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Steve
Yeager		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: November 24, 1948 in Usa, WV, HUNTINGTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1981   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1972 23 NYG NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5
1973 24 NYG NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1974 25 NYG NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6
1975 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6
1976 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
1977 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 6 6 5 6
1978 29 NYG NL $ 964,286   5 5 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 6 6 5 5
1979 30 NYG NL $ 1,542,857   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 3 4 6 5 5 5 5 5
1980 31 NYG NL $ 1,542,857   5 5 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
1981 32 NYG NL $ 1,250,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 4 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
1982 33 BOS AL $ 1,250,000   5 5 6 7 6 7 4 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4
1983 34 BOS AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,542,857   6 6 6 7 6 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1972 23 AA   111 441 52 109 14 2 19 57 8 2 54 81 .247 .329 .417 .747 63.8  
    A   26 89 13 31 3 0 6 13 1 2 16 14 .348 .448 .584 1.032 21.2  
1973 24 AA   137 553 80 135 24 1 28 83 8 13 62 88 .244 .320 .443 .763 77.9  
1974 25 AAA   97 302 39 73 12 0 13 39 1 1 36 45 .242 .322 .411 .733 41.5  
    AA   25 79 13 21 4 0 7 18 0 3 12 9 .266 .363 .582 .945 15.5  
1975 26 NYG NL 52 149 14 32 3 1 5 19 0 0 13 34 .215 .276 .349 .625 14.1 0.8
1976 27 NYG NL 119 414 56 107 19 1 15 71 2 2 31 68 .258 .309 .418 .727 51.9 7.4
1977 28 NYG NL 101 362 38 82 11 2 6 39 0 5 30 63 .227 .285 .318 .603 27.5 0.0
1978 29 NYG NL 112 374 39 93 18 0 10 44 0 0 25 70 .249 .297 .377 .674 39.6 5.6
    AAA   4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2  
1979 30 NYG NL 114 356 48 99 14 1 10 53 1 2 37 70 .278 .343 .407 .751 51.5 11.7
1980 31 NYG NL 81 196 28 54 7 1 8 29 0 1 23 40 .276 .355 .444 .798 29.1 6.7
1981 32 NYG NL 85 222 33 53 8 1 3 28 0 1 22 43 .239 .313 .324 .637 19.2 1.7
1982 33 NYG NL 72 226 26 56 8 1 6 33 0 1 18 46 .248 .301 .372 .672 25.7 3.4
1983 34 BOS AL 23 68 7 15 1 0 3 8 0 0 4 15 .221 .264 .368 .632 6.7 0.4
    AAA   70 107 20 37 5 1 7 26 0 0 9 19 .346 .397 .607 1.004 23.1  
9 Years Sim 759 2367 289 591 89 8 66 324 3 12 203 449 .250 .309 .378 .687 265.2 37.8
3 Years AAA 171 413 59 111 17 1 20 65 1 1 45 64 .269 .338 .460 .798 64.7  
3 Years AA 273 1073 145 265 42 3 54 158 16 18 128 178 .247 .331 .443 .774 157.2  
1 Years A 26 89 13 31 3 0 6 13 1 2 16 14 .348 .443 .584 1.028 21.2  
7 Years Minors 470 1575 217 407 62 4 80 236 18 21 189 256 .258 .340 .455 .795 243.2  
162 Game Average 505 61 126 18 1 14 69 0 2 43 95 .250 .309 .378 .687 56.6  
Career Highs 119 414 56 107 19 2 15 71 2 5 37 70 .278 .355 .444 .798 51.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1442 182 366 61 7 36 195 2 7 102 278 .254 .303 .381 .683 163.5
vs LH   925 107 225 28 1 30 129 1 5 101 171 .243 .318 .373 .691 113.1
Home 389 1185 152 305 55 3 36 163 0 9 102 234 .257 .316 .400 .716 147.4
Away 370 1182 137 286 34 5 30 161 3 3 101 215 .242 .302 .355 .657 129.3
RISP   646 0 179 27 1 14 245 0 0 64 123 .277 .338 .387 .725 86.1
Pinch Hitting   87 8 22 1 0 1 18 0 0 12 23 .253 .350 .299 .649 10.0
Close/Late   303 30 75 5 1 6 31 0 0 37 60 .248 .335 .330 .665 35.5
Mar/Apr 130 401 64 116 18 1 14 48 1 2 33 69 .289 .342 .444 .786 59.1
May 136 446 54 108 17 3 11 50 1 2 33 75 .242 .294 .368 .662 48.0
June 130 416 54 99 18 1 9 64 1 0 35 87 .238 .298 .351 .649 44.1
July 112 332 41 86 17 1 9 58 0 3 33 59 .259 .323 .398 .721 42.4
August 134 409 42 107 13 2 12 70 0 1 38 81 .262 .324 .391 .716 52.3
Sep/Oct 117 363 34 75 6 0 11 34 0 4 31 78 .207 .273 .314 .587 30.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1975 26 NYG NL C 43 40 342.7 196 9 1 0 .995 5.38 31 5 .161 1 1.5
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 27 NYG NL C 117 115 962.3 544 42 2 0 .997 5.48 101 28 .277 1 5.2
1977 28 NYG NL C 100 99 874.0 440 36 6 3 .988 4.90 70 23 .329 0 2.5
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 29 NYG NL C 111 111 969.7 489 46 6 0 .989 4.97 96 32 .333 1 4.6
1979 30 NYG NL C 96 92 822.7 390 37 3 0 .993 4.67 62 24 .387 1 2.8
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 31 NYG NL C 42 41 378.7 205 13 5 1 .978 5.18 38 10 .263 2 1.2
    1B 3 1 15.0 18 0 0 1 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 32 NYG NL C 50 46 410.7 239 20 2 0 .992 5.68 40 13 .325 0 1.9
    1B 11 10 83.0 95 2 0 9 1.000 10.52 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1982 33 NYG NL C 49 47 420.7 261 20 6 0 .979 6.01 50 16 .320 0 1.3
    1B 10 10 81.0 102 5 2 4 .982 11.89 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1983 34 BOS AL C 20 18 163.7 112 7 1 1 .992 6.54 12 3 .250 0 1.1
  C 628 609 5345.0 2876 230 32 5 .990 5.23 500 154 .308 6 21.9
  1B 26 21 182.0 217 7 2 14 .991 11.08 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  CF 2 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   657 630 5535.0 3094 237 34 19 .990 5.42 500 154 .308 6 22.4
Career Highs   117 115 969.7 544 46 8 9 .997 6.96 101 32 .387 2  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1980 31 NYG NL 6 11 3 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .545 .583 .909 1.492
1981 32 NYG NL 14 35 5 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 3 10 .143 .231 .257 .488
Career Post-Season Batting 20 46 8 11 2 0 2 7 0 0 4 12 .239 .314 .413 .727
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  4. Carl Warwick (947)
  5. Buck Martinez (944)
  6. Bruce Bochy (944)
  7. Earl Williams (943)
  8. Matt Nokes (943)
  9. Aaron Robinson (941)
  10. Charlie Berry (940)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 46th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1972
Injured on 5/17/1973 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/7/1975, off Joe Hoerner (DET)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Washington on 8/21/1976
Injured on 5/10/1977 with a Broken Cheekbone, out for 6-7 weeks
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $964,286 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,542,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/16/1979 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 4 weeks
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,542,857 through salary arbitration
10/31/1980: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $1,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 7/13/1981 with a Fractured Hand, out for 4-5 weeks
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1981
 
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