Harold Bruce Ellingsen (born April 26, 1949) is an
American former
professional baseball
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. In
Major League Baseball
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, the
left-handed
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pitcher
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worked in 16
games, including two
starting assignments for the
Cleveland Indians
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. Originally drafted by the
Los Angeles Dodgers
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in 1967, Ellingsen stood tall and weighed .
![CLE1974H13ELLINGSEN](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/CLE1974H13ELLINGSEN.png)
Ellingsen spent six full seasons in the Dodgers'
farm system before he was acquired by the Indians on April 3, 1974, in an ultimately one-sided transaction. For Ellingsen, the Indians gave up
Pedro Guerrero, then a 17-year-old with one year of professional experience with the Rookie-classification
Gulf Coast Indians. Guerrero would go on to play eleven seasons for the Dodgers (and 15 in all in the Major Leagues), slug 215
home runs,
bat
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an even .300, and be selected to five
National League
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All-Star teams.
Ellingsen began the 1974 season with the Triple-A
Oklahoma City 89ers
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, but was recalled in July. His final two appearances in September were as a starting pitcher against the
New York Yankees
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. In the first, on September 22 at
Shea Stadium
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innings and surrendered only six
hits, but lost a pitchers' duel to the Yankees'
Pat Dobson
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2–1 when he gave up a sixth-inning home run to
Bobby Murcer
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. In his second start, six days later at
Cleveland Stadium
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, he gave up four hits and four
earned run
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s in innings, but did not factor in the
decision in a 9–7 Cleveland loss.
1974-9-28 box score from Retrosheet
/ref> Ellingsen then returned to minor league baseball in 1975 and retired from baseball following that season.
In 42 major league innings pitched, Ellingsen allowed 45 hits, 17 bases on balls and five home runs. He struck out
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16.
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1949 births
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