Kevin Elster
Kevin Daniel Elster
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 3, 1964 in San Pedro, CA
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 21, 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1986
Final Game: October 1, 2000
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1986 NYM NL 21 SS 19 9 91.1 53 16 35 2 6 .962 1.7 22.3 1.7 -0.5 2.2 0 5.03 2.68 .962 4.75 3.96
1987 NYM NL 22 SS 3 2 18.0 11 4 6 1 0 .909 -0.1 -6.7 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 0 5.00 3.33 .964 4.70 3.90
1988 NYM NL 23 SS 148 123 1100.2 554 196 345 13 61 .977 0.9 1.0 2.9 -8.1 11.1 -2 4.42 3.66 .967 4.63 3.99
1989 NYM NL 24 SS 150 134 1207.1 624 235 374 15 63 .976 8.6 8.5 9.6 7.5 2.1 -1 4.54 4.06 .966 4.51 3.88
1990 NYM NL 25 SS 92 91 795.2 427 159 251 17 42 .960 -6.5 -9.8 -4.5 -3.6 -0.9 -2 4.64 4.46 .967 4.59 4.00
1991 NYM NL 26 SS 107 98 865.0 462 149 299 14 39 .970 2.3 3.2 4.3 3.3 1.0 -2 4.66 4.19 .966 4.67 3.88
1992 NYM NL 27 SS 5 5 40.0 18 8 10 0 3 1.000 0.5 15.0 0.5 0.4 0.1 0 4.05 3.60 .967 4.59 3.86
1994 NYY AL 29 SS 7 7 59.0 32 5 27 0 7 1.000 -0.6 -12.2 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 0 4.88 4.57 .969 4.64 4.21
1995 TOT MLB 30 SS 29 19 164.2 79 28 50 1 13 .987 1.1 8.0 0.1 0.6 -0.5 1 4.26 2.69 .970 4.57 4.03
1995 NYY AL 30 SS 10 5 47.0 24 10 14 0 2 1.000 -0.5 -12.8 -0.5 -0.2 -0.3 0 4.60 2.40 .975 4.71 4.16
1995 NYY AL 30 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.30
1995 PHI NL 30 SS 19 14 117.2 55 18 36 1 11 .982 1.6 16.3 0.6 0.8 -0.2 1 4.13 2.84 .967 4.51 3.97
1995 PHI NL 30 1B 4 1 17.1 17 17 0 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -6.9 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 0 8.83 4.25 .994 9.66 8.35
1995 PHI NL 30 3B 2 1 12.1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -107.0 -1.1 -1.1 0.0 0 2.92 2.00 .950 2.77 2.35
1996 TEX AL 31 SS 157 155 1355.0 740 285 441 14 103 .981 -5.8 -5.1 -4.8 -10.7 5.9 -1 4.82 4.62 .971 4.66 4.19
1997 PIT NL 32 SS 39 39 336.1 178 54 123 1 22 .994 -5.9 -21.1 -4.9 -2.9 -2.0 -1 4.74 4.54 .972 4.58 3.85
1998 TEX AL 33 SS 84 84 734.2 373 107 257 9 49 .976 -0.5 -0.8 -1.5 -3.6 2.1 1 4.46 4.33 .972 4.71 4.26
2000 LAD NL 35 SS 55 52 456.0 204 60 133 11 25 .946 -7.5 -19.7 -6.5 1.2 -7.7 -1 3.81 3.51 .968 4.52 3.88
2000 LAD NL 35 3B 8 7 64.2 24 6 16 2 0 .917 1.3 24.1 1.3 0.9 0.4 0 3.06 2.75 .950 2.64 2.17
2000 LAD NL 35 1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0.5 -600.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 9.00 7.70
13 Seasons SS 895 818 7223.2 3755 1306 2351 98 433 .974 -11.8 -2.0 -3.8 -15.8 12.1 -8 4.56 4.09 .968 4.61 4.01
2 Seasons 3B 10 8 77.0 28 8 18 2 0 .929 0.2 3.1 0.2 -0.2 0.4 0 3.04 2.60 .950 2.66 2.21
2 Seasons 1B 5 1 18.1 18 17 0 1 1 .944 -0.6 -39.3 -0.6 -0.2 -0.4 0 8.35 3.40 .994 9.62 8.22
1 Season 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.30
13 Seasons TOT 911 827 7320.0 3801 1331 2369 101 434 .973 -12.2 -2.0 -4.2 -16.2 12.1 -8 4.55 4.06 .942 4.61 4.01
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1986 NYM NL 21 19 9 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 NYM NL 22 5 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1988 NYM NL 23 149 123 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
1989 NYM NL 24 151 134 151 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1990 NYM NL 25 92 91 92 92 0 0 0 0 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1991 NYM NL 26 115 98 115 107 0 0 0 0 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
