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Steve Yeager

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Steve Yeager

Full name Stephen Wayne Yeager
Born November 24, 1948, Huntington, West Virginia
First Game: August 2, 1972; Final Game: August 29, 1986
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 190
Named World Series Most Valuable Player (1981)
Ejections: 1974 (1), 1976 (1), 1978 (1). Total: 3
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                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1972 LA  N    Daily Splits   35   106   18   29   0   1   4   15   16   2   26   1   1   0   0   1   3    0   0  .274  .374  .406   1.1 1972 LA  N
1973 LA  N    Daily Splits   54   134   18   34   5   0   2   10   15   1   33   3   1   1   0   4   4    1   0  .254  .340  .336  -0.1 1973 LA  N
1974 LA  N    Daily Splits   94   316   41   84  16   1  12   41   32   5   77   2   1   3   0   3   7    2   2  .266  .334  .437   2.1 1974 LA  N
1975 LA  N    Daily Splits  135   452   34  103  16   1  12   54   40   7   75   8   9   6   0  12  15    2   5  .228  .298  .347   0.7 1975 LA  N
1976 LA  N    Daily Splits  117   359   42   77  11   3  11   35   30   3   84   7   1   2   0   6   5    3   1  .214  .286  .354   0.9 1976 LA  N
1977 LA  N    Daily Splits  125   387   53   99  21   2  16   55   43  11   84   4   1   3   0   4   7    1   3  .256  .334  .444   2.6 1977 LA  N
1978 LA  N    Daily Splits   94   228   19   44   7   0   4   23   36  11   41   0   0   2   0   8   3    0   0  .193  .301  .276   0.4 1978 LA  N
1979 LA  N    Daily Splits  105   310   33   67   9   2  13   41   29   8   68   0   5   2   0   3  12    1   0  .216  .282  .384   0.2 1979 LA  N
1980 LA  N    Daily Splits   96   227   20   48   8   0   2   20   20   6   54   0   0   1   0   4   7    2   3  .211  .274  .273  -1.1 1980 LA  N
1981 LA  N    Daily Splits   42    86    5   18   2   0   3    7    6   0   14   0   0   0   0   2   2    0   0  .209  .261  .337  -0.3 1981 LA  N
1982 LA  N    Daily Splits   82   196   13   48   5   2   2   18   13   3   28   1   4   1   0   3   3    0   0  .245  .294  .321   0.0 1982 LA  N
1983 LA  N    Daily Splits  113   335   31   68   8   3  15   41   23   4   57   1   6   1   0   5  15    1   1  .203  .256  .379  -0.9 1983 LA  N
1984 LA  N    Daily Splits   74   197   16   45   4   0   4   29   20   1   38   0   1   3   0   4   2    1   2  .228  .295  .310  -1.1 1984 LA  N
1985 LA  N    Daily Splits   53   121    4   25   4   1   0    9    7   2   24   0   1   2   0   2   3    0   1  .207  .246  .256  -0.1 1985 LA  N
1986 SEA A    Daily Splits   50   130   10   27   2   0   2   12   12   0   23   0   2   1   1   2   5    0   0  .208  .273  .269  -1.0 1986 SEA A
Total NL (14 Years)        1219  3454  347  789 116  16 100  398  330  64  703  27  31  27   0  61  88   14  18  .228  .299  .358   4.4 Total NL
Total AL ( 1 Year )          50   130   10   27   2   0   2   12   12   0   23   0   2   1   1   2   5    0   0  .208  .273  .269  -1.0 Total AL
Total    (15 Years) Splits 1269  3584  357  816 118  16 102  410  342  64  726  27  33  28   1  63  93   14  18  .228  .298  .355   3.4 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
           Division Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1981 LA  N    Daily Splits    2     5    1    2   1   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .400  .400  .600 1981 LA  N
League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1974 LA  N    Daily Splits    3     9    1    0   0   0   0    0    3   1    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .250  .000 1974 LA  N
1977 LA  N    Daily Splits    4    13    1    3   0   0   0    2    1   1    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .231  .286  .231 1977 LA  N
1978 LA  N    Daily Splits    4    13    2    3   0   0   1    2    2   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    1   0  .231  .333  .462 1978 LA  N
1981 LA  N    Daily Splits    1     2    1    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .500 1981 LA  N
1983 LA  N    Daily Splits    2     6    0    1   1   0   0    0    0   0    0   1   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .167  .286  .333 1983 LA  N
1985 LA  N    Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .333  .000 1985 LA  N
Total    ( 6 Years) Splits   15    45    5    8   1   0   1    4    7   2    9   1   0   0   0   0   0    1   0  .178  .302  .267 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1974 LA  N    Daily Splits    4    11    0    4   1   0   0    1    1   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .364  .417  .455 1974 LA  N
