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Ellis Burks
Ellis Rena Burks

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 205 lb.
School Ranger JC

MLB Debut April 30, 1987
Final Game October 2, 2004
Born September 11, 1964 in Vicksburg, MS (age 60)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1987 22 BOA AL  124  467   84  135  26   3  17   60  19   2   28   98  .289  .333  .467  .800   101   218   2   4   3   5   4  
 1988 23 BOA AL  137  537  115  153  31   8  14   69  19   2   66   85  .285  .363  .451  .814   106   242   7   2   6   1  10  
 1989 24 BOA AL  119  411   72  128  23   8  12   59  14   5   28   54  .311  .361  .494  .855   113   203  11   4   7   6  10  
 1990 25 BOA AL  154  606   88  166  25  13  18   88  12   6   55   85  .274  .332  .447  .780   102   271   5   4   8   0  17  MVP-6
 1991 26 BOA AL  134  435   57  108  23   1  15   56   2   1   32   89  .248  .309  .409  .718    92   178   8   2   0   7   7  
 1992 27 BOA AL   58  198   27   65   8   3  11   29   2   1   15   41  .328  .377  .566  .942   130   112   0   1   4   1   3  
         CHA AL    9   31    2   11   0   0   1    3   1   0    2    7  .355  .382  .452  .834   116    14   0   1   0   0   1  
         TOT      67  229   29   76   8   3  12   32   3   1   17   48  .332  .378  .550  .928         126   0   2   4   1   4 
 1993 28 CHA AL  135  498   67  145  23   5  15   77   3   3   53   84  .291  .360  .448  .808   106   223   0   6   3   4  13  
 1994 29 CON NL   56  203   40   64  12   5  15   38   0   0   17   54  .315  .368  .645 1.014   132   131   0   0   1   0   6  
 1995 30 CON NL   56  112   20   27   3   0   5   11   0   0   28   26  .241  .393  .402  .795    90    45   0   0   0   0   7  
 1996 31 CON NL  162  638  147  219  46   9  51  140  13   2   67  118  .343  .405  .683 1.088   130   436   0   9   3   5  20  MVP-1
 1997 32 CON NL  122  460   82  127  19   2  27  106   0   0   57   80  .276  .356  .502  .858   105   231   0   4   1   2  32  
 1998 33 SFN NL  134  467   63  124  16  11  17   73   5   4   49  107  .266  .340  .456  .796   105   213   1   1   3   4  14  
 1999 34 SFN NL  114  386   66   96  18   1  25   76   3   3   69   97  .249  .366  .495  .861   111   191   0   6   2   6  13  
 2000 35 SFN NL  119  376   73  125  12   9  20   75   2   0   45   43  .332  .401  .572  .973   130   215   0   3   2   0  13  
 2001 36 CHN NL  136  423   80  120  27   0  28   73   1   1   55   92  .284  .374  .546  .920   120   231   0   2   5   7  12  
 2002 37 CHN NL  140  492   84  158  31   1  36  109   2   1   57  100  .321  .396  .608 1.004   138   299   0   3   9   6  12  MVP-13
 2003 38 BOA AL   27   95   15   26   3   1   3    9   0   1   13   20  .274  .375  .421  .796   100    40   0   1   0   3   4  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons     1936 6835 1182 1997 346  80 330 1151  98  32  736 1280  .292  .363  .511  .874        3493  34  53  57  57 198
 Per 600 PA           532   92  155  27   6  26   90   8   2   57  100                                 272   3   4   4   4  15
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With BOA      753 2749  458  781 139  37  90  370  68  18  237  472  .284  .344  .460  .804        1264  33  18  28  23  55
   With CON      396 1413  289  437  80  16  98  295  13   2  169  278  .309  .383  .597  .979         843   0  13   5   7  65
   With SFN      367 1229  202  345  46  21  62  224  10   7  163  247  .281  .367  .504  .871         619   1  10   7  10  40
   With CHN      276  915  164  278  58   1  64  182   3   2  112  192  .304  .386  .579  .965         530   0   5  14  13  24
   With CHA      144  529   69  156  23   5  16   80   4   3   55   91  .295  .361  .448  .809         237   0   7   3   4  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2000 7232 1253 2107 402  63 352 1206 181  84  793 1340  .291  .363  .510  .874        3691  29  62  33  60 171
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1987 22 BOA AL  49   76   6.0   7   0   0  .000   3   38   28  .737    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e5     35   
 1988 23 BOA AL  32   92   6.2   1   0   0  .000   5   69   65  .942    0    0  .000  OF   1(0)e11   -34   
 1989 24 BOA AL  42   71   6.2   8   3   0  .375   7   52   43  .827    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e10   19   
 1990 25 BOA AL  33   86   5.0   0   0   0  .000   5   80   79  .988    0    0  .000  OF   1(-1)e2   -56   
 1991 26 BOA AL  30   55   4.4   4   2   0  .500   1   61   43  .705    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e3    -18   
 1992 27 BOA AL  20   41   8.2   2   0   0  .000   3   24   10  .417    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e5   198   
         CHA AL  30    5   6.7   0   0   0  .000   0    3    1  .333    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e5    90   
         TOT                     2   0   0  .000   3   27   11  .407    0    0  .000
 1993 28 CHA AL  33   80   5.8   1   0   0  .000   6   60   49  .817    0    0  .000  OF   2(+1)e7    15   
 1994 29 CON NL  28   46   8.6   9   4   2  .444   2   24   18  .750    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e13  -52   
 1995 30 CON NL  16   17   5.3  25   3   1  .120   2    8    1  .125    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e13  -61   
