The New York Yankees held a moment of silence for Ellis before playing the Chicago White Sox on Sunday and put his picture on the scoreboard. Ellis was a pitching coach for several teams, including the Yankees.
Ellis went 22-10 with two saves for the Reds in 1965, throwing 15 complete games and 263 2/3 innings. He was 63-58 with a 4.15 ERA in seven seasons, also pitching for the Angels before finishing up with the White Sox in 1969.
1965 was his All-Star year. My thoughts go out to his family and friends.
Ellis struck out 6.1 batters per nine innings during his career, which was pretty good for the 1960s, when the average was under 6.0. He did walk quite a few batters, and twice led the league in earned runs allowed. It’s not great to lead in that category, but usually a pitcher has to be decent to get the opportunity to accomplish that.
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