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

Born: February 23, 1976 in 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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1998 22 HOU NL 2 1 .667 3.32 28 2 7 0 0 2 57.0 40 21 21 5 20 0 56 1 0 1 227 124 1.053 6.3 0.8 3.2 8.8 2.80
1999 23 HOU NL 9 5 .643 3.48 42 15 8 0 0 1 124.0 111 55 48 8 43 0 121 4 0 3 524 128 1.242 8.1 0.6 3.1 8.8 2.81
2000 24 HOU NL 17 7 .708 4.81 30 30 0 2 0 0 192.2 198 117 103 29 84 1 131 6 0 8 855 103 1.464 9.2 1.4 3.9 6.1 1.56
2001 25 TOT NL 4 10 .286 7.06 24 24 0 0 0 0 132.2 146 105 104 34 59 2 87 6 0 5 595 67 1.545 9.9 2.3 4.0 5.9 1.47
2001 25 HOU NL 4 8 .333 7.14 20 20 0 0 0 0 109.2 126 88 87 26 49 1 76 6 0 5 499 65 1.596 10.3 2.1 4.0 6.2 1.55
2001 25 COL NL 0 2 .000 6.65 4 4 0 0 0 0 23.0 20 17 17 8 10 1 11 0 0 0 96 80 1.304 7.8 3.1 3.9 4.3 1.10
2003 27 COL NL 4 4 .500 6.27 11 10 0 0 0 0 51.2 73 46 36 13 20 3 20 4 0 3 253 79 1.800 12.7 2.3 3.5 3.5 1.00
2004 28 TOT MLB 3 11 .214 5.90 29 29 0 1 1 0 158.2 164 107 104 33 62 3 103 4 0 8 697 76 1.424 9.3 1.9 3.5 5.8 1.66
2004 28 COL NL 0 6 .000 9.80 8 8 0 0 0 0 41.1 57 45 45 8 20 1 23 0 0 5 199 50 1.863 12.4 1.7 4.4 5.0 1.15
2004 28 CLE AL 3 5 .375 4.53 21 21 0 1 1 0 117.1 107 62 59 25 42 2 80 4 0 3 498 96 1.270 8.2 1.9 3.2 6.1 1.90
2005 29 CLE AL 11 9 .550 4.61 31 31 0 1 0 0 181.2 189 100 93 32 48 1 103 6 1 4 774 91 1.305 9.4 1.6 2.4 5.1 2.15
2006 30 KCR AL 4 9 .308 5.34 20 20 0 0 0 0 114.2 117 73 68 26 52 1 49 6 0 3 501 88 1.474 9.2 2.0 4.1 3.8 0.94
2007 31 KCR AL 2 4 .333 10.46 9 9 0 0 0 0 37.0 53 44 43 12 21 0 13 3 0 2 185 45 2.000 12.9 2.9 5.1 3.2 0.62
2008 32 CLE AL 0 1 .000 3.52 8 0 4 0 0 0 15.1 16 7 6 0 9 2 15 0 0 2 70 126 1.630 9.4 0.0 5.3 8.8 1.67
10 Seasons 56 61 .479 5.29 232 170 19 4 1 3 1065.1 1107 675 626 192 418 13 698 40 1 39 4681 87 1.431 9.4 1.6 3.5 5.9 1.67
162 Game Avg. 9 10 .479 5.29 39 29 3 1 0 1 180 187 114 106 32 71 2 118 7 0 7 792 87 1.431 9.4 1.6 3.5 5.9 1.67
HOU (4 yrs) 32 21 .604 4.82 120 67 15 2 0 3 483.1 475 281 259 68 196 2 384 17 0 17 2105 97 1.388 8.8 1.3 3.6 7.2 1.96
COL (3 yrs) 4 12 .250 7.60 23 22 0 0 0 0 116.0 150 108 98 29 50 5 54 4 0 8 548 66 1.724 11.6 2.3 3.9 4.2 1.08
CLE (3 yrs) 14 15 .483 4.52 60 52 4 2 1 0 314.1 312 169 158 57 99 5 198 10 1 9 1342 94 1.308 8.9 1.6 2.8 5.7 2.00
KCR (2 yrs) 6 13 .316 6.59 29 29 0 0 0 0 151.2 170 117 111 38 73 1 62 9 0 5 686 71 1.602 10.1 2.3 4.3 3.7 0.85
NL (6 yrs) 36 33 .522 5.36 143 89 15 2 0 3 599.1 625 389 357 97 246 7 438 21 0 25 2653 88 1.453 9.4 1.5 3.7 6.6 1.78
AL (5 yrs) 20 28 .417 5.20 89 81 4 2 1 0 466.0 482 286 269 95 172 6 260 19 1 14 2028 85 1.403 9.3 1.8 3.3 5.0 1.51

