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 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
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 31 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 2 400 136 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 2 413 119 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 1 275 169 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 1 280 124 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 70 1.877 11.3 0.7 5.6 4.3 0.76
9 Seasons 49 54 .476 3.69 450 15 241 2 0 63 755.2 702 354 310 80 327 63 519 25 2 13 3232 105 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 2 473 105 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 105 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

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1959 CHC NL 30 0 0 0 0.00 0 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*

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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
1957 28 TOT NL 40 609 538 61 140 17 3 15 5 9 55 103 .260 .332 .387 .719 .295 208 9 5 7 4 4
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
1957 28 CHC NL 39 605 534 61 139 16 3 15 4 9 55 102 .260 .333 .386 .719 .295 206 9 5 7 4 4
1958 29 CHC NL 69 400 350 35 75 12 2 9 3 1 39 84 .214 .291 .337 .628 .252 118 3 1 5 5 10
1959 30 CHC NL 65 413 353 40 77 13 1 11 8 2 46 82 .218 .310 .354 .664 .250 125 6 3 7 4 7
1960 31 CHC NL 60 547 472 57 109 19 4 17 3 4 55 85 .231 .312 .396 .708 .244 187 5 4 9 7 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
1962 33 CHC NL 57 276 232 25 57 9 1 6 4 7 32 37 .246 .337 .371 .708 .267 86 4 1 9 2 7
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
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
8 Seasons 448 3207 2768 346 691 102 21 79 29 40 327 517 .250 .331 .387 .718 .278 1072 48 25 56 31 63
162 Game Avg. 66 472 407 51 102 15 3 12 4 6 48 76 .250 .331 .387 .718 .278 158 7 4 8 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1957 28 TOT NL 40 14 3 6 5 2 2 6 8 .429 0 3 2 0 7 50% 74 24 17 3 6 4 3.2 3.4 6.8
1957 28 CHC NL 39 14 3 6 5 2 2 6 8 .429 0 3 2 0 7 50% 51 74 24 17 3 6 4 3.2 3.4 6.8
1 Season 39 14 3 6 5 2 2 6 8 .429 0 3 2 0 7 50% 51 74 24 17 3 6 4 3.2 3.4 6.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1957 28 TOT NL 40 26 12 3 1 9 8 2 89% 10 1 21 4 19% 1.266 11 5 6 12 0 10 12 10 16 8 14 7 5.7
1957 28 BRO NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.222 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 1.274 11 5 5 12 0 9 12 9 16 8 14 7 5.8
1958 29 CHC NL 69 69 39 9 8 15 10 4 67% 19 4 65 19 29% 8 1.336 28 12 25 21 13 31 34 31 38 19 37 19 4.2
1959 30 CHC NL 65 65 49 10 8 19 13 5 68% 19 0 64 16 25% 8 1.491 29 18 16 19 11 33 36 27 37 15 37 23 4.6
1960 31 CHC NL 60 60 33 8 9 17 11 7 65% 22 4 66 30 45% 8 1.706 33 15 12 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 1.454 25 14 19 15 13 30 28 30 29 15 29 14 4.8
1962 33 CHC NL 57 57 32 4 8 16 8 9 50% 18 2 53 14 26% 8 1.776 27 7 21 18 9 29 30 26 18 19 20 18 3.5
1963 34 CHC NL 51 51 29 4 1 6 4 2 67% 9 3 34 14 41% 8 0.814 10 13 28 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 1.033 10 5 32 5 3 40 25 23 18 21 20 10 3.4
8 Seasons 448 434 241 46 47 99 63 37 64% 116 16 403 143 35% 1.391 173 89 159 123 65 235 216 207 221 119 224 119 4.5

