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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, 13,257th 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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	30-24 / in Starts: 24-16
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 6 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 154 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	99 (49-33-17)
Avg. MLBer w/ 154 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	95 (48-30-15)

Most Driven In
B Russell	3
T Paciorek	2
Self	2
M Mota	1
W Crawford	1
S Garvey	1
B Buckner	0
D Lopes	0

Most Driven In By
D Lopes	4
Self	2
L Lacy	2
B Buckner	2
W Davis	2
T John	1
J Royster	1
S Garvey	1

1973 Batting Game Log

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1973 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	36	5 (4)	Apr 10	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-4	10-10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					7		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
2	37	6	Apr 11	LAD		CIN	L,1-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.33	-0.008	.40	-0.01%	-0.09	PH
3	38	22 (15)	Apr 29 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.75	-0.075	.70	-0.04%	-0.75	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	39	23	May 1	LAD		CHC	L,5-9	7-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	5	.12	0.006	.12	0.00%	0.76	C
5	40	25 (1)	May 3	LAD		CHC	L,1-4	GS-9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.143	.400	.143	.543	7	.64	0.079	.59	0.04%	0.94	C
6	41	27 (1)	May 5	LAD		STL	W,11-3	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.455	.143	.597	3	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.20	C
7	42	29 (1)	May 7	LAD		PIT	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.429	.200	.629	8	1.06	0.026	1.06	0.02%	0.43	C
8	43	34 (4)	May 13	LAD	@	SFG	W,15-3	CG	6	6	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.450	.375	.825	8	.36	0.095	.53	0.08%	0.48	C
9	44	36 (1)	May 16	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-6	GS-8	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.458	.526	.985	8	.66	0.015	.93	0.01%	0.62	C
10	45	37	May 17	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-1	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.458	.526	.985	5		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR C
11	46	38	May 18	LAD	@	ATL	W,3-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.464	.476	.940	8	1.30	0.009	1.94	0.01%	0.28	C
12	47	41 (2)	May 20 (2)	LAD	@	ATL	W,8-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.292	.469	.458	.927	8	.21	0.013	.33	0.01%	0.23	C
13	48	43 (1)	May 23	LAD		SDP	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.429	.407	.836	8	.98	-0.071	1.58	-0.07%	-0.49	C
14	49	49 (5)	May 29	LAD		PHI	W,9-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.429	.407	.836	4						C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	50	56 (6)	Jun 7	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.410	.387	.797	8	.74	-0.071	1.28	-0.07%	-0.44	C
16	51	61 (4)	Jun 12	LAD	@	PHI	W,8-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.395	.457	.852	8	2.24	0.042	5.00	0.06%	1.51	C
17	52	62	Jun 13	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-16	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.391	.447	.839	8	.10	-0.008	.22	-0.01%	0.57	C
18	53	66 (3)	Jun 18	LAD		ATL	W,13-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.400	.452	.852	8	.27	0.025	.68	0.04%	1.23	C
19	54	68 (1)	Jun 20	LAD		ATL	W,6-5	11-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.279	.392	.442	.834	4	4.58	0.371	11.92	0.58%	0.90	C
20	55	69	Jun 21	LAD		ATL	W,5-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.389	.435	.824	8	.46	0.003	1.20	0.01%	-0.11	C
21	56	70	Jun 22	LAD		CIN	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.286	.379	.429	.808	8	1.24	-0.001	3.88	0.00%	-1.00	C
22	57	71	Jun 23 (1)	LAD		CIN	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.275	.367	.412	.778	8	1.55	-0.110	4.95	-0.21%	-0.89	C
23	58	73 (1)	Jun 24	LAD		CIN	W,5-2	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.365	.396	.761	8	.84	0.010	2.70	0.02%	-0.05	C
24	59	74	Jun 25	LAD	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.358	.375	.733	8	.75	-0.027	2.01	-0.04%	-0.34	C
25	60	75	Jun 26	LAD	@	SDP	W,7-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.352	.356	.708	8	.48	-0.064	1.21	-0.10%	-1.16	C
