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Kevin Elster
Kevin Daniel Elster

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.

Debut September 2, 1986
  vs. SFG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 1, 2000
Born August 3, 1964 in San Pedro, CA

Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft. Player signed May 21, 1984. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1986 21 NYM NL  19   30    3    5   1  0   0    0   0  0   3   8  .167  .242  .200   25    6   0   0   1   0   0
 1987 22 NYM NL   5   10    1    4   2  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .400  .400  .600  167    6   0   0   0   0   1
 1988 23 NYM NL 149  406   41   87  11  1   9   37   2  0  35  47  .214  .282  .313   75  127   6   0  12   3   5
 1989 24 NYM NL 151  458   52  106  25  2  10   55   4  3  34  77  .231  .283  .360   87  165   6   8  11   2  13
 1990 25 NYM NL  92  314   36   65  20  1   9   45   2  0  30  54  .207  .274  .363   74  114   1   6   2   1   4
 1991 26 NYM NL 115  348   33   84  16  2   6   36   2  3  40  53  .241  .318  .351   89  122   1   4   6   1   4
 1992 27 NYM NL   6   18    0    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .222  .222  .222   27    4   0   0   0   0   1
 1994 29 NYY AL   7   20    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   6  .000  .048  .000  -86    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1995 30 TOT     36   70   11   13   5  1   1    9   0  0   8  19  .186  .272  .329   58   23   2   2   1   1   1
         NYY AL  10   17    1    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .118  .167  .176  -10    3   0   0   0   0   0
         PHI NL  26   53   10   11   4  1   1    9   0  0   7  14  .208  .302  .377   78   20   2   2   1   1   1
 1996 31 TEX AL 157  515   79  130  32  2  24   99   4  1  52 138  .252  .317  .462   90  238  16  11   1   2   8
 1997 32 PIT NL  39  138   14   31   6  2   7   25   0  2  21  39  .225  .327  .449   99   62   2   2   0   1   1
 1998 33 TEX AL  84  297   33   69  10  1   8   37   0  2  33  66  .232  .311  .354   70  105   2   2   0   2   7
 2000 35 LAD NL  80  220   29   50   8  0  14   32   0  0  38  52  .227  .341  .455  104  100   1   0   5   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     940 2844  332  648 136 12  88  376  14 11 295 562  .228  .300  .377   83 1072  38  35  39  13  45
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        490   57  112  23  2  15   65   2  2  51  97  .228  .300  .377   83  185   7   6   7   2   8
 Career High    157  515   79  130  32  2  24   99   4  3  52 138  .252  .341  .462  104  238  16  11  12   3  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1986 21 NYM NL   33   25    2   2.2    96| .167  .259| .242  .329| .200  .391| .442  .720|  25  .220  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 1987 22 NYM NL   10    7    2   7.7   102| .400  .263| .400  .332| .600  .410|1.000  .742| 167  .706   1.0   0.1   0%
 1988 23 NYM NL  450  330   37   3.0    85| .214  .250| .282  .313| .313  .368| .595  .681|  75  .376 -13.5  -1.4 100%
 1989 24 NYM NL  508  382   45   3.2    86| .231  .248| .283  .315| .360  .370| .643  .684|  87  .390  -7.3  -0.8  57%
 1990 25 NYM NL  352  260   33   3.4    98| .207  .264| .274  .331| .363  .397| .637  .728|  74  .384 -11.2  -1.1 100%
 1991 26 NYM NL  394  276   40   3.9    93| .241  .256| .318  .324| .351  .384| .669  .708|  89  .467  -4.2  -0.4  40%
 1992 27 NYM NL   18   15    1   1.8    91| .222  .258| .222  .323| .222  .380| .444  .703|  27  .179  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1994 29 NYY AL   22   21    0   0.0   109| .000  .269| .048  .341| .000  .428| .048  .769| -86  .000  -5.6  -0.5   0%
