Sal Yvars

Salvador Anthony Yvars

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: February 20, 1924 in New York, NY
High School: White Plains HS (White Plains, NY)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1947
Teams (by GP): Giants/Cardinals 1947-1954

Final Game: September 26, 1954
Died: December 10, 2008 in Valhalla, NY
Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY
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Standard Batting

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	Pos	Awards
1946	22	SFG-min	B	73	220	220		70	12	6	8						.318	.318	.536	.855		118						MAN · NENL
1947	23	SFG-min	AAA	80	249	208	34	61	12	0	8	43	6		36	25	.293	.402	.466	.869		97		2	3			JER · IL
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	SFG-min	AAA	132	483	409	67	123	17	4	16	88	1		65	43	.301	.405	.479	.885		196		7	2			JER · IL
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	SFG-min	AAA	84	334	290	49	89	15	4	8	57	1		38	24	.307	.391	.469	.860		136	5	2	4			MNE · AA
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	SFG-min	AAA	91	340	291	48	82	12	1	8	53	3		38	28	.282	.380	.412	.792		120		8	3			JER · IL
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
1955	31	DET-min	AA,AAA	24	66	66		21	2	1	1						.318	.318	.348	.667		23						LRK,BFL · SOUA,IL
8 Yrs				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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1947	23	NYG	NL	1	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.425	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/2
1948	24	NYG	NL	15	42	-2	0	-0	1	0	-0	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.496	.500	0.0	0.2	0	$	2
1949	25	NYG	NL	3	9	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.435	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	/2
1950	26	NYG	NL	9	15	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.476	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/2
1951	27	NYG	NL	25	50	3	1	0	-1	0	3	0.3	2	5	0.5	.512	.502	0.6	-0.1	6	$	2
1952	28	NYG	NL	66	164	-5	0	-1	-1	1	-5	-0.6	6	0	0.0	.491	.496	0.1	0.1	1	$	2
1953	29	NYG	NL	23	55	-1	0	-1	1	0	-0	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.498	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	2
1953	29	STL	NL	30	62	-3	-1	-1	-1	0	-6	-0.6	2	-3	-0.4	.482	.497	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	2
1954	30	STL	NL	38	65	0	-0	-0	0	0	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.502	.500	0.3	0.0	3	$	2
8 Seasons				210	467	-12	-0	-3	-1	4	-13	-1.4	16	3	0.1	.494	.499	0.3	0.3	4	$

NYG (7 yrs)				142	340	-10	1	-2	0	3	-8	-0.9	12	4	0.2	.494	.499	0.2	0.3	4	$
STL (2 yrs)				68	127	-3	-1	-1	-1	1	-5	-0.5	4	-1	-0.1	.493	.498	0.1	-0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

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	.350	.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 Yrs				467	339	44	3.5	104	.251	.244	.269	.315	.342	.344	.409	.659	.751	76	.381	-14.5	-1.5	.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	-14.5	-1.5	.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	110	.250	.246	.274	.317	.345	.377	.426	.695	.771	81	.385	-3.3	-0.3	.598	.219	.132	1.5

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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	5.00	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			2.00	80%
1951	27	NYG	NL	50	4.0%	14.0%	10.0%	8.0%	31%	1.40	5.9	20.5	13.7	1.44	64%
1952	28	NYG	NL	164	2.4%	9.8%	6.1%	4.3%	19%	1.60	9.4	37.8	8.4	0.94	80%
1953	29	TOT	NL	117	0.9%	6.0%	9.4%	2.6%	11%	0.64	14.9	104.0	14.9	1.09	82%
1953	29	NYG	NL	55	0.0%	1.8%	12.7%	0.0%	0%	0.14	47.0		47.0	1.00	84%
1953	29	STL	NL	62	1.6%	9.7%	6.5%	4.8%	21%	1.50	9.5	57.0	9.5	1.18	81%
1954	30	STL	NL	65	3.1%	7.7%	9.2%	9.2%	43%	0.83	11.4	28.5	7.1	0.73	77%
8 Yrs				467	2.1%	8.8%	7.9%	4.7%	22%	1.11	10.2	41.8	10.0	1.04	79%
MLB Averages					1.9%	10.0%	9.7%	6.4%	28%	1.03	8.8	46.7	8.1	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1947	23	NYG	NL	-0.7	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	24	NYG	NL	-2.1	-0.2	6	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.45	-0.1	0.0	-1.2	-0.1	1.18	-1.3		0
1949	25	NYG	NL	-2.0	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0		0
1950	26	NYG	NL	-2.3	-0.2	13	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	1.16	-0.2	-0.1	-3.3	-0.3	1.02	-2.6		0
1951	27	NYG	NL	3.0	0.3	51	0.5	1.1	-0.6	.97	0.4	0.1	1.8	0.2	0.95	3.9	2.60	2
1952	28	NYG	NL	-5.3	-0.6	147	-1.0	2.3	-3.3	1.17	-0.2	-0.7	-4.4	-0.5	1.01	-1.3	3.56	7
1953	29	TOT	NL	-4.6	-0.5	110	-1.0	1.2	-2.2	1.03	-0.8	-0.1	-9.1	-0.9	0.92	-9.9	2.12	9
1953	29	NYG	NL	-1.8	-0.2	55	-0.2	0.6	-0.8	.89	-0.3	0.1	-3.8	-0.4	0.86	-4.4	0.90	4
1953	29	STL	NL	-2.8	-0.3	55	-0.7	0.6	-1.4	1.17	-0.5	-0.2	-5.3	-0.5	0.98	-5.5	3.10	5
1954	30	STL	NL	-0.5	-0.1	66	0.5	1.5	-1.0	.94	0.1	0.5	2.8	0.3	0.95	0.4	1.40	17
8 Yrs				-14.5	-1.5	393	-1.3	6.3	-7.7	1.07	-0.8	-0.4	-13.4	-1.3	0.97	-10.8	2.09	35

