Don Elston
1953–1964 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, NLS
450G
.153AVG
.160OBP
.153SLG
More career statistics
19H
0HR
3RBI
0SB
49–54W–L
755.2IP
519K
3.69ERA
15GS
63SV
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 124 | 125 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 30 | 29 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 137 | 139 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,232 | 3,233 |
| Pitching · p er | 310 | 311 |
| Pitching · p h | 702 | 701 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,267 | 2,273 |
| Pitching · p r | 354 | 353 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 450 | 137 | 124 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | .153 | .160 | .153 | .313 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 755.7 | 450 | 15 | 2 | 49 | 54 | 63 | 702 | 354 | 310 | 80 | 327 | 519 | 0 | 0 | 3.69 | 1.362 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1957-07-29 to 1957-08-04
2longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 11 strikeouts | 1957-06-30 | 1 in 218 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 3 home runs allowed | 1960-07-22 | 1 in 112 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 6 scoreless innings | 1960-07-09 | 1 in 33 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 |  Chicago Cubs | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 5 | 2 |
| 1957 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs | 40 | 37 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .108 | 145 | 103 |
| 1958 | Chicago Cubs | 69 | 14 | 5 | – | – | – | .357 | 97 | 83 |
| 1959 | Chicago Cubs | 65 | 20 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .200 | 98 | 82 |
| 1960 | Chicago Cubs | 60 | 24 | 3 | – | – | – | .125 | 128 | 86 |
| 1961 | Chicago Cubs | 58 | 11 | 2 | – | – | – | .182 | 93 | 59 |
| 1962 | Chicago Cubs | 57 | 8 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 66 | 37 |
| 1963 | Chicago Cubs | 51 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 70 | 41 |
| 1964 | Chicago Cubs | 48 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | .167 | 54 | 26 |