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Steve Yeager
Stephen Wayne Yeager

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.

MLB Debut August 2, 1972
Final Game August 29, 1986
Born November 24, 1948 in Huntington, WV (age 76)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1972 23 LAN NL   45   69    5   21   3   0   0    3   0   0    9   21  .304  .385  .348  .732   112    24   0   0   1   0   3  
         OAA AL   14   44    1    8   0   0   0    4   0   0   11   11  .182  .357  .182  .539    78     8   0   0   0   1   0  
         TOT      59  113    6   29   3   0   0    7   0   0   20   32  .257  .373  .283  .656          32   0   0   1   1   3 
 1973 24 OAA AL   79  149   18   34   7   0   5   19   0   0   15   30  .228  .299  .376  .675    89    56   0   2   0   1   4  
 1974 25 OAA AL  108  281   32   67  17   2   6   23   0   2   28   74  .238  .306  .377  .684    91   106   0   1   0   0   7  
 1975 26 OAA AL   92  158   16   32   5   0   3   12   0   1   10   24  .203  .263  .291  .554    79    46   3   0   0   3   3  
 1976 27 OAA AL   95  203   25   33   5   0   7   20   0   0   17   52  .163  .247  .291  .537    78    59   3   1   1   6   3  
 1977 28 OAA AL  122  430   52   99  25   1  19   74   0   1   31  107  .230  .294  .426  .719    94   183   0   3   1   9  16  
 1978 29 OAA AL   24   29    3    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .138  .194  .138  .331    48     4   0   0   0   0   0  
 1979 30 OAA AL  100  266   34   69   5   5  20   61   0   0   21   43  .259  .306  .541  .847   114   144   0   7   2   0  17  
 1980 31 OAA AL    7    2    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .500  .667  .500 1.167   164     1   0   0   0   0   0  
 1981 32 OAA AL   58  129   14   32   5   0   7   27   0   0   11   16  .248  .305  .450  .755   107    58   0   1   0   0   8  
 1982 33 OAA AL   92  206   19   63   7   5   4   28   0   0    9   19  .306  .333  .447  .780   101    92   2   1   0   0   1  
 1983 34 OAA AL   89  294   40   76  13   3  12   41   1   0   15   37  .259  .294  .446  .739   102   131   8   1   0   0  12  
 1984 35 OAA AL   91  203   19   45   5   0   5   23   0   2   25   34  .222  .306  .320  .626    87    65   3   1   0   0   2  
 1985 36 OAA AL   77  145   13   31   5   1   0   11   0   0   18   20  .214  .297  .262  .559    76    38   2   2   0   0   4  
 1986 37 DEA AL   48  130    7   23   4   0   2   18   0   0    7   27  .177  .217  .254  .471    66    33   0   1   0   0   3  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons     1141 2738  300  638 106  17  90  365   1   6  230  519  .233  .295  .383  .678        1048  21  21   5  20  83
 Per 600 PA           542   59  126  21   3  18   72   0   1   46  103                                 208   4   4   1   4  16
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With OAA     1048 2539  288  594  99  17  88  344   1   6  214  471  .234  .296  .390  .687         991  21  20   4  20  77
   With DEA       48  130    7   23   4   0   2   18   0   0    7   27  .177  .217  .254  .471          33   0   1   0   0   3
   With LAN       45   69    5   21   3   0   0    3   0   0    9   21  .304  .385  .348  .732          24   0   0   1   0   3
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1269 3584  357  816 118  16 102  410  14  18  342  726  .228  .298  .355  .653        1272  33  28  64  27  93
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1972 23 LAN NL  78    9   4.8   4   1   0  .250   1   11    9  .818    6    3  .667  C    4(-1)e13  -47   
         OAA AL  16    3   3.0   0   0   0  .000   1    5    4  .800    7    5  .583  C    4(-1)e13 -241   
         TOT                     4   1   0  .250   2   16   13  .812   13    8  .619
 1973 24 OAA AL  82   16   3.8   6   0   0  .000   6   22   16  .727   19   10  .655  C    2(-1)e7     0   
 1974 25 OAA AL  61   31   3.8  17   6   2  .353   2   51   44  .863   17    9  .654  C    1(-3)e4   -87   
 1975 26 OAA AL  64   12   2.4   9   3   0  .333   4   29   22  .759   18    8  .692  C    1(-3)e2   -91   
 1976 27 OAA AL  49   15   2.3   8   0   0  .000   2   33   25  .758   13   10  .565  C    1(-3)e6  -103   
 1977 28 OAA AL  10   50   3.9   7   2   0  .286   7   54   41  .759   20   13  .606  C    1(-3)e12  -59   
