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.

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 31	TEX		CHW	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
2	2	Apr 2	TEX		CHW	W,20-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
3	3	Apr 3	TEX	@	TOR	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
4	4	Apr 4	TEX	@	TOR	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
5	5	Apr 5	TEX	@	TOR	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
6	6	Apr 6	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
7	7	Apr 9	TEX	@	CHW	W,11-0	GS	27	8.0	2	6	0	8	3	SS
8	8	Apr 10	TEX		TOR	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
9	9	Apr 11	TEX		TOR	L,8-9	CG	45	9.0	1	7	1	9	0	SS
10	10	Apr 12	TEX		TOR	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
11	11	Apr 13	TEX		DET	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
12	12	Apr 14	TEX		DET	W,11-2	GS	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
13	13	Apr 15	TEX		DET	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
14	14	Apr 17	TEX		BAL	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
15	15	Apr 18	TEX		BAL	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
16	16	Apr 19	TEX		BAL	W,11-7	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
17	17	Apr 21	TEX		TBD	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
18	18	Apr 22	TEX		TBD	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
19	20 (1)	Apr 24	TEX	@	KCR	L,4-11	GS	35	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
20	21	Apr 25	TEX	@	KCR	W,11-8	CG	40	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
21	22	Apr 26	TEX	@	KCR	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
22	23	Apr 27	TEX	@	MIN	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
23	24	Apr 28	TEX	@	MIN	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
24	25	Apr 29	TEX	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
25	26	Apr 30	TEX	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	27	May 1	TEX	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
27	28	May 2	TEX	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
28	29	May 3	TEX	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
29	30	May 5	TEX		NYY	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
30	31	May 6	TEX		NYY	L,13-15	CG	49	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
31	32	May 7	TEX		CLE	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
32	33	May 8	TEX		CLE	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
33	34	May 9	TEX		CLE	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
34	35	May 10	TEX		CLE	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
35	36	May 11	TEX		BOS	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
36	37	May 12	TEX		BOS	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
37	38	May 13	TEX	@	NYY	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
38	39	May 14	TEX	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	51	13.0	3	7	0	10	4	SS
39	40	May 15	TEX	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	51	13.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
40	42 (1)	May 17	TEX	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
41	43	May 19	TEX		SEA	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
42	44	May 20	TEX		SEA	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
43	45	May 21	TEX		SEA	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
44	46	May 22	TEX		KCR	W,13-10	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
45	47	May 23	TEX		KCR	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
46	49 (1)	May 25	TEX		MIN	L,3-9	GS	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
47	50	May 27	TEX		MIN	L,5-6	GS	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
48	54 (3)	May 31	TEX	@	BAL	W,9-5	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	55	Jun 1	TEX	@	TBD	L,1-4	GS	29	7.1	3	2	0	5	1	SS
50	70 (14)	Jun 17	TEX		OAK	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
51	71	Jun 18	TEX		OAK	W,3-2	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
52	72	Jun 19	TEX	@	ANA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
53	73	Jun 20	TEX	@	ANA	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
54	74	Jun 21	TEX	@	ANA	L,7-10	CG	45	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
55	75	Jun 22	TEX		ARI	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
56	76	Jun 23	TEX		ARI	W,16-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
57	77	Jun 24	TEX	@	ARI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
58	78	Jun 25	TEX	@	ARI	W,9-4	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
59	79	Jun 26	TEX	@	SFG	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
60	80	Jun 27	TEX	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	46	9.1	0	3	0	3	0	SS
61	81	Jun 28	TEX	@	SFG	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
62	82	Jun 30	TEX		LAD	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	83	Jul 1	TEX		LAD	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
64	85 (1)	Jul 3	TEX		SEA	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
65	86	Jul 4	TEX		SEA	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
66	87	Jul 5	TEX		SEA	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
67	88	Jul 9	TEX	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
68	89	Jul 10	TEX	@	OAK	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
69	90	Jul 11	TEX	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
70	91	Jul 12	TEX	@	OAK	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
71	92	Jul 13	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
72	93	Jul 14	TEX	@	SEA	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
73	95 (1)	Jul 16	TEX		BAL	L,3-9	CG	48	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
74	96	Jul 17	TEX		TBD	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
75	97	Jul 18	TEX		TBD	W,9-8	CG	44	10.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
76	98	Jul 19	TEX		TBD	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
77	99	Jul 21	TEX	@	KCR	W,15-5	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
78	100	Jul 22	TEX	@	KCR	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
79	101	Jul 23	TEX	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
80	102	Jul 24	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	6	1	8	2	SS
81	104 (1)	Jul 26	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
82	105	Jul 28	TEX	@	TOR	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
83	106	Jul 29	TEX	@	TOR	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
84	107	Jul 30	TEX	@	TOR	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
							84gm		734.2	107	257	9	373	49