 1995 30 TOT      83   62    8   3.5   107| .186  .270| .272  .341| .329  .422| .601  .763|  58  .343  -4.3  -0.4   0%
         NYY AL   18   15    1   1.8   109| .118  .269| .167  .343| .176  .425| .343  .768| -10  .123  -2.8  -0.3   0%
         PHI NL   65   47    7   4.0   107| .208  .271| .302  .340| .377  .421| .679  .761|  78  .413  -1.5  -0.1   0%
 1996 31 TEX AL  596  421   79   5.0   120| .252  .283| .317  .357| .462  .455| .779  .812|  90  .451  -9.2  -0.8  80%
 1997 32 PIT NL  164  114   21   4.9   111| .225  .274| .327  .346| .449  .430| .776  .777|  99  .506  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 1998 33 TEX AL  336  241   33   3.7   113| .232  .276| .311  .346| .354  .440| .665  .786|  70  .345 -13.8  -1.3   0%
 2000 35 LAD NL  259  171   37   5.8   111| .227  .266| .341  .342| .455  .434| .796  .777| 104  .537   1.4   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     3225 2325  338   3.9   101| .228  .264| .300  .333| .377  .407| .677  .740|  83  .418 -72.1  -7.1  56%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1986 21 NYM NL SS 19 16 35 2 6 .962 .962 2.68 3.96 5.03 4.75 9 91.3 1987 22 NYM NL SS 3 4 6 1 0 .909 .962 3.33 3.90 5.00 4.70 2 18.0 1988 23 NYM NL SS 148 196 345 13 61 .977 .967 3.66 3.99 4.42 4.63 123 1100.7 1989 24 NYM NL SS 150 235 374 15 63 .976 .966 4.06 3.88 4.54 4.51 134 1207.3 1990 25 NYM NL SS 92 159 251 17 42 .960 .967 4.46 4.00 4.64 4.59 91 795.7 1991 26 NYM NL SS 107 149 299 14 39 .970 .966 4.19 3.88 4.66 4.67 98 865.0 1992 27 NYM NL SS 5 8 10 0 3 1.000 .968 3.60 3.86 4.05 4.59 5 40.0 1994 29 NYY AL SS 7 5 27 0 7 1.000 .970 4.57 4.21 4.88 4.64 7 59.0 1995 30 TOT SS 29 28 50 1 13 .987 .970 2.69 4.03 4.26 4.57 19 164.7 NYY AL SS 10 10 14 0 2 1.000 .976 2.40 4.16 4.60 4.71 5 47.0 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 PHI NL SS 19 18 36 1 11 .982 .968 2.84 3.97 4.13 4.51 14 117.7 1B 4 17 0 0 1 1.000 .994 4.25 8.35 8.84 9.68 1 17.3 3B 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.35 2.93 2.78 1 12.3 1996 31 TEX AL SS 157 285 441 14 103 .981 .971 4.62 4.19 4.82 4.66 155 1355.0 1997 32 PIT NL SS 39 54 123 1 22 .994 .973 4.54 3.85 4.74 4.58 39 336.3 1998 33 TEX AL SS 84 107 257 9 49 .976 .972 4.33 4.26 4.46 4.71 84 734.7 2000 35 LAD NL SS 55 60 133 11 25 .946 .967 3.51 3.88 3.81 4.52 52 456.0 3B 8 6 16 2 0 .917 .948 2.75 2.17 3.06 2.64 7 64.7 1B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 7.70 0.00 9.00 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1995 30 PHI NL 1B 4 17 0 0 1 1.000 .994 4.25 8.35 8.84 9.68 1 17.3 2000 35 LAD NL 1B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 7.70 0.00 9.00 0 1.0 1995 30 NYY AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 1995 30 PHI NL 3B 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.35 2.93 2.78 1 12.3 2000 35 LAD NL 3B 8 6 16 2 0 .917 .948 2.75 2.17 3.06 2.64 7 64.7 1986 21 NYM NL SS 19 16 35 2 6 .962 .962 2.68 3.96 5.03 4.75 9 91.3 1987 22 NYM NL SS 3 4 6 1 0 .909 .962 3.33 3.90 5.00 4.70 2 18.0 1988 23 NYM NL SS 148 196 345 13 61 .977 .967 3.66 3.99 4.42 4.63 123 1100.7 1989 24 NYM NL SS 150 235 374 15 63 .976 .966 4.06 3.88 4.54 4.51 134 1207.3 1990 25 NYM NL SS 92 159 251 17 42 .960 .967 4.46 4.00 4.64 4.59 91 795.7 1991 26 NYM NL SS 107 149 299 14 39 .970 .966 4.19 3.88 4.66 4.67 98 865.0 1992 27 NYM NL SS 5 8 10 0 3 1.000 .968 3.60 3.86 4.05 4.59 5 40.0 1994 29 NYY AL SS 7 5 27 0 7 1.000 .970 4.57 4.21 4.88 4.64 7 59.0 1995 30 TOT SS 29 28 50 1 13 .987 .970 2.69 4.03 4.26 4.57 19 164.7 NYY AL SS 10 10 14 0 2 1.000 .976 2.40 4.16 4.60 4.71 5 47.0 PHI NL SS 19 18 36 1 11 .982 .968 2.84 3.97 4.13 4.51 14 117.7 1996 31 TEX AL SS 157 285 441 14 103 .981 .971 4.62 4.19 4.82 4.66 155 1355.0 1997 32 PIT NL SS 39 54 123 1 22 .994 .973 4.54 3.85 4.74 4.58 39 336.3 1998 33 TEX AL SS 84 107 257 9 49 .976 .972 4.33 4.26 4.46 4.71 84 734.7 2000 35 LAD NL SS 55 60 133 11 25 .946 .967 3.51 3.88 3.81 4.52 52 456.