Kevin Elster

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: August 3, 1964 in San Pedro, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1984 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Golden West College (Huntington Beach, CA).

High School: Marina HS (Huntington Beach, CA)

School: Golden West College (Huntington Beach, CA)

Debut: September 2, 1986 (Age 22-030d, 15,224th in major league history)
vs. SFG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 2000 (Age 36-059d)
vs. SDP 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1988 season

Agents: Patrick Elster • Previously: Dennis Gilbert

Full Name: Kevin Daniel Elster

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1986 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.2

2844

648

.228

332

RBI

376

OBP

.300

SLG

.377

OPS

.677

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jun 6)

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	NYM		STL	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
2	2	Apr 5	NYM		STL	L,1-3	GS	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
3	3	Apr 7	NYM	@	MON	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
4	4	Apr 8	NYM	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
5	5	Apr 9	NYM	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
6	6	Apr 11	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	49	10.2	5	2	0	7	0	SS
7	7	Apr 13	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
8	8	Apr 14	NYM	@	STL	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
9	9	Apr 15	NYM	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.1	1	1	0	2	0	SS
10	10	Apr 16	NYM	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
11	11	Apr 17	NYM		PHI	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
12	12	Apr 18	NYM		PHI	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
13	13	Apr 19	NYM		PHI	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
14	14	Apr 20	NYM		CHC	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
15	15	Apr 21	NYM		CHC	L,4-8	GS	32	7.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
16	16	Apr 22	NYM		CHC	W,3-1	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR SS
17	17	Apr 23	NYM		CHC	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
18	18	Apr 25	NYM		ATL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
19	19	Apr 26	NYM		ATL	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
20	20	Apr 28	NYM	@	HOU	W,7-3	GF	10	3.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
21	21	Apr 29	NYM	@	HOU	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	23 (1)	May 1	NYM	@	ATL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
23	24	May 2	NYM	@	ATL	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
24	25	May 3	NYM		CIN	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
25	26	May 4	NYM		CIN	W,3-2	GS	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
26	27	May 6	NYM		HOU	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
27	28	May 7	NYM		HOU	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
28	29	May 8	NYM	@	CIN	L,0-3	GS	27	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
29	30	May 9	NYM	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	SS
30	31	May 10	NYM	@	CIN	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
31	32	May 12	NYM		SDP	L,3-4	CG	51	12.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
32	33	May 13	NYM		SDP	W,4-3	CG	40	11.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
33	34	May 14	NYM		SDP	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
34	35	May 15	NYM		LAD	L,1-3	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
35	37 (1)	May 18	NYM		LAD	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
36	38	May 19	NYM		SFG	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
37	39	May 20	NYM		SFG	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
38	40	May 21	NYM		SFG	L,6-10	GF	24	5.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
39	41	May 23	NYM	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
40	42	May 24	NYM	@	SDP	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
41	43	May 25	NYM	@	SDP	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
42	44	May 26	NYM	@	LAD	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
43	45	May 27	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	40	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
44	46	May 28	NYM	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS	27	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
45	47	May 29	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
46	49 (1)	May 31	NYM	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	38	10.0	3	8	1	12	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	50	Jun 2	NYM		PIT	W,3-2	CG	47	11.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
48	51	Jun 3	NYM		PIT	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
49	52	Jun 4	NYM		PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
50	53	Jun 5	NYM	@	CHC	L,3-15	CG	44	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
51	54	Jun 6	NYM	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
52	56 (1)	Jun 8	NYM	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	28	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
53	57	Jun 9	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-4	GF	14	2.1	1	1	1	3	0	SS
54	58	Jun 10	NYM	@	PIT	L,5-6	GF	8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	SS
55	59	Jun 11	NYM	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
56	60	Jun 13	NYM		CHC	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
57	61	Jun 14	NYM		CHC	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
58	63 (1)	Jun 16	NYM	@	PHI	W,15-11	GS	42	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
59	64	Jun 17	NYM	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
60	66 (1)	Jun 19	NYM		MON	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
61	67	Jun 20	NYM		MON	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
62	68	Jun 21	NYM		MON	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	SS
63	69	Jun 23	NYM		PHI	W,9-3	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
64	70	Jun 24	NYM		PHI	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
65	71	Jun 25	NYM		PHI	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
66	72	Jun 26	NYM	@	MON	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
67	73	Jun 27	NYM	@	MON	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
68	74	Jun 28	NYM	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
