Dock Ellis vs Tommy John

Dock Ellis Tommy John

Dock Ellis and Tommy John compared on their MLB careers: Dock Ellis played 12 seasons, 1968 to 1979, Tommy John 26 seasons, 1963 to 1989. Dock Ellis has 138 wins to Tommy John's 288. Dock Ellis won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Dock Ellis and Tommy John career totals

345	GP	760
138	W	288
119	L	231
3.5	ERA	3.3
2127.2	IP	4710.1
1,136	K	2,245
674	BB	1,259
1.3	WHIP	1.3
1	SV	4

How do they compare in the postseason?

Dock Ellis and Tommy John postseason

7	GP	14
0	R	0
39	H	82

Where each stands all time

Dock Ellis and Tommy John all-time places

—	Strikeouts (pitching)	62nd (2,245)
—	Wins (pitching)	25th (288)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Dock Ellis: 3 championships; none on file
Tommy John: 0 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Dock Ellis and Tommy John season by season

1st	1968	6	5	2.51	1963	0	2	2.21
2nd	1969	11	17	3.58	1964	2	9	3.91
3rd	1970	13	10	3.21	1965	14	7	3.09
4th	1971	19	9	3.06	1966	14	11	2.62
5th	1972	15	7	2.70	1967	10	13	2.47
6th	1973	12	14	3.05	1968	10	5	1.98
7th	1974	12	9	3.16	1969	9	11	3.25
8th	1975	8	9	3.79	1970	12	17	3.27
9th	1976	17	8	3.19	1971	13	16	3.61
10th	1977	12	12	3.63	1972	11	5	2.89
11th	1978	9	7	4.20	1973	16	7	3.10
12th	1979	4	12	5.84	1974	13	3	2.59
13th	—	—	—	—	1976	10	10	3.09
14th	—	—	—	—	1977	20	7	2.78
15th	—	—	—	—	1978	17	10	3.30
16th	—	—	—	—	1979	21	9	2.96
17th	—	—	—	—	1980	22	9	3.43
18th	—	—	—	—	1981	9	8	2.63
19th	—	—	—	—	1982	14	12	3.69
20th	—	—	—	—	1983	11	13	4.33
21st	—	—	—	—	1984	7	13	4.52
22nd	—	—	—	—	1985	4	10	5.53
23rd	—	—	—	—	1986	5	3	2.93
24th	—	—	—	—	1987	13	6	4.03
25th	—	—	—	—	1988	9	8	4.49
26th	—	—	—	—	1989	2	7	5.80

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA