Don Elston
Don Elston
Full name: Donald Ray Elston Born: April 6, 1929, Campbellstown, Ohio Died January 2, 1995, Arlington Heights, Illinois Cremated First Game: September 17, 1953; Final Game: October 2, 1964 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 165
Don Elston
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1953 CHI N 1953 CHI N 1957 BRO N 1957 BRO N 1957 CHI N 1957 CHI N 1957 TOT N 40 37 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 .108 .132 .108 0.0 1957 TOT N
1958 CHI N 1958 CHI N 1959 CHI N 1959 CHI N 1960 CHI N Daily Splits 60 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 0.0 1960 CHI N 1961 CHI N Daily Splits 58 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .182 .182 0.0 1961 CHI N 1962 CHI N Daily Splits 57 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0i 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1962 CHI N 1963 CHI N Daily Splits 51 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1963 CHI N 1964 CHI N Daily Splits 48 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 0.0 1964 CHI N Splits 450 124 6 19 0 0 0 3 0 0i 30 1 12 0i 1i 2i 0 0 0 .153 .160 .153 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
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All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1959 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1959 NL
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
1953 CHI N 1953 CHI N 1957 BRO N 1957 BRO N 1957 CHI N 1957 CHI N 1957 TOT N 40 14 2 0 12 8 145 140 611 15 61 57 55 4 103 7 4 1 5 0 6 7 3.54 0.4 1957 TOT N
1958 CHI N 69 0 0 0 39 10 97 75 400 9 35 31 39 10 84 5 4 2 1 1 9 8 2.88 2.3 1958 CHI N 1959 CHI N 65 0 0 0 49 13 97.2 77 413 11 40 36 46 7 82 7 4 2 3 0 10 8 3.32 1.4 1959 CHI N 1960 CHI N Daily Splits 60 0 0 0 33 11 127 109 547 17 57 48 55 8 85 9 7 0 4 0 19 4 5 9 8 9 3.40 0.4 1960 CHI N 1961 CHI N Daily Splits 58 0 0 0 32 8 93.1 108 421 11 64 58 45 12 59 4 2 3 6 0 16 5 11 7 6 7 5.59 -1.8 1961 CHI N 1962 CHI N Daily Splits 57 0 0 0 32 8 66.1 57 275 6 25 18 32 7 37 9 2 1 1 0 9i 1 4i 7i 4 8 2.44 1.9 1962 CHI N 1963 CHI N Daily Splits 51 0 0 0 29 4 70 57 280 6 26 22 21 3 41 4 1 1 2 1 7 2 5 4 4 1 2.83 0.3 1963 CHI N 1964 CHI N Daily Splits 48 0 0 0 15 1 54.1 68 260 4 38 32 34 12 26 11 6 3 3 0 9 3 5 6 2 5 5.30 -1.2 1964 CHI N Splits 450 15 2 0 241 63 755.2 702 3232 80 354 310 327 63i 519 57 30i 13 25 2 60i 15i 30i 33i 49 54 3.69 3.0 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
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All-Star Game Pitching Record All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1959 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1959 NL
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1953 CHI N 1957 BRO N 1957 CHI N 1957 TOT N P 40 9 23 2 1 .941
1958 CHI N 69 7 19 0 1 1.000
1959 CHI N 65 3 14 2 1 .895
1960 CHI N Daily P 60 0 0 128 10 13 4 1 0 0 4 3 0 .852
1961 CHI N Daily P 58 0 0 93.1 4 18 0 1 0 1 8 4 2 1.000
1962 CHI N Daily P 57 0 0 66.1 5 16 0 2 0 3i 7 4 0i1.000
1963 CHI N Daily P 51 0 0 70 4 9 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 1.000
1964 CHI N Daily P 48 0 0 54.1 3 16 3 4 0 0 4 1 0 .864
Total P 450 0i 0i 412 i 46 128 11 12 0i 4i 28i 13i 2i .941
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
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All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1959 NL Daily P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Transactions 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 with Vito Valentinetti to Chicago Cubs in exchange for
Jackie Collum (May 23, 1957 ).
Released by Chicago Cubs (April 9, 1965 ).
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