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Eddie
Yost		  
Nickname: Walking Man
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 175
 
Born: October 13, 1926 in Usa, NY, BROOKLYN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1952    1954    1957   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1944 17 BSN NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
1945 18 BSN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
1946 19 PIT NL     4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 10 10 10 6 6 6
1947 20 PIT NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1948 21 PIT NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1949 22 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1950 23 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1951 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1952 25 PIT NL $ 3,178,571   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1953 26 PIT NL $ 3,907,143   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1954 27 PIT NL $ 3,907,143   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1955 28 PIT NL $ 14,000,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1956 29 TAM AL $ 14,000,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1957 30 TAM AL $ 14,000,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
1958 31 TAM AL $ 14,000,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 6 6 6
1959 32 TAM AL $ 14,000,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 6 5 5
1960 33 TAM AL $ 14,000,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10 5 5 5
1961 34 TAM AL $ 14,000,000   3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 10 10 10 3 3 3
1962 35 WOR AL $ 500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 10 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 10 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 14,000,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
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
1944 17 AA   126 281 57 60 11 2 9 39 5 5 119 39 .214 .448 .363 .810 60.5  
1945 18 BSN NL 124 389 43 73 14 7 8 38 2 1 83 42 .188 .331 .321 .652 47.0 5.7
    AAA   18 17 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 1 .059 .273 .235 .508 1.0  
1946 19 AA   136 453 98 118 27 0 18 75 8 7 173 81 .260 .465 .439 .904 107.7  
1947 20 AAA   135 433 102 124 26 1 26 84 7 2 139 78 .286 .460 .531 .991 110.9  
1948 21 AAA   137 415 84 111 20 4 9 58 12 1 154 69 .267 .466 .400 .866 95.5  
1949 22 PIT NL 102 330 55 79 13 2 14 46 0 0 96 58 .239 .413 .418 .831 64.9 14.0
    AAA   54 190 37 53 6 1 14 46 3 5 44 38 .279 .415 .542 .957 42.3  
1950 23 PIT NL 152 540 109 143 27 4 39 94 0 0 124 101 .265 .401 .546 .947 119.3 19.5
1951 24 PIT NL 156 508 111 127 28 6 20 86 0 0 157 97 .250 .425 .447 .872 107.8 19.2
1952 25 PIT NL 156 529 121 138 34 0 31 88 0 0 130 81 .261 .410 .501 .911 104.6 19.0
1953 26 PIT NL 154 528 84 126 24 3 19 83 1 0 121 114 .239 .383 .403 .786 86.2 13.8
1954 27 PIT NL 130 439 107 120 20 1 30 77 0 0 126 90 .273 .437 .528 .965 101.7 21.9
1955 28 PIT NL 157 510 97 127 16 4 26 77 0 0 153 98 .249 .423 .449 .872 104.3 20.9
1956 29 TAM AL 150 488 99 137 36 5 22 80 1 1 166 114 .281 .462 .510 .972 119.2 25.1
1957 30 TAM AL 151 540 105 153 30 5 27 83 0 1 139 131 .283 .433 .507 .940 121.1 27.4
1958 31 TAM AL 154 544 102 118 19 5 17 63 1 3 148 132 .217 .388 .364 .752 91.1 16.6
1959 32 TAM AL 153 531 101 123 14 3 27 67 1 0 136 151 .232 .392 .422 .814 100.4 21.2
1960 33 TAM AL 147 508 80 108 15 1 17 47 1 0 125 142 .213 .374 .346 .721 75.8 14.7
1961 34 TAM AL 95 269 35 49 3 0 9 15 0 0 65 96 .182 .340 .294 .634 34.8 4.8
