.mHQYb .p-search-item__image-selector{width:3px;height:100%;}/*!sc*/ data-styled.g66[id="textInputstyle__styledTextInput-sc-q34wel-2"]{content:"hHLkAw,"}/*!sc*/ (Age 34-019d) [86], On April 22, 2016, Ellsbury executed a straight steal of home against Matt Moore of the Tampa Bay Rays during a full count, tying the game at 3. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__nav-container{-webkit-order:99;-ms-flex-order:99;order:99;display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-flex:99 1 100%;-ms-flex:99 1 100%;flex:99 1 100%;width:100%;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb .p-search-item__container--sm{font-size:12px;height:30px;min-width:150px;}/*!sc*/ Do you have a sports website? I really don't have a lot of time to think about what you're going to do or not going to do. "[Brian McCann] said, 'What if he would have hit you in the face?'" /*-->*/ [17] The team assigned him to the Peoria Javelinas of the Arizona Fall League (AFL), an off-season developmental league for top prospects. That kept me up a few nights.
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Stats, sideburns, and a hell of a 1000 yard stare at the pitcher right before he Crushed the ball. SUMMARY Career WAR 31.2 AB 4846 H 1376 HR 104 BA .284 R .mHQYb .p-search-item__image-selector--active{background-color:#4c8cee;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__nav-item--spotlight:hover .header__nav-top__nav-item__text{color:#ffffff;}/*!sc*/ .blLcNM{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(12,1fr);grid-gap:24px;font-size:1rem;}/*!sc*/ @font-face{font-family:'proxima-nova';src:url('https://www.mlbstatic.com/mlb.com/fonts/proxima-nova-black-italic.woff2') format('woff2'),url('https://www.mlbstatic.com/mlb.com/fonts/proxima-nova-black-italic.woff') format('woff');font-style:italic;font-weight:900;font-display:fallback;}/*!sc*/ Of all the times I've gotten on third, I went twice. The catcher wasnt pulled out of position by a wild pitch, and no other base runner was making moves. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__secondary-logos img{max-height:56px;max-width:none;}/*!sc*/ It's the ultimate adrenaline rush for a basestealer.". .mHQYb .mlb-header__login-menu--open{display:block;left:auto;opacity:1;}/*!sc*/ @media (min-width:768px){.mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top{padding:0 16px;}}/*!sc*/ Yankees outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury, standing on third base in the fifth inning Friday night with the Tampa Bay Rays up by one, may have been thinking back to the first time he stole home. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__subnav--teams__league{margin-bottom:5px;}/*!sc*/ the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. [105] Arbiters sided with Ellsbury and the Yankees paid the remaining owed money on his contract. [50] He did not play in the final three games of the series, and the Sox eventually lost the series 43. .hHLkAw input::-moz-placeholder{color:#aaaaaa;}/*!sc*/ As a player, you're like, 'Hey, did that just happen?' [13] He started the season with the Wilmington Blue Rocks of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League. [6], In Little League, Ellsbury often played with teammates up to three years older than him. Ellsbury smiled and said that he's now 2-for-2 lifetime, and he'd like to try to make it 3-for-3 someday.\"I'm always looking to go,\" Ellsbury said. During games on August 2 and 3, Ellsbury had walk-off hits in the back-to-back games against the Cleveland Indians; a single off Vinnie Pestano and a home run off Joe Smith. On August 6, he hit a three-run home run and drove in a career-high six runs in Boston's 104 win over the New York Yankees. @font-face{font-family:'proxima-nova';src:url('https://www.mlbstatic.com/mlb.com/fonts/proxima-nova-medium.woff2') format('woff2'), url('https://www.mlbstatic.com/mlb.com/fonts/proxima-nova-medium.woff') format('woff');font-weight:500;font-style:normal;}/*!sc*/ ","type":"markdown"},{"__typename":"Video","contentDate":"2016-04-22T23:05:00Z","description":"Jacoby Ellsbury talks about his exhilarating steal of home plate, which tied the game for the Yankees and helped lead them to a 6-3 victory","displayAsVideoGif":false,"duration":"00:02:06","mp4AvcPlayback":null,"slug":"ellsbury-talks-about-steal-c613539383","tags":[{"__typename":"Tag","slug":"playerid-453056","title":"Jacoby Ellsbury"},{"__typename":"Tag","slug":"teamid-147","title":"New York Yankees"},{"__typename":"Tag","slug":"hbmig-team-id-147","title":"HBmig 147"},{"__typename":"Tag","slug":"hbmig-mlbtax-mm-interview","title":"HBmig Interview"},{"__typename":"Tag","slug":"hbmig-away-team-id-139","title":"HBmig away_team_id: 139"},{"__typename":"Tag","slug":"hbmig-home-team-id-147","title":"HBmig