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Stan Yerkes

Stanley Lewis Yerkes (Yank)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: November 28, 1874 in Cheltenham, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1901
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Orioles 1901-1903

Final Game: April 17, 1903
Died: July 28, 1940 in Boston, MA
Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Hyde Park, MA
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1895	20	-min	B	13	20	.394	4.53	38	34		29			292.0	413	290	147		131	103	16		10			1.863	12.7		4.0	3.2	0.79	LNC,CRB · PASL
1896	21	-min	B,A	6	9	.400	4.02	19	14		10	0		132.0	203	132	59		51	48	3		5			1.924	13.8		3.5	3.3	0.94	PAW,PHD · NENL,ATLL
1897	22	-min	A	1	1	.500	2.50	2	2		2	0		18.0	19	11	5		5	2	1		0			1.333	9.5		2.5	1.0	0.40	SCR · EL
1898	23	-min	A	6	9	.400		15	15		15	1		130.0	142	83			36	31	10		0			1.369	9.8		2.5	2.1	0.86	OTT · EL
1899	24	-min	C	13	19	.406		35	32		30	1		282.0	343	197			92	54	11		2			1.543	10.9		2.9	1.7	0.59	OSW,UTI,SDY · NYSL
1900	25	-min	B	8	16	.333		27	24		21			214.0	254	154			64	59						1.486	10.7		2.7	2.5	0.92	PBO,OMA · WL
1901	26	-min	A					33																								MRI · WA
1901	26	TOT	MLB	3	2	.600	3.86	5	5	0	5	0	0	42.0	47	23	18	2	8	19	1	0	0	176	88	1.310	10.1	0.4	1.7	4.1	2.38
1901	26	BLA	AL	0	1	.000	6.75	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	12	9	6	0	2	4	0	0	0	37	60	1.750	13.5	0.0	2.3	4.5	2.00
1901	26	STL	NL	3	1	.750	3.18	4	4	0	4	0	0	34.0	35	14	12	2	6	15	1	0	0	139	102	1.206	9.3	0.5	1.6	4.0	2.50
1902	27	STL	NL	12	21	.364	3.66	39	37	2	27	1	0	272.2	341	160	111	1	79	81	2	0	2	1197	75	1.540	11.3	0.0	2.6	2.7	1.03
1903	28	-min	A	9	24	.273									306				59	97											1.64	PRV · EL
1903	28	STL	NL	0	1	.000	1.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	8	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	24	198	1.600	14.4	0.0	0.0	5.4
1904	29	-min	A	17	19	.472	3.64	24	22					190.1	336	109	77		64							2.102	15.9		3.0			SFR,BFL · PCL,EL
1905	30	-min	A	13	19	.406		35						263.0	303	151			49							1.338	10.4		1.7			BFL · EL
1907	32	-min	A,B	10	14	.417		28																								NVL,WBY · SOUA,CTST
1908	33	-min	C	8	11	.421		22																								GAL · TL
3 Seasons				15	24	.385	3.66	45	43	2	32	1	0	319.2	396	189	130	3	87	103	3	0	2	1397	78	1.511	11.1	0.1	2.4	2.9	1.18
162 Game Avg.				12	19	.385	3.66	35	33	2	25	1	0	247	306	146	100	2	67	80	2	0	2	1080	78	1.511	11.1	0.1	2.4	2.9	1.18

STL (3 yrs)				15	23	.395	3.58	44	42	2	31	1	0	311.2	384	180	124	3	85	99	3	0	2	1360	79	1.505	11.1	0.1	2.5	2.9	1.16
BLA (1 yr)				0	1	.000	6.75	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	12	9	6	0	2	4	0	0	0	37	60	1.750	13.5	0.0	2.3	4.5	2.00

NL (3 yrs)			NL	15	23	.395	3.58	44	42	2	31	1	0	311.2	384	180	124	3	85	99	3	0	2	1360	79	1.505	11.1	0.1	2.5	2.9	1.16
AL (1 yr)			AL	0	1	.000	6.75	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	12	9	6	0	2	4	0	0	0	37	60	1.750	13.5	0.0	2.3	4.5	2.00

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1901	26	BLA	AL	8.0	1	9	5	0	1.0	-4	-0.3	$
1901	26	STL	NL	34.0	4	14	20	1	1.0	6	0.5	$
1902	27	STL	NL	272.2	37	160	137	-6	1.0	-23	-2.1	$
1903	28	STL	NL	5.0	1	6	3	0	1.0	-3	-0.3	$
3 Seasons				319.2	43	189	165	-5	1.0	-24	-2.2	$

