Dock Phillip Ellis, Jr. (born March 11, 1945 in Los Angeles, California) was a former professional baseball player who pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates, among other teams. His best season was 1971, when he won 19 games for the World Series champion Pirates. March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area    - City 1,290. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ... Major league affiliations National League (1887–present) Central Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1,4,8,9,20,21,33,40 Name Pittsburgh Pirates (1891–present) Pittsburgh Innocents (1890) (Also referred to as Infants in 1890) Pittsburg Alleghenies (1882-1889) Ballpark PNC Park (2001–present) Three Rivers Stadium... For other events named World Series, see World Series (disambiguation). ...

An All-Star caliber player, he became better-known for several bizarre incidents:

• Beaning Reggie Jackson in the face in apparent retaliation for Reggie's monstrous home run off Ellis in the 1971 All-Star game in Detroit.
• No-hitting the San Diego Padres on June 12, 1970 despite being, as he would claim in 1984, under the influence of LSD throughout the course of the game.
• Attempting to hit every batter in the Cincinnati Reds lineup on May 1, 1974. In an effort to prove a point to teammates, Ellis hit Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, and Dan Driessen in the top of the first. The clean-up batter Tony Perez avoided Ellis' attempts, instead drawing a walk, and after two pitches aimed at the head of Johnny Bench, Ellis was removed from the game by manager Danny Murtaugh. Ellis' box score for the game reads: 0 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K.
• On May 5th 1972, Dock Ellis engaged in an argument with a security guard who barred him from entering through the players' gate at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium and then maced him. The guard maintained that Ellis had failed to adequately identify himself, "made threatening gestures with a clenched fist," and was carrying a half-empty bottle of wine. Ellis denied that he had intended to punch the guard or was holding a bottle of wine and claimed he was denied entrance (and maced) despite showing his World Series ring as proof of identity.

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Ellis has claimed he never pitched a major league game without the assistance of drugs. He now works as a drug counselor.

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Reference

• 1980 Baseball Register published by The Sporting News

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Trivia

• Ellis led the Carolina League with a 1.98 ERA, and tied for the league lead with 15 complete games while playing for the Kinston Eagles in 1965.
• He gave up Jim Anderson's first major league hit, a double. {Anaheim Stadium -- July 2, 1978}

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External links

• Box score and play-by-play of Ellis' 1970 LSD no-hitter
• baseball-reference.com
• Excerpts from an August 1987 High Times article about the June 20, 1970 game. By Eric Brother.
• Dallas Observer article How to throw a no-hitter on acid, and other lessons from the career of baseball legend Dock Ellis. By Keven McAlester
• lyrics to "Doc. Ellis's No-No", a tribute written by Chuck Brodsky
• Retrosheet