Jacoby Ellsbury Stats

Jacoby Ellsbury was born on Sunday, September 11, 1983, in Madras, Oregon. Ellsbury was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 30, 2007, with the Boston Red Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Jacoby Ellsbury baseball stats page.

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"(Jacoby) Ellsbury is one of the game's brightest lights, the first American Indian of Navajo descent to reach the Majors, and the newest member of the heralded Draft class of 2005 to break in, after Boston's Craig Hansen, Washington's Ryan Zimmerman, Colorado's Troy Tulowitzki and Kansas City's Alex Gordon. Ultimately, Ellsbury is an 'unfinished product,' according to manager Terry Francona, a prospect in his developmental stage." - McPhillips, Alex. MLB Staff Writer. Ellsbury shows his speed in debut. 1 July 2007.

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Jacoby 'Chief' Ellsbury Autograph on a 2010 Topps Baseball Card (#569)

Jacoby 'Chief' Ellsbury Autograph on a 2010 Topps Baseball Card (#569)

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Birth Name:   Jacoby McCabe Ellsbury (Twitter: @JacobyEllsbury)
Nickname:   Chief or Ells
Born On:   09-11-1983  (Virgo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Madras, Oregon
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Madras High School (Madras, OR)
College:   Oregon State University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   06-30-2007 (Age 23)
Last Game:   10-17-2017
Draft:   2005 : 1st Round (23rd) / Signing Bonus = $1,400,000

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Jacoby Ellsbury Pitching Stats

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Jacoby Ellsbury Hitting Stats

2007 24 Red Sox 33 116 20 41 7 1 3 0 18 8 0 15 0 2 1 2 .353 .394 .509
2008 25 Red Sox 145 554 98 155 22 7 9 0 47 41 2 80 4 3 7 9 .280 .336 .394
2009 26 Red Sox 153 624 94 188 27 10 8 0 60 49 3 74 6 6 6 13 .301 .355 .415
2010 27 Red Sox 18 78 10 15 4 0 0 0 5 4 0 9 0 0 1 0 .192 .241 .244
2011 28 Red Sox 158 660 119 212 46 5 32 0 105 52 1 98 3 5 9 8 .321 .376 .552
2012 29 Red Sox 74 303 43 82 18 0 4 0 26 19 0 43 0 1 0 5 .271 .313 .370
2013 30 Red Sox 134 577 92 172 31 8 9 0 53 47 3 92 1 2 5 12 .298 .355 .426
2014 31 Yankees 149 575 71 156 27 5 16 0 70 49 5 93 0 7 3 9 .271 .328 .419
2015 32 Yankees 111 452 66 116 15 2 7 0 33 35 1 86 1 3 7 6 .257 .318 .345
2016 33 Yankees 148 551 71 145 24 5 9 0 56 54 1 84 4 3 2 11 .263 .330 .374
2017 34 Yankees 112 356 65 94 20 4 7 1 39 41 3 63 2 0 5 7 .264 .348 .402
11 Years 1,235 4,846 749 1,376 241 47 104 1 512 399 19 737 21 32 46 82 .284 .342 .417

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Jacoby Ellsbury Fielding Stats

2007 Red Sox CF 16 12 321 38 2.4 38 38 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.20
2007 Red Sox LF 22 15 432 37 1.7 37 37 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.31
2007 Red Sox RF 1 1 18 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2008 Red Sox CF 66 63 1,641 174 2.6 174 171 3 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.86
2008 Red Sox LF 58 36 1,038 90 1.6 90 89 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.34
2008 Red Sox RF 36 30 843 72 2.0 72 72 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.31
2009 Red Sox CF 153 150 3,909 363 2.4 361 357 4 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .994 2.49
2010 Red Sox CF 13 13 315 33 2.5 33 33 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.83
2010 Red Sox LF 6 5 138 11 1.8 11 11 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.15
2011 Red Sox CF 154 152 4,074 394 2.6 394 388 6 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.61
2012 Red Sox CF 73 71 1,834 169 2.3 166 164 2 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .982 2.44
2013 Red Sox CF 134 134 3,565 353 2.6 350 347 3 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .992 2.65
2014 Yankees CF 141 138 3,711 384 2.7 383 380 3 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .997 2.79
2015 Yankees CF 110 106 2,844 237 2.2 237 232 5 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
2016 Yankees CF 148 138 3,652 280 1.9 277 272 5 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .989 2.05
2017 Yankees CF 97 90 2,422 197 2.0 194 193 1 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.16
CF Totals 1,105 1,067 28,288 2,622 2.4 2,607 2,575 32 15 12 n/a n/a n/a .994 2.49
LF Totals 86 56 1,608 138 1.6 138 137 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.32
RF Totals 37 31 861 72 1.9 72 72 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.26
11 Years 1,228 1,154 30,757 2,832 2.3 2,817 2,784 33 15 13 n/a n/a n/a .995 2.47

