Eric Yelding
Eric Girard Yelding
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: February 22, 1965 in Montrose, AL
High School: Fairhope (Fairhope, AL)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1989
Final Game: October 3, 1993
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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 Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1989 HOU NL 24 SS 15 6 78.2 36 10 26 0 4 1.000 1.0 15.3 1.0 0.6 0.4 0 4.12 2.40 .964 4.51 3.88
1989 HOU NL 24 2B 13 6 70.0 52 20 30 2 5 .962 -0.8 -13.7 -0.8 -0.6 -0.2 0 6.43 3.85 .981 5.12 4.43
1989 HOU NL 24 OF 8 3 40.0 9 7 1 1 0 .889 -3.6 -108.0 -3.6 -2.0 -1.6 0 1.80 1.00 .978 2.32 1.96
1989 HOU NL 24 CF 4 2 24.0 5 3 1 1 0 .800 -4.8 -240.0 -3.8 -2.2 -1.6 -1 1.50 1.00 .980 2.70 2.33
1989 HOU NL 24 RF 3 1 14.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.2 102.9 0.2 0.2 0.0 1 1.93 1.00 .967 2.12 1.70
1989 HOU NL 24 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.70
1990 HOU NL 25 OF 94 80 718.2 242 230 5 7 2 .971 -0.9 -1.5 1.1 -1.3 2.4 -2 2.94 2.50 .981 2.39 2.01
1990 HOU NL 25 CF 83 76 662.0 232 220 5 7 2 .970 -2.0 -3.6 0.0 -2.8 2.8 -2 3.06 2.71 .984 2.74 2.35
1990 HOU NL 25 SS 40 38 336.2 168 64 97 7 16 .958 0.5 1.8 0.5 -1.4 1.9 0 4.30 4.03 .967 4.59 4.00
1990 HOU NL 25 LF 11 3 35.1 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.0 67.9 2.0 1.5 0.5 0 3.06 1.09 .975 2.19 1.71
1990 HOU NL 25 2B 10 7 65.0 43 21 20 2 3 .953 -0.3 -5.5 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 0 5.68 4.10 .984 5.01 4.28
1990 HOU NL 25 RF 6 1 21.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -50.6 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 1.27 0.50 .967 2.24 1.82
1990 HOU NL 25 3B 3 0 6.1 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.4 75.8 0.4 0.2 0.2 0 2.84 0.67 .967 2.70 2.30
1991 HOU NL 26 SS 72 67 587.0 297 113 166 18 31 .939 -10.3 -21.1 -9.3 -6.2 -3.1 -1 4.28 3.88 .967 4.67 3.88
1991 HOU NL 26 OF 4 0 7.0 3 1 0 2 0 .333 -1.0 -171.4 -1.0 -1.1 0.1 0 1.29 0.25 1.000 2.31 1.88
1991 HOU NL 26 CF 3 0 5.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -1.0 -240.0 -1.0 -1.1 0.1 0 1.80 0.33 1.000 2.52 2.13
1991 HOU NL 26 RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.000 2.25 1.60
1992 HOU NL 27 LF 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 360.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 2.25 1.65
1992 HOU NL 27 OF 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 240.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 2.40 1.95
1992 HOU NL 27 SS 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 3.85
1992 HOU NL 27 CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1993 CHC NL 28 2B 32 20 190.0 126 48 76 2 14 .984 2.9 18.3 2.9 1.3 1.6 0 5.87 3.88 .980 5.16 4.49
1993 CHC NL 28 3B 7 4 41.0 13 3 9 1 1 .923 0.3 8.8 0.3 0.1 0.2 0 2.63 1.71 .946 2.70 2.31
1993 CHC NL 28 CF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -80.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 2.80 2.40
1993 CHC NL 28 OF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -80.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 2.30 2.00
1993 CHC NL 28 SS 1 0 1.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 4.50 4.00
5 Seasons SS 130 111 1006.1 503 187 290 26 51 .948 -9.0 -10.7 -8.0 -7.0 -1.0 -1 4.27 3.67 .967 4.63 3.92
5 Seasons OF 109 84 777.2 256 240 6 10 2 .961 -5.5 -8.5 -3.5 -5.0 1.5 -2 2.85 2.26 .981 2.39 2.00
5 Seasons CF 92 79 701.0 240 225 6 9 2 .963 -8.4 -14.4 -5.4 -6.7 1.3 -3 2.97 2.51 .984 2.74 2.34
3 Seasons 2B 55 33 325.0 221 89 126 6 22 .973 1.8 6.6 1.8 0.8 1.0 0 5.95 3.91 .981 5.12 4.44
3 Seasons LF 14 3 39.1 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.6 79.3 2.6 1.5 1.1 0 2.97 0.93 .977 2.20 1.70
2 Seasons 3B 10 4 47.1 16 3 11 2 1 .875 0.7 17.7 0.7 0.3 0.4 0 2.66 1.40 .950 2.70 2.31
