Milt Gaston

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Full Name: Nathaniel Milton Gaston	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/185	First Game: April 20, 1924
Birthdate: January 27, 1896	Final Game: September 26, 1934
Birthplace: Ridgefield Park, New Jersey	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: April 26, 1996
Deathplace: Barnstable, Massachusetts
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on January 27, 1896 in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, Milt Gaston (Nathaniel Milton Gaston) played for the New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 11 year career. Gaston broke into the bigs on April 20, 1924 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 4.50 ERA in 86 innings pitched in 1924, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Milt Gaston's best season was 1930, when he posted a 3.92 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 99 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
1924	NY	A	29	2	5	3	4.50	24	48	43	0	0	1	86	92	3	44	0	3	6
1925	STL	A	42	29	15	14	4.41	84	146	117	16	0	1	238.2	284	8	101	0	6	5
1926	STL	A	32	28	10	18	4.33	39	116	103	14	1	0	214.1	227	13	101	0	5	4
1927	STL	A	37	30	13	17	5.00	77	177	141	21	0	1	254	275	18	100	0	8	3
1928	WAS	A	28	22	6	12	5.51	45	102	91	8	3	0	148.2	179	3	53	0	3	0
1929	BOS	A	39	28	12	19	3.73	83	121	101	20	1	2	243.2	265	15	81	0	17	3
1930	BOS	A	38	34	13	20	3.92	99	138	119	20	2	2	273	272	15	98	0	11	0
1931	BOS	A	23	18	2	13	4.46	33	76	59	4	0	0	119	137	4	41	0	4	0
1932	CHI	A	28	25	7	17	4.00	44	101	74	7	1	1	166.2	183	10	73	0	5	1
1933	CHI	A	30	25	8	12	4.85	39	106	90	7	1	0	167	177	9	60	0	3	1
1934	CHI	A	29	28	6	19	5.85	48	146	126	10	1	0	194	247	16	84	0	13	1
Total			355	269	97	164	4.55	615	1277	1064	127	10	8	2105	2338	114	836	0	78	24

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1924	NY	A	P	29	0	0	2	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1925	STL	A	P	42	0	0	10	49	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1926	STL	A	P	32	0	0	16	47	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1927	STL	A	P	37	0	0	18	58	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1928	WAS	A	P	28	0	0	9	38	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.940
1929	BOS	A	P	39	0	0	13	42	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.965
1930	BOS	A	P	38	0	0	15	58	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	.948
1931	BOS	A	P	23	0	0	4	24	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.903
1932	CHI	A	P	28	0	0	6	42	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	.923
1933	CHI	A	P	30	0	0	4	36	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.930
1934	CHI	A	P	29	0	0	9	52	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.984
Total			P	355	0	0	106	460	26	36	0	0	0	0	0	.956

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1924	NY	A	29	27	3	6	0	1	.222	.222	.222	0	0	0	6	0	2	0	0	0
1925	STL	A	42	80	9	21	1	18	.262	.262	.400	6	1	0	5	0	6	1	0	0
1926	STL	A	32	78	5	13	1	4	.167	.177	.256	2	1	0	13	1	2	1	0	0
1927	STL	A	37	96	13	25	3	15	.260	.297	.438	8	0	5	26	0	5	0	0	0
1928	WAS	A	28	49	1	7	0	4	.143	.143	.184	2	0	0	8	0	4	0	0	0
1929	BOS	A	39	78	3	15	1	5	.192	.259	.269	3	0	6	19	1	4	0	0	0
1930	BOS	A	38	98	7	20	0	9	.204	.212	.235	3	0	1	13	0	5	0	0	0
1931	BOS	A	23	38	1	6	0	1	.158	.179	.158	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0
1932	CHI	A	28	60	6	14	0	10	.233	.258	.300	4	0	1	15	1	0	0	0	0
1933	CHI	A	30	52	5	8	0	1	.154	.241	.192	2	0	5	11	1	2	0	0	0
1934	CHI	A	29	68	2	10	0	7	.147	.183	.162	1	0	3	14	0	1	0	0	0
Total			355	724	55	145	6	75	.200	.228	.273	31	2	21	135	5	32	2	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Traded by New York Yankees with Bullet Joe Bush and Joe Giard to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Urban Shocker (December 17, 1924).
Traded by St. Louis Browns with Sad Sam Jones to Washington Senators in exchange for Dick Coffman and Earl McNeely (October 19, 1927).
Traded by Washington Senators with Hod Lisenbee, Bobby Reeves, Grant Gillis and Elliott Bigelow to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Buddy Myer (December 15, 1928).
Traded by Boston Red Sox to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Bob Weiland (December 2, 1931).
Released by Chicago White Sox (December 18, 1934).

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