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 895 1306 2351 98 433 .974 .968 4.09 4.01 4.56 4.61 818 7223.7 3B* 10 8 18 2 0 .929 .949 2.60 2.21 3.04 2.66 8 77.0 1B* 5 17 0 1 1 .944 .994 3.40 8.22 8.36 9.64 1 18.3 2B* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.30 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 911 1331 2369 101 434 .973 .968 4.06 4.01 4.55 4.61 827 7320
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1986   NLCS  NYM HOU     W   4   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYM BOS     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1988   NLCS  NYM LAD     L   5   8   1   2  1  0  0   1   3   0  .250  .455  .375   0  0   0   0   0 
 1996   ALDS  TEX NYY     L   4  12   2   4  2  0  0   0   3   2  .333  .467  .500   1  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   9  11   1   2  1  0  0   1   3   1  .182  .357  .273   0  0   0   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   2-2  14  24   3   6  3  0  0   1   6   3  .250  .400  .375   1  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts
1996 AL-138-10

Sac. Hits
1996 AL-16-3

Sac. Flies
1989 NL-8-3
1996 AL-11-3

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2772) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1336) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

January 17, 1984: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft. Player signed May 21, 1984.

December 19, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

January 12, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

May 17, 1993: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

May 22, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.

June 4, 1993: Released by the Florida Marlins.

December 17, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

March 21, 1994: Released by the San Diego Padres.

May 1, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

June 8, 1995: Released by the New York Yankees.

June 29, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

July 3, 1995: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

July 7, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 5, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

January 16, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 31, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

December 20, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 28, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

December 8, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

July 31, 1998: Released by the Texas Rangers.

January 14, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 15, 2000: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986New York Mets$60,000
1988New York Mets$69,000
1989New York Mets$140,000
1990New York Mets$260,000
1991New York Mets$625,000
1992New York Mets$760,000
1994New York Yankees$200,000
1995New York Yankees$300,000
Philadelphia Phillies$109,000
1996Texas Rangers$270,000
1997Pittsburgh Pirates$1,650,000
1998Texas Rangers$1,500,000
2000Los Angeles Dodgers$300,000
Career (may be incomplete)$6,243,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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