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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 Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1952 LHP 6 5 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1.500 .500 1.000 .600 .400
1952 RHP 37 42 6 0 0 2 6 3 15 .486 .200 .286 .143 .143
1955 LHP 6 9 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 .684 .462 .222 .000 .222
1955 RHP 30 56 13 1 1 2 8 2 13 .676 .283 .393 .161 .232
1956 LHP 20 19 4 0 0 2 5 2 4 .812 .286 .526 .316 .211
1956 RHP 112 291 71 12 1 9 44 31 69 .702 .317 .385 .141 .244
1957 LHP 8 16 5 0 0 1 3 1 4 .853 .353 .500 .188 .312
1957 RHP 55 60 8 3 0 0 8 4 8 .371 .188 .183 .050 .133
1958 LHP 31 97 20 1 0 2 5 7 23 .543 .264 .278 .072 .206
1958 RHP 59 146 39 5 1 3 16 13 35 .712 .335 .377 .110 .267
1959 LHP 26 61 14 2 1 2 8 7 14 .702 .309 .393 .164 .230
1959 RHP 68 188 40 8 1 5 24 18 38 .626 .280 .346 .133 .213
1960 LHP 27 51 11 3 0 2 11 4 14 .660 .268 .392 .176 .216
1960 RHP 117 233 60 8 1 5 24 20 50 .680 .315 .365 .107 .258
1961 LHP 12 24 5 0 0 0 2 0 4 .417 .208 .208 .000 .208
1961 RHP 61 111 39 8 0 7 19 13 22 1.032 .419 .613 .261 .351
1962 LHP 27 78 11 0 1 1 3 3 18 .378 .173 .205 .064 .141
1962 RHP 36 73 21 3 0 2 4 3 14 .736 .325 .411 .123 .288
Total LHP 163 360 74 6 2 11 38 28 83 .590 .265 .325 .119 .206
Total RHP 575 1200 297 48 5 35 153 107 264 .695 .311 .383 .136 .247
Total 634 1560 371 54 7 46 191 135 347 .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.