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Chris
Ellington		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: March 25, 1917 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1938    1939   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1936 19 PSM ML $ 300,000 6 15 15 15 13 13 13 13 13 13
1937 20 PSM ML $ 300,000 6 18 18 18 13 13 13 10 10 10
1938 21 PSM ML $ 300,000 6 18 18 18 11 11 11 10 10 10
1939 22 PSM ML $ 300,000 6 18 18 18 9 9 9 10 10 10
1940 23 PSM ML $ 1,757,143 6 18 18 18 12 12 12 12 12 12
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 15 15 15 9 9 9 10 10 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,757,143 6 18 18 18 13 13 13 13 13 13
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  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1936 19 PSM ML $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7 4 4 4 2 2 2
1937 20 PSM ML $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7 4 4 4 2 2 2
1938 21 PSM ML $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7 4 4 4 2 2 2
1939 22 PSM ML $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7 4 4 4 2 2 2
1940 23 PSM ML $ 1,757,143   5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7 4 4 4 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7 4 4 4 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,757,143   5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7 4 4 4 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Golden Arm or Golden Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1936 19 PSM ML 2 6 .250 8 8 5 0 0 65.0 65 30 16 16 55 4.15 .258 .314 .484 .798 3.1
    AAA   8 0 1.000 12 12 4 2 0 103.0 69 22 5 34 125 1.92 .187 .256 .266 .521  
    AA   7 4 .636 11 11 5 3 0 82.7 76 28 6 27 78 3.05 .244 .304 .346 .650  
1937 20 PSM ML 14 13 .519 33 33 16 2 0 264.0 225 125 35 88 243 4.26 .232 .307 .393 .700 9.2
1938 21 PSM ML 19 12 .613 33 33 23 1 0 270.3 211 112 45 91 290 3.73 .213 .290 .376 .666 13.5
1939 22 PSM ML 10 12 .455 25 25 14 1 0 205.7 181 95 24 81 204 4.16 .234 .311 .378 .689 9.1
1940 23 PSM ML 5 10 .333 31 9 5 0 1 101.7 112 66 25 32 105 5.84 .281 .343 .501 .844 0.0
5 Years Sim 50 53 .485 130 108 63 4 1 906.7 794 428 145 308 897 4.25 .235 .308 .404 .712 34.9
1 Years AAA 8 0 1.000 12 12 4 2 0 103.0 69 22 5 34 125 1.92 .187 .256 .266 .521  
1 Years AA 7 4 .636 11 11 5 3 0 82.7 76 28 6 27 78 3.05 .244 .304 .346 .650  
2 Years Minors 15 4 .789 23 23 9 5 0 185.7 145 50 11 61 203 2.42 .213 .278 .302 .580  
Season Average 10 10 .500 26 21 12 0 0 181.3 158 85 29 61 179 4.25 .235 .308 .404 .712  
Career Highs 19 13 .613 33 33 23 2 1 270.3 225 125 45 91 290 5.84 .281 .343 .501 .844  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   611 318 103 250 650   .238 .306 .402 .708
vs LH   183 110 42 58 247   .224 .275 .411 .686
Home 25 23 .521 60 50 26 3 0 424.3 380 212 77 152 426 4.50 .238 .305 .426 .731
Away 25 30 .455 70 58 37 1 1 482.3 414 216 68 156 471 4.03 .231 .293 .384 .677
Mar/Apr 11 4 .733 19 15 9 2 0 131.3 89 41 16 46 133 2.81 .189 .261 .310 .571
May 10 11 .476 26 21 14 0 0 172.6 154 91 29 59 179 4.74 .236 .300 .417 .717
June 6 13 .316 28 19 11 0 1 168.0 157 85 27 71 164 4.55 .248 .324 .426 .750
July 7 11 .389 25 21 9 0 0 171.7 158 90 24 59 173 4.72 .245 .308 .402 .710
August 13 13 .500 28 28 17 2 0 229.0 217 109 42 65 215 4.28 .251 .303 .433 .736
Sep/Oct 3 1 .750 4 4 5 0 0 34.0 19 12 7 8 33 3.18 .161 .214 .390 .604
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Golden Bat or Golden Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1936 19 PSM ML 8 22 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .136 .174 .136 .310 0.1 0.0
1937 20 PSM ML 33 89 6 14 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 43 .157 .183 .180 .363 2.2 0.0
