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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 R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1952 Away 22 19 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 0 0 .396 .238 .158 .000 .158
1952 Home 23 28 6 5 0 0 3 6 2 9 0 0 1 .733 .233 .500 .321 .179
1955 Away 18 37 1 7 0 0 1 3 1 11 0 0 0 .501 .231 .270 .081 .189
1955 Home 14 28 4 8 1 1 1 5 4 4 2 0 1 .912 .412 .500 .214 .286
1956 Away 61 159 13 41 7 0 6 24 16 43 0 4 8 .739 .324 .415 .157 .258
1956 Home 56 151 16 34 5 1 5 25 17 30 0 3 6 .677 .306 .371 .146 .225
1957 Away 35 47 6 8 1 0 1 4 5 8 0 0 0 .505 .250 .255 .085 .170
1957 Home 26 29 1 5 2 0 0 7 0 4 0 0 0 .414 .172 .241 .069 .172
1958 Away 38 127 8 23 4 0 1 7 10 30 2 2 0 .486 .250 .236 .055 .181
1958 Home 36 116 18 36 2 1 4 14 10 28 1 1 2 .818 .370 .448 .138 .310
1959 Away 32 99 9 23 3 1 3 8 9 21 1 0 1 .670 .296 .374 .141 .232
1959 Home 44 150 15 31 7 1 4 24 16 31 2 1 2 .628 .281 .347 .140 .207
1960 Away 66 178 20 43 4 1 3 23 17 41 4 3 1 .632 .306 .326 .084 .242
1960 Home 55 106 14 28 7 0 4 12 7 23 3 0 0 .750 .307 .443 .179 .264
1961 Away 34 76 10 25 4 0 5 14 5 17 0 0 1 .949 .370 .579 .250 .329
1961 Home 29 59 13 19 4 0 2 7 8 9 0 0 0 .895 .403 .492 .169 .322
1962 Away 20 65 7 14 0 0 2 3 2 15 0 1 0 .546 .239 .308 .092 .215
1962 Home 25 86 8 18 3 1 1 4 4 17 2 1 0 .555 .253 .302 .093 .209
Total Away 326 807 76 187 23 2 22 87 67 192 7 10 11 .639 .292 .347 .115 .232
Total Home 308 753 95 184 31 5 24 104 68 155 10 6 12 .704 .310 .394 .150 .244
Total 634 1560 171 371 54 7 46 191 135 347 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.