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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

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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

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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 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 (554), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 20 (784), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (876), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

December 6, 1947: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

December 9, 1955: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Randy Jackson to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Don Hoak, Russ Meyer and Walt Moryn.

May 23, 1957: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Jackie Collum and Vito Valentinetti.

April 9, 1965: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

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