home_team_id: 147"},{"__typename":"Tag","slug":"gamepk-447116","title":"2016/04/22 tb@nyy"},{"__typename":"Tag","slug":"highlight","title":"highlight"}],"templateUrl":"https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/private/{formatInstructions}/mlb/x8dxn3od541ujpvdfjgb","title":"Ellsbury talks about steal","type":"video","url":"/video/ellsbury-talks-about-steal-c613539383"},{"__typename":"Markdown","content":"\"[Brian McCann] said, 'What if he would have hit you in the face? His right shoulder was injured when Brignac fell on top of his exposed shoulder. body.article .ad-top-container{background-color:#f3f3f3;padding:8px 0;min-height:66px;}/*!sc*/ button,input,optgroup,select,textarea{font-family:inherit;font-size:100%;line-height:1.15;margin:0;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .mlb-header--inner{margin:auto;max-width:none;position:relative;}/*!sc*/ [107][108][109], Ellsbury was raised as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but he and his three brothers stopped attending services when Jacoby was a teenager; as reported in The Boston Globe in 2008, Ellsbury said, "I try not to get [God] too involved in baseball. data-styled.g157[id="newsletterOptinstyle__Title-sc-d7sh2p-2"]{content:"ihHuHi,"}/*!sc*/ .blUWSx .share-button__link--message-icon{width:10px;margin-right:5px;}/*!sc*/ "You're trying to score a run, but guys get fired up," Ellsbury said. 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Jacoby Ellsbury was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 23rd round of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Madras HS (Madras, OR) and the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (23rd) of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR). data-styled.g101[id="styles__SearchWidgetButton-sc-1vorjk3-1"]{content:"cwEpxl,"}/*!sc*/ data-styled.g170[id="Styles__TimestampContainer-sc-8rwtua-0"]{content:"hedPca,"}/*!sc*/ @media (min-width:500px){.mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__secondary-logos{-webkit-flex-basis:60%;-ms-flex-preferred-size:60%;flex-basis:60%;}}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__subnav__item{color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:14px;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}/*!sc*/ "Tip the cap to him for being able to execute and take advantage of it. window.adobeAnalytics = {"reportingSuiteId":"mlbglobal08,mlbcom08","linkInternalFilters":"mlb"} .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top .header__nav-top__button-menu--icon span:nth-child(1){top:0px;}/*!sc*/ Westland council approves condo development at former one-room schoolhouse site. [60] He started a rehab assignment with Lowell on July 26,[61] and rejoined the Red Sox on August 4. .mHQYb .p-search-item{display:block;background-color:#ffffff;font-family:'mlb-primary','Helvetica Neue','Helvetica','Arial', sans-serif;}/*!sc*/ .blUWSx{height:30px;position:relative;width:30px;}/*!sc*/ [43] Ellsbury had his first career multi-home run game against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on April 22. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__subnav{border-top:solid 4px #057AFF;}/*!sc*/ Prior to the injury, he compiled a .324 batting average in 148 at-bats. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__nav-container__revenue{display:none;}/*!sc*/ [38] Ellsbury finished third in the AL Rookie of the Year voting, behind Evan Longoria of Tampa Bay and Alexei Ramrez of the Chicago White Sox.[48]. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__nav-item--mobile-quick-nav{display:inline;}/*!sc*/ [11], Ellsbury began his professional career on July 14, 2005 with the Lowell Spinners in the Class A-Short Season New YorkPenn League. 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He recognized that Moore did not throw a strike but said that if he had, Gardner might have tried to take a short swing and hit a chopper somewhere.\"I obviously see him coming in and know he's going to slide low into the right-handed batter's box,\" Gardner said. .mHQYb .p-search-item__image-thumbnail{margin-top:auto;height:45px;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__nav-item{display:none;-webkit-flex:1 1 100%;-ms-flex:1 1 100%;flex:1 1 100%;position:relative;text-align:center;}/*!sc*/ .fuMUTu{pointer-events:none;width:16px;height:16px;display:inline-block;overflow:visible;fill:#ffffff;stroke:#ffffff;}/*!sc*/ .koKsQt{font-weight:600;}/*!sc*/ @media (min-width:768px){.ggWmAj{max-height:60px;padding:16px 32px 16px 24px;}}/*!sc*/ 2: Jacoby Ellsbury", "Big-league camp learning experience for Ellsbury", "Jacoby Ellsbury Named Eastern League Player of the Month", "Futures Update: Maybin Out, Ellsbury Back", "Ellsbury sets hitting-streak