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Don Elston

Donald Ray Elston

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 6, 1929 in Campbellstown, OH
High School: Camden HS (Camden, OH)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1953
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Dodgers 1953-1964

Final Game: October 2, 1964
Died: January 2, 1995 in Evanston, IL
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

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
1953 24 CHC NL 0 1 .000 14.40 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 11 8 8 1 0 2 0 0 0 25 33 2.200 19.8 1.8 0.0 3.6
1957 28 TOT NL 6 7 .462 3.54 40 14 12 2 0 8 145.0 140 61 57 15 55 4 103 5 0 1 611 110 1.345 8.7 0.9 3.4 6.4 1.87
1957 28 BRO NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1957 28 CHC NL 6 7 .462 3.56 39 14 11 2 0 8 144.0 139 61 57 15 55 4 102 5 0 1 607 109 1.347 8.7 0.9 3.4 6.4 1.85
1958 29 CHC NL 9 8 .529 2.88 69 0 39 0 0 10 97.0 75 35 31 9 39 10 84 1 1 2 400 138 1.175 7.0 0.8 3.6 7.8 2.15
1959 30 CHC NL 10 8 .556 3.32 65 0 49 0 0 13 97.2 77 40 36 11 46 7 82 3 0 2 413 118 1.259 7.1 1.0 4.2 7.6 1.78 AS
1960 31 CHC NL 8 9 .471 3.40 60 0 33 0 0 11 127.0 109 57 48 17 55 8 85 4 0 0 547 111 1.291 7.7 1.2 3.9 6.0 1.55
1961 32 CHC NL 6 7 .462 5.59 58 0 32 0 0 8 93.1 108 64 58 11 45 12 59 6 0 3 421 75 1.639 10.4 1.1 4.3 5.7 1.31
1962 33 CHC NL 4 8 .333 2.44 57 0 32 0 0 8 66.1 57 25 18 6 32 7 37 1 0 1 275 170 1.342 7.7 0.8 4.3 5.0 1.16
1963 34 CHC NL 4 1 .800 2.83 51 0 29 0 0 4 70.0 57 26 22 6 21 3 41 2 1 1 280 125 1.114 7.3 0.8 2.7 5.3 1.95
1964 35 CHC NL 2 5 .286 5.30 48 0 15 0 0 1 54.1 68 38 32 4 34 12 26 3 0 3 260 71 1.877 11.3 0.7 5.6 4.3 0.76
9 Yrs 49 54 .476 3.69 450 15 241 2 0 63 755.2 702 354 310 80 327 63 519 25 2 13 3232 106 1.362 8.4 1.0 3.9 6.2 1.59
162 Game Avg. 7 8 .476 3.69 66 2 35 0 0 9 111 103 52 45 12 48 76 4 0 2 473 106 1.362 8.4 1.0 3.9 6.2 1.59
CHC (9 yrs) 49 54 .476 3.70 449 15 240 2 0 63 754.2 701 354 310 80 327 63 518 25 2 13 3228 106 1.362 8.4 1.0 3.9 6.2 1.58
BRO (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1953 24 CHC NL 5.0 2 1 8 14.40 4.84 -0.46 0.00 104.4 5.54 -5 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -4 .303 .498 $
1957 28 BRO NL 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 5.36 0.24 0.00 112.0 5.72 1 0.1 .2 -0.0 0.0 1 .572 .500 $
1957 28 CHC NL 144.0 39 14 61 3.81 4.39 -0.17 0.00 99.2 4.53 13 1.4 1.9 0.1 2.8 27 .536 .509 $
1958 29 CHC NL 97.0 69 0 35 3.25 4.41 0.02 0.00 101.4 4.45 13 1.4 1.6 0.3 2.5 23 .520 .509 $
1959 30 CHC NL 98.2 65 0 40 3.65 4.44 0.21 0.00 99.0 4.19 5 0.6 1.9 0.0 1.5 17 .509 .503 $ AS
1960 31 CHC NL 128.0 60 0 57 4.01 4.30 0.00 -0.18 99.3 4.08 1 0.1 1.9 -0.2 1.1 14 .502 .501 $
1961 32 CHC NL 93.1 58 0 64 6.17 4.61 -0.46 -0.19 103.2 5.03 -12 -1.2 1.5 -0.4 -0.8 -1 .479 .493 $
1962 33 CHC NL 66.1 57 0 25 3.39 4.66 -0.15 -0.19 103.7 4.78 10 1.0 1.6 0.2 1.9 18 .518 .506 $
1963 34 CHC NL 70.0 51 0 26 3.34 4.00 0.10 -0.17 109.9 4.10 5 0.6 .8 -0.2 1.1 13 .512 .504 $
1964 35 CHC NL 54.1 48 0 38 6.29 4.11 -0.12 -0.17 104.6 4.25 -13 -1.4 .9 -0.0 -0.9 -7 .470 .491 $
9 Seasons 757.2 450 15 354 4.21 4.38 -0.07 -0.10 101.8 4.43 18 2.1 1.5 -0.2 8.8 100 .505 .501 $
CHC (9 yrs) 756.2 449 15 354 4.21 4.38 -0.07 -0.10 101.8 4.43 17 2.1 1.5 -0.2 8.8 99 .505 .501 $
BRO (1 yr) 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 5.36 0.24 0.00 112.0 5.72 1 0.1 .2 -0.0 0.0 1 .572 .500 $

