Babe Ellison Stats

Babe Ellison was born on Sunday, November 15, 1896, in Ola, Arkansas. Ellison was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 18, 1916, with the Detroit Tigers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Babe Ellison baseball stats page.

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Babe Ellison



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Birth Name:   Herbert Spencer Ellison
Nickname:   Babe or Bert
Born On:   11-15-1896  (Scorpio)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Ola, Arkansas
Year of Death Data Died On:   08-11-1955 (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   San Francisco, California
Cemetery:   Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, California
High School:   Undetermined
College:   University of Arkansas
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   170
First Game:   09-18-1916 (Age 19)
Last Game:   09-23-1920
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Babe Ellison Pitching Stats

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Babe Ellison Hitting Stats

1916 20 Tigers 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 0 - .143 .143 .143
1917 21 Tigers 9 29 2 5 1 2 1 0 4 6 - 3 1 - 1 - .172 .333 .448
1918 22 Tigers 7 23 1 6 1 0 0 0 2 3 - 1 0 - 0 - .261 .346 .304
1919 23 Tigers 56 134 18 29 4 0 0 0 11 13 - 24 6 - 1 - .216 .291 .246
1920 24 Tigers 61 155 11 34 7 2 0 0 21 8 - 26 8 - 0 - .219 .258 .290
5 Years 135 348 32 75 13 4 1 0 39 30 0 55 15 - 2 - .216 .282 .284

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Babe Ellison Fielding Stats

1916 Tigers 3B 2 2 24 5 2.5 5 4 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.63
1917 Tigers 1B 9 9 234 101 11.2 99 98 1 2 5 n/a n/a n/a .980 11.42
1918 Tigers 2B 3 3 75 16 5.3 16 2 14 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.76
1918 Tigers RF 4 4 78 6 1.5 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.08
1919 Tigers 2B 25 20 516 116 4.6 112 48 64 4 7 n/a n/a n/a .966 5.86
1919 Tigers CF 1 1 24 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1919 Tigers LF 1 1 27 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1919 Tigers RF 8 6 153 19 2.4 19 18 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.35
1919 Tigers SS 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1920 Tigers 1B 38 36 867 390 10.3 389 363 26 1 13 n/a n/a n/a .997 12.11
1920 Tigers 3B 1 1 24 3 3.0 2 1 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 2.25
1920 Tigers CF 2 1 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1920 Tigers RF 2 2 54 3 1.5 3 1 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.50
1B Totals 47 45 1,101 491 10.4 488 461 27 3 18 n/a n/a n/a .994 11.97
2B Totals 28 23 591 132 4.7 128 50 78 4 8 n/a n/a n/a .970 5.85
RF Totals 14 12 285 28 2.0 28 25 3 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.65
3B Totals 3 3 48 8 2.7 7 5 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .875 3.94
CF Totals 3 2 24 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
LF Totals 1 1 27 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
SS Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
5 Years 97 86 2,076 662 6.8 654 544 110 8 27 n/a n/a n/a .988 8.51

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Babe Ellison Miscellaneous Stats

1916 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 7.0 7.0 - - -
1917 Tigers 0 - - 0 0 n/a 29.0 9.7 7.3 - - -
1918 Tigers 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 23.0 11.5 - - -
1919 Tigers 4 - - 14 0 n/a 0.0 5.6 12.2 - - -
1920 Tigers 4 1 .800 18 0 n/a 0.0 6.0 7.4 - - -
5 Years 9 1 .900 32 0 n/a 348.0 6.3 8.9 - - -

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Babe Ellison Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1916 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1917 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1918 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1919 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -
1920 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a -

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