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Dodgers SP John Ely will make his major-league debut Wednesday against the Mets, according to MLB.com. Despite having made only three Triple-A starts in his brief career, Dodgers manager Joe Torre is rolling the dice with Ely. "I watched him pitch one time in spring," Torre said. "He looked very aggressive. We'll probably be able to tell early if his personality is good out there."
<TABLE id=standard_pitching class="sortable stats_table"><THEAD><TR onmouseover=hl(this); onmouseout=uhl(this);><TH class="tooltip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting" align=left table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="0">Year</TH><TH class="tooltip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting" onmouseover="Tip('Player’s age at midnight of June 30th of that year')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="1">Age</TH><TH class="tooltip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="2">Tm</TH><TH class="tooltip sort_default_asc" onmouseover="Tip('League
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NL - National League (1876-present)
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UA - Union Association (1884)
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Major league franchise(s) that either owns this affiliate or has an agreement with this team.')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="5">Aff</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Wins')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="6">W</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Losses')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="7">L</TH><TH class="tooltip hide_non_quals" onmouseover="Tip('Win-Loss Percentage
W / (W + L)
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For recent years, leaders need 1 IP
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No runs allowed and a complete game.')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="14">SHO</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Saves')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="15">SV</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Innings Pitched')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="16">IP</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Hits/Hits Allowed')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="17">H</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Runs Scored/Allowed')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="18">R</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Earned Runs Allowed')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="19">ER</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Home Runs Hit/Allowed')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="20">HR</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Bases on Balls/Walks')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="21">BB</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Intentional Bases on Balls
First tracked in 1955.')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="22">IBB</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Strikeouts')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="23">SO</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Times Hit by a Pitch.')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="24">HBP</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Balks')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="25">BK</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Wild Pitches')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="26">WP</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Batters Faced')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="27">BF</TH><TH class="tooltip sort_default_asc hide_non_quals" onmouseover="Tip('(BB + H)/IP
For recent years, leaders need 1 IP
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For recent years, leaders need 1 IP
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For recent years, leaders need 1 IP
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For recent years, leaders need 1 IP
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For recent years, leaders need 1 IP
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Dodgers SP John Ely will make his major-league debut Wednesday against the Mets, according to MLB.com. Despite having made only three Triple-A starts in his brief career, Dodgers manager Joe Torre is rolling the dice with Ely. "I watched him pitch one time in spring," Torre said. "He looked very aggressive. We'll probably be able to tell early if his personality is good out there."
<TABLE id=standard_pitching class="sortable stats_table"><THEAD><TR onmouseover=hl(this); onmouseout=uhl(this);><TH class="tooltip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting" align=left table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="0">Year</TH><TH class="tooltip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting" onmouseover="Tip('Player’s age at midnight of June 30th of that year')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="1">Age</TH><TH class="tooltip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="2">Tm</TH><TH class="tooltip sort_default_asc" onmouseover="Tip('League
AL - American League (1901-present)
NL - National League (1876-present)
AA - American Association (1882-1891)
UA - Union Association (1884)
PL - Players League (1890)
FL - Federal League (1914-1915)
NA - National Association (1871-1875)')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="3">Lg</TH><TH class="tooltip sort_default_asc" onmouseover="Tip('Classification of League
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Major league franchise(s) that either owns this affiliate or has an agreement with this team.')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="5">Aff</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Wins')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="6">W</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Losses')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="7">L</TH><TH class="tooltip hide_non_quals" onmouseover="Tip('Win-Loss Percentage
W / (W + L)
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For recent years, leaders need 1 IP
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No runs allowed and a complete game.')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="14">SHO</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Saves')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="15">SV</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Innings Pitched')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="16">IP</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Hits/Hits Allowed')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="17">H</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Runs Scored/Allowed')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="18">R</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Earned Runs Allowed')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="19">ER</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Home Runs Hit/Allowed')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="20">HR</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Bases on Balls/Walks')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="21">BB</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Intentional Bases on Balls
First tracked in 1955.')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="22">IBB</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Strikeouts')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="23">SO</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Times Hit by a Pitch.')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="24">HBP</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Balks')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="25">BK</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Wild Pitches')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="26">WP</TH><TH class=tooltip onmouseover="Tip('Batters Faced')" align=middle table_number="1" sorttable_columnindex="27">BF</TH><TH class="tooltip sort_default_asc hide_non_quals" onmouseover="Tip('(BB + H)/IP
For recent years, leaders need 1 IP
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For recent years, leaders need 1 IP
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For recent years, leaders need 1 IP
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For recent years, leaders need 1 IP
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