You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Encyclopedia of Players > Y Listing > Joe Yeager Statistics and History

Joe Yeager
Joseph Francis Yeager (Little Joe)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: August 28, 1875 in Philadelphia, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1898
Final Game: September 29, 1908
Died: July 2, 1937 in Detroit, MI
    About biographical information

Standard Batting

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1898 22 BRO NL 43 145 134 12 23 5 1 0 15 1 7 .172 .218 .224 .442 27 30 1 3 1/O64
1899 23 BRO NL 23 59 47 12 9 0 1 0 4 0 6 .191 .333 .234 .567 55 11 4 2 61/5O
1900 24 BRO NL 3 9 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 80 3 0 0 /15
1901 25 DET AL 41 136 125 18 37 7 1 2 17 3 4 .296 .343 .416 .759 106 52 5 2 16/4
1902 26 DET AL 50 171 161 17 39 6 5 1 23 0 5 .242 .282 .360 .643 73 58 4 1 1O4/65
1903 27 DET AL 109 438 402 36 103 15 6 0 43 9 18 .256 .303 .323 .626 91 130 9 9 *5/16
1905 29 NYY AL 115 449 401 54 107 16 7 0 42 8 25 .267 .330 .342 .672 104 137 13 10 56
1906 30 NYY AL 57 152 123 20 37 6 1 0 12 3 13 .301 .407 .366 .773 133 45 9 7 64/5
1907 31 SLB AL 123 478 436 32 104 21 7 1 44 11 31 .239 .294 .326 .619 97 142 3 8 546
1908 32 SLB AL 10 20 15 3 5 1 0 0 1 2 1 .333 .474 .400 .874 183 6 3 1 /46
10 Seasons 574 2057 1853 204 467 77 29 4 201 37 110 .252 .312 .331 .643 92 614 51 43
162 Game Avg. 162 581 523 58 132 22 8 1 57 10 31 .252 .312 .331 .643 92 173 14 12
BRO (3 yrs) 69 213 190 24 35 5 2 0 19 1 13 .184 .255 .232 .486 37 44 5 5
DET (3 yrs) 200 745 688 71 179 28 12 3 83 12 27 .260 .306 .349 .654 90 240 18 12
NYY (2 yrs) 172 601 524 74 144 22 8 0 54 11 38 .275 .349 .347 .697 111 182 22 17
SLB (2 yrs) 133 498 451 35 109 22 7 1 45 13 32 .242 .301 .328 .629 101 148 6 9
AL (7 yrs) 505 1844 1663 180 432 72 27 4 182 36 97 .260 .318 .343 .661 99 570 46 38
NL (3 yrs) 69 213 190 24 35 5 2 0 19 1 13 .184 .255 .232 .486 37 44 5 5

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1898 22 BRO NL 12 22 .353 3.65 36 33 3 32 0 0 291.1 333 177 118 4 80 70 6 0 3 0 98 1.418 10.3 0.1 2.5 2.2 0.88
1899 23 BRO NL 2 2 .500 4.72 10 4 6 2 1 1 47.2 56 29 25 1 16 6 2 1 0 0 83 1.510 10.6 0.2 3.0 1.1 0.38
1900 24 BRO NL 1 1 .500 6.88 2 2 0 2 0 0 17.0 21 13 13 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 56 1.529 11.1 0.5 2.6 1.1 0.40
1901 25 DET AL 12 11 .522 2.61 26 25 1 22 2 1 199.2 209 105 58 4 46 38 8 0 2 0 147 1.277 9.4 0.2 2.1 1.7 0.83
1902 26 DET AL 6 12 .333 4.82 19 15 4 14 0 0 140.0 171 90 75 5 41 28 5 0 2 0 78 1.514 11.0 0.3 2.6 1.8 0.68
1903 27 DET AL 0 1 .000 4.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 15 7 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 40 72 1.667 15.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
6 Seasons 33 49 .402 3.74 94 80 14 73 3 2 704.2 805 421 293 15 188 145 21 1 7 40 99 1.409 10.3 0.2 2.4 1.9 0.77
162 Game Avg. 13 19 .402 3.74 37 31 5 29 1 1 275 315 165 115 6 73 57 8 0 3 16 99 1.409 10.3 0.2 2.4 1.9 0.77
BRO (3 yrs) 15 25 .375 3.94 48 39 9 36 1 1 356.0 410 219 156 6 101 78 8 1 3 0 92 1.435 10.4 0.2 2.6 2.0 0.77
DET (3 yrs) 18 24 .429 3.54 46 41 5 37 2 1 348.2 395 202 137 9 87 67 13 0 4 40 107 1.382 10.2 0.2 2.2 1.7 0.77
AL (3 yrs) 18 24 .429 3.54 46 41 5 37 2 1 348.2 395 202 137 9 87 67 13 0 4 40 107 1.382 10.2 0.2 2.2 1.7 0.77
NL (3 yrs) 15 25 .375 3.94 48 39 9 36 1 1 356.0 410 219 156 6 101 78 8 1 3 0 92 1.435 10.4 0.2 2.6 2.0 0.77