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1959 CHC NL 30 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1959 CHC NL 30

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1957 28 BRO NL 1 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 .333 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 28 CHC NL 39 574 534 61 139 19 3 15 6 10 55 102 .260 .333 .391 .724 .295 209 10 5 7 4 4 3
1957 28 TOT NL 40 578 538 61 140 20 3 15 7 10 55 103 .260 .332 .392 .724 .295 211 10 5 7 4 4 3
1958 29 CHC NL 69 381 350 35 75 12 2 9 3 1 39 84 .214 .291 .337 .628 .252 118 3 1 5 5 10 3
1959 30 CHC NL 65 406 353 40 77 13 1 11 8 2 46 82 .218 .310 .354 .664 .250 125 6 3 7 4 7 4
1960 31 CHC NL 60 548 472 57 109 19 4 17 3 4 55 85 .231 .312 .396 .708 .244 187 5 4 9 7 8 8
1961 32 CHC NL 58 421 364 64 108 16 5 11 4 8 45 59 .297 .381 .459 .840 .328 167 11 6 4 2 12 5
1962 33 CHC NL 57 276 232 25 57 10 1 6 4 7 32 37 .246 .337 .375 .712 .267 87 5 1 9 2 7 6
1963 34 CHC NL 51 280 252 26 57 7 2 6 1 5 21 41 .226 .290 .341 .631 .248 86 5 2 4 1 3 3
1964 35 CHC NL 48 261 207 38 68 9 3 4 1 4 34 26 .329 .420 .459 .879 .350 95 5 3 11 6 12 4
8 Yrs 448 3151 2768 346 691 106 21 79 31 41 327 517 .250 .331 .389 .720 .278 1076 50 25 56 31 63 36
162 Game Avg. 66 464 407 51 102 16 3 12 5 6 48 76 .250 .331 .389 .720 .278 158 7 4 8 5 5
MLB Averages .256 .325 .389 .714 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1957 28 TOT NL 7.1 0.7 605 1.0 12.7 -11.7 1.24 0.3 0.5 10.9 1.1 1.24 3.6 11 5 8
1957 28 BRO NL 0.6 0.1 5 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .25 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.25 0.2 0 0 1
1957 28 CHC NL 6.6 0.7 600 1.0 12.7 -11.7 1.25 0.3 0.5 10.4 1.1 1.24 3.4 11 5 7
1958 29 CHC NL 11.3 1.2 402 0.1 8.5 -8.4 1.28 1.3 -1.2 13.8 1.4 1.26 15.8 28 13 25
1959 30 CHC NL 7.3 0.7 420 0.1 10.1 -10.0 1.43 0.5 -0.4 8.2 0.8 1.43 8.5 29 15 20
1960 31 CHC NL 4.0 0.4 560 1.9 15.7 -13.8 1.66 -0.2 1.4 -1.5 -0.2 1.66 -4.6 33 13 14
1961 32 CHC NL -13.0 -1.3 439 -1.3 10.1 -11.4 1.44 -1.3 0.3 -27.1 -2.6 1.44 -13.5 25 12 21
1962 33 CHC NL 10.3 1.0 292 -0.9 8.3 -9.2 1.74 0.3 -0.8 13.7 1.4 1.74 6.5 28 5 23
1963 34 CHC NL 5.0 0.6 288 0.6 3.8 -3.2 .74 0.8 0.1 3.0 0.3 0.74 5.2 10 6 34
1964 35 CHC NL -9.6 -1.0 270 -1.9 3.2 -5.1 1.00 -0.8 -1.1 -9.6 -1.0 1.00 -10.9 9 3 34
9 Yrs 17.6 1.9 3276 -0.4 72.5 -72.9 1.35 0.8 -1.1 11.4 1.3 1.34 10.6 173 72 179