Ratio Pitching*

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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
1957 28 TOT NL 609 40% 2.5% 16.9% 9.0% 5.8% 25% 0.90 70% 85 9 11%
1957 28 BRO NL 4 25% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 25.0% 100% 0.00 75% 0 0
1957 28 CHC NL 605 41% 2.5% 16.9% 9.1% 5.6% 25% 0.91 70% 85 9 11%
1958 29 CHC NL 400 35% 2.3% 21.0% 9.8% 5.8% 31% 0.75 66% 66 3 5%
1959 30 CHC NL 413 40% 2.7% 19.9% 11.1% 6.1% 33% 0.68 64% 91 6 7%
1960 31 CHC NL 548 48% 3.1% 15.5% 10.1% 7.3% 37% 0.89 69% 115 5 4%
1961 32 CHC NL 421 39% 2.6% 14.0% 10.7% 7.6% 30% 0.88 70% 108 11 10%
1962 33 CHC NL 276 45% 2.2% 13.4% 11.6% 5.8% 28% 0.89 69% 55 4 7%
1963 34 CHC NL 280 42% 2.1% 14.6% 7.5% 5.4% 26% 1.13 74% 51 5 10%
1964 35 CHC NL 261 29% 1.5% 10.0% 13.0% 6.1% 24% 1.96 70% 74 5 7%
9 Seasons 3208 40% 2.5% 16.2% 10.2% 6.3% 29% 0.92 69% 645 48 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 537 140 15 1 5 8 3 5 6 24 11 4 46% 3 1 0 189 5 9 36% 3 9 2 0 0 0 7 0 5 72
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 533 139 15 1 5 8 3 5 6 23 11 4 48% 3 1 0 188 4 9 31% 3 9 1 0 0 0 7 0 5 72
1958 29 CHC NL 367 75 9 1 23 6 2 5 3 29 13 9 45% 3 2 1 132 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 33
1959 30 CHC NL 398 77 11 1 20 7 4 4 7 26 12 7 46% 4 2 0 170 8 2 80% 6 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 8 15
1960 31 CHC NL 547 109 17 0 37 9 8 8 9 45 23 5 51% 8 0 0 200 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 12 1
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 271 57 6 0 13 2 4 2 4 19 7 5 37% 6 1 3 119 4 7 36% 3 6 0 1 1 0 1 0 9 5
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 1 0 13 0
9 Seasons 3082 702 80 6 149 44 30 38 36 240 115 41 48% 36 13 5 1217 29 40 42% 23 35 5 3 1 2 22 2 69 126
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 31 2.200 19.8 1.8 0.0 3.6 31
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 31 2.200 19.8 1.8 0.0 3.6 31
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 31 2.200 19.8 1.8 0.0 3.6 31
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 31 2.200 19.8 1.8 0.0 3.6 31
1957 28 6 8 .429 3.90 42 15 12 2 0 8 150.0 151 69 65 16 55 4 105 5 0 1 636 100 1.373 9.1 1.0 3.3 6.3 1.91 100
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 112 1.296 8.2 0.9 3.4 6.9 2.01 112
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 108 1.345 8.2 1.0 3.9 6.4 1.66 108
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 109 1.322 8.1 1.0 3.8 6.3 1.68 109
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 105 1.362 8.4 1.0 3.9 6.2 1.59 105

Neutralized Pitching

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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 8.00 9.0 0 9 8 0 0 4 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 4.0 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 3.09 99.0 81 38 34 10 42 86 1 1.242 7.4 3.8 7.8 2.05 0.9 69
1959 30 6 5 .545 3.45 99.0 82 42 38 12 49 83 3 1.323 7.5 4.5 7.5 1.69 1.1 65
1960 31 8 6 .571 3.60 130.0 118 58 52 18 60 87 4 1.369 8.2 4.2 6.0 1.45 1.2 60
1961 32 3 7 .300 5.52 93.0 109 63 57 11 45 59 6 1.656 10.5 4.4 5.7 1.31 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 39 2 1.227 8.0 3.0 5.3 1.77 0.8 51
1964 35 2 3 .400 6.00 51.0 69 38 34 4 34 24 3 2.020 12.2 6.0 4.2 0.71 0.7 48
9 Seasons 42 37 .532 3.87 754.0 719 361 324 83 340 519 25 1.405 8.6 6.2 1.53 1.0 450

* 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.

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 (201st)

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 (166th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (718), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 20 (1044), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (883), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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