Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ellis ya jefa ba-hitter a ranar 12 ga Yuni, 1970, kuma daga baya ya bayyana cewa ya cika aikin ne a ƙarƙashin tasirin Ellis ya kasance mai farawa ga National League a cikin All-Star Game a 1971 kuma daga baya a wannan shekarar, Pirates sun lashe gasar cin kofin duniya. Shiga Yankees a 1976, ya taimaka ya jagoranci tawagar zuwa gasar zakarun Amurka
, kuma an kira shi dan wasan da ya dawo na shekara.