- Mark Ellis (baseball)
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Mark Ellis Los Angeles Dodgers Second baseman Born: June 6, 1977
Rapid City, South DakotaBats: Right Throws: Right MLB debut April 9, 2002 for the Oakland Athletics Career statistics
(through 2011 Season)Batting average .266 Home runs 92 Runs batted in 459 Teams - Oakland Athletics (2002–2011)
- Colorado Rockies (2011)
- Los Angeles Dodgers (2012–present)
Mark William Ellis (born June 6, 1977) is an American professional baseball second baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. He has played for the Oakland Athletics and Colorado Rockies.
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Early career
Ellis as born in Rapid City, South Dakota. Ellis graduated from Stevens High School in Rapid City in 1995, and is one of three players to have made it to the major leagues who played for the Rapid City Post 22 American Legion baseball program in Rapid City. As a 16-year-old, Ellis was the starting shortstop for the 1993 Rapid City Post 22 varsity "Hardhat" baseball team which had a 70–5 record and won the national title in Roseburg, OR. He went on to earn South Dakota American Legion Player of the Year honors in back-to-back years, 1994 and 1995. [1] He went on to play for the University of Florida Gators baseball program and was the MVP of the Gainesville regional at the 1998 College World Series.
Ellis was a ninth-round selection by the Kansas City Royals in the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft. He played with the Royals farm system in 1999 and 2000, where he was a Short-Season A All-Star in 1999 and a Carolina League All-Star in 2000.
On January 1, 2001, he acquired by the Oakland Athletics along with outfielder Johnny Damon and pitcher Cory Lidle in a three-team trade with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the Royals for outfielder Ben Grieve, shortstop Angel Berroa, and catcher A.J. Hinch.[2] In 2001, with the AAA Sacramento River Cats, he hit .273 in 132 games with 10 home runs.
Major league career
Oakland Athletics
Ellis made his major-league debut on April 9, 2002 for the Athletics against the Texas Rangers, pinch running in the eighth inning for Jeremy Giambi. He remained in the game and ground out to short in the 10th inning. [3] He recorded his first base hit, in his first Major League start, on April 18 against the Anaheim Angels, a single to left field off of Ramón Ortiz.[4] His first home run was hit on June 28, 2002 off of San Francisco Giants pitcher Jay Witasick. [5] For the 2002 season his batting was .272 in 98 games. He followed by hitting .248 the following season, but missed the entire 2004 season due to a torn labrum in his right shoulder resulting from a collision with shortstop Bobby Crosby in a spring training game against the Chicago Cubs.[6] In 2005, he returned to the Athletics and led the team in batting average (.316), on base percentage (.384), and slugging average (.477) as the team's regular second baseman.
In 2006, Ellis broke Bret Boone's single-season American League record for a second baseman with a .99685 fielding percentage,[7] although the Gold Glove Award went to the Royals' Mark Grudzielanek.
Ellis missed most of the A's 2006 post-season due to a hand injury suffered during Game 2 of the American League Division Series against the Minnesota Twins.[8]
On June 4, 2007, Ellis became only the sixth player in Oakland Athletics history to hit for the cycle. On July 23, 2007, he had his first career multi-home run game against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. On August 5, 2007, he tied the A's team record for consecutive error-less games by a second baseman at 70 games.
Ellis missed the last two months of the 2008 season due to cartilage damage in his shoulder. He underwent successful surgery that also fixed a torn labrum from a previous injury. [9]
In October 2008, the Athletics signed Ellis to an $11 million contract through 2010, with an option of extending the deal an additional season.[10]
Colorado Rockies
On June 30, 2011, Ellis was traded to the Colorado Rockies for Bruce Billings and a player to be named later.[11] On September 30, the Athletics announced that they received 22-year-old outfielder Eliezer Mesa as the player to be named later to complete the deal.[12]
Los Angeles Dodgers
On November 15, 2011, Ellis signed a two-year $8.75 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.[13]
Film
- In the 2011 film, Moneyball, focusing on the Oakland A's analytical approach to economically assembling a competitive baseball team, the role of Mark Ellis is played by actor Brent Dohling.
