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Kevin Brown League
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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 Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1950 Minors 24 42.00 0 / 5 0 / 4 3 / 10 0 / 4 2 / 4 2 / 7 2 / 8 9 / 42
1951 Minors 25 66.00 1 / 11 4 / 13 3 / 10 1 / 7 1 / 6 2 / 11 2 / 8 14 / 66
1952 Majors 26 24.80 162 2 0 0 / 5 2 / 3 0 / 3 2 / 3 2 / 3 2 / 2 2 / 5 10 / 24
1953 Minors 27 30.00 1 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 5 4 / 5 2 / 7 2 / 5 9 / 30
1954 Minors 28 32.00 0 / 5 0 / 4 1 / 6 0 / 3 1 / 2 1 / 6 2 / 6 5 / 32
1955 Majors 29 23.08 162 12 0 2 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 3 / 4 0 / 6 3 / 5 8 / 23
1956 Majors 30 49.33 150 79 12 0 / 5 0 / 8 1 / 8 1 / 10 3 / 6 1 / 4 1 / 8 7 / 49
1957 Majors 31 26.44 162 5 0 0 / 5 1 / 5 1 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 6 0 / 2 0 / 1 2 / 26
1958 Majors 32 40.66 162 55 0 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 4 3 / 6 1 / 5 0 / 6 4 / 40
1959 Majors 33 43.87 162 63 0 0 / 4 1 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 4 2 / 6 1 / 7 4 / 43
1960 Majors 34 48.10 162 59 0 -1 / 6 -4 / 6 -4 / 6 -3 / 10 -8 / 6 0 / 10 -2 / 4 -22 / 48
1961 Majors 35 25.10 106 24 56 -4 / 4 -2 / 1 -3 / 7 -4 / 2 -3 / 1 -2 / 4 -1 / 6 -19 / 25
1962 Majors 36 30.76 163 34 0 -3 / 7 -8 / 1 -3 / 3 -4 / 3 -3 / 3 -3 / 10 -3 / 3 -27 / 30
Total 1391 333 68 -4 / 70 -6 / 62 -1 / 73 -7 / 65 5 / 56 8 / 80 9 / 72 4 / 478
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.