How Dock Ellis's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players
Dock Ellis totaled 8,978 career Batters Faced, well above the starting pitcher average of 3,279.0 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Batters Faced season came in 1971, posting 943, well above the starting pitcher average of 578.2 that year. The lowest point came in 1968 at 426, well below the starting pitcher average of 586.4 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Batters Faced total went from 898 in 1977 to 592 in 1978 and 635 in 1979, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 12 seasons.
Dock Ellis Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batters Faced for Dock Ellis
| Dock Ellis
Batters Faced | Dock Ellis
Batters Faced Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 8978 | 37.98 |
| Season Avg. | 748.17 | 37.98 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4215.76 | 37.98 |
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Dock Ellis Batters Faced Per Season
Dock Ellis's Batters Faced for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Dock Ellis Batters Faced by Team
Dock Ellis's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Dock Ellis Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression
A running total of Dock Ellis's career Batters Faced, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Dock Ellis Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Dock Ellis's seasonal Batters Faced alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Dock Ellis Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Dock Ellis's MLB career with Batters Faced alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