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1898 BRO NL 22 P 36 120 10 99 11 3 .908 3.03 .919 2.25
1898 BRO NL 22 OF 4 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .938 2.02 2-1-1
1898 BRO NL 22 SS 2 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 5.50 .909 5.55
1898 BRO NL 22 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.50
1899 BRO NL 23 SS 11 58 16 37 5 8 .914 4.82 .910 5.53
1899 BRO NL 23 P 10 16 3 13 0 2 1.000 1.60 .900 2.24
1899 BRO NL 23 3B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 3.50
1899 BRO NL 23 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.10 1-0-0
1900 BRO NL 24 P 2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.50 .900 2.15
1900 BRO NL 24 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.70
1901 DET AL 25 P 26 86 13 66 7 4 .919 3.04 .931 2.51
1901 DET AL 25 SS 12 61 18 37 6 8 .902 4.58 .898 5.27
1901 DET AL 25 2B 1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 .933 5.60
1902 DET AL 26 P 19 69 14 52 3 1 .957 3.47 .926 2.65
1902 DET AL 26 OF 13 25 23 1 1 0 .960 1.85 .944 2.04 7-0-6
1902 DET AL 26 2B 12 48 16 30 2 1 .958 3.83 .948 5.27
1902 DET AL 26 SS 3 16 4 10 2 1 .875 4.67 .931 5.67
1902 DET AL 26 3B 1 4 2 1 1 0 .750 3.00 .925 3.50
1903 DET AL 27 3B 107 328 126 176 26 9 .921 2.82 .922 3.11
1903 DET AL 27 P 1 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 6.00 .950 2.70
1903 DET AL 27 SS 1 9 1 7 1 1 .889 8.00 .911 5.20
1905 NYY AL 29 3B 91 299 103 173 23 6 .923 3.03 .923 3.10
1905 NYY AL 29 SS 21 122 45 69 8 8 .934 5.43 .931 5.20
1906 NYY AL 30 SS 22 84 31 45 8 6 .905 3.45 .936 5.41
1906 NYY AL 30 2B 13 73 35 36 2 3 .973 5.46 .953 5.19
1906 NYY AL 30 3B 3 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.67 .912 3.13
1907 SLB AL 31 3B 91 322 108 194 20 12 .938 3.32 .911 3.10
1907 SLB AL 31 2B 17 106 46 53 7 0 .934 5.82 .955 5.30
1907 SLB AL 31 SS 10 62 18 40 4 4 .935 5.80 .935 5.44
1908 SLB AL 32 2B 4 14 4 10 0 0 1.000 3.50 .950 5.10
1908 SLB AL 32 SS 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .900 5.40
7 Seasons 3B 295 962 343 549 70 27 .927 3.02 .919 3.11
6 Seasons P 94 300 43 236 21 10 .930 2.97 .924 2.41
9 Seasons SS 83 425 137 254 34 36 .920 4.71 .924 5.37
6 Seasons 2B 48 244 103 130 11 4 .955 4.85 .952 5.26
3 Seasons OF 18 34 31 2 1 0 .971 1.83 .941 2.04 10-1-7
10 Seasons TOT 538 1965 657 1171 137 77 .930 3.40 .855 3.49 10-1-7
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1903 AL--9--4th
1905 AL--13--5th
1906 AL--9--5th

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1901 AL--2.614--3rd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1901 AL--1.277--7th

Saves s c a p y
1899 NL--1--7th
1901 AL--1--3rd

Shutouts s c a p y
1901 AL--2--7th

Losses s c a p y
1898 NL--22--5th

Games Finished s c a p y
1899 NL--6--5th
1902 AL--4--8th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1901 AL--147--2nd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3952), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Roy Evans (974)
  2. Manny Salvo (973)
  3. Speed Martin (971)
  4. Gene Schott (968)
  5. Tom Poholsky (964)
  6. Jack Sutthoff (963)
  7. Red Embree (962)
  8. Johnny Cooney (962)
  9. Walt Dickson (962)
  10. Fred Mitchell (961)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Les Backman (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Chuck Dobson (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Tom Poholsky (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Roscoe Miller (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Paul Derringer (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Speed Martin (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Rube Lutzke (980)
  2. George Perring (973)
  3. Billy Lauder (963)
  4. Casey Candaele (958)
  5. Oscar Grimes (958)
  6. Mike Muldoon (954)
  7. Doug Baird (954)
  8. Bobby Valentine (952)
  9. Joe Werrick (952)
  10. Steve Mesner (952)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Jim Jackson (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Cozy Dolan (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ed Gremminger (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Casey Candaele (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Casey Candaele (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

September 22, 1897: Purchased by the Brooklyn Bridegrooms from Lancaster (Atlantic).

Before 1901 Season: Jumped from the Brooklyn Superbas to the Detroit Tigers.

September, 1904: Drafted by the New York Highlanders from Montreal (Eastern) in the 1904 rule 5 draft.

February 28, 1907: Traded by the New York Highlanders to the St. Louis Browns for Branch Rickey.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2009.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Joe Yeager    

Viewed 13,599 times through November 15, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Joseph Little Francis Joe jose joseph Yeager

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.