1938 21 PSM ML 33 86 6 11 1 0 0 6 1 0 2 37 .128 .167 .140 .306 0.5 0.0
1939 22 PSM ML 25 73 2 10 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 28 .137 .149 .178 .327 0.6 0.0
1940 23 PSM ML 31 26 2 7 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 6 .269 .310 .308 .618 2.9 0.4
5 Years Sim 130 296 17 45 4 0 1 19 2 1 9 126 .152 .181 .176 .357 6.3 0.4
162 Game Average 368 21 56 4 0 1 23 2 1 11 157 .152 .181 .176 .357 7.8  
Career Highs 33 89 6 14 2 0 1 6 1 1 3 43 .269 .310 .308 .618 2.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   207 12 32 2 0 0 13 2 1 6 94 .155 .184 .164 .349 1.7
vs LH   89 5 13 2 0 1 6 0 0 3 32 .146 .174 .202 .376 1.6
Home 60 133 10 24 3 0 0 11 1 0 4 59 .180 .209 .203 .412 3.7
Away 70 163 7 21 1 0 1 8 1 1 5 67 .129 .159 .153 .312 -0.4
RISP   77 0 12 0 0 0 18 0 0 4 36 .156 .202 .156 .358 1.1
Close/Late   24 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.5
Mar/Apr 15 41 4 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 15 .122 .140 .122 .261 -1.0
May 21 59 4 8 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 33 .136 .164 .203 .367 0.9
June 28 54 0 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 24 .130 .161 .148 .309 -0.1
July 21 53 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 24 .132 .132 .132 .264 -0.9
August 28 78 6 15 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 28 .192 .229 .218 .447 2.9
Sep/Oct 4 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 .273 .385 .273 .657 1.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Golden Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1936 19 PSM ML P 8 8 65.0 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.25    
1937 20 PSM ML P 33 33 264.0 7 27 2 0 .944 1.16    
1938 21 PSM ML P 33 33 270.3 11 29 1 1 .976 1.33    
1939 22 PSM ML P 25 25 205.7 5 29 0 1 1.000 1.49    
1940 23 PSM ML P 31 9 101.7 2 10 0 0 1.000 1.06    
Career Totals   130 108 906.7 27 102 3 3 .977 1.28    
Career Highs   33 33 270.3 11 29 2 1 1.000 1.49    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1938 21 PSM ML 0 2 .000 2 2 2 0 0 17.0 16 12 3 6 11 6.35 .242 .306 .409 .715
1940 23 PSM ML 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 4 3 1 0 2 16.27 .444 .444 .778 1.222
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 2 .000 4 2 2 0 0 18.7 20 15 4 6 13 7.23 .267 .321 .453 .774
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1938 21 PSM ML 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .200 .533
Career Post-Season Batting 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .200 .533
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1938-3-19
 Winning Pct
1938-7-.613
 Complete Games
1938-8-23
 Homeruns Allowed
1937-4-35
1938-1-45
1939-5-24
1940-6-25
 Strikeouts
1938-6-290
 Walks Allowed
1937-7-88
1938-5-91
1939-9-81
Hits per 9IP
1937-6-7.7
1938-6-7.0
1939-7-7.9
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1937-9-8.3
1938-3-9.7
1939-5-8.9
 WHiP
1937-10-1.19
1938-9-1.12
 OAVG
1937-7-.232
1938-6-.213
1939-7-.234
 OOBP
1938-9-.290
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 23)
   Gray Ink Test: 25    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 190)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Portsmouth in 1936
Had first career hit on 8/4/1936, off Young Krouse (WAS)
Earned first career win on 8/4/1936
Won Player of the Week award on 8/29/1937, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1939, going 5-0, 1.23
Struck out 16 batters against Philadelphia on 5/4/1939
Hit first career homerun on 5/21/1939, off William Desroches (PHI)
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
1/31/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,757,143 through salary arbitration
 
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