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1953 24 CHC NL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 20.0 20 20 0 1 4.0 3.0
1957 28 TOT NL 40 14 3 6 5 2 2 6 8 .429 0 3 2 0 7 50% 74 24 19 3 6 4 3.2 3.2 6.8
1957 28 CHC NL 39 14 3 6 5 2 2 6 8 .429 0 3 2 0 7 50% 51.1 74 24 19 3 6 4 3.2 3.2 6.8
2 Yrs 41 15 3 7 5 2 2 6 9 .400 0 3 2 0 7 47% 49 74 20 19 3 6 5 3.3 3.2 6.6
MLB Averages .500 51% 52 118 -14 4.4 4.3 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1953 24 CHC NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.0
1957 28 TOT NL 40 26 12 3 1 9 8 2 89% 10 1 21 4 19% 1.239 11 5 8 12 1 11 12 12 16 8 15 7 5.7
1957 28 BRO NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .254 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1957 28 CHC NL 39 25 11 3 1 9 8 2 89% 10 1 21 4 19% 6 1.246 11 5 7 12 1 10 12 11 16 8 15 7 5.8
1958 29 CHC NL 69 69 39 9 8 15 10 4 67% 19 4 69 20 29% 8 1.278 28 13 25 21 13 33 36 31 38 19 38 19 4.2
1959 30 CHC NL 65 65 49 10 8 19 13 5 68% 19 0 64 16 25% 8 1.429 29 15 20 19 11 34 36 28 37 15 38 23 4.6
1960 31 CHC NL 60 60 33 8 9 17 11 7 65% 22 4 66 30 45% 8 1.658 33 13 14 24 12 24 31 29 42 11 43 16 6.4
1961 32 CHC NL 58 58 32 6 7 12 8 4 67% 14 2 55 31 56% 8 1.436 25 12 21 15 13 30 28 30 29 15 29 14 4.8
1962 33 CHC NL 57 57 32 4 8 17 8 9 47% 19 2 55 14 25% 8 1.736 28 5 23 19 9 29 31 26 18 19 21 18 3.5
1963 34 CHC NL 51 51 29 4 1 6 4 2 67% 9 3 34 14 41% 8 .736 10 6 34 9 4 38 20 31 23 11 24 12 4.1
1964 35 CHC NL 48 48 15 2 5 5 1 4 20% 5 0 45 15 33% 8 .996 9 3 34 5 3 40 25 23 18 21 20 10 3.4
9 Yrs 450 435 241 46 47 100 63 37 63% 117 16 409 144 35% 1.346 173 72 179 124 66 239 219 210 222 119 228 119 4.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1953 24 CHC NL 25 4.0% 8.0% 0.0% 84%
1957 28 TOT NL 609 61% 2.6% 17.8% 9.5% 6.6% 27% 0.92 73% 93 10 11%
1957 28 BRO NL 4 75% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 25.0% 100% 0.00 75% 0 0
1957 28 CHC NL 605 61% 2.6% 17.8% 9.6% 6.5% 27% 0.93 73% 93 10 11%
1958 29 CHC NL 400 66% 2.4% 22.1% 10.2% 6.0% 31% 0.75 69% 68 3 4%
1959 30 CHC NL 413 61% 2.7% 20.2% 11.3% 6.2% 33% 0.68 65% 91 6 7%
1960 31 CHC NL 548 52% 3.1% 15.5% 10.0% 7.3% 37% 0.90 69% 115 5 4%
1961 32 CHC NL 421 61% 2.6% 14.0% 10.7% 7.6% 30% 0.88 70% 108 11 10%
1962 33 CHC NL 276 55% 2.2% 13.4% 11.6% 6.2% 30% 0.91 69% 56 5 9%
1963 34 CHC NL 280 58% 2.1% 14.6% 7.5% 5.4% 26% 1.13 74% 51 5 10%
1964 35 CHC NL 261 71% 1.5% 10.0% 13.0% 6.1% 24% 1.96 70% 74 5 7%
9 Yrs 3233 60% 2.5% 16.3% 10.3% 6.5% 29% 0.93 70% 656 50 8%
MLB Averages 50% 2.4% 13.5% 9.0% 6.6% 28% 1.01 76% 10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1953 24 CHC NL 11 1 0
