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: 18-39

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 28

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 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	237	3	Apr 14	CHC		MLN	W,3-2	8-GF	W(1-0)	99	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.07	6	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.091	1.52	0.11%	1.02	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
2	238	4	Apr 15	CHC		MLN	W,9-5	9-GF	W(2-0)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.24	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	0.139	4.49	0.19%	0.51	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
3	239	8	Apr 21	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	7-GF	S(1)	5	2.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.57	9	2	4	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.94	0.525	6.60	0.71%	1.89	7b 12- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
4	240	9	Apr 22	CHC	@	PHI	W,6-4	8-GF(11)	W(3-0)	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0.00	1.54	13	3	3	1	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	0.466	4.78	0.72%	1.97	8b --- 0 out tie	11b end a 2
5	241	12	Apr 26	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	W(4-0)	3	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	2.20	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.36	0.139	7.94	0.20%	0.51	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
6	242	13	Apr 27	CHC		CIN	W,5-2	8-GF	S(2)	0	1.2	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.00	2.25	9	1	2	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.90	0.220	7.54	0.34%	1.09	8t 123 1 out a2	9t end a 3
7	243	16	Apr 30(2)	CHC		LAD	W,10-5	8-GF	S(3)	2	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.15	4	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.39	0.057	.90	0.08%	1.43	8t 12- 1 out a4	9t end a 5
May				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
8	244	18	May 3	CHC		SFG	L,4-8	7-GF		2	3.0	5	3	2	0	4	0	0	1.06	1.75	14	1	4	2	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.191	2.18	-0.30%	-2.13	7t 1-3 0 out tie	9t end d 4
9	245	22	May 9	CHC	@	MLN	L,5-8	7-8		5	1.1	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	1.96	1.97	8	1	2	1	0	4		1	1	0	0	1	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.213	1.46	-0.21%	-2.33	7b -2- 0 out tie	8b 12- 1 out d3
10	246	23	May 10	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-3	9-GF	L(4-1)	0	0.1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.93	2.04	5	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	3.60	-0.370	5.43	-0.34%	-2.06	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
11	247	26	May 14	CHC	@	LAD	W,10-8	8-GF(11)	W(5-1)	3	4.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.59	2.09	14	4	7	3	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.84	0.409	1.95	0.26%	2.18	8b --- 0 out d2	11b end a 2
12	248	28	May 16	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.52	2.36	5	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.59	0.030	.66	0.02%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
13	249	29	May 17	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	8-GF	BL(5-2)	0	1.1	2	2	2	3	2	0	1	2.16	2.69	10	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.16	-0.665	3.93	-0.38%	-2.58	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
14	250	32	May 21(1)	CHC		STL	L,3-6	7-GF	L(5-3)	3	2.2	4	3	3	0	1	1	0	2.93	3.08	12	6	1	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.91	-0.202	2.13	-0.09%	-1.06	7t 12- 1 out tie	9t end d 3
15	251	36	May 26	CHC		SFG	L,2-3	8-GF(13)	L(5-4)	4	5.2	4	2	0	1	2	0	0	2.43	2.96	20	8	5	1	2	4		2	0	0	2	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.28	0.325	.95	0.08%	1.46	8t 12- 1 out tie	13t end d 2
16	252	39	May 30(1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-3	7-GF	S(4)	3	2.2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.25	2.91	12	2	4	1	2	3		3	2	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.38	0.217	.88	0.03%	0.58	7b 123 1 out a4	9b end a 2
17	253	41	May 31	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-4	9-GF	S(5)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.19	2.84	4	1	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.01	0.360	1.74	0.06%	0.84	9b 1-3 0 out a2	9b end a 1
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
18	254	43	Jun 2	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-6	9-GF	S(6)	1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	2.84	2	1	0	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.43	0.048	1.79	0.02%	-2.22	9b 123 2 out a4	9b end a 1
19	255	47	Jun 5	CHC	@	STL	L,8-10	7-7		2	0.1	2	3	3	2	0	1	0	2.87	3.34	5	0	2	1	1	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.199	.80	-0.08%	-3.68	7b 1-- 1 out d1	7b 1-- 2 out d5