69	75	Jun 30	NYM	@	CIN	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	76	Jul 1	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
71	77	Jul 2	NYM	@	CIN	W,7-2	GF	6	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	SS
72	78	Jul 3	NYM	@	HOU	W,3-1	GF	6	1.2	2	0	1	3	0	SS
73	79	Jul 4	NYM	@	HOU	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
74	80	Jul 5	NYM	@	HOU	L,5-6	GS	38	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
75	81	Jul 6	NYM		CIN	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
76	83 (1)	Jul 8	NYM		CIN	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
77	84	Jul 9	NYM		CIN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	2	4	0	SS
78	85	Jul 13	NYM	@	ATL	W,5-1	GF	8	2.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
79	87 (1)	Jul 15	NYM	@	ATL	W,6-4	GF	13	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	PR SS
80	88	Jul 16	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-6	GS	30	6.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
81	89	Jul 17 (1)	NYM		HOU	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
82	91 (1)	Jul 18	NYM		HOU	W,9-0	GF	18	5.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
83	92	Jul 19	NYM		HOU	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
84	93	Jul 20	NYM		ATL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
85	94	Jul 21	NYM		ATL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
86	95	Jul 22	NYM		ATL	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
87	96	Jul 23	NYM		ATL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
88	97	Jul 25	NYM		PIT	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
89	98	Jul 26	NYM		PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
90	99	Jul 27	NYM		PIT	L,8-10	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
91	100	Jul 28	NYM	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
92	101	Jul 29	NYM	@	CHC	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
93	102	Jul 30	NYM	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	39	8.2	1	2	1	4	0	SS
94	103	Jul 31	NYM	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	33	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	104	Aug 1	NYM	@	STL	W,11-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
96	105	Aug 2	NYM	@	STL	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
97	106	Aug 3	NYM	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
98	107	Aug 4	NYM		MON	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
99	108	Aug 5	NYM		MON	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
100	109	Aug 6	NYM		MON	W,2-1	CG	59	14.0	6	3	0	9	1	SS
101	110	Aug 7	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
102	111	Aug 8	NYM	@	PHI	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	SS
103	112	Aug 9	NYM	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
104	113	Aug 10 (1)	NYM		STL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
105	114	Aug 10 (2)	NYM		STL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
106	115	Aug 11	NYM		STL	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
107	116	Aug 12	NYM		STL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
108	117	Aug 13	NYM		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
109	118	Aug 15	NYM		SDP	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
110	119	Aug 16	NYM		SDP	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
111	120	Aug 17	NYM		SDP	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	5	8	0	13	2	SS
112	121	Aug 18	NYM		LAD	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
113	122	Aug 19	NYM		LAD	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
114	123	Aug 20	NYM		LAD	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
115	124	Aug 21	NYM		SFG	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
116	125	Aug 22	NYM		SFG	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
117	126	Aug 23	NYM		SFG	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
118	127	Aug 25	NYM	@	SDP	L,3-5	CG	41	10.2	4	2	0	6	1	SS
119	128	Aug 26	NYM	@	SDP	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
120	129	Aug 27	NYM	@	SDP	L,7-13	CG	47	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
121	130	Aug 28	NYM	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
122	131	Aug 29	NYM	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
123	132	Aug 30	NYM	@	LAD	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	133	Sep 1	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
125	134	Sep 2	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
126	135	Sep 3	NYM	@	SFG	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
127	136	Sep 4	NYM		CHC	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
128	137	Sep 5	NYM		CHC	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
129	138	Sep 6	NYM		STL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
130	139	Sep 7	NYM		STL	W,13-1	GS	28	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
131	140	Sep 8	NYM		PIT	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	9	0	10	0	SS
132	141	Sep 9	NYM		PIT	L,5-8	CG	54	12.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
133	142	Sep 10	NYM		PIT	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
134	143	Sep 11	NYM	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
135	144	Sep 12	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	SS
136	145	Sep 13	NYM	@	PHI	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
137	146	Sep 15	NYM	@	MON	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
138	147	Sep 16	NYM	@	MON	L,1-10	GS	33	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
139	148	Sep 17	NYM	@	MON	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
140	149	Sep 18	NYM	@	CHC	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
141	150	Sep 19	NYM	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
142	153 (2)	Sep 22	NYM		MON	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
143	154	Sep 23	NYM		MON	W,13-6	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
144	155	Sep 24	NYM		MON	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
145	156	Sep 25	NYM		PHI	L,1-2	GS	30	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
146	157	Sep 26	NYM		PHI	W,3-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
147	158	Sep 27	NYM		PHI	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
148	159	Sep 29 (1)	NYM	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
149	161 (1)	Sep 30	NYM	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	44	11.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
150	162	Oct 1	NYM	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
							150gm		1207.1	235	374	15	624	63