December 20, 2008
Dock Dies
Dock Ellis's liver gave out yesterday. Dave Studeman remembers the pitcher. A note on Dave's post, Doc Medich was a medical student at the time, not a real-live doctor.
Ellis's ability to strike out batters didn't last long. In 1969 he K'd 173 in 218 2/3 innings, 7.1 per nine. In 1970, that dropped to 5.7 per nine, and for his career he came in at 4.8 K per nine. I wonder if the drug abuse killed his ability to get the strike out.
My thoughts go out to his family and friends.
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