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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.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 12	CHC		LAD	L,3-5	GF	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	3	Apr 14	CHC	@	SFG	W,5-2	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	5 (1)	Apr 16	CHC	@	SFG	W,11-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	8 (2)	Apr 19	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-8	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	11 (2)	Apr 23	CHC		STL	W,6-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	12	Apr 24	CHC		SFG	L,3-4		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	13	Apr 25	CHC		SFG	W,5-3	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	17 (3)	May 1	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	18	May 2	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	19	May 3 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	20	May 3 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	21	May 4	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	24 (2)	May 7	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	26 (1)	May 9	CHC	@	STL	L,1-11		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	30 (3)	May 12	CHC		MLN	W,7-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	32 (1)	May 14	CHC		CIN	L,0-2	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	33	May 16	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	GF	6	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	36 (2)	May 19	CHC		PHI	W,8-7	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	37	May 20	CHC		PHI	W,7-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	39 (1)	May 22	CHC		STL	L,1-3		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	44 (4)	May 28	CHC	@	LAD	W,7-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	49 (4)	Jun 4	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	GF	13	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
23	50	Jun 5	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-5	GF	10	2.1	0	2	0	2	1	P
24	53 (2)	Jun 7 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,1-0	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	61 (7)	Jun 16	CHC		PIT	L,2-5		4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	63 (1)	Jun 18	CHC		PIT	L,2-4		5	1.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
27	64	Jun 19	CHC		PHI	L,7-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	65	Jun 20	CHC		PHI	L,3-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
29	72 (6)	Jun 28	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-2		9	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	73	Jun 30	CHC		STL	L,1-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	74	Jul 1	CHC		STL	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	75	Jul 2	CHC		SFG	W,10-4	GF	12	3.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
33	79 (3)	Jul 5 (1)	CHC		LAD	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	80	Jul 5 (2)	CHC		LAD	L,3-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	81	Jul 9	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4		0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
36	82	Jul 10	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-7	GF	12	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
37	90 (7)	Jul 18	CHC		CIN	L,1-5	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
38	94 (3)	Jul 23	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-5	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	95	Jul 24	CHC	@	SFG	L,5-6	GF	12	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
40	100 (4)	Jul 30	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	101	Jul 31	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-5	GF	9	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	106 (4)	Aug 6	CHC		PHI	W,4-2	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	108 (1)	Aug 8	CHC		PIT	L,3-4		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	109	Aug 9	CHC		PIT	L,3-5		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	112 (2)	Aug 13	CHC		SFG	W,20-9	GF	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	115 (2)	Aug 16	CHC		SFG	W,5-4	GF	4	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
47	118 (2)	Aug 19 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	T,7-7		28	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	122 (3)	Aug 22 (2)	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-3		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	123	Aug 23	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	125 (1)	Aug 25	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-6	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	128 (2)	Aug 28	CHC		MLN	L,3-9	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	129	Aug 29	CHC		MLN	L,4-11		9	1.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	131 (1)	Sep 2	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	132	Sep 3	CHC	@	SFG	L,5-8		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	135 (2)	Sep 6 (2)	CHC	@	LAD	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	137 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,2-4		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	140 (2)	Sep 10 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,6-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	142 (1)	Sep 12	CHC		STL	L,4-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	144 (1)	Sep 16 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
60	145	Sep 16 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	147 (1)	Sep 18	CHC		PHI	W,5-4		10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
62	149 (1)	Sep 20	CHC	@	STL	L,4-11		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
63	151 (1)	Sep 22	CHC		SFG	W,5-4	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
64	152	Sep 23	CHC		SFG	W,9-8	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
65	155 (2)	Sep 27	CHC		LAD	L,1-7	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
							65gm		98.2	3	14	2	19	1