Steve Yeager

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: November 24, 1948 in Huntington, WV us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 4th round of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from Meadowdale HS (Dayton, OH).

High School: Meadowdale HS (Dayton, OH)

Debut: August 2, 1972 (Age 23-252d, 13,257th in major league history)
vs. SFG 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 29, 1986 (Age 37-278d)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Full Name: Stephen Wayne Yeager

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.9

3584

816

102

.228

357

RBI

410

OBP

.298

SLG

.355

OPS

.653

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-18 / in Starts: 18-16
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	12 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1974	NLCS g1	Oct 5	LAD	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	1.29	-0.150	40.39	-3.01%	-1.42	C
2	1974	NLCS g2	Oct 6	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.86	-0.059	24.65	-1.10%	-0.79	C
3	1974	NLCS g4	Oct 9	LAD		PIT	W,12-1	CG	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	8	.18	-0.001	6.92	-0.03%	0.19	C
4	1974	WS g1	Oct 12	LAD		OAK	L,2-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.267	.083	.350	8	1.57	-0.048	82.06	-1.62%	-0.23	C
5	1974	WS g2	Oct 13	LAD		OAK	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	8	.88	0.072	45.40	2.04%	1.00	C
6	1974	WS g4	Oct 16	LAD	@	OAK	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.333	.278	.611	8	.98	0.023	62.98	1.01%	0.14	C
7	1974	WS g5	Oct 17	LAD	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.250	.583	8	1.06	-0.043	51.10	-1.15%	-0.43	C
1977 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	1977	NLCS g1	Oct 4	LAD		PHI	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	1.15	-0.116	35.94	-2.24%	-1.04	C
9	1977	NLCS g2	Oct 5	LAD		PHI	W,7-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	8	.73	-0.008	20.93	-0.17%	0.11	C
10	1977	NLCS g3	Oct 7	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.222	.522	8	1.38	0.065	57.30	1.87%	0.84	C
11	1977	NLCS g4	Oct 8	LAD	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.231	.516	8	.52	0.047	23.44	1.37%	0.07	C
12	1977	WS g1	Oct 11	LAD	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.278	.188	.465	8	1.80	0.038	94.09	0.94%	-0.21	C
13	1977	WS g2	Oct 12	LAD	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.318	.400	.718	8	.20	0.100	10.47	3.44%	1.40	C
14	1977	WS g3	Oct 14	LAD		NYY	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.346	.458	.804	8	1.27	0.049	79.53	1.98%	0.67	C
15	1977	WS g4	Oct 15	LAD		NYY	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.310	.407	.718	8	1.58	-0.120	96.58	-4.73%	-0.81	C
16	1977	WS g5	Oct 16	LAD		NYY	W,10-4	GS-7	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.276	.313	.517	.830	8	.77	0.107	27.22	2.11%	2.13	C
17	1977	WS g6	Oct 18	LAD	@	NYY	L,4-8	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.314	.500	.814	8	.68	-0.035	52.32	-1.65%	-0.48	C
1978 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	1978	NLCS g1	Oct 4	LAD	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	1.000	1.400	8	.54	-0.010	16.87	-0.05%	0.12	C
19	1978	NLCS g2	Oct 5	LAD	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.286	.444	.714	1.159	8	.74	0.050	21.10	0.97%	0.37	C
20	1978	NLCS g3	Oct 6	LAD		PHI	L,4-9	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.500	.833	8	1.10	-0.114	19.43	-1.30%	-1.20	C
21	1978	NLCS g4	Oct 7	LAD		PHI	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.333	.462	.795	8	1.46	-0.028	56.14	-0.58%	-0.48	C
22	1978	WS g1	Oct 10	LAD		NYY	W,11-5	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.176	.263	.353	.616	9	.55	-0.059	28.49	-1.72%	-0.98	C
23	1978	WS g2	Oct 11	LAD		NYY	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.350	.623	9	.47	-0.010	24.93	-0.30%	-0.07	C
24	1978	WS g3	Oct 13	LAD	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.292	.333	.625	9	1.19	0.017	49.58	0.38%	0.09	C
25	1978	WS g4	Oct 14	LAD	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.296	.375	.671	9	1.23	-0.017	74.77	-0.54%	-0.28	C
26	1978	WS g5	Oct 15	LAD	@	NYY	L,2-12	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.310	.385	.695	9	.64	-0.002	52.59	-0.25%	0.16	C
1981 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	1981	NLDS g2	Oct 7	LAD	@	HOU	L,0-1	11-GF(11)	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	7	1.61	0.116	27.06	1.18%	0.39	PH C
28	1981	NLDS g3	Oct 9	LAD		HOU	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	7	.54	-0.040	6.54	-0.28%	-0.42	C
29	1981	NLCS g4	Oct 17	LAD	@	MON	W,7-1	9-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.571	1.000	8	.13	0.009	4.97	0.21%	-0.36	PH C
30	1981	WS g1	Oct 20	LAD	@	NYY	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.800	1.200	8	.45	-0.002	23.53	-0.05%	0.58	C
31	1981	WS g2	Oct 21	LAD	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	8	1.59	-0.083	84.45	-2.44%	-0.61	C
32	1981	WS g3	Oct 23	LAD		NYY	W,5-4	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.308	.615	.923	8	.89	-0.023	37.08	-0.53%	-0.45	C
33	1981	WS g4	Oct 24	LAD		NYY	W,8-7	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.308	.286	.615	.901	8	2.66	0.003	161.93	0.09%	-0.40	PH C
34	1981	WS g5	Oct 25	LAD		NYY	W,2-1	CG	3	3	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.353	.875	1.228	7	1.06	0.263	87.45	12.08%	1.20	C
35	1981	WS g6	Oct 28	LAD	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.318	.714	1.032	8	.62	0.136	55.79	6.67%	-0.04	C
1983 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	1983	NLCS g1	Oct 4	LAD		PHI	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6	1.77	-0.174	55.15	-3.55%	-0.74	C
37	1983	NLCS g4	Oct 8	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-7	GS-8	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.333	.619	6	1.00	0.055	37.87	1.14%	0.58	C
1985 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
38	1985	NLCS g4	Oct 13	LAD	@	STL	L,2-12	5-GF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	6	.01	0.000	.40	0.00%	-0.37	PH C
									120	107	12	27	6	0	5	14	10	2	19	1	0	2		1	1	0	.252	.317	.449	.765

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