Ellis has an average at the plate of .259 for his time in baseball with 261 scored runs and an OPS of .352. He has been struck out 413 times and has gotten a free base on 195 occasions, which contributes in part to a .310 OBP. For his professional baseball career, Ellis has hit 70 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 398 runs. His career slugging percentage is .042 and he has accumulated 1,062 bases. For his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 2,979 times and got on base with a base hit 707 times.
Ellis has tallied 14 total bases with 8 hits out of 58 at-bats. He has accounted for an OBP of .219 with 5 walks and 10 K’s. Since the start of the campaign, John Ellis has batted in 7 runs and has compiled a slugging percentage of .241. He has a total of 2 runs this year and has hit 1 balls over the fence. He has a batting average at the plate of .138 while having an OPS of .460.
| Year | Team | BA | HR | H | BB | R | RBI | OBP | PA | AB | OPS | OPS+ | 2B | 3B | G | SLG | SB | CS | TB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | .262 | 69 | 699 | 190 | 259 | 391 | .312 | 2,915 | 2,672 | .704 | 99 | 116 | 13 | 883 | .392 | 6 | 10 | 1,048 | 403 | |
| 1981 | TEX | .138 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | .219 | 64 | 58 | .460 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 23 | .241 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10 |
| 1980 | TEX | .236 | 1 | 43 | 14 | 12 | 23 | .290 | 200 | 182 | .603 | 69 | 9 | 1 | 73 | .313 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 23 |
| 1979 | TEX | .285 | 12 | 90 | 15 | 33 | 61 | .318 | 337 | 316 | .754 | 104 | 12 | 0 | 111 | .437 | 2 | 2 | 138 | 55 |
| 1978 | TEX | .245 | 3 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 17 | .282 | 104 | 94 | .665 | 86 | 4 | 0 | 34 | .383 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 20 |
| 1977 | TEX | .235 | 4 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 15 | .283 | 127 | 119 | .678 | 83 | 7 | 0 | 49 | .395 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 26 |
| 1976 | TEX | .419 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .419 | 31 | 31 | 1.000 | 189 | 2 | 0 | 11 | .581 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 |
| 1975 | CLE | .230 | 7 | 68 | 14 | 22 | 32 | .266 | 316 | 296 | .610 | 73 | 11 | 1 | 92 | .345 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 33 |
| 1974 | CLE | .285 | 10 | 136 | 32 | 58 | 64 | .330 | 513 | 477 | .751 | 117 | 23 | 6 | 128 | .421 | 1 | 2 | 201 | 53 |
| 1973 | CLE | .270 | 14 | 118 | 46 | 59 | 68 | .339 | 494 | 437 | .741 | 107 | 12 | 2 | 127 | .403 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 57 |
| 1972 | NYY | .294 | 5 | 40 | 8 | 13 | 25 | .333 | 144 | 136 | .789 | 137 | 5 | 1 | 52 | .456 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 22 |
| 1971 | NYY | .244 | 3 | 58 | 23 | 16 | 34 | .322 | 271 | 238 | .663 | 93 | 12 | 1 | 83 | .340 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 42 |
| 1970 | NYY | .248 | 7 | 56 | 18 | 24 | 29 | .305 | 249 | 226 | .708 | 98 | 12 | 1 | 78 | .403 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 47 |
| 1969 | NYY | .290 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .308 | 65 | 62 | .711 | 102 | 4 | 0 | 22 | .403 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 11 |