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

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Team Record in Appearances: 18-21 / in Starts: 6-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 13

1957 Pitching Game Log

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1957 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	3	16	May 5	BRO		MLN	L,7-10	9-GF		99	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.46	4	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.009	1.17	0.02%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
				Player went from Brooklyn Dodgers to Chicago Cubs
2	4	29	May 25	CHC		MLN	L,6-7	6-6	H(1)	19	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.40	3.06	3	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	-0.070	1.14	-0.02%	-0.85	6t 12- 0 out a3	6t -2- 2 out a1
3	5	31	May 26(2)	CHC		MLN	W,5-4	5-7		0	2.2	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	6.23	6.38	13	2	6	0	4	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.237	.48	-0.07%	-1.05	5t --- 0 out d1	7t 1-3 2 out d1
4	6	34	May 29	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-6	6-7		2	2.0	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	5.68	4.67	9	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.033	.10	-0.01%	-0.10	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d3
5	7	36	May 30(2)	CHC	@	MLN	W,4-2	5-9	W(1-0)	0	4.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	1	3.48	4.00	16	4	4	1	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.99	0.272	.47	0.04%	1.74	5b 12- 2 out a2	9b 1-3 2 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	8	38	Jun 2(1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-6	4-5		2	1.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.09	3.31	5	1	0	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.082	.25	0.02%	1.29	4b 123 2 out d2	5b 3 out d2
7	9	39	Jun 2(2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-2	6-GF	S(1)	-1	4.0	1	1	1	4	1	0	0	2.87	3.73	17	6	5	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.217	.23	0.03%	1.05	6b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 2
8	10	41	Jun 5	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-4	8-8		2	0.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.45	3.73	3	0	3	3	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.052	.05	-0.01%	-2.08	8b --3 2 out d2	8b 12- 2 out d4
9	11	45	Jun 11	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-5	7-7		5	0.2	1	2	2	2	0	0	1	4.41	4.23	6	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.64	-0.080	.11	-0.01%	-1.94	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 12- 2 out d4
10	12	48	Jun 14	CHC	@	PIT	W,11-5	8-GF	S(2)	2	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.08	4.04	5	0	2	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.008	.01	0.00%	0.95	8b 1-3 2 out a6	9b end a 6
11	13	52	Jun 18	CHC		PHI	L,6-7	6-8		3	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.48	3.86	11	2	6	0	3	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.117	.13	0.01%	1.44	6t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d1
12	14	56	Jun 21	CHC		NYG	L,10-12	8-9	BS(1)	2	2.0	3	5	5	3	1	1	0	5.16	4.62	11	3	1	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.49	-0.708	.44	-0.05%	-4.04	8t --- 0 out a1	9t 3 out d4
13	15	58	Jun 23(1)	CHC		NYG	L,5-7	4-7		1	3.1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	4.50	3.88	11	2	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.017	.02	0.00%	0.75	4t -2- 2 out d5	7t 3 out d4
14	16	59	Jun 23(2)	CHC		NYG	L,1-5	6-8		-1	3.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.03	3.46	11	1	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.13	0.026	.01	0.00%	1.44	6t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d4
15	17	62	Jun 26(2)	CHC		PIT	T,5-5	10-GF(11)		2	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.77	3.49	9	3	4	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.34	0.266	.14	0.01%	0.96	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
16	18	65	Jun 30(1)	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	GS-8		3	8.0	9	2	2	2	11	0	0	3.46	2.87	34	11	8	5	0	2	65			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.094	.03	0.00%	1.83	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	19	72	Jul 5	CHC	@	MLN	W,7-4	GS-9	W(2-0)	4	8.0	8	4	4	2	5	2	0	3.64	3.26	32	10	7	0	4	8	53			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	2	1	0	.64	0.117	.01	0.00%	-0.77	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 0 out a3
18	20	76	Jul 11(2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(2-1)	5	8.0	7	3	3	3	5	1	1	3.60	3.42	34	12	8	1	2	5	58			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.039	.00	0.00%	0.75	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
19	21	80	Jul 15	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	GS-3	L(2-2)	3	2.2	5	4	4	1	0	2	0	4.06	3.88	13	3	4	0	1	5	31			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.351	.00	0.00%	-2.77	1b start tie	3b 1-- 2 out d1
20	22	84	Jul 19(1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	GS-10	L(2-3)	3	9.1	9	4	4	4	5	1	0	4.03	3.90	40	11	18	4	0	2	55			0	1	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	-0.110	.00	0.00%	1.72	1b start tie	10b 1-- 1 out tie
