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| Name | Team | Age |
| Jimmy Ellis | Retired (1995, Age 36) | 88 |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 1, Pick 8 (1983) |
RP | R/R |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Reggie Smith League | 0 | 9 years (17 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor Value
|
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 7/3/1959 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Energy | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Batting | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Type
|
Chances
|
Endurance | Velocity | Control | Total |
| 1983 | Minors | 46.00 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 20 | 5 / 22 | 6 / 46 |
| 1983 | Majors | 1.15 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 |
| 1984 | Minors | 1.00 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 |
| 1984 | Majors | 50.22 | 2 / 11 | 3 / 16 | 6 / 23 | 11 / 50 |
| 1985 | Majors | 48.21 | 0 / 9 | 0 / 23 | 1 / 16 | 1 / 48 |
| 1986 | Minors | 8.00 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 8 |
| 1986 | Majors | 23.39 | 0 / 0 | 2 / 11 | 2 / 12 | 4 / 23 |
| 1987 | Minors | 17.00 | 0 / 1 | 2 / 9 | 0 / 7 | 2 / 17 |
| 1987 | Majors | 4.98 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 4 |
| 1988 | Minors | 20.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 11 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 20 |
| 1988 | Majors | 7.80 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 7 |
| 1989 | Minors | 11.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 11 |
| 1989 | Majors | 32.64 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 16 | 0 / 32 |
| 1990 | Majors | 41.31 | 1 / 8 | 1 / 12 | 1 / 21 | 3 / 41 |
| 1991 | Majors | 37.44 | 0 / 9 | 1 / 14 | 0 / 14 | 1 / 37 |
| 1992 | Majors | 50.25 | 0 / 11 | 1 / 19 | 1 / 20 | 2 / 50 |
| 1993 | Majors | 47.46 | -3 / 8 | -5 / 17 | -3 / 22 | -11 / 47 |
| 1994 | Minors | 2.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 |
| 1994 | Majors | 24.57 | -4 / 0 | -6 / 10 | -2 / 14 | -12 / 24 |
| 1995 | Majors | 46.36 | -2 / 10 | -6 / 19 | -4 / 17 | -12 / 46 |
| Total | -5 / 76 | -4 / 214 | 7 / 225 | -2 / 515 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1995-11-01 | Jimmy Ellis has retired from the Kansas City Royals |
| 1994-08-06 | The Kansas City Royals have promoted Jimmy Ellis to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have waived Dennis Leonard. |
| 1994-08-06 | The Kansas City Royals have acquired Jimmy Ellis from the waiver wire. |
| 1994-07-06 | The Kansas City Royals have promoted Alan Baker to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have waived Joe Knox. The Kansas City Royals have waived Jimmy Ellis. The Kansas City Royals have waived Tim Hunter. |
| 1994-06-11 | The Kansas City Royals have promoted Joe Knox to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have promoted Dixie Freeman to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have promoted Jimmy Ellis to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have promoted Bob Williams to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have waived Francisco Baczewski. The Kansas City Royals have waived Jim Brastoni. The Kansas City Royals have waived Gary Fernandez. The Kansas City Royals have waived Anders Anderson. |
| 1994-06-11 | The Kansas City Royals have acquired Jimmy Ellis from the waiver wire. |
| 1994-04-18 | The Oakland Os have waived Jimmy Ellis. |
| 1994-04-05 | The Oakland Os have designated Jimmy Ellis for assignment. |
| 1989-05-29 | The Oakland Os have promoted Jimmy Ellis to the major league team. |
| 1988-10-23 | The Baltimore BLUE SOX have sent Jimmy Ellis to the minors. |
| 1988-08-19 | The Baltimore BLUE SOX have promoted Jimmy Ellis to the major league team. The Baltimore BLUE SOX have designated Robert Edmondson for assignment. The Baltimore BLUE SOX have designated Gregg Cook for assignment. |
| 1988-07-20 | A trade has been completed between the Baltimore BLUE SOX and the Detroit Auto Builders. The Detroit Auto Builders receive Draft Pick - 1989 Round 2 (BAL) from the Baltimore BLUE SOX in exchange for Jimmy Ellis. |
| 1987-09-19 | The Detroit Auto Builders have promoted Thurman Pilney to the major league team. The Detroit Auto Builders have sent Jimmy Ellis to the minors. |
| 1987-09-19 | The Detroit Auto Builders have promoted Jimmy Ellis to the major league team. The Detroit Auto Builders have designated Nino Brown for assignment. |
| 1987-09-19 | The Detroit Auto Builders have sent Jimmy Ellis to the minors. |
| 1987-09-02 | The Detroit Auto Builders have promoted Thurman Pilney to the major league team. The Detroit Auto Builders have promoted Jimmy Ellis to the major league team. |
| 1987-04-01 | The Detroit Auto Builders have sent Jimmy Ellis to the minors. |
| 1987-03-01 | The Detroit Auto Builders have promoted Jimmy Ellis to the major league team. The Detroit Auto Builders have promoted Roy Forsch to the major league team. |
| 1987-03-01 | The Detroit Auto Builders have sent Jimmy Ellis to the minors. The Detroit Auto Builders have sent Thurman Pilney to the minors. |
| 1986-09-14 | Jimmy Ellis of the Detroit Auto Builders is injured and is expected to be out 35 days. |
| 1986-09-02 | The Detroit Auto Builders have promoted Thurman Pilney to the major league team. The Detroit Auto Builders have promoted Jimmy Ellis to the major league team. |
| 1986-06-16 | The Detroit Auto Builders have sent Jimmy Ellis to the minors. |
| 1986-05-24 | The Detroit Auto Builders have promoted Jimmy Ellis to the major league team. |
| 1986-05-22 | The Detroit Auto Builders have promoted Eddie Foster to the major league team. The Detroit Auto Builders have sent Jimmy Ellis to the minors. |
| 1984-04-11 | The Detroit Auto Builders have promoted Jimmy Ellis to the major league team. The Detroit Auto Builders have designated Chris Cohen for assignment. |
| 1984-04-05 | The Detroit Auto Builders have acquired Jimmy Ellis from the waiver wire. |
| 1984-03-13 | The New York JazzHeads have waived Jimmy Ellis. |
| 1983-06-15 | The New York JazzHeads have promoted Randy Beckett to the major league team. The New York JazzHeads have sent Jimmy Ellis to the minors. |
| 1983-06-09 | The New York JazzHeads have promoted Jimmy Ellis to the major league team. The New York JazzHeads have promoted Ernie Conwell to the major league team. The New York JazzHeads have sent Tom Chism to the minors. The New York JazzHeads have sent Shane Causey to the minors. |
| 1983-04-05 | The New York JazzHeads have promoted Shane Causey to the major league team. The New York JazzHeads have sent Jimmy Ellis to the minors. |
| 1983-04-05 | The New York JazzHeads have promoted Jimmy Ellis to the major league team. The New York JazzHeads have promoted Tom Chism to the major league team. The New York JazzHeads have sent Bill Fryman to the minors. The New York JazzHeads have sent Phil Morris to the minors. |