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1998 22 HOU NL NLDS L SDP 0 1 .000 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 8 1.000 4.5 4.5 4.5 13.5 3.00
1999 23 HOU NL NLDS L ATL 0 0 3.86 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 4 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 12 2.143 15.4 0.0 3.9 11.6 3.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 1 .000 4.15 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 5 2 2 1 2 0 6 1 0 2 20 1.615 10.4 2.1 4.2 12.5 3.00
2 NLDS 0 1 .000 4.15 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 5 2 2 1 2 0 6 1 0 2 20 1.615 10.4 2.1 4.2 12.5 3.00

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1998 22 HOU NL 28 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
1999 23 HOU NL 41 33 26 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .192 .192 .192 .385 -2 5 0 0 7 0 0 1/
2000 24 HOU NL 29 72 63 6 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 .159 .197 .190 .387 -4 12 2 2 6 0 0 1
2001 25 TOT NL 22 47 38 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .079 .167 .079 .246 -35 3 2 3 5 0 0 1
2001 25 HOU NL 18 39 30 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .067 .176 .067 .243 -35 2 1 3 5 0 0 1
2001 25 COL NL 4 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -40 1 1 0 0 0 0 /1
2003 27 COL NL 10 17 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .071 .188 .071 .259 -32 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
2004 28 TOT MLB 10 17 12 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250 .308 .250 .558 43 3 0 0 4 0 0 1
2004 28 COL NL 8 14 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .222 .300 .222 .522 32 2 0 0 4 0 0 /1
2004 28 CLE AL 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 80 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 29 CLE AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 30 KCR AL 2 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 149 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
2007 31 KCR AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2008 32 CLE AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
10 Seasons 146 203 166 13 23 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 53 .139 .188 .157 .344 -13 26 4 5 27 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 225 184 14 26 3 0 0 3 0 0 6 59 .139 .188 .157 .344 -13 29 4 6 30 0 0
HOU (4 yrs) 116 154 126 8 17 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 42 .135 .180 .151 .331 -16 19 3 5 21 0 0
COL (3 yrs) 22 39 31 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 .129 .206 .129 .335 -15 4 1 0 5 0 0
CLE (3 yrs) 5 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 8 1 0 0 0 0 0
KCR (2 yrs) 3 5 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 88 2 0 0 1 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 138 193 157 11 21 2 0 0 3 0 0 5 50 .134 .186 .146 .332 -16 23 4 5 26 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 8 10 9 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .333 .556 44 3 0 0 1 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1998 22 HOU NL NLDS SDP L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 23 HOU NL NLDS ATL L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wins s c a p y
2000 NL--17--6th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2000 NL--.708--3rd

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--5.897--247th

Shutouts s c a p y
2004 AL--1--4th

Home Runs s c a p y
2001 NL--34--5th
2005 AL--32--4th
Active--192--31st
Career--192--212th

Earned Runs s c a p y
2001 NL--104--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1657), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 2, 1994: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1994.

July 31, 2001: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Colorado Rockies for Pedro Astacio and cash.

December 21, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

December 21, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

March 5, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

May 24, 2004: Released by the Colorado Rockies.

May 25, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

October 27, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

December 16, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

July 25, 2007: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

August 2, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

September 4, 2007: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

February 8, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

October 31, 2008: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1998Houston Astros$170,000
1999Houston Astros$230,000
2000Houston Astros$300,000
2001Houston Astros$400,000
2002Colorado Rockies$1,400,000
2003Colorado Rockies$300,000
2004Colorado Rockies$480,000
2005Cleveland Indians$850,000
2006Kansas City Royals$4,000,000
2007Kansas City Royals$4,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$12,130,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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