Professional Baseball player from 1909 to 1928. Born in Cummins Chapel, Arkansas, he moved with his family at the age of 6 to Piggot, Arkansas where he grew up. In 1909 he began his baseball career and joined the Northeast Arkansas League on a Jonesboro team. He subsequently played for teams in Hutchinson, Kansas; Superior, Nebraska; Wichita, Louisville, Kentucky; Nashville, Tennessee; Memphis, Tennessee; Atlanta, Georgia; Mobile, Alabama; and Asheville, North Carolina. Ellis was a pitcher whose nickname was the "Piggot Propeller," and was known for his "Arkansas swampball." One season he pitched 18 consecutive scoreless innings of baseball. He had the distinction of pitching against Ty Cobb during his career. Upon his retirement from baseball in 1928 he served as a state highway patrolman in Arkansas until 1938. He then moved to Michigan and worked in Flint. He moved to Albion, Michigan in January 1951 to work at Union Steel Products until his retirement. He returned to Piggot in the mid-1960s. His wife Cerella Hutchings whom he married on November 3, 1912, died in 1970.
Professional Baseball player from 1909 to 1928. Born in Cummins Chapel, Arkansas, he moved with his family at the age of 6 to Piggot, Arkansas where he grew up. In 1909 he began his baseball career and joined the Northeast Arkansas League on a Jonesboro team. He subsequently played for teams in Hutchinson, Kansas; Superior, Nebraska; Wichita, Louisville, Kentucky; Nashville, Tennessee; Memphis, Tennessee; Atlanta, Georgia; Mobile, Alabama; and Asheville, North Carolina. Ellis was a pitcher whose nickname was the "Piggot Propeller," and was known for his "Arkansas swampball." One season he pitched 18 consecutive scoreless innings of baseball. He had the distinction of pitching against Ty Cobb during his career. Upon his retirement from baseball in 1928 he served as a state highway patrolman in Arkansas until 1938. He then moved to Michigan and worked in Flint. He moved to Albion, Michigan in January 1951 to work at Union Steel Products until his retirement. He returned to Piggot in the mid-1960s. His wife Cerella Hutchings whom he married on November 3, 1912, died in 1970.
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