George Yeager

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 190lb (178cm, 86kg)

Born: June 4, 1873 in Cincinnati, OH us

Died: July 5, 1940 in Cincinnati, OH

Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH

Debut: September 25, 1896 (Age 23-113d, 1,969th in MLB history)

Last Game: August 5, 1902 (Age 29-062d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1898 season

Full Name: George J. Yeager

Nicknames: Doc

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.2

AB

705

R

H

168

BA

.238

HR

RBI

SB

OBP

.290

SLG

.312

OPS

.602

OPS+

Standard Batting

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1894	21	PAW,BKT	B																						PAW,BKT · NENL
1895	22	PAW	B																						PAW · NENL
1896	23	PAW	B	98	414	414	113	143	27	4	24		36			.345	.345	.604	.949		250				PAW · NENL
1896	23	BSN	NL	2	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	3	1	0	0	/3
1897	24	PRV	A	11	35	35	7	10	2	0	0		0			.286	.286	.343	.629		12				PRV · EL
1897	24	BSN	NL	30	105	95	20	23	2	3	2	15	2	7	8	.242	.294	.389	.684	76	37	0	3	2O/45
1898	25	BSN	NL	68	244	221	37	59	13	1	3	24	1	16	14	.267	.328	.376	.703	96	83	4	3	23/O6
1899	26	WCS	A	90	327	326	61	103	26	12	5		11			.316	.316	.515	.831		168		1		WCS · EL
1899	26	BSN	NL	3	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	-7	1	0	0	/O2

1900	27	MLW	A	25	81	80	16	31	7	1	0		2			.388	.388	.500	.888		40		1		MLW · AL
1901	28	TOT	MLB	65	246	230	22	55	7	1	0	24	3	8	24	.239	.271	.278	.549	56	64	2	6	2/35O4
1901	28	CLE	AL	39	146	139	13	31	5	0	0	14	2	4	10	.223	.250	.259	.509	44	36	1	2	2/3O4
1901	28	PIT	NL	26	100	91	9	24	2	1	0	10	1	4	14	.264	.302	.308	.610	74	28	1	4	2/53
1902	29	MNE	Ind	35	134	134		44	9	2	1					.328	.328	.448	.776		60				MNE · AA
1902	29	TOT	MLB	50	164	146	9	29	3	1	0	10	1	13	14	.199	.264	.233	.497	49	34	0	5	2/3O
1902	29	NYG	NL	39	122	108	6	22	2	1	0	9	1	11	14	.204	.277	.241	.518	61	26	0	3	2/3O
1902	29	BLA	AL	11	42	38	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	.184	.225	.211	.436	19	8	0	2	2
1903	30	MNE	A	106	371	371	60	115	19	2	6		10			.310	.310	.420	.730		156				MNE · AA
1904	31	CLB	A	123	417	417		104	18	4	5					.249	.249	.348	.597		145				CLB · AA
1905	32	MTG,TOL,STP	A	59	180	180		38	1	0	1					.211	.211	.050	.261		9				MTG,TOL,STP · SOUA,AA
1906	33	MNE	A	78	265	265		51	10	2	0					.192	.192	.245	.438		65				MNE · AA
1907	34	DMO	A	95	315	315		90								.286	.286								DMO · WL
1908	35	DMO	A	54	156	156		33								.212	.212								DMO · WL
1909	36	STP	A	34	106	103	7	24	2	0	0		4			.233	.233	.252	.485		26		3		STP · AA
6 Yrs				218	773	705	90	168	25	6	5	73	7	45	61	.238	.290	.312	.602	69	220	6	17
162 Game Avg.				162	574	524	67	125	19	4	4	54	5	33	45	.238	.290	.312	.602	69	163	4	13

BSN (4 yrs)				103	363	329	59	84	15	4	5	39	3	24	23	.255	.314	.371	.685	86	122	4	6
CLE (1 yr)				39	146	139	13	31	5	0	0	14	2	4	10	.223	.250	.259	.509	44	36	1	2
NYG (1 yr)				39	122	108	6	22	2	1	0	9	1	11	14	.204	.277	.241	.518	61	26	0	3
PIT (1 yr)				26	100	91	9	24	2	1	0	10	1	4	14	.264	.302	.308	.610	74	28	1	4
BLA (1 yr)				11	42	38	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	.184	.225	.211	.436	19	8	0	2

NL (6 yrs)				168	585	528	74	130	19	6	5	58	5	39	51	.246	.304	.333	.638	79	176	5	13
AL (2 yrs)				50	188	177	16	38	6	0	0	15	2	6	10	.215	.245	.249	.493	38	44	1	4

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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