26	61	76	Jun 28 (1)	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.338	.339	.677	8	1.39	-0.130	3.33	-0.19%	-1.15	C
27	62	77	Jun 28 (2)	LAD	@	ATL	W,8-3	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.347	.349	.696	8	.17	0.007	.44	0.01%	1.00	PR C
28	63	78	Jun 29	LAD	@	ATL	W,12-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.338	.338	.676	8	.49	-0.025	1.19	-0.04%	-0.26	C
29	64	79	Jun 30	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-7	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.342	.333	.675	8	.97	0.003	2.63	0.00%	-0.01	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	65	80	Jul 1 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.217	.329	.319	.648	8	1.06	-0.098	2.46	-0.14%	-0.94	C
31	66	81	Jul 1 (2)	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-3	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.325	.314	.640	8	4.61	-0.100	11.92	-0.16%	-0.44	C
32	67	82	Jul 2	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.322	.301	.623	8	1.37	-0.077	3.80	-0.13%	-0.79	C
33	68	83	Jul 3	LAD		SDP	L,1-4	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.197	.311	.289	.601	8	.85	0.028	2.14	0.04%	0.26	C
34	69	84	Jul 4	LAD		SDP	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.315	.295	.610	8	1.02	0.043	2.71	0.07%	0.23	C
35	70	85	Jul 5	LAD		SDP	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.309	.288	.596	8	1.27	-0.066	3.59	-0.11%	-0.51	C
36	71	87 (1)	Jul 7	LAD		PIT	W,8-6	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.309	.289	.598	8	1.45	-0.012	4.08	-0.02%	-0.16	C
37	72	88	Jul 8	LAD		PIT	W,3-2	CG(12)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.314	.287	.601	8	1.77	0.114	4.76	0.18%	1.14	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
38	73	114 (25)	Aug 7	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-1	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.320	.287	.608	5	.02	0.001	.05	0.00%	0.11	PH C
39	74	119 (4)	Aug 12	LAD		PHI	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.336	.311	.648	7	1.12	0.153	3.78	0.31%	0.68	C
40	75	123 (3)	Aug 17	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.333	.308	.641	9	.27	-0.007	.86	-0.01%	-0.16	PH
41	76	127 (3)	Aug 22	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.339	.316	.655	8	.77	0.057	2.74	0.12%	0.31	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
42	77	137 (9)	Sep 1	LAD		HOU	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.345	.323	.668	8	1.32	0.078	4.44	0.16%	0.49	C
43	78	138	Sep 2	LAD		HOU	L,0-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.243	.342	.320	.662	8	.40	-0.039	1.54	-0.09%	-2.32	C
44	79	141 (2)	Sep 5	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-7	4-GF	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.344	.333	.678	3	.08	-0.002	.39	-0.01%	0.18	C
45	80	142	Sep 6	LAD		SDP	L,2-3	7-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.350	.340	.689	9	.62	0.029	2.48	0.07%	0.24	PH C
46	81	144 (1)	Sep 8	LAD		SDP	L,6-9	10-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.347	.336	.683	9	6.37	-0.152	22.15	-0.32%	-0.73	PH C
47	82	145	Sep 9	LAD		SDP	W,5-3	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.352	.345	.697	7	.34	0.013	1.14	0.03%	-0.10	C
48	83	146	Sep 11	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.348	.342	.691	7	1.06	-0.033	6.32	-0.12%	-0.12	C
49	84	148 (1)	Sep 13	LAD	@	HOU	W,8-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.341	.333	.674	7	1.40	-0.152	1.72	-0.11%	-1.43	C
50	85	157 (8)	Sep 22	LAD		CIN	L,9-11	GS-7	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.348	.336	.684	7	.40	0.035	.05	0.00%	0.27	C
51	86	158	Sep 23	LAD		CIN	W,6-4	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.254	.348	.336	.684	7	.41	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-1.47	C
52	87	160 (1)	Sep 26	LAD	@	ATL	W,9-8	GS-9	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.254	.345	.341	.686	6	1.29	0.111	.00	0.00%	0.89	C
53	88	161	Sep 28	LAD	@	SDP	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.342	.338	.681	6	.69	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.59	C
54	89	162	Sep 29	LAD	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.340	.336	.676	6	1.45	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.05	C
							30-24		154	134	18	34	5	0	2	10	15	1	33	3	1	1	4	4	1	0	.254	.340	.336	.676		.95	-0.064	2.19	-0.11%	-2.60

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