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Eric Yelding

Eric Girard Yelding (Cool Breeze)

Positions: Shortstop, Centerfielder and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 22, 1965 in Montrose, AL
High School: Fairhope HS (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
Teams (by GP): Astros/Cubs 1989-1993
Agents: Phil Tannenbaum [*]
Final Game: October 3, 1993
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1989 HOU NL 24 SS 15 6 5 78.2 36 10 26 0 4 1.000 1 15 4.12 2.40 .966 4.51 4.52
1989 HOU NL 24 2B 13 6 6 70.0 52 20 30 2 5 .962 -1 -14 6.43 3.85 .981 5.12 5.12
1989 HOU NL 24 OF 8 3 3 40.0 9 7 1 1 0 .889 -4 -108 1.80 1.00 .981 2.32 2.33
1989 HOU NL 24 CF 4 2 2 24.0 5 3 1 1 0 .800 -5 -240 1.50 1.00 .984 2.70 2.70
1989 HOU NL 24 RF 3 1 1 14.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1 103 1.93 1.00 .977 2.12 2.13
1989 HOU NL 24 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.20
1990 HOU NL 25 OF 94 80 68 718.2 242 230 5 7 2 .971 -1 -2 2.94 2.50 .981 2.39 2.37
1990 HOU NL 25 CF 83 76 65 662.0 232 220 5 7 2 .970 -2 -4 3.06 2.71 .984 2.74 2.73
1990 HOU NL 25 SS 40 38 30 336.2 168 64 97 7 16 .958 0 2 4.30 4.03 .967 4.59 4.56
1990 HOU NL 25 LF 11 3 2 35.1 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 2 68 3.06 1.09 .979 2.19 2.18
1990 HOU NL 25 2B 10 7 2 65.0 43 21 20 2 3 .953 -0 -6 5.68 4.10 .983 5.01 4.98
1990 HOU NL 25 RF 6 1 1 21.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -51 1.27 0.50 .980 2.24 2.20
1990 HOU NL 25 3B 3 0 0 6.1 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0 76 2.84 0.67 .947 2.70 2.70
1991 HOU NL 26 SS 72 67 53 587.0 297 113 166 18 31 .939 -10 -21 4.28 3.88 .966 4.67 4.65
1991 HOU NL 26 OF 4 0 0 7.0 3 1 0 2 0 .333 -1 -171 1.29 0.25 .983 2.31 2.28
1991 HOU NL 26 CF 3 0 0 5.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -1 -240 1.80 0.33 .985 2.52 2.57
1991 HOU NL 26 RF 1 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0.00 0.00 .980 2.25 2.00
1992 HOU NL 27 LF 2 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1 360 4.50 0.50 .980 2.25 2.15
1992 HOU NL 27 OF 2 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1 240 3.00 0.50 .980 2.40 2.35
1992 HOU NL 27 SS 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.60
1992 HOU NL 27 CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.80
1993 CHC NL 28 2B 32 20 15 190.0 126 48 76 2 14 .984 3 18 5.87 3.88 .980 5.16 5.13
1993 CHC NL 28 3B 7 4 4 41.0 13 3 9 1 1 .923 0 9 2.63 1.71 .945 2.70 2.69
1993 CHC NL 28 CF 1 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -80 1.00 1.00 .980 2.80 2.70
1993 CHC NL 28 OF 1 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -80 1.00 1.00 .980 2.30 2.30
1993 CHC NL 28 SS 1 0 0 1.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 -0 -240 9.00 1.00 .965 4.50 4.70
5 Seasons SS 130 111 88 1006.1 503 187 290 26 51 .948 -9 -11 4.27 3.67 .966 4.63 4.61
5 Seasons OF 109 84 72 777.2 256 240 6 10 2 .961 -5 -8 2.85 2.26 .981 2.39 2.36
5 Seasons CF 92 79 68 701.0 240 225 6 9 2 .963 -8 -14 2.97 2.51 .984 2.74 2.72
3 Seasons 2B 55 33 23 325.0 221 89 126 6 22 .973 2 7 5.95 3.91 .981 5.12 5.10
3 Seasons LF 14 3 2 39.1 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 3 79 2.97 0.93 .979 2.20 2.18
3 Seasons RF 10 2 2 37.1 7 5 1 1 0 .857 0 10 1.45 0.60 .979 2.19 2.16
2 Seasons 3B 10 4 4 47.1 16 3 11 2 1 .875 1 18 2.66 1.40 .945 2.70 2.69
5 Seasons TOT 304 232 187 2156.1 996 519 433 44 76 .956 -12 -7 3.97 3.13 .973 3.85 3.83
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1989 HOU NL 24 SS 1 15 1 0 1 0
1989 HOU NL 24 2B -1 -14 -1 -0 -1 0
1989 HOU NL 24 CF -5 -240 -4 -2 -2 -1
1989 HOU NL 24 RF 1 103 0 0 0 1
1989 HOU NL 24 LF 0 0 0 0 0
1990 HOU NL 25 CF -2 -4 0 3 -3 -2
1990 HOU NL 25 SS 0 2 0 2 -1 0
1990 HOU NL 25 LF 2 68 2 0 2 0
1990 HOU NL 25 2B -0 -6 -0 -0 0 0
1990 HOU NL 25 RF -1 -51 -1 -1 0 0
1990 HOU NL 25 3B 0 76 0 0 0 0
1991 HOU NL 26 SS -10 -21 -9 -3 -6 -1
1991 HOU NL 26 CF -1 -240 -1 0 -1 0
1991 HOU NL 26 RF 0 0 0 0 0
1992 HOU NL 27 LF 1 360 1 1 0 0
1992 HOU NL 27 SS 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 HOU NL 27 CF 0 0 0 0 0
1993 CHC NL 28 2B 3 18 3 2 1 0
1993 CHC NL 28 3B 0 9 0 0 0 0
1993 CHC NL 28 CF -1 -80 -1 0 -1 0
1993 CHC NL 28 SS -0 -240 -0 -0 0 0
5 Seasons SS -9 -11 -8 -1 -7 -1
5 Seasons CF -8 -14 -5 1 -7 -3
3 Seasons 2B 2 7 2 1 1 0
3 Seasons LF 3 79 3 1 2 0
2 Seasons 3B 1 18 1 0 0 0
3 Seasons RF 0 10 -1 -1 0 1
5 Seasons TOT -12 -7 -9 2 -11 -1 -2
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

