Sal Yvars
Salvador Anthony Yvars
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 187 lb.

Born: February 20, 1924 in New York, NY
High School: White Plains (White Plains, NY)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1947
Final Game: September 26, 1954
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Standard Batting

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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
1947 23 NYG NL 1 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 6 1 0 0 0 /2
1948 24 NYG NL 15 42 38 4 8 1 0 1 6 0 3 1 .211 .286 .316 .602 62 12 1 1 0 2
1949 25 NYG NL 3 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .111 .000 .111 -68 0 0 0 0 /2
1950 26 NYG NL 9 15 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .200 .143 .343 -8 2 0 0 0 /2
1951 27 NYG NL 25 50 41 9 13 2 0 2 3 0 0 5 7 .317 .417 .512 .929 147 21 0 2 2 2
1952 28 NYG NL 66 164 151 15 37 3 0 4 18 0 0 10 16 .245 .296 .344 .641 76 52 7 1 2 2
1953 29 TOT NL 53 117 104 5 27 2 0 1 7 0 1 11 7 .260 .336 .308 .644 68 32 7 1 1 2
1953 29 NYG NL 23 55 47 1 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1 .277 .370 .277 .647 70 13 3 0 1 2
1953 29 STL NL 30 62 57 4 14 2 0 1 6 0 1 4 6 .246 .306 .333 .640 67 19 4 1 0 2
1954 30 STL NL 38 65 57 8 14 4 0 2 8 1 0 6 5 .246 .328 .421 .749 94 24 1 1 1 0 2
8 Seasons 210 467 418 41 102 12 0 10 42 1 1 37 41 .244 .315 .344 .659 76 144 16 6 6 0
162 Game Avg. 162 360 322 32 79 9 0 8 32 1 29 32 .244 .315 .344 .659 76 111 12 5 5
NYG (7 yrs) 142 340 304 29 74 6 0 7 28 0 0 27 30 .243 .313 .332 .646 74 101 11 4 5
STL (2 yrs) 68 127 114 12 28 6 0 3 14 1 1 10 11 .246 .317 .377 .695 81 43 5 2 1 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1947 23 NYG NL 5 4 0 0.0 107 .333 .200 .275 .200 .351 .200 .408 .400 .759 6 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
1948 24 NYG NL 42 31 3 2.6 103 .194 .211 .270 .286 .345 .316 .400 .602 .744 62 .268 -2.1 -0.2 .516 .184 .105 .0
1949 25 NYG NL 9 8 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .270 .111 .344 .000 .405 .111 .749 -68 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .125 .125 .000
1950 26 NYG NL 15 12 0 0.0 109 .167 .143 .271 .200 .348 .143 .420 .343 .768 -8 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .250 .071 .000
1951 27 NYG NL 50 30 8 7.2 104 .344 .317 .269 .417 .343 .512 .407 .929 .750 147 .699 3.0 0.3 1.000 .317 .195 .0
1952 28 NYG NL 164 123 15 3.3 98 .252 .245 .263 .296 .336 .344 .391 .641 .727 76 .391 -5.3 -0.6 .521 .166 .099 .0
1953 29 TOT NL 117 86 10 3.1 111 .271 .260 .276 .336 .347 .308 .430 .644 .777 68 .305 -4.6 -0.5 .506 .144 .048 .0
1953 29 NYG NL 55 38 5 3.5 113 .283 .277 .278 .370 .349 .277 .433 .647 .782 70 .354 -1.8 -0.2 .541 .149 .000
1953 29 STL NL 62 48 5 2.8 110 .260 .246 .274 .306 .345 .333 .427 .640 .773 67 .264 -2.8 -0.3 .479 .140 .088 .0
1954 30 STL NL 65 45 8 4.8 109 .240 .246 .274 .328 .345 .421 .424 .749 .769 94 .497 -0.5 -0.1 .727 .298 .175 1.3
8 Seasons 467 339 44 3.5 104 .251 .244 .269 .315 .342 .344 .409 .659 .751 76 .381 -14.4 -1.4 .562 .189 .100 1.8
162 Game Avg. 360 262 34 3.5 104 .251 .244 .269 .315 .342 .344 .409 .659 .751 76 .381 -14.4 -1.4 .562 .189 .100 1
NYG (7 yrs) 340 246 31 3.4 102 .251 .243 .268 .313 .341 .332 .403 .646 .744 74 .380 -11.2 -1.1 .548 .178 .089 .0
STL (2 yrs) 127 93 13 3.7 109 .250 .246 .274 .317 .345 .377 .425 .695 .771 81 .385 -3.3 -0.3 .598 .219 .132 1.5

