Specs Ellis

(Lefty; Speck)

Born: birthplace unknown

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Pitching

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Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1937	JRC	IND		RP	0	1	.000	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	1	0	3	0	0	2	0		0	5	0.00
1940	CBR	NAL		SP	0	1	.000	2	1		0	0	0	8.2	7	5	13		0	1	0		0		5.19	69
1941	JRC	NAL		RP	0	0		1	0		0	0	1	3.0	2	2	3		0	0	0		1		6.00	63
1942	BBB/JRC	NAL		SP	1	2	.333	5	3		3	0	0	30.0	13	10	25		8	11	1		1		3.00	127
1943	CC	NAL		SP	0	1	.000	3	1		0	0	0	8.0	11	7	16	0	1	2	0		0	41	7.88	48
1944	JRC/BBB	IND/NAL		SP	0	2	.000	3	3		1	0	0	13.1	14	12	21	1	8	4	0	0	0	68	8.10	121
6	3			SP	1	7	.125	15	8		4	0	1	64.0	48	36	81	1	17	20	1	0	2	114	5.06	82
162 Game Average					3	21	.125	44	24		12	0	3	189.1	142	106	239	6	50	59	3	0	6	705	5.06	82

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
5	Jacksonville Red Caps			RP	0	4	.000	7	3		2	0	1	30.2	21	17	37	0	8	9	0	0	2	43	4.99	102
2	Birmingham Black Barons			SP	1	2	.333	5	4		2	0	0	25.1	16	12	28	1	8	9	1	0	0	30	4.26	82
1	Indianapolis Clowns			-	0	1	.000	3	1		0	0	0	8.0	11	7	16	0	1	2	0		0	41	7.88	48

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1937	JRC	IND		RP	1.0	3.00	1.25	40.0%	18.7%	0.0%	5.9%		3.19	0.0%	0.9%
1940	CBR	NAL		SP	8.2	1.50	1.29	2.6%	14.0%	0.0%	7.7%		1.81
1941	JRC	NAL		RP	3.0	1.00	1.24	0.0%	14.2%	0.0%	7.1%		2.01
1942	BBB/JRC	NAL		SP	30.0	1.10	1.33	9.1%	12.1%	6.6%	7.1%	1.38	1.71
1943	CC	NAL		SP	8.0	2.13	1.30	4.9%	11.8%	2.4%	7.2%	2.00	1.63	0.0%	0.5%
1944	JRC/BBB	IND/NAL		SP	13.1	2.18	2.09	5.9%	10.7%	11.8%	9.4%	0.50	1.15	1.5%	1.3%
6	3			SP	64.0	1.53	1.47	7.0%	12.2%	5.9%	7.8%	1.18	1.64	0.9%	1.0%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
5	Jacksonville Red Caps			RP	30.2	1.47	1.66	6.6%	12.2%	5.9%	8.5%	1.13	1.56	0.0%	2.1%
2	Birmingham Black Barons			SP	25.1	1.42	1.30	8.3%	12.2%	7.3%	7.1%	1.13	1.73	3.3%	0.3%
1	Indianapolis Clowns			-	8.0	2.13	1.30	4.9%	11.8%	2.4%	7.2%	2.00	1.63	0.0%	0.5%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1937	JRC	IND		RP	1	5	5	1	3	1	1	0	0		0	2		0	0		0	.600	.600	1.200	1.800
1940	CBR	NAL		SP	2			7	13						0	1		0
1941	JRC	NAL		RP	1			2	3						0	0		1
1942	BBB/JRC	NAL		SP	5			13	25						8	11		1
1943	CC	NAL		SP	3	41	39	11	16	3	4	0	1		1	2		0	1			.410	.425	.692	1.117
1944	JRC/BBB	IND/NAL		SP	3	68	59	14	21	4	1	1	1	0	8	4	0	0	1		3	.356	.433	.508	.941
6	3			SP	15	114	103	48	81	8	6	1	2	0	17	20	0	2	2		3	.388	.438	.612	1.049

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
5	Jacksonville Red Caps			RP	7	43	39	21	37	2	2	0	1	0	8	9	0	2	0		1	.333	.395	.487	.883
2	Birmingham Black Barons			SP	5	30	25	16	28	3	0	1	0	0	8	9	0	0	1		2	.440	.517	.680	1.197
1	Indianapolis Clowns			-	3	41	39	11	16	3	4	0	1		1	2		0	1			.410	.425	.692	1.117

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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