record for PawSox", "Red Sox announce winners of 2007 Minor League Awards", "Red Sox today purchased contract of 1B-OF Jeff Bailey from Triple-A Pawtucket; Option OF Jacoby Ellsbury to Pawtucket after Thursday's game; Transfer RHP Matt Clement to the 60-day disabled list", "Red Sox purchase contract of outfielder Bobby Kielty from Triple-A Pawtucket", "Team will be patient before scheduling date for encore", "Ellsbury, Loney named Rookies of the Month for September", "Boston Red Sox rookies Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury set pace for 2007 World Series champions", "Brewers swipe Ellsbury's history attempt", "Jacoby Ellsbury ties Jerry Remy's Red Sox record with four steals in one game", "Ellsbury sets club rookie steals record", "Red Sox Stay With Crisp Over Ellsbury in Center", "The American Indians of America's Pastime", "Hail to the Thief: Jacoby Ellsbury Ties Red Sox Record", "Ellsbury wins Defensive Player of the Year", "New York Yankees CF Jacoby Ellsbury will change jersey from No. AP Photo/Julie Jacobson Unfortunately for Ellsbury, and especially for the Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. .epHHrr.youtube iframe{max-width:100%;}/*!sc*/ In 2008, Ellsbury was one of three active non-Hispanic Native American players in Major League Baseball, along with Kyle Lohse and Joba Chamberlain. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox from 2007 through 2013 and then played for the New York Yankees from 2014 to 2017.
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[35] A September 2007 article in The New York Times described him as a "cult hero" who brings "speed, improved defense, and unbridled enthusiasm. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__button.locale,.mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__button.search{display:none;}/*!sc*/ article > header{padding:0 16px;}/*!sc*/ But it's exciting, running down the line.\"","type":"markdown"}],"storyType":"news","subHeadline":null,"summary":"NEW YORK -- The Yankees needed this spark badly, and larceny was in Jacoby Ellsbury's mind as he retouched third base, keeping his eyes trained upon left-hander Matt Moore while silently calculating the 90 feet separating him from home plate.With the infield playing back and the count full, Ellsbury saw","tagline({\"stripMarkdown\":false})":"[**Bryan Hoch**](mailto:Bryan.Hoch@mlb.com) has covered the Yankees for MLB.com since 2007. 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"It's just one of those things where I didn't think they were going to put their scoring opportunity at risk, with, especially, their center fielder," Moore said. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__subnav__group-title{color:#aaaaaa;font-weight:700;font-size:12px;background-color:#ffffff;text-transform:uppercase;}/*!sc*/ [102], Ellsbury was released by the Yankees on November 20, 2019. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__subnav__item:hover{background-color:#057AFF;color:#ffffff;}/*!sc*/ [74], In the August 28 game against the Orioles, Ellsbury suffered a compression fracture by fouling a ball off his right foot. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-side__subnav{background-color:#ffffff;width:calc(100vw - 145px);}/*!sc*/ data-styled.g120[id="headlinestyle__HeadlineWrapper-sc-1ccyctx-0"]{content:"jDETbc,"}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-side__nav-item .icon__nav-item{margin-right:8px;width:18px;height:14px;float:left;-webkit-flex-shrink:0;-ms-flex-negative:0;flex-shrink:0;}/*!sc*/ The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. The Yankees' bench had been trying to alert Ellsbury one pitch earlier, when Moore had opted to work from the windup with a 3-1 count on Brett Gardner, a left-handed hitter.With third baseman Evan Longoria out of earshot, third-base coach Joe Espada crept behind Ellsbury and said that he nudged the runner to go. NEW YORK -- The Yankees needed this spark badly, and larceny was in Jacoby Ellsbury's mind as he retouched In the 2013 World Series, Ellsbury started the eventual series-winning rally in Game 6 with a single and earned his second World Series ring as a member of the Red Sox. article ul,article ol{padding:0;margin:0 0 0 2.5rem;}/*!sc*/ data-styled.g166[id="Styles__VideoPlayerContainer-t94iyc-0"]{content:"XOHMa,"}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb .p-search__list--multiple-type .p-search-item--team.p-search-item--es:first-of-type:before{content:'Equipos';}/*!sc*/ WebEllsbury is believed to be fully recovered from the left hip surgery he required last August, but he reported late to spring training after experiencing plantar fasciitis in his foot. After the 2013 season, Ellsbury signed a seven-year, $153 million contract with the Yankees.