1957 28 TOT NL 578 140 15 1 6 9 4 7 6 26 12 4 46% 3 1 0 207 7 10 41% 5 9 2 1 0 0 2 0 6 31
1957 28 BRO NL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 28 CHC NL 574 139 15 1 6 9 4 7 6 25 12 4 48% 3 1 0 206 6 10 38% 5 9 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 31
1958 29 CHC NL 381 75 9 1 24 7 2 5 4 30 13 9 43% 3 2 1 136 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 19
1959 30 CHC NL 406 77 11 1 20 7 4 4 7 27 13 7 48% 4 2 0 172 8 2 80% 6 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 8 7
1960 31 CHC NL 548 109 17 0 37 9 8 8 9 45 23 5 51% 8 0 0 200 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 0
1961 32 CHC NL 421 108 11 2 29 6 5 5 6 43 25 6 58% 5 3 1 179 4 8 33% 3 6 1 2 0 0 3 1 7 0
1962 33 CHC NL 276 57 6 0 13 2 4 2 4 20 7 5 35% 6 1 3 122 4 7 36% 3 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 0
1963 34 CHC NL 280 57 6 1 6 3 3 6 0 12 8 1 67% 3 1 0 109 1 5 17% 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0
1964 35 CHC NL 261 68 4 0 16 3 1 3 1 42 16 4 38% 4 3 0 119 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
9 Yrs 3151 702 80 6 151 46 31 40 37 245 117 41 48% 36 13 5 1244 31 41 43% 25 35 5 4 1 2 11 2 70 57
MLB Averages 51% 59%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1953 24 0 1 .000 14.40 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 11 8 8 1 0 2 0 0 0 25 33 2.200 19.8 1.8 0.0 3.6 33
1954 25 0 1 .000 14.40 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 11 8 8 1 0 2 0 0 0 25 33 2.200 19.8 1.8 0.0 3.6 33
1955 26 0 1 .000 14.40 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 11 8 8 1 0 2 0 0 0 25 33 2.200 19.8 1.8 0.0 3.6 33
1956 27 0 1 .000 14.40 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 11 8 8 1 0 2 0 0 0 25 33 2.200 19.8 1.8 0.0 3.6 33
1957 28 6 8 .429 3.90 42 15 12 2 0 8 150.0 151 69 65 16 55 4 105 5 0 1 636 101 1.373 9.1 1.0 3.3 6.3 1.91 101
1958 29 15 16 .484 3.50 111 15 51 2 0 18 247.0 226 104 96 25 94 14 189 6 1 3 1036 113 1.296 8.2 0.9 3.4 6.9 2.01 113
1959 30 25 24 .510 3.45 176 15 100 2 0 31 344.2 303 144 132 36 140 21 271 9 1 5 1449 114 1.285 7.9 0.9 3.7 7.1 1.94 114
1960 31 33 33 .500 3.43 236 15 133 2 0 42 471.2 412 201 180 53 195 29 356 13 1 5 1996 113 1.287 7.9 1.0 3.7 6.8 1.83 113
1961 32 39 40 .494 3.79 294 15 165 2 0 50 565.0 520 265 238 64 240 41 415 19 1 8 2417 104 1.345 8.3 1.0 3.8 6.6 1.73 104
1962 33 43 48 .473 3.65 351 15 197 2 0 58 631.1 577 290 256 70 272 48 452 20 1 9 2692 109 1.345 8.2 1.0 3.9 6.4 1.66 109
1963 34 47 49 .490 3.57 402 15 226 2 0 62 701.1 634 316 278 76 293 51 493 22 2 10 2972 110 1.322 8.1 1.0 3.8 6.3 1.68 110
1964 35 49 54 .476 3.69 450 15 241 2 0 63 755.2 702 354 310 80 327 63 519 25 2 13 3232 106 1.362 8.4 1.0 3.9 6.2 1.59 106