1962 35 WOR AL 69 166 12 22 3 1 2 12 0 0 37 61 .133 .289 .199 .488 13.1 0.1
15 Years Sim 2050 6819 1261 1643 296 47 308 956 7 6 1806 1508 .241 .401 .434 .835 1291.2 244.1
4 Years AAA 344 1055 229 289 52 6 50 189 22 10 342 186 .274 .461 .477 .938 249.7  
2 Years AA 262 734 155 178 38 2 27 114 13 12 292 120 .243 .457 .410 .867 168.2  
6 Years Minors 606 1789 384 467 90 8 77 303 35 22 634 306 .261 .459 .449 .909 417.9  
162 Game Average 538 99 129 23 3 24 75 0 0 142 119 .241 .401 .434 .835 102.0  
Career Highs 157 544 121 153 36 7 39 94 2 3 166 151 .283 .462 .546 .972 121.1  
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   4274 755 1024 183 27 174 573 1 4 1066 888 .240 .393 .417 .810 779.7
vs LH   2545 506 619 113 20 134 383 6 2 740 620 .243 .415 .461 .877 538.3
Home 1028 3341 629 806 134 34 149 467 5 3 873 756 .241 .399 .435 .835 644.3
Away 1022 3478 632 837 162 13 159 489 2 3 933 752 .241 .403 .432 .835 673.7
RISP   1537 0 362 61 9 72 602 0 0 433 354 .236 .399 .427 .827 301.4
Pinch Hitting   70 11 21 5 0 3 21 0 0 28 17 .300 .495 .500 .995 19.2
Close/Late   752 86 161 31 2 20 84 0 0 200 177 .214 .378 .340 .718 118.5
Mar/Apr 327 1133 217 272 53 5 53 144 0 1 293 276 .240 .398 .436 .834 216.8
May 363 1225 223 298 49 10 44 153 0 0 317 279 .243 .398 .407 .805 225.3
June 364 1207 225 295 53 8 65 191 1 1 303 257 .244 .396 .463 .859 239.9
July 326 1087 207 267 46 8 55 169 3 0 302 242 .246 .413 .454 .868 224.1
August 328 1097 187 259 49 11 50 151 2 1 280 234 .236 .393 .438 .830 208.0
Sep/Oct 342 1070 202 252 46 5 41 148 1 3 311 220 .236 .411 .403 .814 203.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1945 18 BSN NL 3B 113 113 921.7 61 226 10 14 .966 2.80   2.8
    2B 10 10 77.0 23 35 4 8 .935 6.78   0.2
1949 22 PIT NL 1B 75 73 642.3 750 83 9 69 .989 11.67   1.8
    3B 26 24 220.0 21 49 2 4 .972 2.86   0.6
    SS 3 0 5.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
1950 23 PIT NL 1B 149 146 1271.3 1535 128 12 142 .993 11.77   2.5
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1951 24 PIT NL 3B 147 147 1295.0 101 287 18 32 .956 2.70   6.1
    1B 5 0 6.7 6 2 0 0 1.000 10.81   0.0
    SS 4 0 6.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 7.50   0.1
1952 25 PIT NL 3B 90 89 794.3 54 203 16 15 .941 2.91   3.0
    1B 57 56 491.3 652 37 3 49 .996 12.62   1.9
    SS 4 0 9.0 5 5 0 3 1.000 10.00   0.2
1953 26 PIT NL 3B 142 141 1242.3 78 321 24 25 .943 2.89   4.1
    1B 3 3 26.0 29 3 0 3 1.000 11.08   0.1
    SS 6 0 11.0 2 7 0 2 1.000 7.36   0.1
1954 27 PIT NL 3B 104 103 938.0 54 254 23 19 .931 2.96   2.8
    SS 20 17 160.3 30 62 3 15 .968 5.16   0.6
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1955 28 PIT NL 3B 134 131 1167.0 61 308 27 25 .932 2.85   2.8
    SS 18 15 137.7 21 66 1 11 .989 5.69   1.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1956 29 TAM AL SS 145 144 1263.0 191 543 14 96 .981 5.23   9.7
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1957 30 TAM AL SS 149 146 1278.7 202 529 13 103 .983 5.15   7.6
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1958 31 TAM AL SS 152 147 1295.3 215 554 20 107 .975 5.34   8.2
1959 32 TAM AL SS 148 145 1249.3 201 506 15 84 .979 5.09   10.0
    3B 4 3 31.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 0.87   0.1
    1B 1 0 8.3 5 1 0 1 1.000 6.48   0.0
1960 33 TAM AL SS 141 140 1227.3 192 480 18 86 .974 4.93   7.5
    1B 1 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1961 34 TAM AL SS 89 75 685.0 106 266 16 56 .959 4.89   3.2
    3B 2 0 3.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
1962 35 WOR AL SS 47 46 381.0 56 142 6 31 .971 4.68   1.1
    1B 8 7 55.0 74 6 0 9 1.000 13.09   0.2
