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Kevin Elster

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Full Name: Kevin Daniel Elster Primary Position: SS
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/180 First Game: September 2, 1986
Birthdate: August 3, 1964 Final Game: October 1, 2000
Birthplace: San Pedro, California MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

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

[edit] Biography

Kevin Elster (Kevin Daniel Elster) was born on August 3, 1964 in San Pedro, California. He made his Major League debut on September 2, 1986 for the New York Mets. In 1988, his rookie year, he hit .214 with 9 home runs and 37 RBI. Elster played for the New York Mets, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers, Pittsburgh Pirates and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his 13 year career.

Most people believe that Kevin Elster's best season was 1996, when he slugged 24 home runs and knocked in 99 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1986 NY N 19 30 3 5 0 0 .167 .242 .200 1 0 3 8 0 0 0 1 0
1987 NY N 5 10 1 4 0 1 .400 .400 .600 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
1988 NY N 149 406 41 87 9 37 .214 .282 .313 11 1 35 47 3 6 2 12 5
1989 NY N 151 458 52 106 10 55 .231 .283 .360 25 2 34 77 2 6 4 11 13
1990 NY N 92 314 36 65 9 45 .207 .274 .363 20 1 30 54 1 1 2 2 4
1991 NY N 115 348 33 84 6 36 .241 .318 .351 16 2 40 53 1 1 2 6 4
1992 NY N 6 18 0 4 0 0 .222 .222 .222 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1
1994 NY A 7 20 0 0 0 0 .000 .048 .000 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 0
1995 PHI N 26 53 10 11 1 9 .208 .302 .377 4 1 7 14 1 2 0 1 1
1995 NY A 10 17 1 2 0 0 .118 .167 .176 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0
1995 Total 36 70 11 13 1 9 .186 .272 .329 5 1 8 19 1 2 0 1 1
1996 TEX A 157 515 79 130 24 99 .252 .317 .462 32 2 52 138 2 16 4 1 8
1997 PIT N 39 138 14 31 7 25 .225 .327 .449 6 2 21 39 1 2 0 0 1
1998 TEX A 84 297 33 69 8 37 .232 .311 .354 10 1 33 66 2 2 0 0 7
2000 LA N 80 220 29 50 14 32 .227 .341 .455 8 0 38 52 0 1 0 5 0
Total NL 682 1995 219 447 56 240 .224 .297 .364 93 9 208 347 9 19 10 38 30
Total AL 258 849 113 201 32 136 .237 .306 .408 43 3 87 215 4 19 4 1 15
Total 940 2844 332 648 88 376 .228 .300 .377 136 12 295 562 13 38 14 39 45

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1986 NY N SS 19 9 91.1 16 35 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1987 NY N SS 3 2 18 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .909
1988 NY N SS 148 122 1100.2 196 345 13 61 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1989 NY N SS 150 134 1207.1 235 374 15 63 1 0 0 0 0 .976
1990 NY N SS 92 91 795.2 159 251 17 42 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1991 NY N SS 107 98 865 149 299 14 39 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1992 NY N SS 5 5 40 8 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1994 NY A SS 7 7 59 5 27 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1995 PHI N 1B 4 1 17.1 17 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1995 PHI N 3B 2 1 12.1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1995 PHI N SS 19 14 117.2 18 36 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1995 NY A SS 10 5 47 10 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1995 NY A 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1995 Total SS 29 19 164.2 28 50 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1996 TEX A SS 157 155 1355 285 441 14 103 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1997 PIT N SS 39 39 336.1 54 123 1 22 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1998 TEX A SS 84 84 734.2 107 257 9 49 0 0 0 0 0 .976
2000 LA N 3B 8 7 64.2 6 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .917
2000 LA N 1B 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2000 LA N SS 55 52 456 60 133 11 25 0 0 0 0 0 .946
Total 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 3B 10 8 77 8 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .929
Total 1B 5 1 18.1 17 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .944
Total SS 895 817 7223.2 1306 2351 98 433 1 0 0 0 0 .974

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by New York Mets in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (January 17, 1984 - signed May 21, 1984).
  • Granted free agency (December 19, 1992).
  • Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (January 12, 1993).
  • Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (May 17, 1993).
  • Signed by Florida Marlins (May 22, 1993).
  • Released by Florida Marlins (June 4, 1993).
  • Signed by San Diego Padres (December 17, 1993).
  • Released by San Diego Padres (March 21, 1994).
  • Signed by New York Yankees (May 1, 1994).
  • Released by New York Yankees (June 8, 1995).
  • Signed by Kansas City Royals (June 29, 1995).
  • Released by Kansas City Royals (July 3, 1995).
  • Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (July 7, 1995).
  • Granted free agency (October 5, 1995).
  • Signed by Texas Rangers (January 16, 1996).
  • Granted free agency (October 31, 1996).
  • Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (December 20, 1996).
  • Granted free agency (October 28, 1997).
  • Signed by Texas Rangers (December 8, 1997).
  • Released by Texas Rangers (July 31, 1998).
  • Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (January 14, 2000).
  • Granted free agency (October 15, 2000).

[edit] Trivia

  • World Series Champion: 1986

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