Don Elston

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

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

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

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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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