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Dock Ellis

Pirates Career team 1968 to 1979
Position P
Born Mar 11, 1945

Key Insights

1979
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Graig Nettles has hit .727/.769/1.818 against Ellis over 13 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

8 for 11 with 3 home runs and 0 strikeouts, against a .654 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Ellis has struck Bob Bailey out 9 times in 11 plate appearances, 81.8% of everything between them.

9 strikeouts in 11 plate appearances.
One opponent brings the best out of him

Tom Seaver has hit .000/.000/.000 against Ellis over 12 plate appearances, the least any regular opponent has managed.

0 for 11 with 0 home runs and 7 strikeouts, against a .654 OPS median across his matchups.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Ellis throws than Donn Clendenon: 75% of the swings between them come up empty.

15 plate appearances between them. 99th percentile of the 69 matchups on his own record.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Mike Jorgensen is 0 for 32 against Ellis, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

39 career plate appearances.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

Ellis has faced Lee May more than any other hitter: 91 plate appearances, and Lee May has hit .261/.286/.432 in them.

23 hits, 4 home runs and 19 strikeouts across 91 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Mar 11, 1945