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.

1991 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1991 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 10	NYM		PHI	L,7-8		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
2	7 (3)	Apr 14	NYM		MON	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
3	8	Apr 15	NYM	@	PIT	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
4	11 (2)	Apr 19	NYM	@	MON	L,1-2	GF	20	6.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
5	12	Apr 20	NYM	@	MON	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
6	13	Apr 21	NYM	@	MON	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
7	14	Apr 23	NYM	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
8	15	Apr 24	NYM	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
9	16	Apr 25	NYM	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
10	17	Apr 26	NYM		PIT	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
11	18	Apr 27	NYM		PIT	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
12	19	Apr 28	NYM		PIT	L,3-7	GS	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
13	20	Apr 30	NYM		SDP	W,6-3	CG	26	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	21	May 1	NYM		SDP	L,7-8	GS	31	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
15	22	May 3	NYM		SFG	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
16	23	May 4	NYM		SFG	W,6-4	CG	50	12.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
17	24	May 5	NYM		SFG	L,0-2	GS	18	5.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
18	36 (11)	May 21	NYM		CHC	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	SS
19	37	May 22	NYM		CHC	L,2-5	GS	31	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
20	38	May 23	NYM		CHC	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
21	39	May 24	NYM		STL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
22	40	May 25	NYM		STL	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
23	41	May 26	NYM		STL	L,4-14	CG	53	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
24	42	May 27	NYM	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
25	43	May 28	NYM	@	CHC	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
26	44	May 29	NYM	@	CHC	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
27	45	May 31	NYM	@	STL	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	46	Jun 1	NYM	@	STL	L,5-6	GS	37	8.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
29	48 (1)	Jun 4	NYM	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
30	49	Jun 5	NYM	@	CIN	L,10-11	CG	45	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
31	51 (1)	Jun 7	NYM	@	HOU	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
32	52	Jun 8	NYM	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
33	53	Jun 9	NYM	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
34	55 (1)	Jun 11	NYM		ATL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
35	56	Jun 12	NYM		ATL	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
36	57	Jun 13	NYM		ATL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
37	58	Jun 14	NYM		HOU	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
38	61 (2)	Jun 17	NYM		CIN	W,10-6	GF	33	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH SS
39	62	Jun 18	NYM		CIN	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
40	63	Jun 19	NYM		CIN	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
41	65 (1)	Jun 21	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
42	66	Jun 22	NYM	@	ATL	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
43	70 (3)	Jun 27	NYM		MON	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
44	71	Jun 28	NYM		PHI	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
45	72	Jun 29	NYM		PHI	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
46	73	Jun 30	NYM		PHI	L,9-10	GS	24	4.1	0	3	0	3	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	75 (1)	Jul 2	NYM	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
48	76	Jul 3	NYM	@	MON	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
49	77	Jul 4	NYM	@	MON	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
50	79 (1)	Jul 6	NYM	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
51	81 (1)	Jul 11	NYM		SDP	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
52	83 (1)	Jul 13	NYM		SDP	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
53	84	Jul 14	NYM		SDP	L,1-2	GS	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
54	86 (1)	Jul 16	NYM		SFG	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	SS
55	87	Jul 17	NYM		SFG	W,6-5	GS	30	7.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
56	89 (1)	Jul 19	NYM		LAD	W,6-2	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
57	90	Jul 20	NYM		LAD	L,7-11	GS	28	5.1	0	3	0	3	0	SS
58	91	Jul 21	NYM		LAD	W,9-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
59	92	Jul 23	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-4	GS	28	7.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
60	94 (1)	Jul 25	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
61	95	Jul 26	NYM	@	SDP	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
62	98 (2)	Jul 29	NYM	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
63	100 (1)	Jul 31	NYM	@	LAD	L,3-6	GS	21	4.1	1	1	0	2	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	102 (1)	Aug 3	NYM		CHC	L,2-9	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
65	104 (1)	Aug 5	NYM		CHC	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
66	105	Aug 6	NYM		PIT	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
67	106	Aug 7	NYM		PIT	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
68	107	Aug 8	NYM		PIT	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
69	109 (1)	Aug 10	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
70	110	Aug 11	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	50	13.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
71	112 (1)	Aug 13	NYM	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
72	113	Aug 14	NYM	@	STL	L,4-5		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
73	115 (1)	Aug 16	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-8	GS	30	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
74	116	Aug 17	NYM	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
75	117	Aug 18	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
76	119 (1)	Aug 21 (2)	NYM		STL	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
77	120	Aug 22	NYM		STL	W,6-0	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
78	121	Aug 23	NYM		CIN	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
79	122	Aug 24	NYM		CIN	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
80	125 (2)	Aug 27	NYM	@	HOU	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
81	126	Aug 28	NYM	@	ATL	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
82	127	Aug 29	NYM	@	ATL	L,0-2	CG	37	8.0	4	8	0	12	0	SS
83	129 (1)	Aug 31	NYM	@	CIN	W,8-7	GF	15	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	130	Sep 1	NYM	@	CIN	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
85	131	Sep 2	NYM		HOU	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
86	132	Sep 3	NYM		HOU	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
87	133	Sep 4	NYM		HOU	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
88	134	Sep 6	NYM		ATL	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	8	0	10	0	SS
89	135	Sep 7	NYM		ATL	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
90	136	Sep 8	NYM		ATL	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
91	137	Sep 9	NYM		MON	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
92	139 (1)	Sep 11	NYM	@	CHC	W,4-1	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH SS
93	140	Sep 12	NYM	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	SS
94	141	Sep 13	NYM	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	36	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
95	142	Sep 14	NYM	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
96	143	Sep 15	NYM	@	STL	L,2-7	GS	24	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
97	144	Sep 17 (1)	NYM		MON	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
98	145	Sep 17 (2)	NYM		MON	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
99	146	Sep 18	NYM		CHC	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
100	147	Sep 20	NYM		STL	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
101	148	Sep 21	NYM		STL	W,5-3	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
102	149	Sep 22	NYM		STL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
103	151 (1)	Sep 26 (1)	NYM		PIT	L,3-4	CG	64	15.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
104	155 (3)	Sep 29	NYM		PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
105	156	Sep 30	NYM	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
106	157	Oct 1	NYM	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
107	158	Oct 2	NYM	@	PIT	W,9-6	CG	48	11.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
							107gm		865.0	149	299	14	462	39