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Eric Yelding
Eric Girard Yelding

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 165 lb.

Debut April 9, 1989
  vs. SDP 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 3, 1993
Born February 22, 1965 in Montrose, AL

Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1989 24 HOU NL  70   90   19   21   2  0   0    9  11  5   7  19  .233  .290  .256   60   23   2   2   0   1   2
 1990 25 HOU NL 142  511   69  130   9  5   1   28  64 25  39  87  .254  .305  .297   69  152   4   5   1   0  11
 1991 26 HOU NL  78  276   19   67  11  1   1   20  11  9  13  46  .243  .276  .301   68   83   3   1   3   0   4
 1992 27 HOU NL   9    8    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .250  .250  .250   46    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1993 28 CHC NL  69  108   14   22   5  1   1   10   3  2  11  22  .204  .277  .296   56   32   4   0   2   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      368  993  122  242  27  7   3   67  89 41  70 177  .244  .292  .294   66  292  13   8   6   1  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        437   54  107  12  3   1   29  39 18  31  78  .244  .292  .294   66  129   6   4   3   0   9
 Career High    142  511   69  130  11  5   1   28  64 25  39  87  .254  .305  .301   69  152   4   5   3   1  11
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1989 24 HOU NL  102   80    7   2.4    88| .233  .250| .290  .317| .256  .373| .546  .690|  60  .270  -4.4  -0.5  68%
 1990 25 HOU NL  559  426   48   3.0    95| .254  .261| .305  .327| .297  .392| .602  .718|  69  .334 -21.7  -2.2  71%
 1991 26 HOU NL  293  226   21   2.5    88| .243  .249| .276  .316| .301  .374| .577  .690|  68  .280 -11.8  -1.2  55%
 1992 27 HOU NL    8    6    1   4.5    88| .250  .253| .250  .318| .250  .373| .500  .691|  46  .539  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1993 28 CHC NL  123   95    9   2.5   102| .204  .269| .277  .333| .296  .409| .573  .743|  56  .249  -6.9  -0.7  60%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1085  833   86   2.8    93| .244  .258| .292  .324| .294  .387| .586  .710|  66  .305 -45.4  -4.7  68%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1989 24 HOU NL SS 15 10 26 0 4 1.000 .965 2.40 3.88 4.12 4.51 6 78.7 2B 13 20 30 2 5 .962 .980 3.85 4.43 6.43 5.12 6 70.0 OF 8 7 1 1 0 .889 .976 1.00 1.96 1.80 2.32 3 40.0 CF 4 3 1 1 0 .800 .976 1.00 2.33 1.50 2.70 2 24.0 RF 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.70 1.93 2.12 1 14.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1990 25 HOU NL OF 94 230 5 7 2 .971 .981 2.50 2.01 2.94 2.39 80 718.7 CF 83 220 5 7 2 .970 .984 2.71 2.35 3.06 2.74 76 662.0 SS 40 64 97 7 16 .958 .967 4.03 4.00 4.30 4.59 38 336.7 LF 11 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.09 1.71 3.06 2.19 3 35.3 2B 10 21 20 2 3 .953 .983 4.10 4.28 5.68 5.01 7 65.0 RF 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 1.82 1.27 2.24 1 21.3 3B 3 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 0.67 2.30 2.86 2.71 0 6.3 1991 26 HOU NL SS 72 113 166 18 31 .939 .966 3.88 3.88 4.28 4.67 67 587.0 OF 4 1 0 2 0 .333 1.000 0.25 1.88 1.29 2.31 0 7.0 CF 3 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 0.33 2.13 1.80 2.52 0 5.0 RF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.60 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1992 27 HOU NL LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.65 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.95 3.00 2.40 0 3.0 SS 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.85 0.00 4.50 0 3.0 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1993 28 CHC NL 2B 32 48 76 2 14 .984 .980 3.88 4.49 5.87 5.16 20 190.0 3B 7 3 9 1 1 .923 .945 1.71 2.31 2.63 2.70 4 