Don Elston

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 165lb (183cm, 74kg)

Born: April 6, 1929 in Campbellstown, OH us

Died: January 2, 1995 in Evanston, IL

Buried: Cremated

High School: Camden HS (Camden, OH)

Debut: September 17, 1953 (Age 24-164d, 11,061st in major league history)
vs. PHI 3.0 IP, 8 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 6 ER, L

Last Game: October 2, 1964 (Age 35-179d)
vs. SFG 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1957 season

Full Name: Donald Ray Elston

Nicknames: Every Day

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.4

ERA

3.69

450

755.2

519

WHIP

1.362

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CHC	@	STL	W,4-0	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	4 (2)	Apr 19	CHC		STL	W,6-3		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	7 (2)	Apr 23	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-6		4	1.1	0	2	0	2	1	P
4	9 (1)	Apr 25	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	11 (1)	Apr 27	CHC	@	SFG	W,5-4		2	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	14 (2)	May 1	CHC		MLN	W,3-2		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	15	May 2	CHC		MLN	W,8-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	17 (1)	May 4 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	21 (3)	May 8	CHC		CIN	L,8-10		10	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	23 (1)	May 10	CHC	@	STL	L,1-3	GF	2	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	25 (1)	May 11 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	29 (3)	May 15	CHC		LAD	L,2-4	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	30	May 16	CHC		SFG	W,6-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	33 (2)	May 18 (2)	CHC		SFG	L,0-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	36 (2)	May 22	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-4	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	38 (1)	May 24	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	GF	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	42 (3)	May 27	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	44 (1)	May 30 (1)	CHC		LAD	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	46 (1)	May 31	CHC		LAD	L,4-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	50 (3)	Jun 5	CHC		PHI	L,6-7	GF	10	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
21	52 (1)	Jun 7	CHC		PIT	L,6-8		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	55 (2)	Jun 11	CHC		MLN	L,7-10		12	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
23	58 (2)	Jun 15 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,0-7		5	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
24	59	Jun 15 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	63 (3)	Jun 21	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-9		10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	64	Jun 22 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-6	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	65	Jun 22 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	67 (1)	Jun 25	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	GF	16	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	73 (5)	Jul 2	CHC		SFG	L,2-5	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
30	74	Jul 3	CHC	@	SFG	W,4-3	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	75	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	L,5-6		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	78 (2)	Jul 6	CHC	@	LAD	W,6-2	GF	9	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	79	Jul 10	CHC		PIT	W,8-7		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	84 (4)	Jul 14	CHC		PHI	W,11-10		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	85	Jul 16 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	86	Jul 16 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,7-5		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	89 (2)	Jul 19	CHC		MLN	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	90	Jul 20	CHC		MLN	L,2-4		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	92 (1)	Jul 23	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	95 (2)	Jul 25 (2)	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-4		9	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
41	98 (2)	Jul 29	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-6		8	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
42	100 (1)	Jul 31	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-4		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	102 (1)	Aug 2	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-5	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	104 (1)	Aug 3 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,12-10		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	106 (1)	Aug 5	CHC		SFG	W,10-9		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	108 (1)	Aug 7	CHC		LAD	L,1-3		10	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	109	Aug 8	CHC		STL	L,3-6		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	113 (3)	Aug 12	CHC	@	LAD	W,9-3	GF	8	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
49	114	Aug 13	CHC	@	LAD	L,5-6	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	117 (2)	Aug 16	CHC	@	SFG	L,4-7		4	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
51	118	Aug 17	CHC	@	SFG	L,6-8	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	120 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,2-4		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	123 (2)	Aug 22	CHC		PIT	L,2-8		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	125 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,8-13		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	127 (1)	Aug 26	CHC		PHI	L,3-10		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	133 (5)	Sep 1 (2)	CHC	@	MLN	W,9-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
57	134	Sep 3	CHC		STL	L,7-9		6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
58	135	Sep 4	CHC		STL	L,2-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	136	Sep 6	CHC		SFG	W,6-3	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	137	Sep 7 (1)	CHC		SFG	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	139 (1)	Sep 9	CHC	@	STL	L,7-8	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
62	143 (3)	Sep 14 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	145 (1)	Sep 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,10-8		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
64	147 (1)	Sep 19	CHC		LAD	L,1-5	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
65	149 (1)	Sep 21	CHC		LAD	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
66	150	Sep 23	CHC	@	SFG	W,3-2		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
67	151	Sep 24	CHC	@	SFG	W,10-3	GF	11	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
68	153 (1)	Sep 26 (2)	CHC	@	LAD	W,2-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
69	154	Sep 27	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							69gm		97.0	7	19	0	26	1