finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1969 right tulare , california 1967 july 12 2.86 1 -- 1 8 pitcher st. louis cardinals earned run average win -- loss record strikeouts august 11 25 march 1945 jim ellis -lrb- baseball -rrb-
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jim ellis -lrb- baseball -rrb-

james russell ellis -lrb- born march 25 , 1945 in tulare , california -rrb- is a former major league baseball pitcher who played in 1967 and 1969 for the chicago cubs and st. louis cardinals .
the , ellis was originally signed by the cubs as a free-agent in 1963 , and he made his big league debut with them on august 11 , 1967 , at the age of 22 .
although he allowed one run , three hits and two walks in the 2 innings he pitched in his big league debut earning the loss , his first big league at-bat was notable because he hit a double off an opposing pitcher jim bunning , driving in the cubs only run of the game .
overall , ellis went 1 -- 1 with a 3.24 era in eight games -lrb- one started -rrb- in his first big league season .
on april 23 , 1968 , ellis was traded with ted savage to the los angeles dodgers for jim hickman and phil regan .
on october 21 of that year , he was traded to the cardinals for pete mikkelsen .
he appeared in two games for the cardinals in 1969 , starting one of them .
in 5 innings , he allowed only one run for a 1.69 era .
ellis played his final big league game on july 12 , 1969 .
overall , he went 1 -- 1 with a 2.86 era in 10 major league games .
he was involved in a trade with the milwaukee brewers on october 20 , 1970 .
the cardinals sent ellis and carl taylor to the brewers for jerry mcnertney , george lauzerique and jesse huggins , a minor leaguer .
after one season with the brewers ' top farm club , the evansville triplets , ellis ' professional career ended .