 1978 29 OAA AL  35    0    .9   2   0   0  .000   0    9    7  .778    1    0 1.000  C    1(-3)e9  -246   
 1979 30 OAA AL  83   37   4.6  10   2   0  .200   8   32   23  .719   22   17  .564  C    1(-2)e11  182   
 1980 31 OAA AL  33    0  22.7   0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    2    0 1.000  C    2(-2)e6   619   
 1981 32 OAA AL  81   15   3.9   2   1   0  .500   1   18   14  .778   17   10  .630  C    2(-2)e2   156   
 1982 33 OAA AL  73   31   5.7  13   3   1  .231   0   27   23  .852   20    8  .714  C    2(-2)e6   165   
 1983 34 OAA AL  60   34   3.9   1   0   0  .000   4   42   26  .619   31    8  .795  C    2(-2)e9   104   
 1984 35 OAA AL  85   20   3.4   4   0   0  .000   2   26   24  .923   12    9  .571  C    2(-1)e1    21   
 1985 36 OAA AL  67   12   2.7   2   0   0  .000   4   23   14  .609   27   12  .692  C    2(-2)e5    57   
 1986 37 DEA AL  55    6   1.7   1   0   0  .000   0   27   22  .815   10    7  .588  C    3(0)e2    -71   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 15 Seasons          299   3.6  86  18   3  .209  42  409  314  .768  242  129  .652                  10   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 24.3 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 7.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1972 23 TOT     C     54   207    11    2    0   .991    34   316.0   6.21
 1973 24 OAA AL  C     77   236    22    6    1   .977    44   411.2   5.64
 1974 25 OAA AL  C     98   413    28    2    4   .995    68   667.0   5.95
 1975 26 OAA AL  C     89   278    17    4    3   .987    41   456.0   5.82
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1976 27 OAA AL  C     92   336    23    2    6   .994    56   593.2   5.44
 1977 28 OAA AL  C    115   580    34    7    4   .989   109   961.2   5.75
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1978 29 OAA AL  C     21    48     3    0    0  1.000     0    78.2   5.83
 1979 30 OAA AL  C     95   407    34    8    2   .982    67   610.1   6.50
                 2B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1980 31 OAA AL  C      7    15     0    0    0  1.000     1    18.0   7.50
 1981 32 OAA AL  C     58   180    20    1    4   .995    39   342.0   5.26
 1982 33 OAA AL  C     72   230    16    0    2  1.000    34   406.1   5.45
 1983 34 OAA AL  C     89   448    26    4    2   .992    73   702.2   6.07
 1984 35 OAA AL  C     86   384    18    2    3   .995    55   524.2   6.90
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1985 36 OAA AL  C     77   236    19    4    3   .985    59   446.0   5.15
 1986 37 DEA AL  C     47   240    21    0    0  1.000    40   344.0   6.83
                 3B     1     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     5.2   1.59
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 C   1077  4238   292   42   34   .991   720  6878.2   5.93
                 3B     1     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     5.2   1.59
                 2B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
                 LF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1973 ALCS  OAA BAA   W    2   8  2  4  3  0  0   1  0  2  .500  .500  .875  0
      WS    OAA LAN   L    2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .250  .000  0
 1974 ALCS  OAA BOA   L    3   9  0  2  1  0  0   1  0  5  .222  .222  .333  0
 1975 ALCS  OAA BOA   W    4   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
      WS    OAA LAN   L    1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0
 1981 ALCS  OAA DEA   W    3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
      WS    OAA MON   W    4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1972  LAN   78-84   Scott Campbell
 1972  OAA   89-73   Drew Kennedy
 1973  OAA   90-73   Drew Kennedy
 1974  OAA  101-61   Drew Kennedy
 1975  OAA   99-63   Drew Kennedy
 1976  OAA   91-71   Drew Kennedy
 1977  OAA   47-115  Drew Kennedy
 1978  OAA   67-95   Drew Kennedy
 1979  OAA   71-91   Drew Kennedy
 1980  OAA  105-57   Drew Kennedy
 1981  OAA   98-64   Drew Kennedy
 1982  OAA   69-93   Drew Kennedy
 1983  OAA   82-80   Drew Kennedy
 1984  OAA   85-77   Drew Kennedy
 1985  OAA   78-84   Drew Kennedy
 1986  DEA   82-80   Dennis Van Langen

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