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Eddie Yost
Edward Frederick Joseph Yost (The Walking Man)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.

MLB Debut August 16, 1944
Final Game July 28, 1962
Born October 13, 1926 in Brooklyn, NY
Died October 16, 2012 (age 86)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 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 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1947 20 NYN NL  113  399   23   91  14   0   0   21   3   5   37   60  .228  .295  .263  .558    74   105   3   1   0   1  20  
 1948 21 NYN NL  133  452   63  111  33   3   1   30   3   5   79   38  .246  .362  .338  .701    98   153   6   2   0   5  15  
 1949 22 NYN NL  139  484   80  122  20   8  13   70   2   2   94   64  .252  .371  .407  .778   108   197   9   8   0   2  18  
 1950 23 NYN NL  154  557   98  166  23   3  16   70   5   4  126   69  .298  .431  .436  .867   115   243   6   7   2   9  18  
 1951 24 NYN NL  132  471  106  150  25   6  25   88   9   8   64   55  .318  .400  .556  .957   126   262   6   4   1   3  11  
 1952 25 NYN NL   92  165   22   40   5   0   4   14   2   1   43   20  .242  .398  .345  .744   107    57   1   2   0   1   6  
 1953 26 NYN NL  154  588  104  170  27   5  19   71   6   6  109   62  .289  .401  .449  .850   108   264  14   3   0   3  10  
 1954 27 NYN NL  154  563  124  133  15   3  17   57   3   5  140   76  .236  .394  .364  .758   102   205  14   6   1  10   4  
 1955 28 NYN NL  126  372   62   91  21   3   7   37   1   6   80   54  .245  .380  .374  .754   103   139   7   3   0   3   8  
 1956 29 NYN NL  154  551   93  127  19   2   8   52   1   1  133   88  .230  .381  .316  .697    95   174  20   7   1   5   7  
 1957 30 NYN NL  143  464   60  100   9   1  12   46   0   0   64   68  .216  .310  .317  .626    84   147  24   4   0   1  14  
 1958 31 SFN NL  118  406   54   98  21   0   5   31   5   3   76   49  .241  .360  .330  .690    98   134   7   2   0   0  12  
 1959 32 MLN NL  151  544  111  154  19   1  25   72   4   1  145   84  .283  .443  .460  .902   126   250   3   4   5  14   5  MVP-8
 1960 33 MLN NL  150  549   86  131  19   2  15   39   3   7  122   86  .239  .385  .362  .747   107   199   1   1   0   9   6  
 1961 34 SLN NL   39   30    5    6   2   0   1    2   0   0    8    5  .200  .385  .367  .751   103    11   0   0   0   1   0  
 1962 35 SLN NL  108   94   17   27   9   2   0    7   0   0   31   14  .287  .460  .426  .886   125    40   0   1   0   0   2  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons     2060 6689 1108 1717 281  39 168  707  47  54 1351  892  .257  .384  .386  .770        2580 121  55  10  67 156
 Per 600 PA           485   80  124  20   3  12   51   3   4   98   65                                 187   9   4   1   5  11
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With SFN     1612 5472  889 1399 232  34 127  587  40  46 1045  703  .256  .376  .380  .756        2080 117  49   5  43 143
   With MLN      301 1093  197  285  38   3  40  111   7   8  267  170  .261  .414  .411  .825         449   4   5   5  23  11
   With SLN      147  124   22   33  11   2   1    9   0   0   39   19  .266  .442  .411  .854          51   0   1   0   1   2
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2109 7346 1215 1863 337  56 139  683  72  66 1614  920  .254  .394  .371  .765        2729  98  18  15  99 133
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1947 20 NYN NL  24   27   2.2   1   0   0  .000  14   62   40  .645    0    0  .000  3B   2e18      -48   
 1948 21 NYN NL  25   58   4.3   4   0   0  .000  14   64   46  .719    0    0  .000  3B   2e17       -5   
 1949 22 NYN NL  32   76   5.2  11   3   0  .273  17   63   43  .683    0    0  .000  3B   2e23        4   
 1950 23 NYN NL  37  113   7.2   0   0   0  .000  33   88   54  .614    0    0  .000  3B   1e31       22   
 1951 24 NYN NL  31  104   8.1   6   1   0  .167  15   61   38  .623    0    0  .000  3B   2e21      110   
 1952 25 NYN NL  60   25   5.2  37  11   2  .297   6   22   16  .727    0    0  .000  3B   2e17        6   
 1953 26 NYN NL  37  113   6.8   0   0   0  .000  19   89   62  .697    0    0  .000  3B   2e18       52   
 1954 27 NYN NL  26   95   5.6   0   0   0  .000  19   83   64  .771    0    0  .000  3B   1e17      -28   