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1951 27 NYG NL WS NYY L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1947 23 NYG NL 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.5 60%
1948 24 NYG NL 42 2.4% 2.4% 7.1% 4.8% 25% 0.33 38.0 38.0 6.3 86%
1949 25 NYG NL 9 0.0% 11.1% 11.1% 0.0% 1.00 8.0 78%
1950 26 NYG NL 15 0.0% 13.3% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 2.00 7.0 80%
1951 27 NYG NL 50 4.0% 14.0% 10.0% 8.0% 31% 1.40 5.9 20.5 13.7 64%
1952 28 NYG NL 164 2.4% 9.8% 6.1% 4.3% 19% 1.60 9.4 37.8 8.4 80%
1953 29 TOT NL 117 0.9% 6.0% 9.4% 2.6% 11% 0.64 14.9 104.0 14.9 82%
1953 29 NYG NL 55 0.0% 1.8% 12.7% 0.0% 0% 0.14 47.0 47.0 84%
1953 29 STL NL 62 1.6% 9.7% 6.5% 4.8% 21% 1.50 9.5 57.0 9.5 81%
1954 30 STL NL 65 3.1% 7.7% 9.2% 9.2% 43% 0.83 11.4 28.5 7.1 0.72 77%
8 Seasons 467 2.1% 8.8% 7.9% 4.7% 22% 1.11 10.2 41.8 10.0 0.72 79%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 30 STL NL 2 0 32% 18 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17% 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 1
8 Seasons 2 0 23% 18 1 1 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17% 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 1
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 30 STL NL 54 52% 14 13 4 1 2 1.56 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 7 1 14% 1 1 100% 33 6 18% 2 1 50% 4 3 75% 11
8 Seasons 54 52% 102 13 4 1 2 1.56 10 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 600% 7 16 229% 1 1 100% 33 6 18% 2 1 50% 4 3 75% 11
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1947 23 1 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 6 1 0 0 0
1948 24 16 47 43 4 9 1 0 1 6 0 3 3 .209 .277 .302 .579 56 13 1 1 0
1949 25 19 56 51 4 9 1 0 1 6 0 4 4 .176 .250 .255 .505 36 13 1 1 0
1950 26 28 71 65 4 11 1 0 1 6 0 5 6 .169 .239 .231 .470 26 15 1 1 0
1951 27 53 121 106 13 24 3 0 3 9 0 0 10 13 .226 .311 .340 .651 74 36 1 3 2
1952 28 119 285 257 28 61 6 0 7 27 0 0 20 29 .237 .302 .342 .645 75 88 8 4 4
1953 29 172 402 361 33 88 8 0 8 34 0 1 31 36 .244 .312 .332 .645 73 120 15 5 5
1954 30 210 467 418 41 102 12 0 10 42 1 1 37 41 .244 .315 .344 .659 76 144 16 6 6 0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1947 23 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1948 24 16 43 39 4 8 1 0 1 6 0 3 1 .205 .279 .308 .587 3 15
1949 25 3 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 3
1950 26 9 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .063 .000 .063 0 9
1951 27 26 49 42 9 13 2 0 2 3 0 5 7 .310 .408 .500 .908 8 25
1952 28 69 171 159 17 40 3 0 4 20 0 11 17 .252 .304 .346 .650 17 66
1953 29 55 116 105 5 25 2 0 1 6 0 10 7 .238 .310 .286 .596 9 53
1954 30 40 67 60 9 15 4 0 2 9 1 6 5 .250 .328 .417 .745 8 38
8 Seasons 219 476 433 44 101 12 0 10 44 1 37 42 .233 .303 .330 .633 45 210
162 Game Avg. 162 352 320 33 75 9 0 7 33 1 27 31 .233 .303 .330 .633 33 210

* 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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