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Don Elston
Donald Ray Elston

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 6, 1929 in Campbellstown, OH
High School: Camden (Camden, OH)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1953
Final Game: October 2, 1964
Died: January 2, 1995 in Arlington Heights, IL
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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
1953	24	CHC	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			/1
1957	28	TOT	NL	40	40	37	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	.108	.132	.108	.240	-34	4	0	1	2	0	0	1
1957	28	BRO	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1957	28	CHC	NL	39	40	37	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	.108	.132	.108	.240	-34	4	0	1	2	0	0	1
1958	29	CHC	NL	69	15	14	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.357	.357	.357	.714	92	5	0	0	1	0	0	1
1959	30	CHC	NL	65	22	19	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.211	.211	.211	.421	13	4	0	0	3	0	0	1	AS
1960	31	CHC	NL	60	26	24	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.125	.125	.125	.250	-31	3	0	0	2	0	0	1
1961	32	CHC	NL	58	14	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.182	.182	.182	.364	-3	2	0	0	3	0	0	1
1962	33	CHC	NL	57	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1963	34	CHC	NL	51	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1964	35	CHC	NL	48	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
9 Seasons				450	137	124	6	19	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	30	.153	.160	.153	.313	-15	19	0	1	12	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	49	45	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.153	.160	.153	.313	-15	7	0	0	4
CHC (9 yrs)				449	137	124	6	19	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	30	.153	.160	.153	.313	-15	19	0	1	12	0	0
BRO (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1953	24	CHC	NL	1	1	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.276	.000	.348	.000	.431	.000	.779	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1957	28	TOT	NL	40	35	1	0.8	102	.133	.108	.267	.132	.331	.108	.414	.240	.744	-34	.037	-7.1	-0.7	.152	.000	.000
1957	28	CHC	NL	40	35	1	0.8	102	.133	.108	.267	.132	.331	.108	.414	.240	.744	-34	.037	-7.1	-0.7	.152	.000	.000
1958	29	CHC	NL	15	10	2	5.4	104	.417	.357	.267	.357	.335	.357	.417	.714	.752	92	.564	-0.2	-0.0	.556	.000	.000
1959	30	CHC	NL	22	18	1	1.5	104	.235	.211	.269	.211	.335	.211	.416	.421	.751	13	.111	-2.4	-0.2	.267	.000	.000
1960	31	CHC	NL	26	23	0	0.0	98	.214	.125	.262	.125	.328	.125	.402	.250	.730	-31	.000	-4.4	-0.4	.143	.000	.000
1961	32	CHC	NL	14	12	1	2.2	106	.286	.182	.271	.182	.338	.182	.422	.364	.760	-3	.206	-1.7	-0.2	.222	.000	.000
1962	33	CHC	NL	8	8	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.275	.000	.342	.000	.417	.000	.759	-100	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1963	34	CHC	NL	5	5	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.261	.000	.324	.000	.390	.000	.713	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1964	35	CHC	NL	6	5	0	0.0	97	.200	.167	.268	.167	.326	.167	.398	.333	.724	-7	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.200	.000	.000
9 Seasons				137	117	5	1.2	102	.202	.153	.267	.160	.332	.153	.412	.313	.744	-15	.075	-20.2	-2.0	.190	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				49	42	2	1.2	102	.202	.153	.267	.160	.332	.153	.412	.313	.744	-15	.075	-20.2	-2.0	.190	.000	.000

All-Star Batting

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1959	CHC	NL	30		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1959	CHC	NL	30		DNP