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1953 24 0 0 7.00 9.0 0 8 7 0 0 3 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 2
1957 28 8 7 .533 3.75 144.0 146 67 60 16 57 102 5 1.410 9.1 3.6 6.4 1.79 1.0 40
1958 29 7 4 .636 2.97 100.0 79 37 33 9 41 87 1 1.200 7.1 3.7 7.8 2.12 0.8 69
1959 30 6 5 .545 3.42 100.0 81 42 38 12 48 84 3 1.290 7.3 4.3 7.6 1.75 1.1 65
1960 31 8 6 .571 3.64 131.0 117 59 53 18 59 87 4 1.344 8.0 4.1 6.0 1.47 1.2 60
1961 32 3 7 .300 5.52 93.0 110 63 57 11 46 59 6 1.677 10.6 4.5 5.7 1.28 1.1 58
1962 33 4 2 .667 2.43 63.0 55 19 17 6 31 35 1 1.365 7.9 4.4 5.0 1.13 0.9 57
1963 34 4 3 .571 3.27 66.0 59 27 24 6 22 38 2 1.227 8.0 3.0 5.2 1.73 0.8 51
1964 35 2 3 .400 6.00 51.0 70 38 34 4 35 24 3 2.059 12.4 6.2 4.2 0.69 0.7 48
9 Yrs 42 37 .532 3.84 757.0 717 360 323 82 339 519 25 1.395 8.5 6.2 1.53 1.0 450

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1959-1 *
1959-2

Games Played s c a p y
1958 NL  69 (1st)
1959 NL  65 (1st)
1960 NL  60 (3rd)
1961 NL  58 (4th)
1962 NL  57 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1957 NL  8 (8th)
1958 NL  10 (4th)
1959 NL  13 (3rd)
1960 NL  11 (5th)
1961 NL  8 (8th)
Career  63 (214th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1961 NL  6 (5th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1958 NL  39 (2nd)
1959 NL  49 (1st)
1960 NL  33 (6th)
1961 NL  32 (7th)
1962 NL  32 (9th)
Career  241 (175th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (744), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 20 (1074), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (915), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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