#58 Don Elston, Reliever, 32 yrs, Philadelphia (N) Phillies Saturday, 10/21/1961 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Don Elston
4/6/1929 32 USA,OH,CAMPBELLSTOWN 6"0 170
Reliever R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 3 / 6 (Well Known) 4 / 6 (Popular) Average GREAT Prone 4.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 2,000,000 1962 8 Year(s), 117 Days (1493 total Days) 172 Day(s) 8 Year(s), 117 Days (1493 total Days) 8 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 6 | 6 | 4 | 86-89 Mph |
Versus LHB | 5 | 6 | 4 | |
Versus RHB | 6 | 7 | 4 | |
Talent | 7 | 6 | 5 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 5 50 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Versus LHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Versus RHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 5 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 3 (Range), .948 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 75 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4.23 | 87.1 | 76 | 44 | 41 | 30 | 59 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
Projected | 75 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4.23 | 87.0 | 76 | 44 | 41 | 30 | 59 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 16 | 2 | 71.4 | 75 | 27 | 11.5 | 7.8 | 6.1 | 3.1 | 16 | 9 | 56.3 | 49 | 12 | 24.5 | 3.74 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 106 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .302 | .380 | .453 | .833 |
vs. RHB | 219 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 30 | 28 | 18 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .201 | .268 | .374 | .643 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 41 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.64 | 47.0 | 38 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 34 |
Road | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4.91 | 40.1 | 38 | 25 | 22 | 13 | 25 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.92 | 12.1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
May | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.69 | 13.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
June | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.38 | 10.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
July | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.19 | 8.2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
August | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.33 | 21.1 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 16 |
Sept./Oct. | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.06 | 21.1 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 18 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1953 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4.68 | 32.2 | 41 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2.17 | .343 | PHI |
1954 | 48 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6.54 | 42.2 | 43 | 37 | 31 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.66 | .261 | PHI |
1955 | 52 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6.24 | 57.2 | 70 | 45 | 40 | 8 | 37 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1.86 | .325 | PHI |
1956 | 46 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5.60 | 54.2 | 61 | 34 | 34 | 10 | 22 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1.52 | .302 | PHI |
1957 | 52 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6.18 | 51.0 | 59 | 36 | 35 | 13 | 28 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.71 | .282 | PHI |
1958 | 74 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4.64 | 85.1 | 82 | 49 | 44 | 18 | 24 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1.24 | .248 | PHI |
1959 | 64 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5.17 | 71.1 | 79 | 45 | 41 | 10 | 30 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1.53 | .291 | PHI |
1960 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.01 | 25.2 | 35 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.87 | .333 | PHI |
1961 | 75 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4.23 | 87.1 | 76 | 44 | 41 | 14 | 30 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 1.21 | .246 | PHI |
Total | 467 | 1 | 45 | 38 | 25 | 5.36 | 508.1 | 546 | 332 | 303 | 92 | 242 | 283 | 0 | 0 | 1.55 | .284 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1953, AAA | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5.59 | 19.1 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.55 | .386 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1953 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.91 | 3.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1955 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.79 | 4.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.56 | 11.1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1953 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PHI |
1954 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PHI |
1955 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PHI |
1956 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PHI |
1957 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PHI |
1958 | 74 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .333 | .500 | .833 | PHI |
1959 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PHI |
1960 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | PHI |
1961 | 75 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | PHI |
Total | 467 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .214 | .167 | .381 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 75 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 1.000 | 87.1 | 2.37 | | | | |
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Transactions Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Philadelphia (N) in 1953... Earned first career win on 6/20/1953... Had first career hit on 8/8/1958, off Camilo Pascual (SF)... 7/30/1959: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (N), $2,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
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