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1953	24	CHC	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%
1957	28	TOT	NL	40	0.0%	17.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.3		18.5		2.00	75%
1957	28	CHC	NL	40	0.0%	17.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.3		18.5		2.00	75%
1958	29	CHC	NL	15	0.0%	13.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		7.0				0.75	80%
1959	30	CHC	NL	22	0.0%	9.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		9.5		19.0		1.43	77%
1960	31	CHC	NL	26	0.0%	38.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.4				1.33	54%
1961	32	CHC	NL	14	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.8				3.00	50%
1962	33	CHC	NL	8	0.0%	37.5%	0.0%	0.0%			2.7				0.67	63%
1963	34	CHC	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0				0.50	60%
1964	35	CHC	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		6.0					83%
9 Seasons				137	0.0%	21.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.1		41.3		1.56	69%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1stS	1stS2	1stS3	1stD	1stD3	1stDH	2ndS	2ndS3	2ndSH
1957	28	TOT	NL	0	0	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1957	28	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1958	29	CHC	NL	1	0	20%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	30	CHC	NL	0	0	50%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	31	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	32	CHC	NL	0	0	50%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1962	33	CHC	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	34	CHC	NL	0	1		1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1964	35	CHC	NL	0	0	100%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Seasons				1	1	30%	35	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	10%	7	6	1	2	2	0	1	1	0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1957	28	TOT	NL	35	31%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	5	0	0%	5	1	20%	18	2	11%	1	1	100%	3	2	67%	5
1957	28	CHC	NL	35	31%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	5	0	0%	5	1	20%	18	2	11%	1	1	100%	3	2	67%	5
1958	29	CHC	NL	14	29%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		1
1959	30	CHC	NL	23	17%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	6	0	0%	7	1	14%	18	1	6%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1960	31	CHC	NL	26	31%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	2	1	50%	12	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1961	32	CHC	NL	14	7%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	4	0	0%	6	2	33%	8	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1962	33	CHC	NL	7	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		1
1963	34	CHC	NL	6	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1964	35	CHC	NL	6	33%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
9 Seasons				131	23%	19			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	12	100%	21	0	0%	24	6	25%	73	3	4%	5	1	20%	7	4	57%	7
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1953	24	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1954	25	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1955	26	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1956	27	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1957	28	42	41	38	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	.105	.128	.105	.233	-36	4	0	1	2	0	0
1958	29	111	56	52	1	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	.173	.189	.173	.362	-1	9	0	1	3	0	0
1959	30	176	78	71	3	13	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	.183	.194	.183	.378	3	13	0	1	6	0	0
1960	31	236	104	95	3	16	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	21	.168	.177	.168	.346	-6	16	0	1	8	0	0
1961	32	294	118	106	4	18	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	25	.170	.178	.170	.347	-5	18	0	1	11	0	0
1962	33	351	126	114	4	18	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	28	.158	.165	.158	.323	-12	18	0	1	11	0	0
1963	34	402	131	118	5	18	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	29	.153	.160	.153	.312	-15	18	0	1	12	0	0
1964	35	450	137	124	6	19	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	30	.153	.160	.153	.313	-15	19	0	1	12	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or Year (R/G) 2009 (4.61) 2008 (4.65) 2007 (4.80) 2006 (4.86) 2005 (4.59) 2004 (4.81) 2003 (4.73) 2002 (4.62) 2001 (4.78) 2000 (5.14) 1999 (5.08) 1998 (4.79) 1997 (4.77) 1996 (5.04) 1995 (4.85) 1994 (4.92) 1993 (4.60) 1992 (4.12) 1991 (4.31) 1990 (4.26) 1989 (4.13) 1988 (4.14) 1987 (4.72) 1986 (4.41) 1985 (4.33) 1984 (4.26) 1983 (4.31) 1982 (4.30) 1981 (4.00) 1980 (4.29) 1979 (4.46) 1978 (4.10) 1977 (4.47) 1976 (3.99) 1975 (4.21) 1974 (4.12) 1973 (4.21) 1972 (3.69) 1971 (3.89) 1970 (4.34) 1969 (4.07) 1968 (3.42) 1967 (3.77) 1966 (3.99) 1965 (3.99) 1964 (4.04) 1963 (3.95) 1962 (4.46) 1961 (4.53) 1960 (4.31) 1959 (4.38) 1958 (4.28) 1957 (4.31) 1956 (4.45) 1955 (4.49) 1954 (4.38) 1953 (4.61) 1952 (4.18) 1951 (4.55) 1950 (4.85) 1949 (4.61) 1948 (4.58) 1947 (4.36) 1946 (4.01) 1945 (4.18) 1944 (4.17) 1943 (3.92) 1942 (4.08) 1941 (4.49) 1940 (4.68) 1939 (4.82) 1938 (4.89) 1937 (4.87) 1936 (5.19) 1935 (4.90) 1934 (4.91) 1933 (4.48) 1932 (4.91) 1931 (4.81) 1930 (5.55) 1929 (5.19) 1928 (4.73) 1927 (4.75) 1926 (4.64) 1925 (5.13) 1924 (4.76) 1923 (4.82) 1922 (4.87) 1921 (4.86) 1920 (4.36) 1919 (3.87) 1918 (3.63) 1917 (3.59) 1916 (3.56) 1915 (3.79) 1914 (3.75) 1913 (4.04) 1912 (4.53) 1911 (4.51) 1910 (3.84) 1909 (3.55) 1908 (3.39) 1907 (3.53) 1906 (3.62) 1905 (3.90) 1904 (3.73) 1903 (4.44) 1902 (4.43) 1901 (4.99)

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1953	24	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1957	28	42	40	39	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	.000	.025	.000	.025	1	40
1958	29	73	15	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	69
1959	30	68	20	20	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	65
1960	31	63	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	60
1961	32	61	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	58
1962	33	57	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	57
1963	34	51	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	51
1964	35	48	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	48
9 Seasons		465	130	129	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	30	.000	.008	.000	.008	4	450
162 Game Avg.		162	45	45	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	.000	.008	.000	.008	1	450

* 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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