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Eddie Yost
Edward Frederick Joseph Yost (The Walking Man)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 13, 1926 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Adams (Manhattan, NY)
School: New York University
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 16, 1944
Final Game: July 28, 1962
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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 Awards
1944 17 WSH AL 7 16 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .200 .143 .343 0 2 0 0 1 /56
1946 19 WSH AL 8 31 25 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 5 5 .080 .233 .120 .353 3 3 1 0 1 /5
1947 20 WSH AL 115 485 428 52 102 17 3 0 14 3 5 45 57 .238 .314 .292 .606 71 125 8 2 10 *5
1948 21 WSH AL 145 648 555 74 138 32 11 2 50 4 3 82 51 .249 .349 .357 .706 90 198 15 4 7 *5
1949 22 WSH AL 124 531 435 57 110 19 7 9 45 3 3 91 41 .253 .383 .391 .774 107 170 11 1 4 *5
1950 23 WSH AL 155 731 573 114 169 26 2 11 58 6 6 141 63 .295 .440 .405 .845 122 232 13 8 9 *5 MVP-20
1951 24 WSH AL 154 716 568 109 161 36 4 12 65 6 4 126 55 .283 .423 .424 .847 131 241 7 11 11 *5/O MVP-30
1952 25 WSH AL 157 734 587 92 137 32 3 12 49 4 3 129 73 .233 .378 .359 .738 109 211 9 8 10 *5 AS
1953 26 WSH AL 152 713 577 107 157 30 7 9 45 7 4 123 59 .272 .403 .395 .799 118 228 12 4 9 *5 MVP-23
1954 27 WSH AL 155 687 539 101 138 26 4 11 47 7 3 131 71 .256 .405 .380 .786 123 205 5 5 11 1 *5
1955 28 WSH AL 122 490 375 64 91 17 5 7 48 4 3 95 54 .243 .407 .371 .778 114 139 7 11 6 3 0 *5
1956 29 WSH AL 152 684 515 94 119 17 2 11 53 8 5 151 82 .231 .412 .336 .748 104 173 8 8 9 1 9 *5/9
1957 30 WSH AL 110 492 414 47 104 13 5 9 38 1 11 73 49 .251 .370 .372 .742 106 154 6 5 0 0 2 *5
1958 31 WSH AL 134 503 406 55 91 16 0 8 37 3 6 81 43 .224 .361 .323 .683 92 131 9 9 1 6 2 *5/73
1959 32 DET AL 148 675 521 115 145 19 0 21 61 9 2 135 77 .278 .435 .436 .871 135 227 6 12 4 3 1 *5/4
1960 33 DET AL 143 636 497 78 129 23 2 14 47 5 4 125 69 .260 .414 .398 .812 119 198 11 8 3 3 1 *5
1961 34 LAA AL 76 267 213 29 43 4 0 3 15 0 1 50 48 .202 .358 .263 .621 63 56 2 2 2 0 0 5
1962 35 LAA AL 52 136 104 22 25 9 1 0 10 0 2 30 21 .240 .412 .346 .758 110 36 3 1 0 1 0 5/3
18 Seasons 2109 9175 7346 1215 1863 337 56 139 683 72 66 1614 920 .254 .394 .371 .765 109 2729 133 99 98 18 15
162 Game Avg. 162 705 564 93 143 26 4 11 52 6 5 124 71 .254 .394 .371 .765 109 210 10 8 8
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 Awards
WSH (14 yrs) 1690 7461 6011 971 1521 282 53 101 550 58 57 1274 705 .253 .389 .368 .757 108 2212 111 76 89 11 13
LAA (2 yrs) 128 403 317 51 68 13 1 3 25 0 3 80 69 .215 .377 .290 .667 78 92 5 3 2 1 0
DET (2 yrs) 291 1311 1018 193 274 42 2 35 108 14 6 260 146 .269 .425 .417 .842 127 425 17 20 7 6 2