21	23	87	Jul 21(1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-4	9-GF	S(3)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.01	3.90	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.10	0.147	.00	0.00%	0.33	9b -2- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
22	24	90	Jul 24	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	CG	W(3-3)	2	9.0	7	1	0	2	5	0	0	3.54	3.67	36	5	17	1	0	7	74			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	0.609	.00	0.00%	3.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
23	25	96	Jul 29	CHC		PHI	L,0-6	GS-6	L(3-4)	4	6.0	7	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.72	3.79	26	12	7	1	2	4	41			1	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	2	0	.71	-0.130	.00	0.00%	-1.13	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
24	26	98	Jul 30(2)	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	9-GF	S(4)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.69	3.78	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.78	0.277	.00	0.00%	0.89	9t 12- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
25	27	100	Jul 31(2)	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	8-9	BL(3-5)	0	0.2	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	3.76	3.84	6	0	4	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.14	-0.589	.00	0.00%	-1.93	8t 1-3 2 out a1	9t 12- 1 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	28	104	Aug 4(2)	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	GS-7		3	6.2	8	2	1	3	6	0	0	3.59	3.71	28	8	3	0	0	8	55			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.51	-0.029	.00	0.00%	0.93	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out tie
27	29	109	Aug 9(2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS-6		4	6.0	4	2	2	4	3	1	1	3.55	3.86	25	3	10	1	0	4	55			0	2	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.011	.00	0.00%	1.07	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
28	30	114	Aug 16	CHC		CIN	W,8-6	GS-7		6	7.0	10	6	6	2	3	1	1	3.83	3.92	31	4	11	0	0	10	34			0	0	1	28	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.09	-0.361	.00	0.00%	-2.65	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
29	31	118	Aug 20(2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-2	4-GF	W(4-5)	3	5.2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.63	3.77	18	7	6	0	3	1		0	0	1	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.266	.00	0.00%	2.59	4b --- 1 out a2	9b end a 3
30	32	123	Aug 25(2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-2	GS-5	W(5-5)	4	5.0	5	1	1	0	3	1	0	3.55	3.77	18	5	5	3	0	5	56			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.139	.00	0.00%	1.34	1b start tie	5b 3 out a5
31	33	127	Aug 31	CHC		STL	L,2-3	GS-8		5	8.0	7	2	2	3	7	0	0	3.47	3.64	33	8	8	2	3	7	64			1	1	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.286	.00	0.00%	1.83	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	34	133	Sep 4(2)	CHC		CIN	L,2-7	GS-5	L(5-6)	3	4.2	8	6	5	3	1	0	0	3.69	3.66	24	5	7	0	0	8	24			0	1	0	20	2	1	1	0	0	1	1.05	-0.303	.00	0.00%	-2.36	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out d2
33	35	135	Sep 6	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-4	7-GF	S(5)	1	2.1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.63	3.57	8	3	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.58	0.408	.00	0.00%	1.31	7b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
34	36	140	Sep 13(1)	CHC		PIT	L,1-4	GS-7	L(5-7)	6	7.0	8	3	3	4	5	2	0	3.64	3.72	32	10	6	0	0	7	50			1	0	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	-0.048	.00	0.00%	0.35	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
35	37	145	Sep 15(2)	CHC		NYG	W,7-6	6-7	W(6-7)	1	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.59	3.68	7	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.160	.00	0.00%	0.96	6t --- 0 out tie	7t 3 out tie
36	38	147	Sep 18	CHC		PHI	W,6-4	9-GF	S(6)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.57	3.67	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.88	0.159	.00	0.00%	0.89	9t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
37	39	149	Sep 21	CHC		MLN	L,2-6	7-GF		2	3.0	3	2	2	1	4	1	0	3.62	3.71	13	2	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.56	7t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 4
38	40	150	Sep 22	CHC		MLN	L,7-9	10-10		0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.61	3.70	2	0	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.08	10t 1-- 1 out d1	10t 12- 2 out d1
39	41	153	Sep 25	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-5	9-GF	S(7)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.59	3.67	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.094	.00	0.00%	0.51	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
40	42	155	Sep 28	CHC	@	STL	W,6-4	8-GF	S(8)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.54	3.62	8	4	1	1	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.95	0.287	.00	0.00%	1.47	8b -23 0 out a3	9b end a 2
							18-21		W-L:6-7,Sv:8,BSv:2,Hld:1	2.3	145.0	140	61	57	55	103	15	5	3.54	3.62	609	0.88		9%	7%	112	51	23	17%	7	10	1	538	22	3	3	10	4	3	1.23	0.903	.06	-0.04%	10.06

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