3 Seasons RF 10 2 37.1 7 5 1 1 0 .857 0.3 9.6 -0.7 0.2 -0.9 1 1.45 0.60 .971 2.19 1.76
5 Seasons TOT 304 232 2156.1 996 519 433 44 76 .956 -12.0 -6.7 -9.0 -10.9 1.9 -2 -1 3.97 3.13 .929 3.85 3.27
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1989 HOU NL 24 70 15 70 35 0 0 0 13 0 15 1 4 3 8 0 20 24
1990 HOU NL 25 142 125 142 136 0 0 0 10 3 40 11 83 6 94 0 3 8
1991 HOU NL 26 78 67 78 72 0 0 0 0 0 72 0 3 1 4 0 7 1
1992 HOU NL 27 9 0 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 5 1
1993 CHC NL 28 69 25 69 40 0 0 0 32 7 1 0 1 0 1 0 23 11
5 Seasons 368 232 368 287 0 0 0 55 10 130 14 92 10 109 0 58 45
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 -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1989 HOU NL 24 334 60% 78% 33% 39 79% 0 10 7 2 1 26 22 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1
1990 HOU NL 25 1464 49% 78% 30% 143 85% 1 65 34 19 12 100 84 14 0 1 7 0 1 6 6 16 3 1 9 0 1 14 4 10 0 0 0
1991 HOU NL 26 2623 47% 75% 31% 261 78% 0 114 51 44 20 166 138 23 0 6 18 3 9 6 11 32 11 2 6 3 1 27 14 11 2 0 2
1992 HOU NL 27 9 56% 67% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 CHC NL 28 6 50% 50% 33% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 4436 49% 76% 31% 445 80% 1 189 92 65 33 293 244 42 0 8 26 3 11 12 18 52 16 3 16 3 2 44 20 22 3 0 3
MLB Averages 56% 77% 32% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1989 HOU NL 24 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 41.7% 7 0 0.0% 1 121 60% 80% 46% 22 14%
1990 HOU NL 25 7 0 6 1 2 5 0 1 1 2 22 14 0 29 4 2 6 1 0 22 1 0 20 14 1 99 34 34.3% 62 3 3.0% 2 2948 46% 79% 43% 395 56%
1991 HOU NL 26 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 27 48% 78% 33% 3 33%
1992 HOU NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 80% 80% 0% 0
1993 CHC NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 68% 74% 32% 2 50%
5 Seasons 9 0 8 1 3 6 0 1 1 3 30 19 0 31 4 2 8 1 0 22 1 0 21 14 1 112 39 34.8% 70 3 2.7% 3 3132 47% 79% 43% 422 54%
MLB Averages 41.6% 1.7% 56% 77% 39% 60%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1989 HOU NL 24 310 50% 79% 33% 40 88% 0 20 11 6 3 29 23 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 2 2 0
1990 HOU NL 25 302 43% 76% 30% 29 93% 0 19 9 5 5 20 16 3 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
1993 CHC NL 28 847 54% 77% 33% 93 89% 0 46 14 25 7 78 67 10 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 14 8 0 3 1 14 5 8 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1459 51% 77% 32% 162 90% 0 85 34 36 15 127 106 15 1 3 6 0 3 3 4 22 10 1 5 1 20 7 11 2 2 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 32% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1989 HOU NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 29% 71% 29% 0
1990 HOU NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 148 51% 82% 42% 17 71%
1992 HOU NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 33% 78% 11% 1 100%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 164 49% 82% 40% 18 72%
MLB Averages 60.2% 2.5% 56% 77% 39% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1989 HOU NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 63 52% 67% 24% 4 75%
1990 HOU NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 76 49% 78% 41% 7 43%
1991 HOU NL 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 38% 62% 31% 0
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 1 152 49% 72% 33% 11 55%
MLB Averages 44.4% 2.6% 56% 77% 39% 55%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1990 HOU NL 25 33 45% 73% 33% 3 67% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 CHC NL 28 178 51% 74% 34% 13 85% 1 3 2 0 1 9 8 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 211 50% 73% 34% 16 81% 1 3 2 0 1 11 10 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 32% 86% 68%

* 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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