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Jacoby Ellsbury Miscellaneous Stats

2007 Red Sox 9 0 1.000 1 1 0 38.7 7.7 6.4 - - -
2008 Red Sox 50 11 .820 1 5 2 61.6 6.9 11.8 - - -
2009 Red Sox 70 12 .854 2 0 0 78.0 8.4 10.4 - - -
2010 Red Sox 7 1 .875 0 0 0 0.0 8.7 15.6 - - -
2011 Red Sox 39 15 .722 3 2 3 20.6 6.7 6.3 - - -
2012 Red Sox 14 3 .824 0 0 1 75.8 7.0 11.7 - - -
2013 Red Sox 52 4 .929 0 0 0 64.1 6.3 10.9 - - -
2014 Yankees 39 5 .886 4 0 5 35.9 6.2 8.2 - - -
2015 Yankees 21 9 .700 4 0 0 64.6 5.3 13.7 - - -
2016 Yankees 20 8 .714 4 2 0 61.2 6.6 9.8 - - -
2017 Yankees 22 3 .880 10 7 8 50.9 5.7 9.1 - - -
11 Years 343 71 .829 29 17 19 46.6 6.6 9.5 - - -

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Jacoby Ellsbury Miscellaneous Items of Interest

2007 Boston Red Sox 46 $380,000.00 - Stats
2008 Boston Red Sox 46 $406,000.00 - -
2009 Boston Red Sox 46 $449,500.00 - -
2010 Boston Red Sox 2 $496,500.00 - -
2011 Boston Red Sox 2 $2,400,000.00 Stats -
2012 Boston Red Sox 2 $8,050,000.00 - -
2013 Boston Red Sox 2 $9,000,000.00 - Stats
2014 New York Yankees 22 $21,142,857.00 - -
2015 New York Yankees 22 $21,142,857.00 - -
2016 New York Yankees 22 $21,142,857.00 - -
2017 New York Yankees 22 $21,142,857.00 - -

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Jacoby McCabe Ellsbury was a Major League Baseball player with the Boston Red Sox (2007-2013) and New York Yankees (2014-2017). Did you know that Ellsbury was the first American Indian of Navajo descent to reach the Major League level (Source: American Indian Baseball Players)?

Did you know that Jacoby Ellsbury tied a Major League record for outfielders with 12 putouts in a nine-inning game on May 20, 2009, tying Earl Clark of the Boston Braves, who accomplished the feat in 1929, and Lyman Bostock of the Minnesota Twins, who did it in 1977? [Putout Records]

On June 14, 1980, Jerry Remy stole four bases in a game setting a new Boston Red Sox team-specific record for steals in a game. Jacoby Ellsbury, on August 9, 2010, stole four bases in a game and tied the thirty-year old record. On May 30, 2013, Ellsbury stole five bases in the same game, setting a new Boston Red Sox record (still standing) for most stolen bases in a game.

The Boston Red Sox first stolen base champion was Buddy Myer, who swiped thirty bags in 1928 (Top 25). Six years later, Billy Werber led the league with forty steals, then led the league again in 1935, that time with twenty-nine stolen bases (Top 25), the first Red Sox to lead the league more than once. Dom DiMaggio (1950 / Top 25), Jackie Jensen (1954 / Top 25) and Tommy Harper (1972 / Top 25) rounded out the group of league leading Red Sox, the latter of the three setting the record for most steals in a season in Boston with fifty-four.

Jacoby Ellsbury was a three-time stolen base champion in Boston, leading the American League in 2008 (50 SBs), 2009 (70 SBs) and 2013 (52 SBs) — the only player in Red Sox history to lead the league more than twice, and, when he swiped seventy bags in 2009, he shattered the team-record set by Harper in 1972 and remains the team leader for steals in a season.

In late 2019, writer Will Leitch wrote a story about the 10 best center fielders of the decade (2010-2019 / Source) and ranked them; 1. Mike Trout, 2. Andrew McCutchen, 3. Adam Jones, 4. Lorenzo Cain, 5. Curtis Granderson, 6. Starling Marte, 7. George Springer, 8. Dexter Fowler, 9. Kevin Kiermaier, 10. Jacoby Ellsbury. He included the following for Chief, "If you ignore the injuries and the cumbersome and seemingly endless contract with the Yankees — and neither of those are easy to do — you can remember just how terrific Ellsbury was in his prime. His 2011 season, in which he finished second in AL MVP Award voting, he led the Majors in total bases and put up a 30-30 season and was a terrific defensive center fielder. Ellsbury was never the same player for New York, but he wasn't awful either, until the injuries got the best of him. It's a shame what could have been, but what we had was rather outstanding, don't forget."

Jacoby Ellsbury "only" swiped thirty-nine bases in 2011, well below the seventy steals he had two years earlier, but he also hit thirty-two home runs in 2011, enough to make him the first BoSox player in the 30-30 Club.