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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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1944 WSH AL 17 3B 3 12 6 5 1 0 .917 3.67 .958 3.23
1944 WSH AL 17 SS 2 5 3 1 1 0 .800 2.00 .960 5.05
1946 WSH AL 19 3B 7 24 7 17 0 1 1.000 3.43 .946 2.89
1947 WSH AL 20 3B 114 337 125 198 14 11 .958 2.83 .959 2.91
1948 WSH AL 21 3B 145 444 189 240 15 21 .966 2.96 .958 2.93
1949 WSH AL 22 3B 122 409 158 232 19 23 .954 3.20 .960 2.95
1950 WSH AL 23 3B 155 542 205 307 30 45 .945 3.30 .961 3.04 MVP-20
1951 WSH AL 24 3B 152 458 203 234 21 22 .954 2.88 .950 2.87 MVP-30
1951 WSH AL 24 OF 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .983 2.23 3-0-0 MVP-30
1952 WSH AL 25 3B 157 479 212 249 18 26 .962 2.94 .953 2.98 AS
1953 WSH AL 26 3B 152 508 190 300 18 31 .965 3.22 .957 2.93 MVP-23
1954 WSH AL 27 3B 155 148 1296.1 534 170 347 17 29 .968 -2.3 -2.1 -1.3 5.8 -7.2 -1 3.59 3.34 .959 3.48 3.07
1955 WSH AL 28 3B 107 106 899.0 336 100 217 19 22 .943 -5.8 -7.7 -5.8 -4.2 -1.7 0 3.17 2.96 .950 3.17 2.73
1956 WSH AL 29 3B 135 135 1187.1 485 164 303 18 31 .963 -9.1 -9.2 -8.1 -3.1 -4.9 -1 3.54 3.46 .948 3.22 2.78
1956 WSH AL 29 OF 8 8 62.2 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 13.4 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 2.59 2.25 .978 2.34 2.04
1956 WSH AL 29 RF 8 8 62.2 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 13.4 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 2.59 2.25 .972 2.10 1.80
1957 WSH AL 30 3B 107 106 937.0 332 109 207 16 18 .952 -11.3 -14.5 -10.3 -8.9 -1.5 -1 3.04 2.95 .951 3.23 2.77
1958 WSH AL 31 3B 114 110 942.0 306 109 186 11 20 .964 -5.0 -6.4 -4.0 -0.3 -3.7 -1 2.82 2.59 .950 3.11 2.59
1958 WSH AL 31 LF 4 2 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -73.3 -1.1 -1.1 0.0 0 1.00 0.50 1.000 2.10 1.62
1958 WSH AL 31 OF 4 2 18.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -73.3 -1.1 -1.1 0.0 0 0.50 0.25 1.000 2.25 1.95
1958 WSH AL 31 1B 2 0 10.0 13 12 1 0 1 1.000 0.5 60.0 0.5 0.2 0.3 0 11.70 6.50 .992 9.63 8.45
1959 DET AL 32 3B 146 144 1267.0 444 168 259 17 21 .962 0.5 0.5 0.5 6.8 -6.3 0 3.03 2.92 .952 3.21 2.72
1959 DET AL 32 2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.70
1960 DET AL 33 3B 142 137 1181.1 389 155 208 26 18 .933 -17.4 -17.7 -16.4 -5.8 -10.5 -1 2.77 2.56 .953 3.14 2.72
1961 LAA AL 34 3B 67 57 522.2 166 57 103 6 4 .964 3.1 7.1 5.1 2.7 2.4 -2 2.76 2.39 .949 3.18 2.79
1962 LAA AL 35 3B 28 25 225.2 80 29 47 4 2 .950 -3.2 -17.0 -2.2 1.3 -3.6 -1 3.03 2.71 .952 3.08 2.79
1962 LAA AL 35 1B 7 4 39.2 41 40 1 0 3 1.000 -1.2 -36.3 -1.2 -0.2 -1.0 0 9.30 5.86 .990 9.44 8.76
18 Seasons 3B 2008 968 8458.1 6285 2356 3659 270 345 .957 -50.5 -7.2 -42.5 -5.7 -37.0 -8 6.40 3.00 .954 3.22 2.86
3 Seasons OF 15 10 80.2 25 25 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -6.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 2.79 1.67 .980 2.32 2.05 7-0-8
2 Seasons 1B 9 4 49.2 54 52 2 0 4 1.000 -0.7 -16.9 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 9.79 6.00 .991 9.48 8.69
1 Season RF 8 8 62.2 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 13.4 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 2.59 2.25 .972 2.10 1.80
1 Season (incomplete) LF 4 2 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -73.3 -1.1 -1.1 0.0 0 1.00 0.50 1.000 2.10 1.62
1 Season SS 2 5 3 1 1 0 .800 2.00 .960 5.05
1 Season 2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.70
18 Seasons TOT 2035 982 8590.2 6370 2436 3663 271 349 .957 -51.3 -7.2 -43.3 -6.1 -37.4 0 -8 6.39 3.00 .912 3.25 2.89 7-0-8
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 LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1952