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 6 100 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 3 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 10 116 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 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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 24 323 62% 81% 34% 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 1391 52% 82% 31% 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 2506 50% 78% 32% 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 78% 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 4235 52% 80% 32% 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 58% 80% 33% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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 9 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 5 38.5% 8 0 0.0% 1 121 60% 80% 46% 22 14%
1990 HOU NL 25 7 0 6 1 2 5 0 1 1 2 33 19 0 29 4 2 6 1 0 22 1 0 28 15 1 118 40 33.9% 75 3 2.5% 2 2811 48% 83% 46% 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 24 54% 88% 38% 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 4 100% 100% 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 42 24 0 31 4 2 8 1 0 22 1 0 29 15 1 132 45 34.1% 84 3 2.3% 3 2991 49% 83% 45% 422 54%
MLB Averages 43.1% 1.9% 58% 80% 41% 60%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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 24 301 52% 82% 34% 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 25 284 46% 81% 32% 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 28 813 56% 80% 34% 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 1398 53% 81% 34% 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 58% 80% 33% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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 6 33% 83% 33% 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% 0 143 54% 85% 43% 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 8 38% 88% 13% 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% 0 157 52% 85% 41% 18 72%
MLB Averages 61.5% 2.6% 58% 80% 41% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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 56 59% 75% 27% 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 74 50% 80% 42% 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 12 50% 67% 33% 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% 1 142 54% 77% 35% 11 55%
MLB Averages 43.0% 2.6% 58% 80% 41% 55%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1990 HOU NL 25 31 48% 77% 35% 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 28 173 52% 76% 35% 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 204 51% 76% 35% 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 58% 80% 33% 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1990 NL  7 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1990 NL  3.06 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1990 NL  2.71 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1990 NL  2.94 (3rd)

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