1992 NYM NL 27 6 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1994 NYY AL 29 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 PHI NL 30 26 16 26 24 0 0 4 0 2 19 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1995 NYY AL 30 10 5 10 10 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 TEX AL 31 157 155 157 157 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 PIT NL 32 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 TEX AL 33 84 84 84 84 0 0 0 0 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 LAD NL 35 80 59 80 64 0 0 1 0 8 55 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
13 Seasons 940 827 940 910 0 0 5 1 10 896 0 0 0 0 0 39 9
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 -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1986 NYM NL 21 386 61% 78% 32% 43 88% 1 17 6 8 3 34 23 10 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 6 4 0 1 0 1 6 4 2 0 0 0
1987 NYM NL 22 75 47% 81% 41% 9 89% 0 4 2 2 0 6 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 NYM NL 23 4733 58% 76% 30% 470 87% 6 196 100 67 29 347 286 48 0 1 13 1 10 2 12 60 19 4 17 5 3 52 23 25 7 2 5
1989 NYM NL 24 5326 58% 74% 28% 530 90% 4 237 140 67 30 372 289 65 0 2 15 0 11 4 13 61 21 3 12 7 6 52 24 28 8 6 2
1990 NYM NL 25 3506 58% 74% 30% 356 88% 2 159 88 48 23 252 190 51 1 1 17 0 7 10 13 42 14 3 13 2 2 37 17 20 3 1 2
1991 NYM NL 26 3826 54% 78% 32% 436 79% 2 151 70 54 27 299 239 48 0 5 14 1 7 6 11 39 13 2 12 3 3 34 15 19 5 4 1
1992 NYM NL 27 166 47% 73% 33% 15 80% 0 8 3 2 3 10 6 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
1994 NYY AL 29 279 73% 77% 38% 33 91% 0 5 4 1 0 27 15 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0
1995 PHI NL 30 575 55% 70% 27% 40 90% 0 18 6 7 5 36 27 8 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 11 6 0 3 1 0 10 6 4 1 1 0
1995 NYY AL 30 204 58% 70% 28% 17 94% 0 10 6 3 1 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1996 TEX AL 31 6113 52% 75% 30% 589 90% 1 286 147 112 28 443 329 102 0 4 14 1 5 8 7 103 45 1 34 6 4 95 46 45 4 1 3
1997 PIT NL 32 1526 50% 74% 36% 145 97% 2 53 22 23 8 122 96 23 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 22 11 3 4 1 0 20 14 5 1 0 1
1998 TEX AL 33 3305 53% 77% 31% 336 83% 3 105 55 39 12 254 193 49 1 3 9 1 7 1 6 49 19 6 16 1 0 46 25 18 2 2 0
2000 LAD NL 35 2072 58% 74% 30% 157 94% 3 56 26 26 4 133 101 25 1 2 11 0 5 6 10 25 14 0 7 0 3 24 14 10 1 1 0
13 Seasons 32092 56% 75% 30% 3176 88% 24 1305 675 459 173 2349 1812 444 4 24 98 4 56 38 77 430 175 22 122 26 22 388 197 179 32 18 14
MLB Averages 56% 76% 31% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1995 PHI NL 30 53 58% 74% 36% 3 67% 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 LAD NL 35 296 42% 67% 26% 24 92% 0 6 6 0 0 16 15 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 349 45% 68% 28% 27 89% 0 8 7 0 1 18 16 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 76% 31% 87% 65%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1995 PHI NL 30 69 61% 64% 25% 3 100% 0 17 2 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2000 LAD NL 35 4 50% 75% 25% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 73 60% 64% 25% 4 75% 0 17 2 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
MLB Averages 56% 76% 31% 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1995 NYY AL 30 5 100% 80% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 5 100% 80% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 76% 31% 91%

* 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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