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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 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 (18.9%) LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B C- (30.4%) CF (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 POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1952 RF TEX 20 1 33.2 10 10 0 0 0 0 2.67 1.000
LF TEX 1 1 9.0 3 2 0 1 0 0 2.00 .667
1955 RF BOS 9 9 79.2 20 19 0 1 0 0 2.15 .950
CF BOS 3 3 26.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.35 1.000
SS BOS 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 3.00 1.000
1956 2B BOS 79 79 702.2 398 181 203 14 57 -18 4.92 .965
RF BOS 6 0 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4.00 1.000
1957 RF BOS 14 3 39.0 10 10 0 0 0 -1 2.31 1.000
LF BOS 1 1 8.2 6 6 0 0 0 0 6.24 1.000
CF BOS 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
SS BOS 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1958 RF BOS 37 37 336.2 85 84 0 1 0 -3 2.25 .988
LF BOS 13 13 117.1 31 30 0 1 0 0 2.30 .968
CF BOS 5 5 40.0 11 11 0 0 0 -1 2.48 1.000
1B BOS 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
1959 RF BOS 31 31 275.2 71 70 0 1 0 -1 2.29 .986
LF BOS 24 24 219.2 50 49 0 1 0 +2 2.01 .980
CF BOS 8 8 71.0 13 12 0 1 0 0 1.52 .923
1960 LF BOS 34 34 290.1 71 70 0 1 0 +2 2.17 .986
RF BOS 25 25 222.2 55 55 0 0 0 0 2.22 1.000
1961 LF BOS 21 21 184.2 38 37 0 1 0 -1 1.80 .974
1B BOS 3 3 26.0 30 30 0 0 1 -1 10.38 1.000
1962 LF BOS 17 17 154.0 47 47 0 0 0 +2 2.75 1.000
1B BOS 12 12 107.2 121 119 2 0 8 -3 10.12 1.000
SS BOS 3 3 27.0 11 4 7 0 1 0 3.67 1.000
2B BOS 1 1 11.0 4 1 3 0 0 -2 3.27 1.000
RF BOS 1 1 8.2 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.12 1.000
Pos Total RF 143 107 1005.0 258 255 0 3 0 -5 2.28 .988
LF 111 111 983.2 246 241 0 5 0 +5 2.21 .980
2B 80 80 713.2 402 182 206 14 57 -20 4.89 .965
CF 17 17 145.0 27 26 0 1 0 -1 1.61 .963
1B 16 15 135.2 153 151 2 0 9 -4 10.15 1.000
SS 6 3 33.0 13 5 8 0 1 -1 3.55 1.000
Total 373 333 3016.0 1099 860 216 23 67 -26 3.21 .979
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.