Scott Elarton
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7" , Weight: 240 lb.

Born: February 23, 1976 in Lamar, CO
High School: Lamar (Lamar, CO)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 2, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 20, 1998
Final Game: June 28, 2008
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1998 HOU NL 22 P 28 2 57.0 8 4 4 0 1 1.000 1.26 0.29 .962 1.85 0.54
1999 HOU NL 23 P 42 15 124.0 12 4 8 0 0 1.000 0.87 0.29 .950 1.72 0.48
1999 HOU NL 23 OF 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90
2000 HOU NL 24 P 30 30 192.2 35 14 21 0 4 1.000 1.63 1.17 .963 1.74 0.48
2001 TOT NL 25 P 24 24 132.2 33 9 22 2 2 .939 2.10 1.29 .958 1.75 0.46
2001 HOU NL 25 P 20 20 109.2 29 9 18 2 2 .931 2.22 1.35 .959 1.75 0.46
2001 COL NL 25 P 4 4 23.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.57 1.00 .950 1.76 0.45
2003 COL NL 27 P 11 10 51.2 14 3 11 0 1 1.000 2.44 1.27 .957 1.85 0.48
2004 TOT MLB 28 P 29 29 158.2 21 7 13 1 1 .952 1.13 0.69 .952 1.70 0.46
2004 COL NL 28 P 8 8 41.1 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.52 0.88 .957 1.83 0.48
2004 CLE AL 28 P 21 21 117.1 14 5 8 1 1 .929 1.00 0.62 .950 1.66 0.45
2005 CLE AL 29 P 31 31 181.2 20 7 11 2 2 .900 0.89 0.58 .955 1.69 0.46
2006 KCR AL 30 P 20 20 114.2 16 3 13 0 1 1.000 1.26 0.80 .956 1.56 0.41
2007 KCR AL 31 P 9 9 37.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 0.73 0.33 .967 1.61 0.42
2008 CLE AL 32 P 8 0 15.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.93 0.63 .940 1.58 0.42
10 Seasons P 232 170 1065.1 167 53 109 5 13 .970 1.37 0.70 .957 1.71 0.47
1 Season OF 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90
10 Seasons TOT 232 170 1065.1 167 53 109 5 13 .970 1.37 0.70 .927 1.71 0.47

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1998 HOU NL 22 28 2 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 HOU NL 23 43 15 41 43 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2000 HOU NL 24 30 29 29 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 HOU NL 25 20 18 18 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 COL NL 25 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 COL NL 27 11 9 10 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 CLE AL 28 21 2 2 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 COL NL 28 8 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 CLE AL 29 31 1 1 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 KCR AL 30 20 2 2 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 KCR AL 31 9 1 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 CLE AL 32 8 0 2 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 233 91 146 233 232 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1998 HOU NL 22 229 66% 23% 5 100% 0 4 1 3 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1999 HOU NL 23 535 69% 22% 9 100% 1 4 1 3 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
2000 HOU NL 24 870 75% 23% 23 100% 0 12 3 8 21 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 1 5 100%
2001 HOU NL 25 515 75% 27% 19 95% 0 9 3 5 18 14 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 5 80%
2001 COL NL 25 99 79% 23% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2003 COL NL 27 260 83% 30% 11 100% 0 3 0 1 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 100%
2004 CLE AL 28 506 75% 24% 9 89% 1 5 2 3 8 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
2004 COL NL 28 211 80% 26% 7 86% 0 2 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2005 CLE AL 29 789 80% 25% 12 92% 0 7 1 5 11 8 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 100%
2006 KCR AL 30 513 79% 23% 12 92% 0 3 1 2 13 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
2007 KCR AL 31 189 80% 24% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
2008 CLE AL 32 73 67% 27% 4 100% 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
10 Seasons 4789 76% 24% 116 96% 2 51 13 32 108 82 9 5 2 0 3 1 13 9 11 2 26 96%
MLB Averages 74% 30% 90% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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