Don Elston
Donald Ray Elston
All-Star Player
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 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
1953 CHC NL 24 P 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 1.000 0.85
1957 TOT NL 28 P 40 14 145.0 34 9 23 2 1 .941 1.99 0.80 .965 2.06 0.82
1957 BRO NL 28 P 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 0.80
1957 CHC NL 28 P 39 14 144.0 33 8 23 2 1 .939 1.94 0.79 .964 2.06 0.82
1958 CHC NL 29 P 69 0 97.0 26 7 19 0 1 1.000 2.41 0.38 .954 1.97 0.77
1959 CHC NL 30 P 65 0 98.2 19 3 14 2 1 .895 1.55 0.26 .958 1.99 0.82 AS
1960 CHC NL 31 P 60 0 128.0 27 10 13 4 1 .852 1.62 0.38 .967 2.09 0.87
1961 CHC NL 32 P 58 0 93.1 22 4 18 0 1 1.000 2.12 0.38 .959 2.18 0.88
1962 CHC NL 33 P 57 0 66.1 21 5 16 0 2 1.000 2.85 0.37 .943 2.06 0.82
1963 CHC NL 34 P 51 0 70.0 13 4 9 0 1 1.000 1.67 0.25 .946 2.06 0.84
1964 CHC NL 35 P 48 0 54.1 22 3 16 3 4 .864 3.15 0.40 .959 2.14 0.84
9 Seasons P 450 14 752.2 185 46 128 11 12 .941 2.08 0.39 .958 2.06 0.83
9 Seasons TOT 450 14 752.2 185 46 128 11 12 .941 2.08 0.39 .898 2.06 0.83

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
1953 CHC NL 24 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CHC NL 28 39 14 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 BRO NL 28 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHC NL 29 69 0 69 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHC NL 30 65 0 65 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHC NL 31 60 0 60 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CHC NL 32 58 0 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CHC NL 33 57 0 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CHC NL 34 51 0 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 CHC NL 35 48 0 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 450 14 450 450 450 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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%
1957 CHC NL 28 552 74% 24% 19 95% 0 9 1 7 20 16 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 100%
1957 BRO NL 28 5 80% 0% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1958 CHC NL 29 377 69% 20% 15 100% 1 6 0 6 16 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1959 CHC NL 30 412 69% 18% 14 93% 1 3 0 3 15 7 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 83%
1960 CHC NL 31 559 74% 24% 20 90% 1 11 0 9 16 11 1 4 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 5 80%
1961 CHC NL 32 439 75% 21% 21 76% 0 3 0 1 18 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 100%
1962 CHC NL 33 287 76% 27% 17 100% 0 4 1 2 17 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 100%
1963 CHC NL 34 290 77% 31% 9 100% 0 3 0 2 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1964 CHC NL 35 270 77% 31% 20 85% 1 3 0 3 17 11 3 3 0 1 2 2 4 3 4 0 8 75%
8 Seasons 3191 74% 24% 136 91% 4 43 3 33 128 88 16 11 0 2 9 3 12 6 10 2 35 89%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 89% 81%

* 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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