Steve Yeager
Stephen Wayne Yeager
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 24, 1948 in Huntington, WV
High School: Meadow Dale (Dayton, OH)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 4th round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 1972
Final Game: August 29, 1986
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1972 LAD NL 23 C 35 34 306.0 243 220 19 4 2 .984 0.0 0.0 0 7.03 6.83 .987 6.61 5.87 2 6 20 8 29%
1973 LAD NL 24 C 50 40 361.1 259 230 24 5 2 .981 -2.0 -6.6 -2 6.33 5.08 .987 6.34 5.58 5 9 20 8 29%
1974 LAD NL 25 C 93 92 808.2 615 552 58 5 4 .992 6.0 8.9 6 6.79 6.56 .985 6.12 5.37 10 18 40 24 38%
1975 LAD NL 26 C 135 130 1179.2 875 806 62 7 4 .992 6.0 6.1 6 6.62 6.43 .985 6.03 5.24 11 24 51 21 29%
1976 LAD NL 27 C 115 108 948.0 608 522 77 9 9 .985 10.0 12.7 10 5.69 5.21 .986 5.96 5.16 6 16 53 36 40%
1977 LAD NL 28 C 123 119 1014.1 797 690 89 18 12 .977 6.0 7.1 6 6.91 6.33 .985 6.49 5.54 6 19 56 36 39%
1978 LAD NL 29 C 91 72 627.2 433 373 55 5 3 .988 12.0 22.9 12 6.14 4.70 .985 6.17 5.11 2 13 40 35 47%
1979 LAD NL 30 C 103 88 803.0 578 513 56 9 7 .984 4.0 6.0 4 6.38 5.52 .985 6.13 5.27 9 27 55 38 41%
1980 LAD NL 31 C 95 66 613.1 425 382 36 7 5 .984 1.0 2.0 1 6.13 4.40 .983 6.09 5.23 4 11 55 18 25%
1981 LAD NL 32 C 40 23 230.1 156 142 13 1 1 .994 2.0 10.4 2 6.06 3.88 .983 5.93 5.07 2 5 15 9 38%
1982 LAD NL 33 C 76 55 523.1 384 338 42 4 8 .990 7.0 16.1 7 6.54 5.00 .985 6.29 5.52 1 12 37 28 43%
1983 LAD NL 34 C 112 96 867.1 652 579 63 10 10 .985 11.0 15.2 11 6.66 5.73 .984 6.57 5.55 6 19 63 49 44%
1984 LAD NL 35 C 65 53 470.2 349 317 30 2 1 .994 -1.0 -2.5 -1 6.64 5.34 .986 6.53 5.68 5 16 45 18 29%
1985 LAD NL 36 C 48 31 302.0 242 212 28 2 2 .992 6.0 23.8 6 7.15 5.00 .987 6.42 5.45 2 9 21 22 51%
1986 SEA AL 37 C 49 44 369.0 256 234 22 0 5 1.000 2.0 6.5 2 6.24 5.22 .989 6.62 5.44 7 9 24 14 37%
15 Seasons C 1230 1051 9424.2 6872 6110 674 88 75 .987 70.0 8.9 70 6.48 5.52 .985 6.25 5.38 78 213 595 364 38%
15 Seasons TOT 1230 1051 9424.2 6872 6110 674 88 75 .987 70.0 8.9 70 6.48 5.52 .972 6.25 5.38 78 213 595 364 38%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1972 LAD NL 23 35 34 35 35 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 LAD NL 24 54 40 54 54 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
1974 LAD NL 25 94 92 94 93 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1975 LAD NL 26 135 130 135 135 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 LAD NL 27 117 108 117 115 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1977 LAD NL 28 125 119 125 123 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1978 LAD NL 29 94 72 94 91 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1979 LAD NL 30 105 88 105 103 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1980 LAD NL 31 96 66 96 95 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
1981 LAD NL 32 42 23 42 39 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1982 LAD NL 33 82 55 82 76 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1983 LAD NL 34 113 96 113 112 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1984 LAD NL 35 74 53 74 65 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1985 LAD NL 36 53 31 53 48 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1986 SEA AL 37 50 44 50 49 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 Seasons 1269 1051 1269 1233 0 1229 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 7
