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  Mark Ellis   #14 2B

Oakland
DOB: Mon, Jun 06, 1977
Age: 30
Place of Birth: Rapid City, SD
Hometown: Rapid City, SD
HT: 5-11 WT: 190
Bats/Throws: R/R
MLB Seasons: 5
Drafted by Kansas City in 1999 (9th round).
GAME-BY-GAME
CAREER STATS
OAKLAND ROSTER

Current Status: Off Season (on 40-man roster)
  Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG
Season Totals: 2007 150 583 84 161 33 3 19 76 44 94 9 4 .336 .441 .276

Scouting Report
Assets The stocky infielder has excellent discipline at the plate, strong base-running skills and can spray the ball all over the field with a little bit of pop. Great on D.
Flaws Though he's a good ball player, no one offensive skill pops out, which could limit his time as a regular player.
Career potential Decent everyday infielder, but his ultimate fate is as a utility man.

Honours and Awards
2000 Carolina League All-Star Team (A) (shortstop)
1999 Short Season All-Star Team (Baseball America) (shortstop)
1999 Northwest League All-Star Team (A) (shortstop)

Transactions / Injuries / Suspensions
24-Sep-07: Exercised the club option for the 2007 and 2008 season.
02-Jun-07: Missed 3 games (knee injury).
30-May-07: Knee injury, day-to-day.
10-Oct-06: Did not make the ALCS roster.
05-Oct-06: Broken finger, will miss the remainder of the playoffs.
30-Jun-06: Missed 26 games (thumb injury).
01-Jun-06: Thumb injury, 15-day DL.
31-May-06: Thumb injury, day-to-day.
23-May-06: Missed 2 games (shoulder injury).
22-May-06: Shoulder injury, day-to-day.
28-Jan-06: Re-signed by the Oakland Athletics to a two-year contract with a club option for 2008.
20-Dec-04: Re-signed by the Oakland Athletics to a one-year contract.

Trades
08-Jan-01: In a three-way deal; Oakland Athletics traded Ben Grieve, a player to be named later or cash to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and A.J. Hinch, Angel Berroa and cash to the Kansas City Royals. Kansas City traded Johnny Damon, Mark Ellis and a player to be named later to Oakland. Tampa Bay traded Cory Lidle to Oakland and Roberto Hernandez to Kansas City.
03-Jun-99: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the ninth round in 1999.

Career Stats
Year Team League G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG
2007 Oakland AL 150 583 84 161 33 3 19 76 44 94 9 4 .336 .441 .276
2006 Oakland AL 124 441 64 110 25 1 11 52 40 76 4 0 .319 .385 .249
2006 Sacramento AAA 4 12 1 2 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 .375 .167 .167
2005 Oakland AL 122 434 76 137 21 5 13 52 44 51 1 3 .384 .477 .316
2004 DNP-Injured - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2003 Oakland AL 154 553 78 137 31 5 9 52 48 94 6 2 .313 .371 .248
2002 Oakland AL 98 345 58 94 16 4 6 35 44 54 4 2 .359 .394 .272
2002 Sacramento AAA 21 84 14 25 10 1 0 5 6 13 4 0 .372 .440 .298
2001 Sacramento AAA 132 472 71 129 38 0 10 53 54 78 21 7 .351 .417 .273
2000 Wichita AA 7 22 4 7 1 0 0 4 5 5 1 0 .444 .364 .318
2000 Wilmington A 132 484 83 146 27 4 6 62 78 72 25 7 .404 .411 .302
1999 Spokane A 71 281 67 92 14 0 7 47 47 40 21 7 .424 .452 .327
Total AL 648 2356 360 639 126 18 58 267 220 369 24 11 .340 .414 .271
Total AAA 157 568 86 156 48 1 10 60 64 93 25 7 .354 .415 .275
Total AA 7 22 4 7 1 0 0 4 5 5 1 0 .444 .364 .318
Total A 203 765 150 238 41 4 13 109 125 112 46 14 .411 .426 .311

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Naming Names

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IBAF World Cup

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World Series

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2007 Future Report

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2007 MLB Draft

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