316  .384  .477  127  257   9   7   4  10  13
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2002 25 OAK AL  404  267   53   5.3   104| .272  .262| .359  .329| .394  .421| .753  .750| 103  .532   2.5   0.2  66%
 2003 26 OAK AL  622  439   67   4.1   106| .248  .267| .313  .333| .371  .427| .684  .759|  81  .405 -14.9  -1.4  75%
 2005 28 OAK AL  486  314   79   6.7   106| .316  .269| .384  .332| .477  .427| .861  .759| 127  .641  17.1   1.6  25%
 2006 29 OAK AL  500  355   55   4.1   108| .249  .272| .319  .336| .385  .432| .704  .768|  84  .394  -9.3  -0.9 100%
 2007 30 OAK AL  642  441   87   5.3   101| .276  .263| .336  .329| .441  .410| .777  .739| 110  .519   8.2   0.8  69%
 2008 31 OAK AL  507  359   56   4.2    99| .233  .260| .321  .326| .373  .408| .694  .734|  90  .421  -5.4  -0.5  87%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      3161 2175  397   4.9   104| .265  .265| .337  .331| .407  .421| .744  .751|  99  .486  -1.8  -0.2  74%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2002 25 OAK AL 2B 85 171 233 9 49 .978 .979 4.75 4.36 4.96 4.90 83 732.7 SS 8 3 13 0 4 1.000 .976 2.00 4.15 7.58 4.55 1 19.0 3B 7 7 18 2 0 .926 .951 3.57 2.40 3.57 2.69 7 63.0 DH 1 2003 26 OAK AL 2B 153 324 455 14 95 .982 .982 5.09 4.37 5.40 4.94 147 1297.7 2005 28 OAK AL 2B 115 204 333 6 83 .989 .983 4.67 4.48 4.97 4.96 109 972.0 SS 7 6 15 0 4 1.000 .972 3.00 4.17 4.30 4.60 5 44.0 1B 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.50 8.10 9.00 9.60 0 3.0 DH 1 2006 29 OAK AL 2B 123 273 357 2 91 .997 .986 5.12 4.47 5.30 4.92 121 1070.0 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.00 3.00 9.60 0 3.0 2007 30 OAK AL 2B 150 302 499 5 104 .994 .985 5.34 4.54 5.45 4.98 149 1322.0 2008 31 OAK AL 2B 115 228 336 4 88 .993 .987 4.90 4.51 5.02 5.01 114 1011.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2005 28 OAK AL 1B 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.50 8.10 9.00 9.60 0 3.0 2006 29 OAK AL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.00 3.00 9.60 0 3.0 2002 25 OAK AL 2B 85 171 233 9 49 .978 .979 4.75 4.36 4.96 4.90 83 732.7 2003 26 OAK AL 2B 153 324 455 14 95 .982 .982 5.09 4.37 5.40 4.94 147 1297.7 2005 28 OAK AL 2B 115 204 333 6 83 .989 .983 4.67 4.48 4.97 4.96 109 972.0 2006 29 OAK AL 2B 123 273 357 2 91 .997 .986 5.12 4.47 5.30 4.92 121 1070.0 2007 30 OAK AL 2B 150 302 499 5 104 .994 .985 5.34 4.54 5.45 4.98 149 1322.0 2008 31 OAK AL 2B 115 228 336 4 88 .993 .987 4.90 4.51 5.02 5.01 114 1011.7 2002 25 OAK AL 3B 7 7 18 2 0 .926 .951 3.57 2.40 3.57 2.69 7 63.0 2002 25 OAK AL DH 1 2005 28 OAK AL DH 1 2002 25 OAK AL SS 8 3 13 0 4 1.000 .976 2.00 4.15 7.58 4.55 1 19.0 2005 28 OAK AL SS 7 6 15 0 4 1.000 .972 3.00 4.17 4.30 4.60 5 44.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 741 1502 2213 40 510 .989 .984 5.01 4.46 5.22 4.95 723 6406.0 SS* 15 9 28 0 8 1.000 .974 2.47 4.16 5.29 4.59 6 63.0 3B* 7 7 18 2 0 .926 .951 3.57 2.40 3.57 2.69 7 63.0 1B* 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.33 8.07 6.00 9.60 0 6.0 DH 2 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 766 1522 2259 42 518 .989 .984 4.94 4.45 5.20 4.93 736 6538
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2002   ALDS  OAK MIN     L   5  19   1   7  2  0  1   4   1   2  .368  .400  .632   0  0   0   0   0 
 2003   ALDS  OAK BOS     L   5  17   2   2  0  0  0   0   4   7  .118  .318  .118   0  0   0   0   1 
 2006   ALDS  OAK MIN     W   2   7   0   2  0  0  0   0   0   2  .286  .286  .286   0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       1-2  12  43   3  11  2  0  1   4   5  11  .256  .347  .372   0  0   0   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Batting Average
2005 AL-**.316-10

Sac. Hits
2002 AL-8-6
2003 AL-9-7

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1920) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.5 (1429) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 9th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1999.

January 8, 2001: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Kansas City Royals with Johnny Damon to the Oakland Athletics. The Oakland Athletics sent Ben Grieve to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The Oakland Athletics sent Angel Berroa and A.J. Hinch to the Kansas City Royals. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Cory Lidle to the Oakland Athletics. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Roberto Hernandez to the Kansas City Royals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2003Oakland Athletics$307,500
2004Oakland Athletics$323,500
2005Oakland Athletics$400,000
2006Oakland Athletics$2,250,000
2007Oakland Athletics$3,500,000
2008Oakland Athletics$5,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$11,781,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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