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Name Team Age
Joe Ellsworth Retired (1967, Age 38) Died (2006, Age 77)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 23, Pick 356
(1950)		 1B L/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Reggie Smith League 0 14 years (106 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
57 57 84
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
73 73 38
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
46 39 45
Endurance Velocity Control
14 39 1
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
99 100 100
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
8 0 3/22/1929
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 3
Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
97 (97.2 %) 0 (0.0 %) 0 (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1950 BOS 108 393 53 94 16 1 8 36 54 55 0 0 5 .687 .341 .346 .239
1951 BOS 131 487 52 124 24 5 10 69 52 64 0 0 7 .719 .333 .386 .255
1952 BOS 130 508 62 120 14 3 5 34 54 88 6 4 6 .615 .310 .305 .236
1953 BOS-CLE 100 403 49 102 17 3 4 33 46 62 14 7 3 .668 .328 .340 .253
1954 CLE 31 72 6 15 4 1 1 7 7 11 0 0 2 .612 .278 .333 .208
1955 CLE 36 100 10 23 4 0 1 9 10 11 3 0 2 .595 .295 .300 .230
1956 CLE 54 79 12 23 2 1 0 5 9 6 1 1 0 .701 .360 .342 .291
1957 CLE-NYN 124 329 41 94 17 2 7 39 34 46 8 5 5 .768 .354 .413 .286
1958 NYN 133 455 64 131 25 4 9 60 47 50 13 4 10 .778 .358 .420 .288
1959 NYN 129 535 72 149 16 4 16 66 62 84 13 2 5 .766 .353 .413 .279
1960 NYN 130 540 66 153 24 7 16 71 58 68 8 3 3 .795 .353 .443 .283
1961 NYN 130 519 74 139 25 4 12 69 57 72 8 1 6 .739 .338 .401 .268
1962 NYN 120 432 58 126 18 4 13 78 50 70 16 11 4 .808 .366 .442 .292
1963 NYN 118 400 51 109 20 4 10 72 57 68 12 4 3 .782 .364 .417 .273
1964 NYN 96 241 38 65 12 4 5 31 33 32 11 1 1 .771 .356 .415 .270
1965 NYN 129 456 45 115 17 1 9 40 49 60 14 6 8 .682 .329 .353 .252
1966 NYN 123 480 65 140 25 1 11 59 60 75 5 3 1 .789 .372 .417 .292
1967 NYN 91 223 14 44 9 0 3 17 15 33 2 3 0 .528 .250 .278 .197
Total 1913 6652 832 1766 289 49 140 795 754 955 134 55 71 .729 .342 .387 .265
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1967-11-01Joe Ellsworth has retired from the New York Mets
1966-03-01The New York Mets have renamed Billy Ball to Joe Ellsworth.
1959-03-01The New York yanks have renamed Joe Ellsworth to Billy Ball.
1957-05-01A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Indians and the New York yanks. The New York yanks receive Hank Dennis, Barry Perme, Joe Ellsworth, Randy Plarski from the Cleveland Indians in exchange for bauer, berra, Jack Rust.
1954-06-24The Cleveland Indians have promoted Joe Ellsworth to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have designated Frank Fornieles for assignment.
1954-06-24The Cleveland Indians have sent Joe Ellsworth to the minors.
1954-06-13The Cleveland Indians have promoted Joe Ellsworth to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have designated T.J. Simmons for assignment.
1954-04-25The Cleveland Indians have promoted T.J. Simmons to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have sent Joe Ellsworth to the minors.
1953-08-27The Cleveland Indians have promoted Joe Ellsworth to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have designated Doug Vukovich for assignment.
1953-08-23The Cleveland Indians have sent Joe Ellsworth to the minors.
1953-07-31A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox. The Boston Red Sox receive from the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Anthony Pickett, Joe Ellsworth.
1950-07-02The Boston Red Sox have promoted Joe Ellsworth to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have sent Tony Moran to the minors.
1950-05-29The Boston Red Sox have promoted Tony Moran to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have sent Joe Ellsworth to the minors.