 1955 28 NYN NL  35   57   5.1  13   1   0  .077  22   52   31  .596    0    0  .000  3B   1e29      -24   
 1956 29 NYN NL  26   80   4.7   0   0   0  .000  17   73   53  .726    0    0  .000  3B   2e23      -51   
 1957 30 NYN NL  24   48   3.2   3   1   0  .333  18   58   38  .655    0    0  .000  3B   2e22     -116   
 1958 31 SFN NL  20   52   4.2  11   1   0  .091   8   42   32  .762    0    0  .000  3B   2e14        6   
 1959 32 MLN NL  19  127   8.6   0   0   0  .000  21   76   47  .618    0    0  .000  3B   2e19       31   
 1960 33 MLN NL  25   86   5.4   0   0   0  .000  36   85   35  .412    0    0  .000  3B   4e34      -65   
 1961 34 SLN NL  26    5   5.8  29   6   1  .207   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH             130   
 1962 35 SLN NL  34   21   8.3  71  18   0  .254   1    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH             128   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 16 Seasons         1094   5.5 186  42   3  .226 260  919  599  .652    0    0  .000                  -4   2
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 34.3 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 25.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1947 20 NYN NL  3B   113   117   236   14   29   .962   110   975.0   3.26
 1948 21 NYN NL  3B   130   102   328   14   22   .968   127  1152.2   3.36
 1949 22 NYN NL  3B   131   118   297   17   40   .961   128  1142.1   3.27
 1950 23 NYN NL  3B   154   156   282   33   41   .930   154  1382.1   2.85
 1951 24 NYN NL  3B   125   127   267   15   35   .963   112  1021.1   3.47
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
                 CF     1     2     1    0    0  1.000     0     2.0  13.50
                 RF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1952 25 NYN NL  3B    51    40    88    6   10   .955    39   369.2   3.12
 1953 26 NYN NL  3B   154   153   338   19   40   .963   154  1345.1   3.28  GG
 1954 27 NYN NL  3B   154   111   381   19   28   .963   154  1381.0   3.21  GG
 1955 28 NYN NL  3B   111    82   211   22   21   .930    99   890.2   2.96
 1956 29 NYN NL  3B   154   123   294   17   36   .961   154  1395.0   2.69  GG
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1957 30 NYN NL  3B   142   124   361   18   33   .964   118  1125.0   3.88
 1958 31 SFN NL  3B    63    54   151    6    8   .972    57   488.1   3.78  GG
                 1B    50   388    33    2   23   .995    48   421.1   8.99
                 RF     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   4.50
                 LF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1959 32 MLN NL  3B   150   175   347   20   29   .963   149  1349.2   3.48
                 2B     2     3     1    1    1   .800     2    15.0   2.40
 1960 33 MLN NL  3B   150    92   408   36   26   .933   149  1322.2   3.40
 1961           [Did not play]
 1962 35 SLN NL  1B     4    38     2    1    1   .976     4    31.0  11.61
                 3B     7     2     5    0    0  1.000     0    18.0   3.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B  1789  1576  3994  256  398   .956  1704 15359.0   3.26
                 1B    54   426    35    3   24   .994    52   452.1   9.17
                 2B     2     3     1    1    1   .800     2    15.0   2.40
                 RF     3     3     0    0    0  1.000     0     7.0   3.86
                 LF     3     0     0    0    0   .000     0     4.0   0.00
                 CF     1     2     1    0    0  1.000     0     2.0  13.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1956 WS    NYN NYA   L    6  24  3  5  1  0  0   1  4  5  .208  .321  .250  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1947  NYN   75-79   Rick Field
 1948  NYN   67-87   Rick Field
 1949  NYN   78-76   Rick Field
 1950  NYN   72-82   Rick Field
 1951  NYN   88-66   Rick Field
 1952  NYN   69-85   Rick Field
 1953  NYN   82-72   Rick Field
 1954  NYN   93-61   Larry Reeves
 1955  NYN   68-86   Larry Reeves
 1956  NYN   96-58   Larry Reeves
 1957  NYN   77-77   Larry Reeves
 1958  SFN   70-84   Larry Reeves
 1959  MLN   91-63   Jeff Tripodi
 1960  MLN   75-79   Jeff Tripodi
 1961  SLN   64-90   Mike Rescigno
 1962  SLN   58-104  Mike Rescigno

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