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  SS 927 875 7710.6 1222 3167 106 594 .976 5.12   49.3
  3B 768 751 6625.0 431 1653 120 135 .946 2.83   22.2
  1B 301 285 2508.0 3060 260 24 273 .993 11.91   6.5
  2B 10 10 77.0 23 35 4 8 .935 6.78   0.2
Career Totals   2006 1921 16920.6 4736 5115 254 1010 .975 5.24   78.3
Career Highs   156 148 1307.7 1536 554 28 142 .993 11.73    
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
1952 25 PIT NL 10 29 8 7 1 0 1 1 0 0 14 8 .241 .488 .379 .868
1954 27 PIT NL 7 22 7 6 2 0 2 5 0 0 10 4 .273 .500 .636 1.136
1955 28 PIT NL 5 15 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 .133 .409 .133 .542
1956 29 TAM AL 13 42 5 9 1 0 1 7 0 0 12 13 .214 .386 .310 .695
1957 30 TAM AL 10 39 5 10 1 0 2 3 0 0 10 9 .256 .408 .436 .844
1958 31 TAM AL 7 27 6 9 1 0 2 5 0 0 4 5 .333 .419 .593 1.012
1959 32 TAM AL 12 42 4 4 2 0 1 2 0 0 8 17 .095 .240 .214 .454
Career Post-Season Batting 64 216 40 47 8 0 9 23 0 0 65 63 .218 .398 .380 .778
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1950-9-.401
1951-4-.425
1952-6-.410
1954-1-.437
1955-3-.423
1956-1-.462
1957-1-.433
1958-2-.388
1959-4-.392
1960-3-.374
CAR-15-.401
 Slugging Pct
1950-5-.546
1952-9-.501
1954-7-.528
1956-9-.510
1957-7-.507
 OPS
1950-4-.947
1952-7-.911
1954-4-.965
1956-3-.972
1957-4-.940
 XR
1950-3-119.3
1951-10-107.8
1952-8-104.6
1954-9-101.7
1955-10-104.3
1956-3-119.2
1957-2-121.1
1959-6-100.4
 Games
1951-5-156
1952-4-156
1955-3-157
 Runs
1950-6-109
1951-6-111
1952-1-121
1954-7-107
1956-7-99
1957-4-105
1958-5-102
1959-4-101
Total Bases
1950-4-295
1957-10-274
 Doubles
1952-4-34
1956-9-36
 Triples
1945-7-7
1951-5-6
1956-8-5
1957-9-5
 Homeruns
1950-3-39
1952-8-31
1954-8-30
 Caught Stealing
1958-10-3
 Walks
1945-8-83
1949-7-96
1950-3-124
1951-1-157
1952-1-130
1953-3-121
1954-2-126
1955-1-153
1956-1-166
1957-1-139
1958-1-148
1959-1-136
1960-1-125
CAR-6-1806
Strikeouts
1950-4-101
1951-6-97
1953-6-114
1955-7-98
1956-9-114
1957-6-131
1958-5-132
1959-4-151
1960-6-142
CAR-38-1508
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 19    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 88    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1944
Had first career hit on 5/1/1945, off Bucky Jacobs (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 5/12/1945, off Bud Byerly (BOS)
Traded from Boston (N) to Pittsburgh on 2/1/1946 (Going to PIT: 3B Eddie Yost. Going to BSN: P Butch Wensloff)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1949, hitting .471 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1952, hitting .455 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 1952
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,907,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,907,143 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Injured on 7/22/1954 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
10/13/1954: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $14,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Pittsburgh to Tampa Bay on 2/1/1956 (Going to PIT: P Billy Hoeft, 3B Billy Johnson. Going to TAM: LF Roy Sievers, 3B Eddie Yost, P Karl Drews)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1956, hitting .368 with 5 HR, 11 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1957, hitting .545 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
Won World Series with Tampa Bay in 1957
9/22/1958: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $14,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 7/27/1960 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Worcester on 2/19/1962 to a 4-year deal worth $500,000 per year
 
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