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

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

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-3	GF	11	2.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
2	3 (1)	Apr 14	CHC	@	SFG	W,6-5		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	5 (1)	Apr 17	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4		22	5.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
4	7 (1)	Apr 22	CHC		SFG	L,8-10		11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	9 (1)	Apr 24	CHC		SFG	W,9-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	11 (1)	Apr 27	CHC		LAD	L,4-9	GF	19	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
7	13 (1)	Apr 30	CHC	@	STL	L,4-5	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	14	May 1	CHC	@	STL	W,5-4	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
9	15	May 2	CHC		PHI	W,8-7		11	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	18 (2)	May 5	CHC		PIT	L,7-9		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	22 (3)	May 15 (1)	CHC		STL	L,1-6		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	26 (3)	May 21	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	28 (1)	May 23	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-6		12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	30 (1)	May 27	CHC		LAD	L,3-5		11	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	31	May 28	CHC		LAD	W,4-3	GF	16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
16	33 (1)	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	W,2-1	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	37 (3)	Jun 2	CHC	@	LAD	W,10-8		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	40 (2)	Jun 5	CHC	@	LAD	W,12-8	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
19	42 (1)	Jun 8	CHC		PIT	L,3-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	45 (2)	Jun 11	CHC		PHI	L,1-7		10	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
21	46	Jun 12	CHC		PHI	W,8-7		10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
22	48 (1)	Jun 15 (1)	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-5		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	49	Jun 15 (2)	CHC	@	MLN	W,8-5	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
24	51 (1)	Jun 17	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-4	GF	17	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	53 (1)	Jun 19 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
26	55 (1)	Jun 21 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-7		18	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	60 (4)	Jun 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-7	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	61	Jun 26 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-6	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	62	Jun 26 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-5	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
30	65 (2)	Jun 29 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,1-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	67 (1)	Jul 1	CHC		CIN	L,3-5		25	6.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
32	71 (3)	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		SFG	T,1-1	GF	15	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	75 (3)	Jul 8	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	76	Jul 9	CHC	@	SFG	W,7-6	GF	21	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	77	Jul 10	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-5		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	80 (2)	Jul 17 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-6		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	84 (3)	Jul 20 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	86 (1)	Jul 22	CHC		MLN	W,8-7		18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	89 (2)	Jul 24 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,0-1	GF	1	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
40	90	Jul 25	CHC		CIN	L,5-6		9	1.1	0	0	1	1	0	P
41	96 (5)	Jul 31	CHC		PIT	W,6-2	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	97	Aug 2	CHC		CIN	W,5-3		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	99 (1)	Aug 3 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,4-2	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
44	106 (6)	Aug 12	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-10		6	0.2	0	0	1	1	0	P
45	107	Aug 13	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	109 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-3		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	110	Aug 16	CHC		LAD	L,5-7	GF	21	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
48	113 (2)	Aug 19	CHC		SFG	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	115 (1)	Aug 21 (1)	CHC		SFG	W,5-3	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	118 (2)	Aug 23	CHC		PIT	L,3-8		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	119	Aug 24	CHC		PIT	L,6-10		9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	122 (2)	Aug 27	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	GF	10	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
53	125 (2)	Aug 31 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,5-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	131 (5)	Sep 5 (1)	CHC		STL	L,1-2	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
55	133 (1)	Sep 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	137 (3)	Sep 13	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-8	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	138	Sep 14	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-10		11	2.0	0	2	1	3	0	P
58	146 (7)	Sep 22 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	148 (1)	Sep 23 (1)	CHC		STL	L,1-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	155 (6)	Oct 1	CHC	@	LAD	W,10-8		12	2.1	0	0	1	1	0	P
							60gm		128.0	10	13	4	27	1