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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, 13,271st 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+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1967	18	LAD-min	A,Rk	15	40	35	0	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	5	18	.171	.275	.171	.446		6		0	0	0			DBQ,OGD · MIDW,PION
1968	19	LAD-min	A	59	166	144	17	22	3	1	1	6	3	3	20	61	.153	.261	.208	.469		30		1	1	0			DYB · FLOR
1969	20	LAD-min	A,AA	23	79	66	8	10	1	0	0	2	1	0	13	27	.152	.291	.167	.458		11		0	0	0			BAK,ABQ · CALL,TL
1970	21	LAD-min	AA	55	172	151	23	42	5	1	3	24	2	1	19	39	.278	.357	.384	.741		58			1	1	1		ABQ · TL
1971	22	LAD-min	AA	107	387	339	49	93	16	5	8	53	6	4	40	79	.274	.353	.422	.775		143		3	2	3			ABQ · DIXA
1972	23	LAD-min	AAA	82	293	257	46	72	6	6	13	45	1	2	33	66	.280	.365	.502	.867		129		2	0	1			ABQ · PCL
1972	23	LAD	NL	35	124	106	18	29	0	1	4	15	0	0	16	26	.274	.374	.406	.780	124	43	3	1	1	0	2	2
1973	24	LAD	NL	54	154	134	18	34	5	0	2	10	1	0	15	33	.254	.340	.336	.676	92	45	4	3	1	1	1	2/H
1974	25	LAD	NL	94	354	316	41	84	16	1	12	41	2	2	32	77	.266	.334	.437	.771	119	138	7	2	1	3	5	2/H
1975	26	LAD	NL	135	515	452	34	103	16	1	12	54	2	5	40	75	.228	.298	.347	.646	83	157	15	8	9	6	7	*2
1976	27	LAD	NL	117	399	359	42	77	11	3	11	35	3	1	30	84	.214	.286	.354	.640	83	127	5	7	1	2	3	*2/H
1977	28	LAD	NL	125	438	387	53	99	21	2	16	55	1	3	43	84	.256	.334	.444	.779	108	172	7	4	1	3	11	*2/H
1978	29	LAD	NL	94	266	228	19	44	7	0	4	23	0	0	36	41	.193	.301	.276	.577	64	63	3	0	0	2	11	2/H
1979	30	LAD	NL	105	346	310	33	67	9	2	13	41	1	0	29	68	.216	.282	.384	.665	81	119	12	0	5	2	8	2/H
1980	31	LAD	NL	96	248	227	20	48	8	0	2	20	2	3	20	54	.211	.274	.273	.547	54	62	7	0	0	1	6	2/H
1981	32	LAD	NL	42	92	86	5	18	2	0	3	7	0	0	6	14	.209	.261	.337	.598	71	29	2	0	0	0	0	2/H
1982	33	LAD	NL	82	215	196	13	48	5	2	2	18	0	0	13	28	.245	.294	.321	.615	74	63	3	1	4	1	3	2/H
1983	34	LAD	NL	113	366	335	31	68	8	3	15	41	1	1	23	57	.203	.256	.379	.635	75	127	15	1	6	1	4	*2/H
1984	35	LAD	NL	74	221	197	16	45	4	0	4	29	1	2	20	38	.228	.295	.310	.605	72	61	2	0	1	3	1	2H
1985	36	LAD	NL	53	131	121	4	25	4	1	0	9	0	1	7	24	.207	.246	.256	.502	44	31	3	0	1	2	2	2/H
1986	37	SEA	AL	50	146	130	10	27	2	0	2	12	0	0	12	23	.208	.273	.269	.542	49	35	5	0	2	1	0	2/H
15 Yrs				1269	4015	3584	357	816	118	16	102	410	14	18	342	726	.228	.298	.355	.653	83	1272	93	27	33	28	64
162 Game Avg.				162	513	458	46	104	15	2	13	52	2	2	44	93	.228	.298	.355	.653	83	162	12	3	4	4	8

LAD (14 yrs)				1219	3869	3454	347	789	116	16	100	398	14	18	330	703	.228	.299	.358	.657	84	1237	88	27	31	27	64
SEA (1 yr)				50	146	130	10	27	2	0	2	12	0	0	12	23	.208	.273	.269	.542	49	35	5	0	2	1	0

NL (14 yrs)				1219	3869	3454	347	789	116	16	100	398	14	18	330	703	.228	.299	.358	.657	84	1237	88	27	31	27	64
AL (1 yr)				50	146	130	10	27	2	0	2	12	0	0	12	23	.208	.273	.269	.542	49	35	5	0	2	1	0