 1996 31 CON NL  22  174  10.4   0   0   0  .000   7   57   53  .930    0    0  .000  OF   1(-1)e6    41   
 1997 32 CON NL  26   73   5.3   4   2   0  .500   5   58   46  .793    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e6   -76   
 1998 33 SFN NL  30   69   5.2  11   2   0  .182   4   45   29  .644    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e8   -65   
 1999 34 SFN NL  33   71   6.2  12   4   0  .333   0   35   25  .714    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e3  -103   
 2000 35 SFN NL  16   84   8.6  18   5   0  .278   4   24   19  .792    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e7    -52   
 2001 36 CHN NL  27   85   7.3  26   9   1  .346   2   27   21  .778    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e6      9   
 2002 37 CHN NL  21  117   9.1   6   3   1  .500   6   47   15  .319    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e6   101   
 2003 38 BOA AL  48   14   5.3   1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH              17   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 17 Seasons         1266   6.6 135  37   5  .274  62  712  545  .765    0    0  .000                  -7   3
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 43.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 68.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1987 22 BOA AL  CF   106   236    16    3    1   .988    99   904.2   2.51
                 LF     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   2.00
 1988 23 BOA AL  CF   132   305    10    5    0   .984   124  1143.1   2.48
 1989 24 BOA AL  CF   112   250    17    7    3   .974    94   884.1   2.72
 1990 25 BOA AL  CF   154   387    26    5    3   .988   154  1388.0   2.68  GG
 1991 26 BOA AL  CF   127   302     8    1    1   .997   125  1117.1   2.50
 1992 27 BOA AL  CF    43   102     4    3    0   .972    43   371.2   2.57
         CHA AL  RF     9    14     0    0    0  1.000     9    76.0   1.66
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1993 28 CHA AL  RF    79   176     3    5    0   .973    75   674.0   2.39
                 CF    57   142     3    1    1   .993    56   471.1   2.77
                 LF    16     8     0    0    0  1.000     2    35.2   2.02
 1994 29 CON NL  CF    45   110     5    2    0   .983    45   404.1   2.56
 1995 30 CON NL  RF    24    28     1    2    0   .935    24   204.0   1.28
                 CF     5     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     9.0   1.00
 1996 31 CON NL  LF   162   265    15    7    0   .976   162  1432.2   1.76
 1997 32 CON NL  CF   113   287    12    5    3   .984   113  1006.2   2.67
                 LF     4     3     1    0    0  1.000     0    11.1   3.18
 1998 33 SFN NL  RF   114   156    12    4    2   .977   112   974.0   1.55
                 CF    11    16     0    0    0  1.000     5    60.1   2.39
                 LF     2     2     0    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   2.00
 1999 34 SFN NL  RF   103   179     9    0    1  1.000   100   883.0   1.92
 2000 35 SFN NL  RF    99   146     6    3    1   .981    86   762.2   1.79
                 CF     5    13     0    1    0   .929     5    44.0   2.66
                 LF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 2001 36 CHN NL  LF    92   139     7    2    1   .986    83   709.0   1.85
                 RF    23    28     2    0    0  1.000    20   154.2   1.75
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     1.2   5.40
 2002 37 CHN NL  LF   135   195     8    6    1   .971   133  1096.1   1.67
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 CF   911  2152   101   33   12   .986   864  7806.2   2.60
                 RF   451   727    33   14    4   .982   426  3728.1   1.83
                 LF   415   614    31   15    2   .977   382  3306.0   1.76
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1987 ALCS  BOA CHA   W    5  25  5  8  0  1  1   1  0  5  .320  .320  .520  1
      WS    BOA CIN   L    5  21  6  5  0  0  3   5  3  2  .238  .360  .667  0
 1988 ALCS  BOA OAA   L    1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
 1993 ALCS  CHA NYA   W    3   7  1  1  1  0  0   0  0  2  .143  .143  .286  0
      WS    CHA ATN   L    6  16  2  5  1  0  0   3  2  3  .312  .389  .375  0
 2000 NLDS  SFN FLN   L    5  18  4  5  1  0  2   4  2  4  .278  .350  .667  0
 2001 NLDS  CHN SFN   L    5  20  4  7  1  0  1   4  2  1  .350  .391  .550  0
 2002 NLDS  CHN SFN   L    5  18  1  5  1  0  1   3  1  6  .278  .316  .500  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1987  BOA  100-62   Mike Tomeo
 1988  BOA  100-62   Mike Tomeo
 1989  BOA   92-70   Mike Tomeo
 1990  BOA   87-75   Mike Tomeo
 1991  BOA   76-86   Mike Tomeo
 1992  BOA   74-88   Mike Tomeo
 1992  CHA   89-73   Ben Lea
 1993  CHA  101-61   Ben Lea, Jon Fellows
 1994  CON   60-102  Herb Wilson
 1995  CON   80-82   Herb Wilson
 1996  CON   75-87   Herb Wilson
 1997  CON   73-89   Herb Wilson
 1998  SFN   85-77   Pat Carr
 1999  SFN   71-91   Pat Carr
 2000  SFN   98-65   Pat Carr
 2001  CHN   93-69   Dennis Schimmel
 2002  CHN   90-72   Dennis Schimmel
 2003  BOA   74-88   Mike Tomeo

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