Melvin
Ellis
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: December 26, 1983 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2006 22 KS GE     0 4 1 2 1 0 0 6 6 6 2 1 1 6 5 5 7 6 6
2007 23 KS GE     0 5 2 3 2 0 1 6 6 6 4 2 3 7 6 7 9 8 8
2008 24 KS GE     3 6 3 4 4 1 2 6 6 6 5 3 4 9 8 8 8 7 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 4 1 2 1 0 0 6 6 6 2 1 1 6 5 5 7 6 6
OOTP5 Max Ratings     3 6 3 4 4 1 2 6 6 6 5 3 4 9 8 8 9 8 8
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 25 KS GE   3 5 4 4 9 7 8 6 4 4
2010 26 KS GE   3 6 5 5 9 8 8 7 5 5
2011 27 KS GE $ 300,000 3 6 5 5 10 9 9 8 6 7
2012 28 KS GE $ 300,000 3 7 6 6 10 8 9 8 6 7
2013 29 KS GE $ 300,000 3 7 6 6 10 9 9 8 6 7
2014 30 KS GE $ 300,000 3 7 6 6 10 8 9 8 7 7
2015 31 KS GE $ 300,000 3 7 6 7 9 8 8 8 6 7
2016 32 KS GE $ 300,000 3 7 6 7 9 7 8 8 6 6
2017 33 PA FF $ 300,000 2 7 6 7 9 7 7 8 6 6
2018 34 PA FF $ 300,000 2 7 6 6 8 7 7 7 5 6
2019 35 PA FF $ 300,000 1 3 2 3 6 4 5 3 3 3
2020 36 NV GE $ 300,000 1 3 2 2 3 2 2 4 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   1 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 3 7 6 7 10 9 9 8 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2006 22 KS GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2007 23 KS GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2008 24 KS GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 25 KS GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2010 26 KS GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2011 27 KS GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2012 28 KS GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2013 29 KS GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2014 30 KS GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2015 31 KS GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2016 32 KS GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2017 33 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2018 34 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2019 35 PA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2020 36 NV GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2006 22 A   1 5 .167 40 8 0 0 1 57.0 61 35 8 13 55 5.53 .277 .318 .486 .804  
2007 23 AA   1 1 .500 12 0 0 0 1 20.3 20 12 2 13 20 5.31 .260 .367 .455 .821  
    A   0 0 .000 18 5 0 0 1 26.0 25 8 0 8 38 2.77 .240 .295 .317 .612  
2008 24 AAA   2 2 .500 16 0 0 0 0 14.3 19 9 2 4 18 5.65 .322 .365 .525 .891  
    AA   2 3 .400 22 3 0 0 1 36.0 40 19 4 8 55 4.75 .282 .320 .444 .764  
2009 25 AAA   6 4 .600 46 0 0 0 9 43.7 53 19 8 10 25 3.92 .299 .337 .497 .834  
2010 26 AAA   6 4 .600 52 0 0 0 29 56.3 47 16 7 19 28 2.56 .225 .289 .368 .658  
2011 27 KS GE 5 2 .714 30 0 0 0 0 29.0 26 10 4 9 7 3.10 .239 .294 .422 .716 3.4
    AAA   1 0 1.000 7 0 0 0 4 8.3 7 1 0 3 7 1.08 .212 .278 .242 .520  
2012 28 KS GE 5 5 .500 74 0 0 0 2 70.0 77 26 9 14 29 3.34 .278 .322 .404 .726 5.0
2013 29 KS GE 2 8 .200 73 0 0 0 3 69.7 85 39 4 15 30 5.04 .304 .351 .421 .772 1.6
2014 30 KS GE 4 5 .444 65 0 0 0 2 57.7 67 35 10 14 38 5.46 .279 .323 .492 .815 0.0
2015 31 KS GE 2 3 .400 74 0 0 0 1 63.3 67 25 5 16 32 3.55 .263 .314 .404 .718 3.7
2016 32 KS GE 1 1 .500 52 0 0 0 3 45.3 43 16 4 21 24 3.18 .250 .330 .378 .708 3.0
2017 33 KS GE 3 1 .750 38 0 0 0 1 25.3 39 20 3 9 14 7.10 .351 .405 .523 .927 0.0
  PA FF 3 2 .600 35 0 0 0 1 35.7 30 10 2 8 26 2.52 .231 .281 .323 .604 3.4
  TOT   6 3 .667 73 0 0 0 2 61.0 69 30 5 17 40 4.43 .286 .338 .415 .753 3.4
2018 34 PA FF 3 4 .429 85 0 0 0 3 76.3 80 28 7 19 46 3.30 .271 .319 .410 .729 6.7
2019 35 PA FF 0 4 .000 35 0 0 0 1 36.0 54 27 7 12 8 6.75 .346 .393 .538 .931 0.0
    AAA   1 0 1.000 21 0 0 0 1 19.7 15 10 1 9 4 4.58 .217 .308 .348 .656  
2020 36 AAA   0 3 .000 39 0 0 0 4 33.3 44 29 9 21 20 7.83 .324 .414 .551 .965  
    A   1 3 .250 33 0 0 0 0 27.3 38 23 5 13 13 7.57 .319 .386 .504 .891  
9 Years Sim 28 35 .444 561 0 0 0 17 508.3 568 236 55 137 254 4.18 .280 .331 .428 .759 26.8
6 Years AAA 16 13 .552 181 0 0 0 47 175.6 185 84 27 66 102 4.30 .271 .335 .444 .779  
2 Years AA 3 4 .429 34 3 0 0 2 56.3 60 31 6 21 75 4.95 .274 .338 .447 .785  
3 Years A 2 8 .200 91 13 0 0 2 110.3 124 66 13 34 106 5.38 .280 .331 .451 .783  
11 Years Minors 21 25 .457 306 16 0 0 51 342.3 369 181 46 121 283 4.76 .274 .334 .447 .781  
