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Steve Yerkes
Stephen Douglas Yerkes

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 165 lb.
School University of Pennsylvania

Debut September 29, 1909
Final Game October 1, 1916
Born May 15, 1888 in Hatboro, PA
Died January 31, 1971 in Lansdale, PA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1909 21 BOS AL   5    7    0    2   0  0   0    0   0      0      .286  .286  .286   79    2   0           0    
 1911 23 BOS AL 142  502   70  140  24  3   1   57  14     52      .279  .354  .345   96  173  31           6    
 1912 24 BOS AL 131  523   73  132  22  6   0   42   4     41      .252  .312  .317   76  166  25           4    
 1913 25 BOS AL 137  483   67  129  29  6   1   48  11     50  32  .267  .338  .358  101  173  25           2    
 1914 26 TOT    131  435   41  112  26  7   2   48   7  6  25  36  .257  .301  .363   96  158  17           2    
         BOS AL  92  293   23   64  17  2   1   23   5  6  14  23  .218  .259  .300   68   88  12           2    
         PBS FL  39  142   18   48   9  5   1   25   2     11  13  .338  .386  .493  150   70   5           0    
 1915 27 PBS FL 121  434   44  125  17  8   1   49  17     30  27  .288  .337  .371  109  161  14           2    
 1916 28 CHC NL  44  137   12   36   6  2   1   10   1      9   7  .263  .308  .358   96   49   3           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      711 2521  307  676 124 32   6  254  54  6 207 102  .268  .328  .350   95  882 115   0   0  16   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        574   70  154  28  7   1   58  12  1  47  23  .268  .328  .350   95  201  26   0   0   4   0
 Career High    142  523   73  140  29  8   2   57  17  6  52  36  .288  .354  .371  109  173  31   0   0   6   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1909 21 BOS AL    7    5    1   5.3    75| .286  .255| .286  .316| .286  .323| .572  .639|  79  .735  -0.2   0.0     
 1911 23 BOS AL  591  393   60   4.1    95| .279  .280| .354  .346| .345  .368| .699  .714|  96  .494  -0.8  -0.1     
 1912 24 BOS AL  593  416   51   3.2    95| .252  .278| .312  .348| .317  .366| .629  .714|  76  .416 -17.0  -1.8     
 1913 25 BOS AL  560  379   58   4.1    89| .267  .268| .338  .340| .358  .352| .696  .692| 101  .554   1.3   0.1     
 1914 26 TOT     479  346   48   3.7    85| .257  .261| .301  .332| .363  .345| .664  .677|  96  .530  -2.8  -0.5  53%
         BOS AL  321  247   21   2.3    82| .218  .256| .259  .330| .300  .336| .559  .665|  68  .341 -12.4  -1.5  45%
         PBS FL  158   99   27   7.3    92| .338  .270| .386  .336| .493  .365| .879  .701| 150  .758   9.6   1.0     
 1915 27 PBS FL  480  323   54   4.5    85| .288  .261| .337  .328| .371  .350| .708  .678| 109  .595   6.5   0.7     
 1916 28 CHC NL  149  104   15   3.9    85| .263  .265| .308  .325| .358  .354| .666  .679|  96  .574  -0.8  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      2859 1966  287   3.9    90| .268  .270| .328  .339| .350  .357| .678  .695|  95  .518 -13.8  -1.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1909 21 BOS AL SS 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 5.15 1911 23 BOS AL SS 116 232 337 45 37 .927 .926 4.91 5.42 2B 14 40 30 3 2 .959 .949 5.00 4.94 3B 11 16 21 4 0 .902 .930 3.36 3.26 1912 24 BOS AL 2B 131 244 323 34 39 .943 .945 4.33 4.75 1913 25 BOS AL 2B 129 220 341 25 31 .957 .954 4.35 4.82 1914 26 BOS AL 2B 91 177 241 12 38 .972 .953 4.59 4.78 PBS FL SS 39 89 139 6 13 .974 .929 5.85 4.99 1915 27 PBS FL 2B 114 242 322 19 38 .967 .951 4.95 4.76 SS 8 13 14 5 4 .844 .928 3.38 5.01 1916 28 CHC NL 2B 41 79 114 17 14 .919 .951 4.71 4.74
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1911 23 BOS AL 2B 14 40 30 3 2 .959 .949 5.00 4.94 1912 24 BOS AL 2B 131 244 323 34 39 .943 .945 4.33 4.75 1913 25 BOS AL 2B 129 220 341 25 31 .957 .954 4.35 4.82 1914 26 BOS AL 2B 91 177 241 12 38 .972 .953 4.59 4.78 1915 27 PBS FL 2B 114 242 322 19 38 .967 .951 4.95 4.76 1916 28 CHC NL 2B 41 79 114 17 14 .919 .951 4.71 4.74 1911 23 BOS AL 3B 11 16 21 4 0 .902 .930 3.36 3.26 1909 21 BOS AL SS 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 5.15 1911 23 BOS AL SS 116 232 337 45 37 .927 .926 4.91 5.42 1914 26 PBS FL SS 39 89 139 6 13 .974 .929 5.85 4.99 1915 27 PBS FL SS 8 13 14 5 4 .844 .928 3.38 5.01
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 520 1002 1371 110 162 .956 .951 4.56 4.78 SS 165 335 492 56 54 .937 .927 5.01 5.30 3B 11 16 21 4 0 .902 .930 3.36 3.26 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 696 1353 1884 170 216 .950 .944 4.65 4.88
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1912   WS    BOS NYG     W   8  32   3   8  0  2  0   4   2   3  .250  .294  .375   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Doubles
1913 AL-29-8

Sac. Hits
1911 AL-31-3
1912 AL-25-7
1913 AL-25-7

Youngest Player
1909 AL-21-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2075) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3078) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1452) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1914 Season: Jumped from the Boston Red Sox to the Pittsburgh Rebels.

February 10, 1916: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Pittsburgh Rebels.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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