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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	LAD		SDP	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
2	3 (1)	Apr 7	LAD		SDP	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	4	Apr 8	LAD		SDP	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
4	5	Apr 9	LAD	@	HOU	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
5	8 (2)	Apr 12	LAD		ATL	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
6	13 (4)	Apr 17	LAD		HOU	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
7	14	Apr 18	LAD		HOU	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
8	16 (1)	Apr 21	LAD	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
9	17	Apr 22	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
10	18	Apr 23	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
11	19	Apr 24	LAD	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	47	9.2	9	0	0	9	0	C
12	20	Apr 25	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	5	0	0	5	1	C
13	21	Apr 28	LAD	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
14	23 (1)	Apr 29 (2)	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
15	24	Apr 30	LAD	@	MON	L,4-8	GS	31	6.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	26 (1)	May 3	LAD		PHI	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	C
17	27	May 4	LAD		PHI	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
18	28	May 5	LAD		PHI	L,0-11	GS	35	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
19	29	May 6	LAD		PHI	L,0-4	GS	32	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
20	30	May 7	LAD		NYM	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
21	33 (2)	May 10	LAD		NYM	W,14-1	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	34	May 11	LAD		MON	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	35	May 12	LAD		MON	W,4-3	GF	19	4.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
24	36	May 13	LAD		MON	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
25	37	May 15	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	38	May 16	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
27	39	May 17	LAD	@	ATL	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
28	40	May 18	LAD	@	CIN	L,6-7	GS	28	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	41	May 19	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
30	42	May 20	LAD	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
31	44 (1)	May 22	LAD	@	SDP	L,6-7	CG	52	9.1	7	0	0	7	1	C
32	45	May 23	LAD	@	SDP	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
33	48 (2)	May 27	LAD		CIN	W,8-7	GF	5	1.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	53 (4)	Jun 1	LAD	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	53	10.2	3	1	0	4	0	C
35	58 (4)	Jun 6	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	59	Jun 8	LAD	@	CHC	W,11-4	CG	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
37	60	Jun 9	LAD	@	CHC	L,3-5	GF	12	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR C
38	67 (6)	Jun 17	LAD		PIT	L,1-5	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
39	68	Jun 18	LAD		CHC	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
40	69	Jun 19	LAD		CHC	L,4-7	GF	18	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
41	70	Jun 21	LAD	@	ATL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
42	71	Jun 22	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
43	72	Jun 23	LAD	@	ATL	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
44	75 (2)	Jun 26	LAD		SDP	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
45	76	Jun 27	LAD		CIN	L,1-9	CG	48	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
46	77	Jun 28	LAD		CIN	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
47	78	Jun 29	LAD		ATL	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
48	79	Jun 30	LAD		ATL	L,4-7		3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	80	Jul 1	LAD		ATL	L,1-2	GF	29	7.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
50	81	Jul 2	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-3	CG	50	12.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
51	82	Jul 3	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	83	Jul 4	LAD	@	SDP	L,0-6	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
53	86 (2)	Jul 8	LAD	@	MON	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
54	87	Jul 9	LAD	@	MON	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
55	88	Jul 10	LAD	@	NYM	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
56	89	Jul 11	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	42	9.2	1	1	0	2	0	C
57	90	Jul 12	LAD	@	NYM	L,5-12	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
58	91	Jul 13	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
59	93 (1)	Jul 15	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
60	94	Jul 19	LAD		MON	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
61	95	Jul 20	LAD		MON	W,6-5	CG	49	11.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
62	96	Jul 21	LAD		MON	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
63	97	Jul 22	LAD		NYM	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
64	98	Jul 23	LAD		NYM	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
65	99	Jul 24	LAD		PHI	W,15-3	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
66	100	Jul 25	LAD		PHI	W,16-8	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
67	101	Jul 26	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
68	102	Jul 27	LAD	@	HOU	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
69	103	Jul 28	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
70	105 (1)	Jul 30	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
71	106	Jul 31	LAD	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	107	Aug 1	LAD	@	CIN	L,5-10	GS	20	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
73	108	Aug 3	LAD		SFG	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
74	109	Aug 4	LAD		SFG	W,4-3	CG	47	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
75	110	Aug 5	LAD		SFG	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
76	112 (1)	Aug 7	LAD		HOU	W,10-8	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
77	113	Aug 8	LAD		HOU	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
78	114	Aug 9	LAD		HOU	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
79	118 (3)	Aug 14	LAD	@	STL	W,9-0	CG	29	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
80	119	Aug 15	LAD	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
81	120	Aug 16	LAD	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	59	15.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
82	121	Aug 17	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
83	133 (11)	Aug 30	LAD		CHC	L,1-4	GS	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	135 (1)	Sep 1	LAD		CHC	W,5-4	GF	12	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
85	136	Sep 2	LAD		CHC	W,6-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
86	137	Sep 3	LAD	@	HOU	W,1-0	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
87	139 (1)	Sep 5	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	39	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
88	140	Sep 6	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
89	141	Sep 7	LAD	@	CIN	W,6-5	GF	8	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
90	142	Sep 8	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
91	143	Sep 9	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
92	144	Sep 11	LAD		SDP	L,1-3	GS	32	8.0	3	0	2	5	0	C
93	147 (2)	Sep 14	LAD		CIN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
94	148	Sep 15	LAD		CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
95	152 (3)	Sep 19	LAD		SFG	W,7-2	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
96	153	Sep 20	LAD		SFG	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
97	154	Sep 21	LAD	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
98	156 (1)	Sep 23	LAD	@	SDP	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
99	157	Sep 25	LAD	@	SFG	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
100	158	Sep 26	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	7	2	1	10	0	C
101	159	Sep 27	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
102	160	Sep 28	LAD		HOU	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
103	161	Sep 29	LAD		HOU	L,0-3	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
							103gm		803.0	513	56	9	578	7