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	CS3	SBH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	24	NYG	NL	0	0	27%	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	25	NYG	NL			0%	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	26	NYG	NL	0	0	0%	3	0			0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	27	NYG	NL	1	0	39%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	100%	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1
1952	28	NYG	NL	3	0	25%	58	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0	22%	5	4	1	1	1	0	3	2	1
1953	29	TOT	NL	1	0	11%	34	0	1	0%	1	0	1	1	3	0	67%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1953	29	NYG	NL	1	0	5%	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	3	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	29	STL	NL	0	0	17%	16	0	1	0%	1	0	1	1	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1954	30	STL	NL	2	0	32%	21	1	0	100%	0	1	1	0	1	0	17%	3	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	1
8 Yrs				7	0	23%	132	1	1	50%	1	1	2	1	5	2	38%	11	8	3	3	1	1	7	3	4

Situational Hitting*

						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
1948	24	NYG	NL	42	33%	8			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	3	1	33%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1949	25	NYG	NL	9		0			0	0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0			0	0		0	0		0
1950	26	NYG	NL	15	46%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	11	1	9%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1951	27	NYG	NL	50	41%	13			2	0	0	0	2.60	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	100%	9	0	0%	5	2	40%	32	1	3%	2	0	0%	3	2	67%	0
1952	28	NYG	NL	164	33%	37			7	1	0	1	3.56	4	0	7	1	3	3	1	0	4	2	50%	31	7	23%	16	7	44%	103	15	15%	12	7	58%	5	2	40%	0
1953	29	TOT	NL	117	31%	27			9	2	0	0	2.12	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	21	7	33%	5	2	40%	67	5	7%	3	3	100%	1	1	100%	0
1953	29	NYG	NL	55	29%	13			4	1	0	0	0.90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	7	3	43%	1	1	100%	29	1	3%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1953	29	STL	NL	62	33%	14			5	1	0	0	3.10	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		14	4	29%	4	1	25%	38	4	11%	2	2	100%	0	0		0
1954	30	STL	NL	65	50%	14			17	4	1	2	1.40	2	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	100%	8	1	13%	1	1	100%	39	6	15%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
8 Yrs				462	37%	102			35	7	1	3	2.09	10	0	11	3	5	6	4	0	8	6	75%	73	16	22%	31	14	45%	257	28	11%	21	12	57%	10	6	60%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			111%			14%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1947	23	1	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	6	1	0	0	0
1948	24	16	47	43	4	9	1	1	6	0		3	3	.209	.277	.302	.579	56	13	1	1	0
1949	25	19	56	51	4	9	1	1	6	0		4	4	.176	.250	.255	.505	36	13	1	1	0
1950	26	28	71	65	4	11	1	1	6	0		5	6	.169	.239	.231	.470	26	15	1	1	0
1951	27	53	121	106	13	24	3	3	9	0	0	10	13	.226	.311	.340	.651	74	36	1	3	2
1952	28	119	285	257	28	61	6	7	27	0	0	20	29	.237	.302	.342	.645	75	88	8	4	4
1953	29	172	402	361	33	88	8	8	34	0	1	31	36	.244	.312	.332	.645	73	120	15	5	5
1954	30	210	467	418	41	102	12	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	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1947	23	1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1948	24	16	43	39	4	8	1	1	6	0	3	1	.205	.279	.308	.587	3	15
1949	25	3	9	8	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	1	2	.000	.063	.000	.063	0	9
1951	27	26	51	42	9	13	2	2	3	0	5	7	.310	.408	.500	.908	8	25
1952	28	69	173	159	17	40	3	4	20	0	11	17	.252	.304	.346	.650	17	66
1953	29	55	120	107	5	27	2	1	7	0	11	7	.252	.328	.299	.627	10	53
1954	30	40	67	59	8	14	4	2	8	1	6	5	.237	.318	.407	.725	7	38
8 Yrs		219	484	434	43	102	12	10	44	1	38	42	.235	.305	.332	.637	45	210
162 Game Avg.		162	358	321	32	75	9	7	33	1	28	31	.235	.305	.332	.637	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 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.

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Name and misspellings: Salvador Anthony Sal Yvars

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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