Steve Yeager

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: November 24, 1948 in Huntington, WV us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 4th round of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from Meadowdale HS (Dayton, OH).

High School: Meadowdale HS (Dayton, OH)

Debut: August 2, 1972 (Age 23-252d, 13,257th in major league history)
vs. SFG 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 29, 1986 (Age 37-278d)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Full Name: Stephen Wayne Yeager

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.9

3584

816

102

.228

357

RBI

410

OBP

.298

SLG

.355

OPS

.653

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	LAD	@	ATL	W,13-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 8	LAD	@	ATL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	3	Apr 9	LAD	@	ATL	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	4	Apr 10	LAD	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
5	5	Apr 11	LAD	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
6	7 (1)	Apr 14	LAD		ATL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
7	8	Apr 16	LAD		ATL	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
8	9	Apr 17	LAD		CIN	L,2-8	GS	35	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
9	10	Apr 18	LAD		CIN	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
10	11	Apr 19	LAD		CIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
11	12	Apr 20	LAD		HOU	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
12	14 (1)	Apr 22	LAD		HOU	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
13	15	Apr 23	LAD		HOU	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
14	16	Apr 25	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
15	17	Apr 26	LAD	@	CIN	W,14-4	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
16	18	Apr 28	LAD	@	STL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
17	19	Apr 29	LAD	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
18	20	Apr 30	LAD	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	21	May 2	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
20	22	May 3	LAD	@	CHC	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
21	25 (2)	May 6	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
22	26	May 7	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
23	27	May 9	LAD		STL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	28	May 10	LAD		STL	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
25	29	May 11	LAD		STL	L,0-2	GS	23	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
26	30	May 12	LAD		CHC	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
27	31	May 13	LAD		CHC	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
28	32	May 14	LAD		CHC	L,7-10		20	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
29	35 (2)	May 17	LAD		PIT	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
30	36	May 19	LAD		SFG	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	6	3	1	10	0	C
31	37	May 20	LAD		SFG	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
32	38	May 21	LAD		SFG	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
33	39	May 22	LAD	@	SDP	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
34	40	May 23	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
35	41	May 24	LAD	@	SDP	L,3-9	GS	26	4.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	42	May 26	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
37	45 (2)	May 29	LAD		SDP	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
38	46	May 30	LAD		SDP	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
39	47	May 31	LAD		SDP	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	48	Jun 2	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
41	52 (3)	Jun 6	LAD	@	NYM	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
42	53	Jun 7	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
43	54	Jun 8	LAD	@	MON	L,1-4	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	55	Jun 9	LAD	@	MON	L,9-10	CG	42	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
45	56	Jun 10	LAD	@	MON	W,5-4	GS	31	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
46	58 (1)	Jun 12	LAD		PHI	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
47	59	Jun 13	LAD		PHI	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	60	Jun 14	LAD		NYM	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	61	Jun 15	LAD		NYM	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
50	62	Jun 16	LAD		MON	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
51	63	Jun 17	LAD		MON	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
52	64	Jun 18	LAD		MON	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
53	65	Jun 20	LAD		HOU	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
54	67 (1)	Jun 22	LAD		HOU	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
55	68	Jun 23	LAD		CIN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	69	Jun 24	LAD		CIN	W,4-3	GS	21	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
57	72 (2)	Jun 27	LAD	@	ATL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
58	73	Jun 28	LAD	@	ATL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
59	75 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-3	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
60	76	Jun 30 (2)	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-2	GF	11	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	77	Jul 1	LAD	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
62	89 (11)	Jul 15	LAD	@	STL	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
63	92 (2)	Jul 17	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	C
64	103 (10)	Jul 29	LAD		PIT	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
65	104	Jul 30	LAD		PIT	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	106 (1)	Aug 1	LAD	@	SDP	L,0-1	CG	34	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
67	107	Aug 2	LAD	@	SDP	L,1-2	GS	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
68	128 (20)	Aug 25	LAD		PHI	W,6-5		8	2.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
69	129	Aug 26	LAD		PHI	L,1-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
70	130	Aug 27	LAD		PHI	L,3-9	CG	50	9.0	6	2	1	9	0	C
71	131	Aug 28	LAD		MON	W,4-0	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
72	133 (1)	Aug 30	LAD		MON	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	134	Sep 1	LAD		NYM	W,4-3	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
74	135	Sep 2 (1)	LAD		NYM	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
75	138 (2)	Sep 4	LAD		SFG	W,5-4	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
76	140 (1)	Sep 7	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
77	143 (2)	Sep 10	LAD	@	ATL	W,11-5	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
78	144	Sep 11	LAD	@	SFG	W,7-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
79	145	Sep 12	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-0		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
80	146	Sep 13	LAD		HOU	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
81	147	Sep 14	LAD		HOU	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
82	149 (1)	Sep 16	LAD		ATL	W,2-0	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
83	150	Sep 17	LAD		ATL	L,2-3	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
84	151	Sep 18	LAD		CIN	L,0-4	GS	32	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
85	155 (3)	Sep 23	LAD		SDP	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
86	157 (1)	Sep 26	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
87	158	Sep 27	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-5	GF	9	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	C
88	159	Sep 28	LAD	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	46	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
89	160	Sep 29	LAD	@	SDP	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
90	161	Sep 30	LAD	@	SDP	W,7-0	GS	25	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
91	162	Oct 1	LAD	@	SDP	L,3-4	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
							91gm		627.2	373	55	5	433	3