STL (3 yrs)				311.2	42	180	160	-5	1.0	-20	-1.9	$
BLA (1 yr)				8.0	1	9	5	0	1.0	-4	-0.3	$

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1895	20	-min	B		94	94	8	14								.149	.149							LNC,CRB · PASL
1896	21	-min	B,A	19	59	59	7	13	1	0	0		0			.220	.220	.237	.458		14			PAW,PHD · NENL,ATLL
1897	22	-min	A	2	8	8	1	1	0	0	0		0			.125	.125	.125	.250		1			SCR · EL
1898	23	-min	A	15	48	47	4	9	0	1	1		0			.191	.191	.298	.489		14		1	OTT · EL
1899	24	-min	C	40	126	122	9	27	6	1	0		2			.221	.221	.287	.508		35		4	UTI,SDY,OSW · NYSL
1900	25	-min	B	56	92	89	6	15	6	0	0		0			.169	.169	.202	.371		18		3	PBO,OMA · WL
1901	26	-min	A	33	116	116		23	4	0	1					.198	.198	.259	.457		30			MRI · WA
1901	26	TOT	MLB	5	17	15	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.133	.188	.200	.388	13	3	0	1	/1
1901	26	BLA	AL	1	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	168	2	0	0	/1
1901	26	STL	NL	4	14	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.083	.154	.083	.237	-29	1	0	1	/1
1902	27	STL	NL	39	100	91	4	12	1	0	0	2	0	9	31	.132	.210	.143	.353	11	13	0	0	1
1903	28	-min	A	37	113	113	15	26					0			.230	.230							PRV · EL
1903	28	STL	NL	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	/1
1904	29	-min	A	43	126	126		31	7	2	0					.246	.246	.333	.579		42			SFR,BFL · PCL,EL
1905	30	-min	A	35	94	94		12	2	0	0					.128	.128	.149	.277		14			BFL · EL
1907	32	-min	B,A	28	82	82		8								.098	.098							WBY,NVL · CTST,SOUA
1908	33	-min	C,A	28	71	71		14			0					.197	.197							GAL,NVL · TL,SOUA
3 Seasons				45	119	108	5	14	2	0	0	2	0	10	35	.130	.203	.148	.352	9	16	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	428	389	18	50	7	0	0	7	0	36	126	.130	.203	.148	.352	9	58	0	4

STL (3 yrs)				44	116	105	5	13	1	0	0	2	0	10	34	.124	.200	.133	.333	4	14	0	1
BLA (1 yr)				1	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	168	2	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				44	116	105	5	13	1	0	0	2	0	10	34	.124	.200	.133	.333	4	14	0	1
AL (1 yr)				1	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	168	2	0	0

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
1901	26	BLA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
1901	26	STL	NL	14	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	/1
1902	27	STL	NL	100	-9	-1	0	0	0	3	3	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$	1
1903	28	STL	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
3 Seasons				119	-12	-1	0	0	0	3	3	-7	-0.8	-7	-0.7	-0.1	$

STL (3 yrs)				116	-12	-1	0	0	0	3	3	-7	-0.8	-7	-0.7	-0.1	$
BLA (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1901	TOT	MLB	26	P	5	42.0	10	0	10	0	1.000	2.14	2.00	.933	2.81	2.76
1901	BLA	AL	26	P	1	8.0	2	0	2	0	1.000	2.25	2.00	.930	3.04	2.90
1901	STL	NL	26	P	4	34.0	8	0	8	0	1.000	2.12	2.00	.934	2.75	2.72
1902	STL	NL	27	P	39	272.2	79	11	61	7	.911	2.38	1.85	.933	2.72	2.68
1903	STL	NL	28	P	1	5.0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		2.88	2.80
	3 Seasons			P	45	319.2	89	11	71	7	.921	2.31	1.82	.933	2.73	2.69
	3 Seasons			TOT	45	319.2	89	11	71	7	.921	2.31	1.82	.933	2.73	2.69

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1902 NL 39 (3rd)	Games Started s c a p y 1902 NL 37 (3rd)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1902 NL 79 (7th)	Hits s c a p y 1902 NL 341 (3rd)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1902 NL 0.033 (6th)	Losses s c a p y 1902 NL 21 (1st)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1902 NL 111 (1st)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1902 NL 1,197 (7th)
Def. Games as P s c a p y 1902 NL 39 (3rd)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1902 NL 7 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 2 (2433), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

May 22, 1901: Released by the Baltimore Orioles. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
June 1, 1901: Sent from ??? to the St. Louis Cardinals in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

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