1977 LA  N    Daily Splits    6    19    2    6   1   0   2    5    1   0    1   0   0   1   0   0   0    0   0  .316  .333  .684 1977 LA  N
1978 LA  N    Daily Splits    5    13    2    3   1   0   0    0    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   1   1    0   0  .231  .286  .308 1978 LA  N
1981 LA  N    Daily Splits    6    14    2    4   1   0   2    4    0   0    2   0   0   1   0   1   0    0   0  .286  .267  .786 1981 LA  N
Total    ( 4 Years) Splits   21    57    6   17   4   0   4   10    3   0    9   0   0   2   0   2   1    0   0  .298  .323  .579 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1972 LA  N Daily Splits   C   35   34   25   306     220   19    4    2   0    2   20    8    2  .984
1973 LA  N Daily Splits   C   51   40   27   361.1   230   24    5    2   0    5   20    8    1  .981
1974 LA  N Daily Splits   C   93   92   78   808.2   552   58    5    4   0   10   40   24    6  .992
1975 LA  N Daily Splits   C  135  130  120  1179.2   806   62    7    4   0   11   51   21    3  .992
1976 LA  N Daily Splits   C  115  108   93   948     522   77    9    9   0    6   53   36    4  .985
1977 LA  N Daily Splits   C  123  119   90  1015     690   89   18   12   0    6   56   36   10  .977
1978 LA  N Daily Splits   C   91   72   58   627.2   373   55    5    3   0    2   40   35    8  .988
1979 LA  N Daily Splits   C  103   88   79   803     513   56    9    7   0    9   55   38    3  .984
1980 LA  N Daily Splits   C   95   66   48   613.1   382   36    7    5   0    4   55   18    5  .984
1981 LA  N Daily Splits   C   39   23   19   230.1   142   13    1    1   0    2   15    9    0  .994
1982 LA  N Daily Splits   C   76   55   39   523.1   338   42    4    8   0    1   37   28    1  .990
1983 LA  N Daily Splits   C  112   96   79   867.1   579   63   10   10   0    6   63   49    1  .985
1984 LA  N Daily Splits   C   65   53   41   470.2   317   30    2    1   0    5   45   18    0  .994
1985 LA  N Daily Splits   C   48   31   22   302     212   28    2    2   0    2   21   22    1  .992
1986 SEA A Daily Splits   C   49   44   30   369     234   22    0    5   0    7   24   14    0 1.000
Total (15 Years) Splits   C 1230 1051  848  9425.1  6110  674   88   75   0   78  595  364   45  .987
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
           Division Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1981 LA  N Daily Splits   C    2    1    1     9.2     6    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1974 LA  N Daily Splits   C    3    3    2    25      14    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1977 LA  N Daily Splits   C    4    4    3    35      22    1    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
1978 LA  N Daily Splits   C    4    4    3    35      21    2    0    0   0    0    0    1    0 1.000
1981 LA  N Daily Splits   C    1    0    0     1       2    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1983 LA  N Daily Splits   C    2    2    1    16       7    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1985 LA  N Daily Splits   C    1    0    0     4       4    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Total ( 6 Years) Splits   C   15   13    9   116      70    5    0    0   0    0    1    1    0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1974 LA  N Daily Splits   C    4    4    3    33      32    4    1    1   0    0    2    3    0  .973
1977 LA  N Daily Splits   C    6    6    4    50      32    6    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
1978 LA  N Daily Splits   C    5    5    2    37      23    2    0    0   0    1    5    2    0 1.000
1981 LA  N Daily Splits   C    6    5    3    38      20    0    0    0   0    0    3    0    0 1.000
Total ( 4 Years) Splits   C   21   20   12   158     107   12    1    1   0    1   11    5    0  .992
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG

Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 8- 9-1974     BOX  LA  N  Shag Crawford       Called third strike
 5-16-1976     BOX  LA  N  Frank Pulli         Called third strike
 5-24-1978     BOX  LA  N  Eric Gregg          Balls and strikes

Transaction Information

Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 4th round of the free-agent draft (June 6,
1967).

Granted free agency (November 12, 1985).

Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (November 26, 1985).

Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers to Seattle Mariners in exchange for Ed Vande Berg
(December 11, 1985).

Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).
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