20	256	50	Jun 7	CHC	@	STL	L,6-8	7-7		1	1.0	1	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.26	3.63	5	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	-0.043	.12	-0.02%	-1.45	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d5
21	257	51	Jun 9	CHC		MLN	W,11-10	9-9	BS(2)	1	0.2	3	4	4	0	0	1	1	4.12	4.02	6	0	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	-0.773	.85	-0.20%	-3.60	9t --- 0 out a3	9t --- 2 out d1
22	258	53	Jun 11(1)	CHC		MLN	L,4-8	9-9		1	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.58	4.35	2	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.147	.40	-0.03%	-2.74	9t 1-- 1 out d1	9t --- 1 out d4
23	259	56	Jun 15	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-6	9-9	BS(3)	3	0.1	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	4.76	4.49	5	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.62	-0.614	1.07	-0.11%	-2.41	9b --- 0 out a2	9b 12- 1 out tie
24	260	59	Jun 18	CHC	@	SFG	L,2-7	6-6		2	0.1	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	5.18	4.87	5	0	1	0	1	3		2	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.67	-0.199	.13	-0.02%	-3.59	6b 12- 1 out d1	6b 1-3 2 out d5
25	261	70	Jun 29	CHC		CIN	W,15-8	7-GF	S(7)	10	2.1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.10	4.77	9	1	5	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.005	.01	0.00%	0.34	7t -2- 2 out a7	9t end a 7
26	262	71	Jun 30	CHC		STL	L,4-11	8-8		0	0.2	1	3	3	2	0	0	2	5.65	5.02	7	2	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.016	.01	0.00%	-3.65	8t 1-3 0 out d4	8t 1-3 2 out d9
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
27	263	81	Jul 9(2)	CHC		PHI	W,8-5	3-4		8	1.2	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.64	4.88	8	1	2	0	0	4		3	2	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	-0.135	.11	-0.01%	-0.91	3t 123 1 out d1	4t 3 out d1
28	264	83	Jul 14	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-7	10-GF(10)	S(8)	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.52	4.90	5	0	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.76	0.205	.20	0.01%	0.51	10b --- 0 out a1	10b end a 1
29	265	86	Jul 17(1)	CHC	@	STL	L,6-10	8-GF(8)	BL(5-5)	2	1.0	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	6.17	4.91	8	3	3	2	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	3.28	-0.603	.20	-0.02%	-4.43	8b 12- 0 out a2	8b end d 4
30	266	89	Jul 18(2)	CHC	@	STL	L,5-7	5-5		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.04	4.82	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.33	0.015	.01	0.00%	0.55	5b --- 0 out d4	5b 3 out d4
31	267	92	Jul 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-6	6-6		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.96	4.75	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.110	.03	0.00%	1.18	6b 1-3 1 out d1	6b 3 out d1
32	268	93	Jul 23	CHC	@	PHI	W,11-5	5-GF	W(6-5)	0	4.1	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	5.64	4.55	16	4	7	0	3	2		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.111	.00	0.00%	1.07	5b --- 2 out a2	9b end a 6
33	269	95	Jul 26	CHC		STL	W,7-6	9-9	H(1)	2	0.2	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	6.08	4.58	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.082	.00	0.00%	-1.10	9t --- 0 out a3	9t -23 2 out a2
34	270	100	Jul 30(2)	CHC		CIN	L,4-5	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.96	4.51	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
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
35	271	102	Aug 2(2)	CHC		MLN	T,7-7	10-GF(11)		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.75	4.44	7	4	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.71	0.278	.00	0.00%	1.02	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
36	272	103	Aug 3	CHC		MLN	L,2-5	7-GF		0	3.0	2	1	1	0	4	1	0	5.61	4.43	10	0	4	1	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.52	7t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
37	273	105	Aug 5	CHC	@	LAD	L,6-7	7-8		1	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.58	4.37	9	3	6	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	-0.133	.00	0.00%	0.09	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 3 out tie
38	274	107	Aug 8	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-8	6-7		2	2.0	5	5	5	1	1	1	0	6.11	4.53	11	1	3	0	2	5		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.130	.00	0.00%	-4.03	6b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d7
39	275	116	Aug 17(2)	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	8-8		8	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.05	4.51	3	1	1	0	1	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-0.31	8t -2- 1 out d1	8t 3 out d2
40	276	120	Aug 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-6	7-GF(8)		4	1.2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	6.17	4.72	9	1	3	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	.25	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-2.11	7b -23 1 out d2	8b end d 6
