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.

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	NYM		PIT	L,3-12	CG	50	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
2	2	Apr 11	NYM		PIT	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
3	3	Apr 12	NYM		PIT	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	6	5	0	11	1	SS
4	4	Apr 13	NYM	@	MON	W,4-1	CG	37	10.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
5	5	Apr 14	NYM	@	MON	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
6	6	Apr 15	NYM	@	MON	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
7	7	Apr 16	NYM	@	CHC	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
8	8	Apr 17	NYM		CHC	L,6-8	CG	58	13.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
9	10 (1)	Apr 19	NYM		CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
10	11	Apr 20	NYM		MON	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
11	12	Apr 21	NYM		MON	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
12	13	Apr 22	NYM		MON	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
13	14	Apr 24	NYM		ATL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
14	15	Apr 25	NYM		ATL	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
15	16	Apr 27	NYM	@	HOU	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
16	17	Apr 28	NYM	@	HOU	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
17	18	Apr 29	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-2	GS	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
18	19	Apr 30	NYM	@	ATL	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	20	May 1	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
20	21	May 2	NYM		CIN	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	5	2	7	0	SS
21	23 (1)	May 5	NYM		HOU	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
22	24	May 6 (1)	NYM		HOU	W,7-4	CG	46	11.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
23	25	May 6 (2)	NYM		HOU	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
24	26	May 7	NYM		HOU	W,7-1	CG	39	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
25	27	May 8	NYM		SFG	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
26	28	May 9	NYM		SFG	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
27	29	May 11	NYM		LAD	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
28	30	May 12	NYM		LAD	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
29	31	May 14	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-4	GS	33	7.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
30	32	May 15	NYM	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
31	33	May 16	NYM	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	40	9.2	1	1	0	2	0	SS
32	34	May 18	NYM	@	SDP	L,3-6	GS	30	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
33	35	May 19	NYM	@	SDP	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
34	36	May 20	NYM	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
35	37	May 21	NYM	@	LAD	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
36	38	May 22	NYM	@	LAD	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
37	39	May 24	NYM		SDP	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
38	40	May 25	NYM		SDP	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
39	41	May 26	NYM		SDP	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
40	42	May 27	NYM		SDP	L,4-8	GS	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
41	43	May 29	NYM	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	44	Jun 1	NYM	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
43	45	Jun 2	NYM	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
44	46	Jun 3	NYM	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
45	47	Jun 4	NYM		MON	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
46	48	Jun 5	NYM		MON	W,6-5	CG	51	11.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
47	49	Jun 6	NYM		MON	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
48	50	Jun 7	NYM		PIT	L,4-5	GS	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
49	51	Jun 8	NYM		PIT	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
50	52	Jun 9	NYM		PIT	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
51	53	Jun 10	NYM		PIT	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
52	54	Jun 11	NYM	@	CHC	L,5-8	GS	26	6.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
53	56 (1)	Jun 13 (1)	NYM	@	CHC	W,15-10	GF	14	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH SS
54	57	Jun 13 (2)	NYM	@	CHC	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
55	58	Jun 15	NYM	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	SS
56	59	Jun 16	NYM	@	PIT	L,6-11	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
57	60	Jun 17	NYM	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
58	61	Jun 19	NYM		STL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
59	62	Jun 20	NYM		STL	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
60	63	Jun 22	NYM		PHI	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
61	64	Jun 23	NYM		PHI	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
62	65	Jun 24	NYM		PHI	W,6-5	GS	23	5.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
63	66	Jun 25	NYM	@	STL	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
64	67	Jun 26	NYM	@	STL	W,8-6	CG	53	11.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
65	68	Jun 27	NYM	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
66	69	Jun 28	NYM		CIN	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
67	70	Jun 29	NYM		CIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
68	71	Jun 30	NYM		CIN	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	72	Jul 1	NYM		CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
70	73	Jul 3	NYM		HOU	W,12-0	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
71	74	Jul 4	NYM		HOU	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	SS
72	75	Jul 5	NYM	@	ATL	W,9-8	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
73	76	Jul 6	NYM	@	ATL	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
74	77	Jul 7	NYM	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
75	78	Jul 8	NYM	@	ATL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	3	SS
76	79	Jul 12 (1)	NYM	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
77	80	Jul 12 (2)	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
78	81	Jul 13	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
79	82	Jul 14	NYM	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
80	83	Jul 15	NYM	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
81	84	Jul 16	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-4	GS	27	6.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
82	85	Jul 17	NYM	@	HOU	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
83	86	Jul 18	NYM	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
84	87	Jul 19	NYM		ATL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
85	88	Jul 20	NYM		ATL	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
86	89	Jul 21	NYM		ATL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
87	90	Jul 22	NYM		ATL	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
88	97 (6)	Jul 28	NYM		STL	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
89	98	Jul 29	NYM		STL	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
90	99	Jul 31	NYM	@	MON	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	100	Aug 1	NYM	@	MON	W,6-4	GS	33	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
92	102 (1)	Aug 3	NYM	@	STL	W,5-4	GS	26	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
							92gm		795.2	159	251	17	427	42