See also
References
- ^ "Alumni > Mark Ellis". Post 22 Baseball. http://www.post22baseball.com/Alumni/ellis.htm. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
- ^ "Mark Ellis Statistics: Transactions". Sports Reference, Inc.. http://www.baseball-reference.com/e/ellisma01.shtml#TRANS. Retrieved June 1, 2007.
- ^ "April 9, 2002 Oakland Athletics at Texas Rangers Play by Play and Box Score". Baseball-Reference.com. April 9, 2002. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX200204090.shtml. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
- ^ "April 18, 2002 Anaheim Angels at Oakland Athletics Play by Play and Box Score". Baseball-Reference.com. April 18, 2002. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/OAK/OAK200204180.shtml. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
- ^ "June 28, 2002 San Francisco Giants at Oakland Athletics Play by Play and Box Score". Baseball-Reference.com. June 28, 2002. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/OAK/OAK200206280.shtml. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
- ^ Nelson, Steve (April 10, 2004). "Ellis out for the season". MLB.com. http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20040410&content_id=699534&vkey=news_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak. Retrieved June 1, 2007.
- ^ (PDF) 2007 Oakland Athletics Media Guide. MLB Advanced Media. pp. p. 69. http://pressbox.mlb.com/pressbox/downloads/y2007/oak/coaches_players_a_t.pdf. Retrieved June 1, 2007.
- ^ Quinn, Ryan (October 5, 2006). "Notes: A's defense takes a hit". MLB.com. http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061005&content_id=1701269&vkey=news_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak. Retrieved June 1, 2007.
- ^ Urban, Mychael (February 17, 2008). "Ellis' hitting is ahead of his throwing". oaklandathletics.com. http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090217&content_id=3839948&vkey=news_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak/url. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
- ^ Urban, Mychael (October 21, 2008). "Ellis embraces two-year deal". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081020&content_id=3633917&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb&partnerId=rss_mlb/url. Retrieved October 21, 2008.
- ^ Nicholson-Smith, Ben. "Rockies Acquire Mark Ellis". MLBTradeRumors.com. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/06/rockies-acquire-mark-ellis.html. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
- ^ "A's announce coaching staff changes for 2012". Oakland Athletics Press Release. http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20110930&content_id=25405904&vkey=pr_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
- ^ Dodgers sign Ellis to two-year, $8.75M deal
External links
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Los Angeles Dodgers current roster Active roster 5 Juan Uribe | 7 James Loney | 9 Dee Gordon | 10 Tony Gwynn, Jr. | 12 Justin Sellers | 13 Iván DeJesús, Jr. | 16 Andre Ethier | 17 A. J. Ellis | 22 Clayton Kershaw | 27 Matt Kemp | 29 Ted Lilly | 31 Tim Federowicz | 33 Juan Rivera | 36 Blake Hawksworth | 35 Jamie Hoffmann | 37 Carlos Monasterios | 37 Dana Eveland | 38 Ramón Troncoso | 41 Rubby De La Rosa | 46 Russ Mitchell | 47 Jerry Sands | 48 John Ely | 49 Trent Oeltjen | 50 Nathan Eovaldi | 52 Josh Lindblom | 54 Javy Guerra | 55 Matt Guerrier | 56 Hong-Chih Kuo | 57 Scott Elbert | 58 Chad Billingsley | 74 Kenley Jansen | -- Mark Ellis | -- Alfredo Silverio | -- Scott Van Slyke
Restricted list Coaching Staff Manager 8 Don Mattingly | Bench Coach 45 Trey Hillman | 1st Base Coach 15 Davey Lopes | 3rd Base Coach 26 Tim Wallach | Hitting Coach 25 Dave Hansen | Pitching Coach 40 Rick Honeycutt | Bullpen Coach 43 Ken Howell | Bullpen Catcher 86 Mike Borzello | Bullpen Catcher 85 Rob Flippo | Coach 11 Manny Mota
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