Editing Dock Ellis (section)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1945–2008)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|image=Dock Ellis.jpg
|caption=Ellis with the Pirates
|name=Dock Ellis
|position=[[Pitcher]]
|bats=Switch
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1945|3|11|}}
|birth_place=[[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
|death_date={{Death date and age|2008|12|19|1945|3|11}}
|death_place=Los Angeles, California, U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=June 18
|debutyear=1968
|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 29
|finalyear=1979
|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
|stat1value=138–119
|stat2label=[[Earned run average]]
|stat2value=3.46
|stat3label=[[Strikeout]]s
|stat3value=1,136
|teams=
* [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] ({{Baseball year|1968}}–{{Baseball year|1975}})
* [[New York Yankees]] ({{Baseball year|1976}}–{{Baseball year|1977}})
* [[Oakland Athletics]] ({{Baseball year|1977}})
* [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] ({{Baseball year|1977}}–{{Baseball year|1979}})
* [[New York Mets]] ({{Baseball year|1979}})
* [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] ({{Baseball year|1979}})
|highlights=
* [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1971]])
* [[World Series champion]] ({{wsy|1971}})
* Pitched [[no-hitter]] on June 12, 1970
}}
'''Dock Phillip Ellis Jr.''' (March 11, 1945&nbsp;– December 19, 2008) was an American professional [[baseball]] player. He played in [[Major League Baseball]] as a right-handed [[pitcher]] from {{mlby|1968}} through {{mlby|1979}}, most notably as a member of the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] teams that won five [[National League East|National League Eastern Division]] titles in six years between {{mlby|1970}} and {{mlby|1975}} and won the [[World Series]] in {{mlby|1971}}. Ellis also played for the [[New York Yankees]], [[Oakland Athletics]], [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] and [[New York Mets]]. In his MLB career, Ellis accumulated a {{winning percentage|138|119|record=y}} [[Win–loss record (pitching)|record]], a 3.46 [[earned run average]], and 1,136 [[strikeout]]s.

Ellis threw a [[no-hitter]] on June 12, [[1970 Pittsburgh Pirates season|1970]], and later stated that he accomplished the feat under the influence of {{nowrap|[[LSD]].<ref name=erglsd84>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DeZVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6773%2C2012490 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Ellis: No-hitter while on LSD |date=April 8, 1984 |page=6E}}</ref>}} Ellis was the [[starting pitcher]] for the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] in the [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] in [[1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1971]]. Joining the Yankees in [[1976 New York Yankees season|1976]], he helped lead the team to the [[1976 American League Championship Series|American League pennant]], and was named the [[Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year Award]].

Ellis was an outspoken advocate for the rights of players and [[African American]]s.

He had a [[substance abuse]] problem, and acknowledged after his retirement that he had never pitched without the use of drugs. After going into treatment, Ellis remained sober and devoted the remainder of his life to counseling others with [[substance use disorder]] in treatment centers and prisons. He died of a liver ailment at age 63 in 2008.