Kevin Elster

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: August 3, 1964 in San Pedro, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1984 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Golden West College (Huntington Beach, CA).

High School: Marina HS (Huntington Beach, CA)

School: Golden West College (Huntington Beach, CA)

Debut: September 2, 1986 (Age 22-030d, 15,224th in major league history)
vs. SFG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 2000 (Age 36-059d)
vs. SDP 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1988 season

Agents: Patrick Elster • Previously: Dennis Gilbert

Full Name: Kevin Daniel Elster

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1986 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.2

2844

648

.228

332

RBI

376

OBP

.300

SLG

.377

OPS

.677

OPS+

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

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	NYM	@	MON	W,10-6	CG	46	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
2	2	Apr 6	NYM	@	MON	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
3	3	Apr 7	NYM	@	MON	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	2	5	0	SS
4	4	Apr 8	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
5	5	Apr 9	NYM	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
6	6	Apr 10	NYM	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
7	7	Apr 12	NYM		MON	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
8	8	Apr 14	NYM		MON	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
9	9	Apr 15	NYM		STL	W,3-0	CG	20	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
10	10	Apr 16	NYM		STL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
11	11	Apr 17	NYM		STL	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
12	12	Apr 18	NYM		PHI	L,7-10	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
13	13	Apr 19	NYM		PHI	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
14	14	Apr 20	NYM		PHI	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
15	15	Apr 22	NYM	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
16	16	Apr 23	NYM	@	STL	W,12-9	GF	13	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
17	17	Apr 24	NYM	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
18	18	Apr 26	NYM	@	ATL	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
19	19	Apr 27	NYM	@	ATL	W,5-2	GS	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
20	20	Apr 29	NYM	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
21	21	Apr 30	NYM	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	NYM	@	CIN	W,11-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
23	23	May 2	NYM		ATL	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
24	24	May 3	NYM		ATL	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
25	26 (1)	May 6	NYM		CIN	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
26	27	May 7	NYM		CIN	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
27	28	May 8	NYM		CIN	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
28	29	May 9	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
29	30	May 10	NYM	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
30	31	May 11	NYM	@	HOU	W,9-8	GS	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
31	32	May 13	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
32	33	May 14	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
33	34	May 15	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
34	35	May 16	NYM	@	SDP	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
35	36	May 17	NYM	@	SDP	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
36	37	May 18	NYM	@	SDP	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
37	38	May 19	NYM	@	SDP	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
38	39	May 20	NYM	@	LAD	W,5-2	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
39	40	May 21	NYM	@	LAD	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	PR SS
40	41	May 22	NYM	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
41	42	May 24	NYM		SFG	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
42	43	May 25	NYM		SFG	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
43	46 (2)	May 28	NYM		SDP	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
44	47	May 29	NYM		SDP	L,3-6	GS	28	7.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
45	48	May 30	NYM		LAD	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
46	49	May 31	NYM		LAD	W,5-4	GF	17	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	50	Jun 1	NYM		LAD	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
48	51	Jun 2	NYM		CHC	W,2-1	GS	37	10.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
49	52	Jun 3	NYM		CHC	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
50	53	Jun 4	NYM		CHC	W,6-5	GS	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
51	54	Jun 5	NYM		CHC	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
52	55	Jun 6	NYM	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
53	56	Jun 7	NYM	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
54	57	Jun 8	NYM	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
55	58	Jun 10	NYM	@	MON	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
56	59	Jun 11	NYM	@	MON	L,4-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
57	60	Jun 12	NYM	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	40	10.1	1	2	0	3	0	SS
58	61	Jun 13	NYM		STL	W,2-1	GS	36	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
59	62	Jun 14	NYM		STL	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
60	63	Jun 15	NYM		STL	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
61	64	Jun 17	NYM		PHI	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
62	65	Jun 18	NYM		PHI	W,3-2	GS	45	12.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
63	66	Jun 19	NYM		PHI	W,6-0	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR SS
64	67	Jun 20	NYM		PIT	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
65	68	Jun 21	NYM		PIT	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
66	69	Jun 22	NYM		PIT	W,3-0	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
67	71 (1)	Jun 24	NYM	@	CHC	W,8-3	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
68	72	Jun 25	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-5	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
69	74 (1)	Jun 27	NYM	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
70	75	Jun 28	NYM	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