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1972 LAD NL 23 1289 2.74 3.00 20 90% 0 0 221 8 0 5 208 18 8 1 0 1 4 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 7 86%
1973 LAD NL 24 1569 3.51 4.01 28 100% 0 0 230 20 2 3 204 25 9 0 0 8 5 1 0 4 0 2 0 1 2 3 100%
1974 LAD NL 25 3419 2.70 3.09 49 98% 2 0 554 33 1 6 514 53 13 2 0 9 5 0 3 2 0 4 0 0 1 9 100%
1975 LAD NL 26 4909 2.73 3.08 98 97% 0 0 806 67 2 21 716 63 22 1 0 14 7 0 2 5 0 4 0 2 2 15 100%
1976 LAD NL 27 4022 3.07 3.32 73 97% 0 0 520 43 1 18 458 82 20 2 0 15 9 1 3 5 0 9 0 1 1 14 93%
1977 LAD NL 28 4327 3.27 3.58 72 90% 1 0 688 38 3 22 624 92 15 5 2 19 18 0 4 14 3 12 1 1 2 14 93%
1978 LAD NL 29 2720 3.18 3.57 40 93% 0 0 371 25 1 9 336 54 9 0 0 6 5 0 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 8 88%
1979 LAD NL 30 3593 3.77 4.35 61 97% 0 0 507 44 0 11 452 57 13 1 0 8 9 1 1 7 1 7 0 0 0 5 80%
1980 LAD NL 31 2632 3.14 3.60 47 96% 0 0 382 34 1 12 335 38 7 1 0 5 7 0 2 5 1 4 1 0 1 5 100%
1981 LAD NL 32 964 2.85 3.01 13 92% 0 0 142 10 0 2 130 13 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 50%
1982 LAD NL 33 2234 2.94 3.42 20 95% 0 0 337 12 4 5 316 42 8 0 0 4 4 0 1 3 0 6 0 1 2 5 80%
1983 LAD NL 34 3793 3.10 3.76 29 97% 1 0 577 23 1 10 541 66 6 0 0 13 10 0 5 5 1 9 0 1 2 3 67%
1984 LAD NL 35 2121 3.43 4.29 21 100% 0 1 323 16 0 8 299 23 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1985 LAD NL 36 1319 3.37 4.06 15 100% 0 0 211 12 0 5 194 26 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
1986 SEA AL 37 1705 5.10 5.59 10 100% 0 0 236 7 1 5 223 20 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 100%
15 Seasons 40616 3.19 3.64 596 96% 4 1 6105 392 17 142 5550 672 138 13 3 113 88 3 23 62 7 70 3 7 14 95 92%
MLB Averages 3.76 4.24 96% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1972 LAD NL 23 2 6 449 20 8 6 29% 18 8 2 0 0 0 2 0 33 10 1.91 1.43
1973 LAD NL 24 5 9 573 20 8 8 29% 17 6 3 2 0 0 1 1 49 10 1.21 1.06
1974 LAD NL 25 10 18 1173 40 24 21 38% 33 20 7 2 0 2 6 0 85 33 1.37 1.49
1975 LAD NL 26 11 24 1630 51 21 18 29% 46 17 4 2 1 2 3 1 111 26 1.31 1.27
1976 LAD NL 27 6 16 1400 53 36 34 40% 51 34 2 1 0 1 4 0 90 43 1.28 1.43
1977 LAD NL 28 6 19 1523 56 36 35 39% 55 34 1 1 0 1 10 0 110 46 1.28 1.27
1978 LAD NL 29 2 13 957 40 35 29 47% 34 32 5 3 1 0 8 0 66 43 1.34 1.17
1979 LAD NL 30 9 27 1308 55 38 30 41% 53 32 2 2 0 4 3 0 114 41 1.14 1.35
1980 LAD NL 31 4 11 870 55 18 16 25% 54 17 1 0 0 1 5 0 86 26 1.47 1.25
1981 LAD NL 32 2 5 338 15 9 9 38% 15 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 11 1.34 1.46
1982 LAD NL 33 1 12 765 37 28 24 43% 36 27 1 0 0 1 1 0 59 34 1.24 1.50
1983 LAD NL 34 6 19 1374 63 49 44 44% 58 42 5 3 0 4 1 0 128 56 1.21 1.36
1984 LAD NL 35 5 16 807 45 18 13 29% 38 15 6 1 1 2 0 0 85 21 1.46 1.46
1985 LAD NL 36 2 9 437 21 22 19 51% 20 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 42 26 1.64 1.49
1986 SEA AL 37 7 9 661 24 14 14 37% 21 13 2 1 1 0 0 0 57 18 0.96 1.25
15 Seasons 78 213 14265 595 364 320 38% 549 327 42 19 4 18 44 2 1139 444 1.32 1.35
MLB Averages 34% 1.29 1.27

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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