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Sal Yvars
Salvador Anthony Yvars

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

Debut September 27, 1947
Final Game September 26, 1954
Born February 20, 1924 in New York, NY

Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1947 23 NYG NL   1    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .200  .200  .200    6    1   0           0   0
 1948 24 NYG NL  15   38    4    8   1  0   1    6   0      3   1  .211  .286  .316   62   12   0           1   1
 1949 25 NYG NL   3    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   1  .000  .111  .000  -68    0   0           0   0
 1950 26 NYG NL   9   14    0    2   0  0   0    0   0      1   2  .143  .200  .143   -8    2   0           0   0
 1951 27 NYG NL  25   41    9   13   2  0   2    3   0  0   5   7  .317  .417  .512  147   21   2           2   0
 1952 28 NYG NL  66  151   15   37   3  0   4   18   0  0  10  16  .245  .296  .344   76   52   2           1   7
 1953 29 TOT NL  53  104    5   27   2  0   1    7   0  1  11   7  .260  .336  .308   69   32   1           1   7
         NYG NL  23   47    1   13   0  0   0    1   0  0   7   1  .277  .370  .277   71   13   1           0   3
         STL NL  30   57    4   14   2  0   1    6   0  1   4   6  .246  .306  .333   67   19   0           1   4
 1954 30 STL NL  38   57    8   14   4  0   2    8   1  0   6   5  .246  .328  .421   94   24   1   0       1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      210  418   41  102  12  0  10   42   1  1  37  41  .244  .315  .344   76  144   6   0   0   6  16
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        322   32   79   9  0   8   32   1  1  29  32  .244  .315  .344   76  111   5   0   0   5  12
 Career High     66  151   15   37   4  0   4   18   1  1  11  16                          52   2   0   0   2   7
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1947 23 NYG NL    5    4    0   0.0   107| .200  .275| .200  .351| .200  .408| .400  .759|   6  .000  -0.7  -0.1     
 1948 24 NYG NL   42   31    3   2.6   103| .211  .270| .286  .345| .316  .400| .602  .744|  62  .268  -2.1  -0.2     
 1949 25 NYG NL    9    8    0   0.0   104| .000  .270| .111  .344| .000  .405| .111  .749| -68  .000  -2.0  -0.2     
 1950 26 NYG NL   15   12    0   0.0   109| .143  .271| .200  .348| .143  .420| .343  .768|  -8  .000  -2.3  -0.2     
 1951 27 NYG NL   50   30    8   7.2   104| .317  .269| .417  .343| .512  .407| .929  .750| 147  .699   3.0   0.3   0%
 1952 28 NYG NL  164  123   15   3.3    98| .245  .263| .296  .336| .344  .391| .640  .727|  76  .391  -5.3  -0.6   0%
 1953 29 TOT NL  117   86   10   3.1   111| .260  .275| .336  .347| .308  .429| .644  .776|  69  .305  -4.6  -0.5   0%
         NYG NL   55   38    5   3.5   112| .277  .277| .370  .348| .277  .431| .647  .779|  71  .354  -1.8  -0.2   0%
         STL NL   62   48    5   2.8   110| .246  .274| .306  .345| .333  .427| .639  .773|  67  .264  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1954 30 STL NL   65   45    8   4.8   110| .246  .275| .328  .347| .421  .426| .749  .772|  94  .497  -0.6  -0.1 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       467  339   44   3.5   104| .244  .269| .315  .342| .344  .409| .659  .751|  76  .381 -14.4  -1.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1947 23 NYG NL C 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 4.40 0 1948 24 NYG NL C 15 50 8 0 2 1.000 .980 3.87 4.41 0 1949 25 NYG NL C 2 11 1 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 4.40 0 1950 26 NYG NL C 9 22 4 1 0 .963 .981 2.89 4.53 0 1951 27 NYG NL C 23 46 3 3 1 .942 .982 2.13 4.43 2 1952 28 NYG NL C 59 202 40 3 3 .988 .984 4.10 4.84 8 1953 29 TOT NL C 46 146 20 1 4 .994 .984 3.61 4.66 2 NYG NL C 20 70 8 0 1 1.000 .984 3.90 4.66 2 STL NL C 26 76 12 1 3 .989 .984 3.38 4.66 0 1954 30 STL NL C 21 46 9 0 1 1.000 .986 2.62 4.57 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1947 23 NYG NL C 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 4.40 0 1948 24 NYG NL C 15 50 8 0 2 1.000 .980 3.87 4.41 0 1949 25 NYG NL C 2 11 1 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 4.40 0 1950 26 NYG NL C 9 22 4 1 0 .963 .981 2.89 4.53 0 1951 27 NYG NL C 23 46 3 3 1 .942 .982 2.13 4.43 2 1952 28 NYG NL C 59 202 40 3 3 .988 .984 4.10 4.84 8 1953 29 TOT NL C 46 146 20 1 4 .994 .984 3.61 4.66 2 NYG NL C 20 70 8 0 1 1.000 .984 3.90 4.66 2 STL NL C 26 76 12 1 3 .989 .984 3.38 4.66 0 1954 30 STL NL C 21 46 9 0 1 1.000 .986 2.62 4.57 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 176 526 86 8 11 .987 .983 3.48 4.65 13 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 176 526 86 8 11 .987 .983 3.48 4.65
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1951   WS    NYG NYY     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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


Transactions 

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1953: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the New York Giants for $12,500.

December 3, 1954: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Detroit Tigers for Frank Carswell.

June, 1955: Released by the Detroit Tigers.


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