71	76	Jun 29	NYM	@	PIT	W,8-7	CG	51	11.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
72	77	Jun 30	NYM		HOU	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	4	7	0	11	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	78	Jul 1 (1)	NYM		HOU	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
74	79	Jul 1 (2)	NYM		HOU	L,5-6	GS	31	7.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
75	80	Jul 2	NYM		HOU	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
76	81	Jul 3	NYM		HOU	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
77	82	Jul 4	NYM		CIN	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
78	83	Jul 5	NYM		CIN	L,1-3	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
79	84	Jul 6	NYM		CIN	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
80	85	Jul 8	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
81	86	Jul 9	NYM	@	HOU	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
82	87	Jul 10	NYM	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	SS
83	88	Jul 14	NYM	@	ATL	W,9-8	CG	48	11.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
84	89	Jul 15	NYM	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
85	90	Jul 16	NYM	@	ATL	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
86	91	Jul 17	NYM	@	ATL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
87	92	Jul 18	NYM	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
88	93	Jul 19	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-11	GS	29	5.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
89	94	Jul 22 (1)	NYM		ATL	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
90	95	Jul 22 (2)	NYM		ATL	W,5-1	GF	6	2.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
91	96	Jul 23	NYM		ATL	L,1-6	GS	29	8.0	0	8	0	8	0	SS
92	97	Jul 24	NYM		ATL	L,2-4	GS	26	7.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
93	98	Jul 25	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
94	101 (2)	Jul 29	NYM		PIT	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
95	102	Jul 30	NYM		PIT	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
96	103	Jul 31	NYM		PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	104	Aug 1	NYM		PIT	L,2-7	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
98	105	Aug 2	NYM		CHC	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
99	106	Aug 3	NYM		CHC	L,1-3	GS	24	5.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
100	107	Aug 4	NYM		CHC	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
101	108	Aug 5	NYM	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
102	109	Aug 6	NYM	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
103	110	Aug 7	NYM	@	PIT	W,6-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
104	111	Aug 8	NYM	@	PIT	L,0-1	GS	25	7.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
105	113 (1)	Aug 10	NYM	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	3	SS
106	114	Aug 11	NYM	@	CHC	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
107	115	Aug 12	NYM		MON	L,2-5	CG	44	12.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
108	116	Aug 13	NYM		MON	L,4-7	GS	24	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
109	117	Aug 14 (1)	NYM		MON	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
110	118	Aug 14 (2)	NYM		MON	W,4-2	GF	14	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
111	119	Aug 16	NYM	@	SFG	W,13-6	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
112	120	Aug 17	NYM	@	SFG	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
113	121	Aug 18	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
114	122	Aug 19	NYM	@	SDP	L,2-3	GF	12	2.2	1	3	0	4	0	SS
115	123	Aug 21	NYM	@	SDP	L,0-1	GS	23	6.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
116	124	Aug 22	NYM	@	LAD	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
117	125	Aug 23	NYM	@	LAD	W,5-1	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
118	126	Aug 24	NYM	@	LAD	W,2-1	GS	23	6.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
119	127	Aug 26	NYM		SFG	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
120	128	Aug 27	NYM		SFG	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
121	129	Aug 28	NYM		SFG	L,4-7	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
122	130	Aug 29	NYM		SDP	W,6-0	GF	9	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
123	131	Aug 30	NYM		SDP	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	133 (1)	Sep 2	NYM		LAD	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
125	134	Sep 3	NYM		LAD	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
126	135	Sep 5	NYM	@	PIT	W,7-5	GS	28	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
127	136	Sep 6	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
128	137	Sep 7	NYM	@	CHC	L,8-9	GS	24	5.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
129	138	Sep 8	NYM	@	CHC	W,13-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
130	139	Sep 9	NYM	@	MON	W,7-3	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
131	140	Sep 10	NYM	@	MON	W,6-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
132	141	Sep 11	NYM	@	MON	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
133	142	Sep 12	NYM		PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
134	144 (1)	Sep 14	NYM		CHC	W,3-1	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
135	145	Sep 15	NYM		CHC	W,4-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
136	146	Sep 16	NYM		MON	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
137	147	Sep 17	NYM		MON	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
138	148	Sep 18	NYM		MON	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
139	149	Sep 20	NYM		PHI	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
140	151 (1)	Sep 22	NYM		PHI	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
141	152	Sep 23	NYM	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.1	1	5	0	6	0	SS
142	153	Sep 24	NYM	@	STL	W,14-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
143	154	Sep 25	NYM	@	STL	W,9-7	GF	25	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
144	155	Sep 26	NYM	@	PHI	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
145	156	Sep 27	NYM	@	PHI	L,4-5	GF	14	3.2	2	2	0	4	0	SS
146	158 (1)	Sep 30	NYM		STL	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
147	159	Oct 1	NYM		STL	W,6-3	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
148	160	Oct 2	NYM		STL	W,7-5	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	1	SS
							148gm		1100.2	196	345	13	554	61