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.

2000 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2000 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	LAD	@	MON	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
2	2	Apr 4	LAD	@	MON	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
3	4 (1)	Apr 6	LAD	@	MON	L,3-11	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
4	6 (1)	Apr 8	LAD	@	NYM	W,6-5	CG	47	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
5	7	Apr 11	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
6	8	Apr 12 susp	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
7	10 (1)	Apr 14	LAD		CIN	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
8	11	Apr 15	LAD		CIN	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
9	13 (1)	Apr 18	LAD		HOU	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
10	14	Apr 19	LAD		HOU	L,3-10	CG	50	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
11	15	Apr 21	LAD	@	CIN	W,9-2	CG	41	9.0	1	2	1	4	2	SS
12	16	Apr 22	LAD	@	CIN	W,16-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
13	18 (1)	Apr 24	LAD	@	NYM	L,0-1	CG	36	8.1	0	8	0	8	2	SS
14	19	Apr 25	LAD	@	ATL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
15	21 (1)	Apr 27	LAD	@	ATL	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
16	22	Apr 28	LAD		FLA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
17	23	Apr 29	LAD		FLA	W,13-12	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	25 (1)	May 1	LAD		ATL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
19	26	May 2	LAD		ATL	L,3-5	GS	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
20	27	May 3	LAD		ATL	W,6-4	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
21	41 (13)	May 21	LAD	@	FLA	W,12-3	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
22	42	May 22	LAD		CIN	W,4-3	CG	54	14.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
23	44 (1)	May 24	LAD		CIN	L,3-10	CG	50	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
24	45	May 26	LAD		PHI	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
25	46	May 27	LAD		PHI	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
26	47	May 28	LAD		PHI	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
27	48	May 29	LAD		NYM	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
28	49	May 30	LAD		NYM	L,5-10	GF	17	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
29	50	May 31	LAD		NYM	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	51	Jun 2	LAD	@	ANA	L,5-12	CG	48	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
31	52	Jun 3	LAD	@	ANA	W,8-3	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
32	53	Jun 4	LAD	@	ANA	L,7-8	CG	43	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	3B
33	54	Jun 5	LAD	@	TEX	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
34	57 (2)	Jun 8	LAD		HOU	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
35	58	Jun 9	LAD		OAK	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	2	5	0	3B
36	60 (1)	Jun 11	LAD		OAK	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
37	61	Jun 12	LAD		ARI	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
38	62	Jun 13	LAD		ARI	W,6-1	GF	13	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH 3B
39	63	Jun 14	LAD		ARI	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
40	69 (5)	Jun 21	LAD	@	HOU	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
41	70	Jun 22	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
42	73 (2)	Jun 25	LAD	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	36	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	SS
43	75 (1)	Jun 27	LAD		SDP	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	79 (3)	Jul 1	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-4	GS	27	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
45	80	Jul 2	LAD	@	SFG	L,5-6	GS	28	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
46	85 (4)	Jul 8	LAD	@	SEA	L,0-11	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
47	86	Jul 9	LAD	@	SEA	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
48	87	Jul 13	LAD		ANA	W,4-3	CG	36	10.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
49	88	Jul 14	LAD		ANA	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
50	89	Jul 15	LAD		ANA	L,2-6	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
51	90	Jul 16	LAD		PIT	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
52	91	Jul 17	LAD		PIT	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
53	92	Jul 18	LAD		PIT	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
54	95 (2)	Jul 21	LAD		SFG	W,6-5	GS	34	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
55	96	Jul 22	LAD		SFG	L,2-5	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
56	100 (3)	Jul 26	LAD	@	COL	L,4-11	GS	36	7.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
57	102 (1)	Jul 28	LAD	@	PHI	W,2-0	GS	28	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
58	104 (1)	Jul 30	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	105	Aug 1 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
60	112 (6)	Aug 8	LAD		CHC	W,7-5	GS	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
61	117 (4)	Aug 14	LAD	@	FLA	L,2-11	CG	39	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
62	120 (2)	Aug 18	LAD		NYM	L,3-5	GS	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
63	122 (1)	Aug 20	LAD		NYM	L,6-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	147 (24)	Sep 14	LAD		COL	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	1B
							64gm		521.2	66	149	14	229	25