Season Average 3 3 .500 62 0 0 0 1 56.5 63 26 6 15 28 4.18 .280 .331 .428 .759  
Career Highs 6 8 .714 85 0 0 0 3 76.3 85 39 10 21 46 6.75 .346 .393 .538 .931  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   438 181 47 116 157   .300 .351 .458 .809
vs LH   130 55 8 21 97   .231 .259 .352 .610
Home 18 20 .474 300 0 0 0 7 288.6 320 142 38 75 146 4.43 .278 .322 .439 .762
Away 10 15 .400 261 0 0 0 10 219.6 248 94 17 62 108 3.85 .283 .331 .414 .745
Mar/Apr 0 1 .000 76 0 0 0 5 72.0 64 21 4 21 40 2.63 .237 .292 .333 .625
May 9 6 .600 111 0 0 0 2 102.3 124 48 11 32 48 4.22 .297 .347 .429 .777
June 6 4 .600 103 0 0 0 3 94.3 112 45 12 21 53 4.29 .292 .329 .454 .784
July 4 3 .571 95 0 0 0 4 89.0 86 29 8 22 45 2.93 .251 .297 .398 .694
August 5 9 .357 83 0 0 0 0 67.3 85 49 6 18 37 6.55 .305 .347 .462 .809
Sep/Oct 4 12 .250 93 0 0 0 3 83.3 97 44 14 23 31 4.75 .290 .336 .476 .812
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2012 28 KS GE 74 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.2 0.0
2013 29 KS GE 73 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2014 30 KS GE 65 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0
2016 32 KS GE 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
2017 33 KS GE 38 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
  PA FF 35 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
  TOT   73 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
5 Years Sim 337 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .071 .000 .071 -1.2 0.0
162 Game Average 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .071 .000 .071 -0.6  
Career Highs 74 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0
vs LH   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1
Home 157 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .111 .000 .111 -0.4
Away 127 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
RISP   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Close/Late   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Mar/Apr 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
May 38 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
June 48 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
July 37 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.1
August 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2011 27 KS GE P 30 0 29.0 5 8 1 1 .929 4.03    
2012 28 KS GE P 74 0 70.0 4 13 1 2 .944 2.19    
2013 29 KS GE P 73 0 69.7 5 8 1 0 .929 1.68    
2014 30 KS GE P 65 0 57.7 2 4 2 0 .750 0.94    
2015 31 KS GE P 74 0 63.3 1 8 2 0 .818 1.28    
2016 32 KS GE P 52 0 45.3 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.79    
2017 33 KS GE P 38 0 25.3 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.78    
  PA FF P 35 0 35.7 4 5 0 1 1.000 2.27    
  TOT   P 73 0 61.0 6 8 0 1 1.000 2.07    
2018 34 PA FF P 85 0 76.3 4 5 0 1 1.000 1.06    
2019 35 PA FF P 35 0 36.0 2 7 0 0 1.000 2.25    
Career Totals   561 0 508.3 31 68 7 6 .934 1.75    
Career Highs   85 0 76.3 6 13 2 2 1.000 4.03    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2014 30 KS GE 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 5.3 3 1 1 0 1 1.69 .158 .158 .368 .526
2015 31 KS GE 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .250 .250 .250 .500
2017 33 PA FF 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 3 0.00 .250 .250 .250 .500
2018 34 PA FF 1 1 .500 4 0 0 0 0 2.7 3 3 1 3 0 10.15 .300 .462 .800 1.262
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 1 .667 14 0 0 0 0 12.3 10 4 2 3 4 2.92 .222 .271 .422 .693
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 50th overall pick, by Kansas in 2006
Earned first career win on 5/22/2011
Injured on 8/4/2011 with a Broken Hand, out for 8 weeks
Injured on 9/8/2013 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 8/15/2016 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 8 weeks
Traded from Kansas to Pennsylvania on 7/11/2017 (Going to PA: 2B Grady McDonaghey, P Melvin Ellis. Going to KS: P Robert Smith, PA's 1st-4th round picks in 2018)
Traded from Pennsylvania to Nevada on 3/3/2020 (Going to PA: P Kingfish Newbold, NV's 2nd, 3rd and 4th round picks in 2020 draft. Going to NV: P Melvin Ellis, MN's 1st round pick in 2020 draft)