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Eric Yelding

Eric Girard Yelding

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 (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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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
1984	19	TOR-min	Rk	67	332	304	61	94	14	6	4	29	31	11	26	46	.309	.361	.434	.796		132		0	0	2	0	MDH · PION
1985	20	TOR-min	A	135	571	526	59	137	14	4	2	31	62	26	33	70	.260	.307	.314	.621		165		4	5	3	0	KIN · CARL
1986	21	TOR-min	A	131	601	560	83	157	14	7	4	40	41	18	33	84	.280	.319	.352	.671		197		0	6	2	3	VCO · CALL
1987	22	TOR-min	A,AA	127	549	507	76	139	18	3	1	38	83	18	30	55	.274	.318	.327	.646		166		5	2	5	0	MYR,KNX · SALL,SOUL
1988	23	TOR-min	AAA	138	594	556	69	139	15	2	1	38	59	23	36	102	.250	.296	.290	.585		161		0	2	0	3	SYR · IL
1989	24	HOU	NL	70	102	90	19	21	2	0	0	9	11	5	7	19	.233	.290	.256	.546	60	23	2	1	2	2	0	64/897
1990	25	HOU	NL	142	559	511	69	130	9	5	1	28	64	25	39	87	.254	.305	.297	.602	69	152	11	0	4	5	1	8674/95
1991	26	HOU-min	AAA	11	49	43	6	17	3	0	0	3	4	2	4	4	.395	.469	.465	.935		20	0	2	0	0	0	TUC · PCL
1991	26	HOU	NL	78	293	276	19	67	11	1	1	20	11	9	13	46	.243	.276	.301	.577	68	83	4	0	3	1	3	6/89
1992	27	HOU-CHW-min	AAA	93	373	338	47	89	11	5	0	29	32	11	26	67	.263	.313	.325	.639		110	8	0	6	3	0	TUC,VAN · PCL
1992	27	HOU	NL	9	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	46	2	0	0	0	0	0	/768
1993	28	CHC	NL	69	123	108	14	22	5	1	1	10	3	2	11	22	.204	.277	.296	.574	56	32	3	0	4	0	2	4/586
1994	29	CHC-min	AAA	29	76	73	10	18	2	0	0	6	4	2	3	17	.247	.276	.274	.550		20	2	0	0	0	0	IWA · AA
1995	30	CLE-min	AAA,AA	39	128	118	18	41	8	0	1	16	6	1	7	18	.347	.383	.441	.823		52	0	1	0	2	0	BFL,CAK · AA,EL
1996	31	SEA-min	AAA	19	67	60	5	16	2	1	0	5	3	4	5	12	.267	.318	.333	.652		20	0	0	1	1	0	TAC · PCL
5 Seasons				368	1085	993	122	242	27	7	3	67	89	41	70	177	.244	.292	.294	.586	66	292	20	1	13	8	6
162 Game Avg.				162	478	437	54	107	12	3	1	29	39	18	31	78	.244	.292	.294	.586	66	129	9	0	6	4	3

HOU (4 yrs)				299	962	885	108	220	22	6	2	57	86	39	59	155	.249	.294	.294	.588	68	260	17	1	9	8	4
CHC (1 yr)				69	123	108	14	22	5	1	1	10	3	2	11	22	.204	.277	.296	.574	56	32	3	0	4	0	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1989	24	HOU	NL	102	-4	0	-1	0	-3	1	3	-5	-0.6	-1	-0.1	-0.5	$68,000	64/897
1990	25	HOU	NL	559	-21	4	0	0	-0	3	16	2	0.0	2	0.2	-0.2	$110,000	8674/95
1991	26	HOU	NL	293	-13	-2	-2	1	-11	4	8	-15	-1.7	-4	-0.4	-1.3	$260,000	6/89
1992	27	HOU	NL	8	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$	/768
1993	28	CHC	NL	123	-8	0	0	0	2	0	3	-3	-0.3	-5	-0.5	0.2	$225,000	4/586
5 Seasons				1085	-47	2	-3	1	-12	8	30	-21	-2.6	-9	-0.9	-1.7	$663,000

HOU (4 yrs)				962	-39	2	-3	1	-14	8	27	-18	-2.3	-4	-0.4	-1.9	$438,000
CHC (1 yr)				123	-8	0	0	0	2	0	3	-3	-0.3	-5	-0.5	0.2	$225,000

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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
	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
	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
	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

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Stolen Bases s c a p y 1990 NL 64 (2nd)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1990 NL 25 (1st)	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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Transactions

January 17, 1984: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft (January).
December 5, 1988: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1988 rule 5 draft.
April 3, 1989: Selected off waivers by the Houston Astros from the Chicago Cubs.
July 10, 1992: the Houston Astros sent Eric Yelding to the Chicago White Sox to complete an earlier deal made on July 4, 1992. July 4, 1992: The Houston Astros sent a player to be named later to the Chicago White Sox for Rich Scheid.
August 24, 1992: Released by the Chicago White Sox.
November 16, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
March 23, 1993: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.
March 30, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
November 4, 1993: Granted Free Agency.
January 11, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1989	24	Houston Astros	$68,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	25	Houston Astros	$110,000	11/21/90 NYT
1991	26	Houston Astros	$260,000	USA Today survey

1993	28	Chicago Cubs	$225,000	USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$663,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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