41.0 CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.40 1.00 2.80 1 9.0 SS 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 4.00 9.00 4.50 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1989 24 HOU NL 2B 13 20 30 2 5 .962 .980 3.85 4.43 6.43 5.12 6 70.0 1990 25 HOU NL 2B 10 21 20 2 3 .953 .983 4.10 4.28 5.68 5.01 7 65.0 1993 28 CHC NL 2B 32 48 76 2 14 .984 .980 3.88 4.49 5.87 5.16 20 190.0 1990 25 HOU NL 3B 3 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 0.67 2.30 2.86 2.71 0 6.3 1993 28 CHC NL 3B 7 3 9 1 1 .923 .945 1.71 2.31 2.63 2.70 4 41.0 1989 24 HOU NL CF 4 3 1 1 0 .800 .976 1.00 2.33 1.50 2.70 2 24.0 1990 25 HOU NL CF 83 220 5 7 2 .970 .984 2.71 2.35 3.06 2.74 76 662.0 1991 26 HOU NL CF 3 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 0.33 2.13 1.80 2.52 0 5.0 1992 27 HOU NL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1993 28 CHC NL CF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.40 1.00 2.80 1 9.0 1989 24 HOU NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1990 25 HOU NL LF 11 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.09 1.71 3.06 2.19 3 35.3 1992 27 HOU NL LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.65 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 1989 24 HOU NL OF 8 7 1 1 0 .889 .976 1.00 1.96 1.80 2.32 3 40.0 1990 25 HOU NL OF 94 230 5 7 2 .971 .981 2.50 2.01 2.94 2.39 80 718.7 1991 26 HOU NL OF 4 1 0 2 0 .333 1.000 0.25 1.88 1.29 2.31 0 7.0 1992 27 HOU NL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.95 3.00 2.40 0 3.0 1993 28 CHC NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.00 1.00 2.30 1 9.0 1989 24 HOU NL RF 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.70 1.93 2.12 1 14.0 1990 25 HOU NL RF 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 1.82 1.27 2.24 1 21.3 1991 26 HOU NL RF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.60 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1989 24 HOU NL SS 15 10 26 0 4 1.000 .965 2.40 3.88 4.12 4.51 6 78.7 1990 25 HOU NL SS 40 64 97 7 16 .958 .967 4.03 4.00 4.30 4.59 38 336.7 1991 26 HOU NL SS 72 113 166 18 31 .939 .966 3.88 3.88 4.28 4.67 67 587.0 1992 27 HOU NL SS 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.85 0.00 4.50 0 3.0 1993 28 CHC NL SS 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 4.00 9.00 4.50 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 130 187 290 26 51 .948 .966 3.67 3.92 4.27 4.63 111 1006.3 OF* 109 240 6 10 2 .961 .981 2.26 2.00 2.85 2.39 84 777.7 14 92 10# CF* 92 225 6 9 2 .963 .984 2.51 2.34 2.97 2.74 79 701.0 2B* 55 89 126 6 22 .973 .981 3.91 4.44 5.95 5.12 33 325.0 LF* 14 13 0 0 0 1.000 .977 0.93 1.70 2.98 2.20 3 39.3 RF* 10 5 1 1 0 .857 .968 0.60 1.76 1.45 2.20 2 37.3 3B* 10 3 11 2 1 .875 .946 1.40 2.31 2.66 2.70 4 47.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 304 519 433 44 76 .956 .973 3.13 3.27 3.97 3.85 232 2156
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Stolen Bases
1990 NL-64-2

Caught Stealing
1990 NL-25-1

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2075) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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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.

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: Sent by the Houston Astros to the Chicago White Sox to complete an earlier deal made on July 4, 1992. The Houston Astros sent a player to be named later to the Chicago White Sox for Rich Scheid. The Houston Astros sent Eric Yelding (July 10, 1992) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1989Houston Astros$68,000
1991Houston Astros$260,000
1993Chicago Cubs$225,000
Career (may be incomplete)$553,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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