starting job to prospect Álex Cora. Elster batted .227 with fourteen home runs and 38 RBIs in 2000. After the season, he retired for good. Career statistics He played 13 seasons in from 1986 to 2000 for the Mets, Yankees, Phillies, Rangers, Pirates and Dodgers. On August 27, 2022, the New York Mets held their first Old Timers Day since 1994. Elster was the starting shortstop for the Amazins where he went 1-1 and recorded a putout. In pop culture Elster played the part of Pat Corning in the 1994 movie Little Big League. In 2021, indie-folk artist Cousin Wolf released a song entitled "Kevin Elster" as part of an album called "Nine Innings." Personal life In 108 Stitches, former Mets pitcher Ron Darling's tell-all memoir of his playing days, Darling claims "Elster liked to think of himself as a ladies’ man, and he was. He was always talking about his exploits " References External links , or The Ultimate Mets Database Kevin Elster at Society for American Baseball Research 1964 births Living people Baseball players from Los Angeles Little Falls Mets players Lynchburg Mets players Jackson Mets players Tidewater Tides players San Antonio Missions players Tampa Yankees players Albany-Colonie Yankees players Golden West Rustlers baseball players Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons players Omaha Royals players People from San Pedro, Los Angeles New York Mets players New York Yankees players Philadelphia Phillies players Texas Rangers players Pittsburgh Pirates players Los Angeles Dodgers players Major League Baseball shortstops