Robert Ellis (baseball)

Infobox MLB retired
name=Robert Ellis
position=Pitcher
birthdate=birth date and age|1970|12|15
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=September 12
debutyear=by|1996
debutteam=California Angels
finaldate=August 16
finalyear=by|2003
finalteam=Texas Rangers
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=7-7
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=6.03
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=54
teams=
*California Angels (by|1996)
*Arizona Diamondbacks (by|2001)
*Los Angeles Dodgers (by|2002)
*Texas Rangers (by|2003)
highlights=

Robert Randolph Ellis (born December 15, 1970 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is a former starting pitcher who played in Major League Baseball between by|1996 and by|2003. He batted and threw right-handed.

Listed at 6' 5", 220 lb., Ellis was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the by|1990 draft out of the Northwestern State University of Louisiana. From by|1991-1996, he pitched at five different minor league levels. Ellis began his pro baseball career in the minors with the New York-Penn League's Utica Blue Sox in 1991. Eliis spent the next season playing for both the Gulf Coast League White Sox and the Class A South Bend White Sox of the Mid West League in by|1992. In by|1993, Ellis once again played for two different teams playing for the Class A Sarasota White Sox of the Florida State League. And later for the Double-A Birmingham Barons of the Southern League. On July 27, 1996, Ellis was traded to the California Angels for Pat Borders.

Ellis reached the majors in 1996 with the Angels, spending one year with them before moving to the Arizona Diamondbacks (by|2001), Los Angeles Dodgers (by|2002) and Texas Rangers (by|2003). His most productive season came in 2001 with Arizona, when he set career-highs in wins (6), strikeouts (41) and innings pitched (92.0). In a four-season career, Ellis posted a 7-7 record with 54 strikeouts and a 6.03 ERA in 118.0 innings.

After that, Ellis pitched in the International League for the Cleveland and Philadelphia organizations.

External links

* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/E/robert-ellis.shtml The Baseball Cube]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/ellisro02.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Robert_Ellis BR Bullpen]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/E/Pellir001.htm Retrosheet]