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Don Elston

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Full Name: Donald Ray Elston Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/165 First Game: September 17, 1953
Birthdate: April 6, 1929 Final Game: October 2, 1964
Birthplace: Campbellstown, Ohio MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: January 2, 1995
Deathplace: Arlington Heights, Illinois
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on April 6, 1929 in Campbellstown, Ohio, Don Elston (Donald Ray Elston) played for the Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn Dodgers over the course of his 9 year career. Elston broke into the bigs on September 17, 1953 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 3.54 ERA in 145 innings pitched in 1957, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Don Elston's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1959, when he posted a 3.32 ERA, won 10 games, notched 13 saves and struck out 82 batters. However, others believe that it was 1958, when he posted a 2.88 ERA, notched 10 saves and struck out 84 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1953 CHI N 2 1 0 1 14.40 2 8 8 0 0 0 5 11 1 0 0 0 0
1957 CHI N 39 14 6 7 3.56 102 61 57 2 0 8 144 139 15 55 4 1 5
1957 BRO N 1 0 0 0 .00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1957 TOT N 40 14 6 7 3.54 103 61 57 2 0 8 145 140 15 55 4 1 5
1958 CHI N 69 0 9 8 2.88 84 35 31 0 0 10 97 75 9 39 10 2 1
1959 CHI N 65 0 10 8 3.32 82 40 36 0 0 13 97.2 77 11 46 7 2 3
1960 CHI N 60 0 8 9 3.40 85 57 48 0 0 11 127 109 17 55 8 0 4
1961 CHI N 58 0 6 7 5.59 59 64 58 0 0 8 93.1 108 11 45 12 3 6
1962 CHI N 57 0 4 8 2.44 37 25 18 0 0 8 66.1 57 6 32 7 1 1
1963 CHI N 51 0 4 1 2.83 41 26 22 0 0 4 70 57 6 21 3 1 2
1964 CHI N 48 0 2 5 5.30 26 38 32 0 0 1 54.1 68 4 34 12 3 3
Total 450 15 49 54 3.69 519 354 310 2 0 63 755.2 702 80 327 63 13 25

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1953 CHI N P 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 CHI N P 39 14 144 8 23 2 1 0 0 4 9 1 .939
1957 BRO N P 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1957 TOT N P 40 14 145 9 23 2 1 0 0 5 9 1 .941
1958 CHI N P 69 0 97 7 19 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 1.000
1959 CHI N P 65 0 98.2 3 14 2 1 0 0 8 2 2 .895
1960 CHI N P 60 0 128 10 13 4 1 0 0 3 4 0 .852
1961 CHI N P 58 0 93.1 4 18 0 1 0 1 4 8 2 1.000
1962 CHI N P 57 0 66.1 5 16 0 2 0 3 4 7 0 1.000
1963 CHI N P 51 0 70 4 9 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 1.000
1964 CHI N P 48 0 54.1 3 16 3 4 0 0 1 4 0 .864
Total P 450 14 752.2 46 128 11 12 0 5 29 40 6 .941

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1953 CHI N 2 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CHI N 39 37 0 4 0 2 .108 .132 .108 0 0 0 7 1 2 0 0 0
1957 BRO N 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 TOT N 40 37 0 4 0 2 .108 .132 .108 0 0 0 7 1 2 0 0 0
1958 CHI N 69 14 1 5 0 0 .357 .357 .357 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
1959 CHI N 65 19 2 4 0 1 .211 .211 .211 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0
1960 CHI N 60 24 0 3 0 0 .125 .125 .125 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 0
1961 CHI N 58 11 1 2 0 0 .182 .182 .182 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0
1962 CHI N 57 8 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CHI N 51 4 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1964 CHI N 48 6 1 1 0 0 .167 .167 .167 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 450 124 6 19 0 3 .153 .160 .153 0 0 0 30 1 12 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago Cubs (December 6, 1947).
  • Traded by Chicago Cubs with Randy Jackson to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Don Hoak, Russ Meyer and Walt Moryn (December 9, 1955).
  • Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Vito Valentinetti and Jackie Collum (May 23, 1957).
  • Released by Chicago Cubs (April 9, 1965).

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