Kevin Elster
New York Mets 1986–1992; New York Yankees 1994–1995; Philadelphia Phillies 1995; Texas Rangers 1996; Pittsburgh Pirates 1997; Texas Rangers 1998; Los Angeles Dodgers 2000
Percentile snapshot
1996 season — qualified batters
of 148 qualified 1996 batters (min 505 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 19 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .242 | .200 | .442 | 16.0 | 26.2 | .204 | -0.1 |
| 1987 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .600 | 1.000 | 172.7 | 168.5 | .441 | 0.1 |
| 1988 | 149 | 450 | 406 | 41 | 87 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 37 | 35 | 47 | 2 | 0 | .214 | .282 | .313 | .594 | 68.7 | 75.4 | .269 | 0.6 |
| 1989 | 151 | 508 | 458 | 52 | 106 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 55 | 34 | 77 | 4 | 3 | .231 | .283 | .360 | .643 | 80.7 | 88.0 | .287 | 1.3 |
| 1990 | 92 | 352 | 314 | 36 | 65 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 45 | 30 | 54 | 2 | 0 | .207 | .274 | .363 | .637 | 72.4 | 75.0 | .289 | 0.5 |
| 1991 | 115 | 394 | 348 | 33 | 84 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 40 | 53 | 2 | 3 | .241 | .318 | .351 | .669 | 88.1 | 89.5 | .307 | 1.3 |
| 1992 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 14.6 | 26.9 | .206 | -0.1 |
| 1994 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .048 | .000 | .048 | -89.9 | -85.9 | .035 | -0.4 |
| 1995 | 36 | 83 | 70 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .186 | .272 | .329 | .600 | 52.9 | 58.4 | .269 | -0.1 |
| 1996 | 157 | 596 | 515 | 79 | 130 | 32 | 2 | 24 | 99 | 52 | 138 | 4 | 1 | .252 | .317 | .462 | .779 | 88.5 | 90.9 | .338 | 1.8 |
| 1997 | 39 | 164 | 138 | 14 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 39 | 0 | 2 | .225 | .327 | .449 | .776 | 100.7 | 99.7 | .346 | 0.8 |
| 1998 | 84 | 336 | 297 | 33 | 69 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 37 | 33 | 66 | 0 | 2 | .232 | .311 | .354 | .665 | 71.9 | 70.6 | .302 | 0.4 |
| 2000 | 80 | 259 | 220 | 29 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 32 | 38 | 52 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .341 | .455 | .796 | 101.5 | 103.5 | .346 | 1.1 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-05-17 | TEX @ CLE Gameday | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 2000-04-11 | LAD @ SF Gameday | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 1996-08-25 | TEX @ MIN Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 1990-05-22 | NYM @ LAD Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1996-04-24 | TEX @ BOS Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.