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Kevin Brown League
3-28-2195
Josh Elston Right Field
Retired (1962, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .238 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .671 Status Deceased (1998) Option Years 0  
H 371 Age at Death 72 Date of Birth 10-28-1926
HR 46 Drafted Round 1, Pick 14
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 9 years
(1 games)
RBI 191
SB 17 Salary $0.75M Final Contract Year 1962
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship A+
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L B  Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed C+ Bunt D+ Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 0
1B D  (18.9%) LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B C- (30.4%) CF F  (2.3%)   Health C+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF A+ (100%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1952 TEX
45
47
8
8
0
0
3
7
4
 15 0 0
0
 0 1
.597
.235
.362
.191
.170
1955 BOS
32
65
5
15
1
1
2
8
5
 15 3 0
2
 0 1
.684
.315
.369
.138
.231
1956 BOS
117
310
29
75
12
1
11
49
33
 73 1 2
0
 7 14
.709
.315
.394
.152
.242
1957 BOS
61
76
7
13
3
0
1
11
5
 12 0 0
0
 0 0
.472
.222
.250
.079
.171
1958 BOS
74
243
26
59
6
1
5
21
20
 58 3 1
3
 3 2
.645
.307
.337
.095
.243
1959 BOS
76
249
24
54
10
2
7
32
25
 52 0 1
3
 1 3
.645
.287
.357
.141
.217
1960 BOS
121
284
34
71
11
1
7
35
24
 64 0 2
7
 3 1
.676
.306
.370
.120
.250
1961 BOS
63
135
23
44
8
0
7
21
13
 26 0 0
0
 0 1
.926
.385
.541
.215
.326
1962 BOS
45
151
15
32
3
1
3
7
6
 32 1 0
2
 2 0
.551
.247
.305
.093
.212
Total
634
1560
171
371
54
7
46
191
135
 347 8 6
17
 16 23
.671
.301
.370
.132
.238
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1962-11-01Josh Elston has retired from the Boston Red Sox
1961-07-29Josh Elston of the Boston Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1961-06-04Josh Elston of the Boston Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
1957-03-29The Boston Red Sox have promoted Josh Elston to the major league team.
1957-03-29Josh Elston has signed with the Boston Red Sox for $0.75M per year for 6 years.
1956-05-24Josh Elston of the Boston Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1956-03-30The Boston Red Sox have promoted Chris Cunningham to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Josh Elston to the major league team.
1956-03-29Josh Elston has signed with the Boston Red Sox for $0.5M per year for 1 year.
1955-03-31The Boston Red Sox have promoted Denny Heffner to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Dewayne Lipscomb to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Josh Elston to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Chris Cunningham to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Jason Groh to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Joe Hernandez to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Derrick Gleaton to the major league team.
1955-03-31Josh Elston has signed with the Boston Red Sox for $0.7M per year for 1 year.
1953-03-30The Texas Grackles have promoted Jose Hernandez to the major league team. The Texas Grackles have sent Josh Elston to the minors.
1952-03-29The Texas Grackles have promoted Charlie Bichette to the major league team. The Texas Grackles have promoted Danny Hicks to the major league team. The Texas Grackles have promoted Frank Dewald to the major league team. The Texas Grackles have promoted Josh Elston to the major league team.
1950-03-29The Texas Roughnecks have promoted Jim Beard to the major league team. The Texas Roughnecks have sent Josh Elston to the minors.
1950-03-26The Texas Roughnecks have renamed Jim Elston to Josh Elston.
1950-03-25The Texas Roughnecks have promoted Jim Elston to the major league team.