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1950 AL (20, 2%)
1951 AL (30, 1%)
1953 AL (23, 1%)
0.04 Career Shares (1157th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1950 AL  .440 (2nd)
1951 AL  .423 (4th)
1953 AL  .403 (5th)
1954 AL  .405 (4th)
1956 AL  .412 (6th)
1959 AL  .435 (1st)
1960 AL  .414 (1st)
Career  .394 (80th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1959 AL  .871 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1950 AL  155 (5th)
1951 AL  154 (1st)
1952 AL  157 (1st)
1953 AL  152 (8th)
1954 AL  155 (1st)
1956 AL  152 (4th)
1959 AL  148 (9th)
Career  2109 (166th)

At Bats s c a p y
1951 AL  568 (8th)
1952 AL  587 (6th)
Career  7346 (204th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1950 AL  731 (2nd)
1951 AL  716 (2nd)
1952 AL  734 (1st)
1953 AL  713 (2nd)
1954 AL  687 (4th)
1956 AL  684 (3rd)
1959 AL  675 (3rd)
1960 AL  636 (8th)
Career  9175 (126th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1950 AL  114 (5th)
1951 AL  109 (3rd)
1952 AL  92 (8th)
1953 AL  107 (2nd)
1954 AL  101 (6th)
1956 AL  94 (8th)
1959 AL  115 (1st)
Career  1215 (160th)

Hits s c a p y
1951 AL  161 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1948 AL  32 (10th)
1951 AL  36 (1st)
1952 AL  32 (5th)
1953 AL  30 (9th)
1954 AL  26 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1948 AL  11 (3rd)
1949 AL  7 (9th)
1953 AL  7 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1949 AL  91 (10th)
1950 AL  141 (1st)
1951 AL  126 (2nd)
1952 AL  129 (1st)
1953 AL  123 (1st)
1954 AL  131 (2nd)
1955 AL  95 (3rd)
1956 AL  151 (1st)
1957 AL  73 (10th)
1958 AL  81 (7th)
1959 AL  135 (1st)
1960 AL  125 (1st)
Career  1614 (11th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1952 AL  73 (10th)
1954 AL  71 (4th)
1956 AL  82 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1953 AL  7 (10th)
1959 AL  9 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1950 AL  130 (5th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1951 AL  131 (8th)
1959 AL  135 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1951 AL  100 (5th)
1953 AL  91 (10th)
1959 AL  115 (3rd)
1960 AL  92 (10th)
Career  1134 (230th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1950 AL  31 (7th)
1951 AL  34 (5th)
1954 AL  26 (8th)
1959 AL  35 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1950 AL  2.9 (7th)
1951 AL  3.4 (5th)
1953 AL  2.2 (10th)
1954 AL  2.6 (8th)
1959 AL  3.5 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1951 AL  52 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1950 AL  318 (1st)
1951 AL  298 (2nd)
1952 AL  274 (2nd)
1953 AL  284 (2nd)
1954 AL  274 (2nd)
1956 AL  278 (3rd)
1959 AL  292 (1st)
1960 AL  262 (1st)
Career  3576 (84th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1951 AL  .646 (9th)
1959 AL  .745 (3rd)
1960 AL  .655 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1948 AL  4 (10th)
1950 AL  8 (3rd)
1951 AL  11 (3rd)
1952 AL  8 (4th)
1954 AL  5 (7th)
1955 AL  11 (3rd)
1956 AL  8 (6th)
1957 AL  5 (8th)
1958 AL  9 (3rd)
1959 AL  12 (2nd)
1960 AL  8 (4th)
Career  99 (69th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1951 AL  11 (7th)
1952 AL  10 (10th)
1954 AL  11 (6th)
1956 AL  9 (4th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1958 AL  6 (8th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 AL  9 (4th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1950 AL  6 (8th)
1956 AL  5 (9th)
1957 AL  11 (2nd)
1958 AL  6 (9th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1954 AL  8.6 (8th)
1959 AL  12.6 (5th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1948 AL  442 (7th)
1952 AL  472 (3rd)
1953 AL  445 (10th)
Career  5798 (167th)

Youngest s c a p y
1944 AL  born 1926-10-13 (2nd)
1946 AL  born 1926-10-13 (2nd)
1947 AL  born 1926-10-13 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 20 (106), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 74 (324), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 38 (485), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 29 (342), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1944 Season: Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent.

December 6, 1958: Traded by the Washington Senators with Rocky Bridges and Neil Chrisley to the Detroit Tigers for Reno Bertoia, Jim Delsing and Ron Samford.

December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels from the Detroit Tigers in the 1960 expansion draft.

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