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Don Elston

Full name Donald Ray Elston
Born April 6, 1929, Campbellstown, Ohio
Died January 2, 1995, Evanston, Illinois
Cremated
First Game: September 17, 1953; Final Game: October 2, 1964
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 165
Ejections: 1961 (1)
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Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1953 CHI N    Daily Splits    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0       0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1953 CHI N
1957 BRO N                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1957 BRO N
1957 CHI N    Daily Splits   39    37    0    4   0   0   0    2    0   0    7   1   2   0   0   0   0    0   0  .108  .132  .108   0.0 1957 CHI N
1957 TOT N                   40    37    0    4   0   0   0    2    0   0    7   1   2   0   0   0   0    0   0  .108  .132  .108   0.0 1957 TOT N
1958 CHI N    Daily Splits   69    14    1    5   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   1   0   0   1   0    0   0  .357  .357  .357   0.0 1958 CHI N
1959 CHI N    Daily Splits   65    19    2    4   0   0   0    1    0   0    2   0   3   0   0   0   0    0   0  .211  .211  .211   0.0 1959 CHI N
1960 CHI N    Daily Splits   60    24    0    3   0   0   0    0    0   0   10   0   2   0   0   0   0    0   0  .125  .125  .125   0.0 1960 CHI N
1961 CHI N    Daily Splits   58    11    1    2   0   0   0    0    0   0    4   0   3   0   0   0   0    0   0  .182  .182  .182   0.0 1961 CHI N
1962 CHI N    Daily Splits   57     8    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1962 CHI N
1963 CHI N    Daily Splits   51     4    1    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   1   0   1   2   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1963 CHI N
1964 CHI N    Daily Splits   48     6    1    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .167  .167  .167   0.0 1964 CHI N
Total    ( 9 Years) Splits  450   124    6   19   0   0   0    3    0   0   30   1  12   0   1   3   0    0   0  .153  .160  .153   0.0 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
             All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1959 NL                       1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1959 NL   

                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1953 CHI N    Daily Splits    2   1   0   0   0   0    5     11    25   1    8    8    0   0    2   1       0   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   1  14.40  4.00  -0.7 1953 CHI N
1957 BRO N    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   1   0    1      1     4   0    0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0.00     -   0.0 1957 BRO N
1957 CHI N    Daily Splits   39  14   2   0  11   8  144    139   607  15   61   57   55   4  102   7   4   1   5   0  21   3  10   3   6   7   3.56  3.36   0.4 1957 CHI N
1957 TOT N                   40  14   2   0  12   8  145    140   611  15   61   57   55   4  103   7   4   1   5   0  22   3  10   3   6   7   3.54  3.36   0.4 1957 TOT N
1958 CHI N    Daily Splits   69   0   0   0  39  11   97     75   400   9   35   31   39  10   84   5   5   2   1   1  12   2   4   4   9   8   2.88     -   2.3 1958 CHI N
1959 CHI N    Daily Splits   65   0   0   0  48  14   97.2   77   413  11   40   36   46   7   82   7   4   2   3   0  13   1   6   4  10   8   3.32     -   1.4 1959 CHI N
1960 CHI N    Daily Splits   60   0   0   0  33  10  127    109   547  17   57   48   55   8   85   9   7   0   4   0  19   4   5   9   8   9   3.40     -   0.4 1960 CHI N
1961 CHI N    Daily Splits   58   0   0   0  32   8   93.1  108   421  11   64   58   45  12   59   4   2   3   6   0  16   5  11   7   6   7   5.59     -  -1.8 1961 CHI N
1962 CHI N    Daily Splits   57   0   0   0  32   8   66.1   57   275   6   25   18   32   7   37   9   2   1   1   0  10   1   5   7   4   8   2.44     -   1.9 1962 CHI N
1963 CHI N    Daily Splits   51   0   0   0  29   4   70     57   280   6   26   22   21   3   41   4   1   1   2   1   7   2   5   4   4   1   2.83     -   0.3 1963 CHI N
1964 CHI N    Daily Splits   48   0   0   0  15   1   54.1   68   260   4   38   32   34  12   26  11   6   3   3   0   9   3   5   6   2   5   5.30     -  -1.2 1964 CHI N
Total    ( 9 Years) Splits  450  15   2   0 240  64  755.2  702  3232  80  354  310  327  63  519  57  31  13  25   2 108  22  52  44  49  54   3.69  3.40   3.0 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
               All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team
1959 NL       Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   1   1    1      1     4   0    0    0    0   0    1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00     - 1959 NL   

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1953 CHI N Daily Splits   P    2    1    0     5       1    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1957 BRO N Daily Splits   P    1    0    0     1       1    0    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
1957 CHI N Daily Splits   P   39   14    2   144       8   23    2    1   0    0    6   10    1  .939
1957 TOT N                P   40   14    2   145       9   23    2    1   0    0    7   10    1  .941
1958 CHI N Daily Splits   P   69    0    0    97       7   19    0    1   0    1    4    1    1 1.000
1959 CHI N Daily Splits   P   65    0    0    98.2     3   14    2    1   0    0    8    2    2  .895
1960 CHI N Daily Splits   P   60    0    0   128      10   13    4    1   0    0    3    4    0  .852
1961 CHI N Daily Splits   P   58    0    0    93.1     4   18    0    1   0    1    4    8    2 1.000
1962 CHI N Daily Splits   P   57    0    0    66.1     5   16    0    2   0    3    4    7    0 1.000
1963 CHI N Daily Splits   P   51    0    0    70       4    9    0    1   0    0    1    5    0 1.000
1964 CHI N Daily Splits   P   48    0    0    54.1     3   16    3    4   0    0    1    4    0  .864
Total ( 9 Years) Splits   P  450   15    2   757.2    46  128   11   12   0    5   32   41    6  .941
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
             All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1959 NL    Daily Splits   P    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0     -

Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 9- 1-1961     BOX  CHI N  Ken Burkhart        Balls and strikes

Transaction Information

Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago Cubs (December 6, 1947).

Traded by Chicago Cubs with Randy Jackson to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Don
Hoak, Russ Meyer and Walt Moryn (December 9, 1955).

Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Vito Valentinetti and
Jackie Collum (May 23, 1957).

Released by Chicago Cubs (April 9, 1965).
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