41	277	121	Aug 24	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-7	3-4		1	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.01	4.68	6	2	2	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.010	.00	0.00%	1.06	3b 123 1 out d6	4b 3 out d5
42	278	124	Aug 27(1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-7	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	6.06	4.70	6	0	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.11	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.50	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
43	279	128	Aug 30	CHC		LAD	L,2-5	8-GF		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.89	4.58	6	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.024	.00	0.00%	1.02	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
Sep/Oct				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
44	280	130	Sep 1	CHC		SFG	L,3-4	14-GF(14)	L(6-6)	1	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	5.93	4.49	5	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.80	-0.297	.00	0.00%	-0.49	14t --- 0 out tie	14t end d 1
45	281	132	Sep 3(1)	CHC		MLN	W,6-5	9-9	H(2)	1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.90	4.49	2	0	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-1.41	9t 12- 1 out a3	9t -2- 2 out a1
46	282	133	Sep 3(2)	CHC		MLN	L,2-4	4-GF(6)		-1	2.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.69	4.36	9	3	2	0	2	2		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.36	0.068	.00	0.00%	1.94	4t 12- 1 out d4	6t end d 4
47	283	135	Sep 5	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	8-GF		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.54	4.29	7	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.005	.00	0.00%	1.02	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
48	284	137	Sep 7	CHC		PIT	L,5-7	3-5		1	3.0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.33	4.26	11	4	4	1	1	2		2	2	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.13	3t 1-3 0 out d3	5t 3 out d4
49	285	139	Sep 9	CHC		PHI	L,2-6	6-8		1	3.0	4	2	2	2	5	0	1	5.36	4.19	15	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	1	0	0	.29	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.48	6t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d5
50	286	140	Sep 10	CHC		PHI	L,6-14	8-8		0	1.0	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	5.62	4.21	7	2	1	0	0	3		2	2	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	.14	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-3.00	8t -23 0 out d3	8t 3 out d8
51	287	141	Sep 12	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-7	6-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.59	4.20	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.51	6b 1-3 2 out d2	6b 3 out d2
52	288	142	Sep 14(1)	CHC	@	STL	L,7-8	6-6		1	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.66	4.22	5	0	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.155	.00	0.00%	-0.98	6b --- 0 out tie	6b 1-3 2 out d1
53	289	143	Sep 14(2)	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	11-GF(11)	L(6-7)	-1	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.76	4.38	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	-0.352	.00	0.00%	-1.00	11b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
54	290	145	Sep 16	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	7-8		1	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.73	4.31	9	3	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.03	7b --- 0 out d2	8b 3 out d3
55	291	146	Sep 17	CHC	@	SFG	L,2-8	7-7		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5.67	4.30	4	1	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.004	.00	0.00%	1.48	7b 12- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d6
56	292	149	Sep 20	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-3	9-11		2	3.0	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	5.48	4.32	13	4	5	3	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.24	0.438	.00	0.00%	1.63	9b --- 0 out tie	11b 3 out tie
57	293	151	Sep 24(1)	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-8	5-5		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.42	4.31	4	0	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.38	5b --3 0 out d5	5b 3 out d6
58	294	156	Oct 1	CHC		LAD	L,2-8	8-GF		6	2.0	3	3	3	2	0	1	0	5.59	4.48	11	3	6	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	.12	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-1.98	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 7
							18-39		W-L:6-7,Sv:8,BSv:4,Hld:2	1.8	93.1	108	64	58	45	59	11	6	5.59	4.48	421	0.80		10%	11%	90		55	56%	4	8	2	364	16	5	12	11	2	5	1.43	-1.408	1.13	1.03%	-27.63

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