Eric Yelding
[edit] Biography
Eric Yelding (Eric Girard Yelding) was born on February 22, 1965 in Montrose, Alabama. He made his Major League debut on April 9, 1989 for the Houston Astros. In 1990, his rookie year, he hit .254 with 1 home run and 28 RBI. Yelding played for the Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 5 year career.
Most people believe that Eric Yelding's best season was 1990, when he stole 64 bases.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1989
| HOU
| N
| 70
| 90
| 19
| 21
| 0
| 9
| .233
| .290
| .256
| 2
| 0
| 7
| 19
| 1
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 2
|
| 1990
| HOU
| N
| 142
| 511
| 69
| 130
| 1
| 28
| .254
| .305
| .297
| 9
| 5
| 39
| 87
| 0
| 4
| 64
| 1
| 11
|
| 1991
| HOU
| N
| 78
| 276
| 19
| 67
| 1
| 20
| .243
| .276
| .301
| 11
| 1
| 13
| 46
| 0
| 3
| 11
| 3
| 4
|
| 1992
| HOU
| N
| 9
| 8
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| CHI
| N
| 69
| 108
| 14
| 22
| 1
| 10
| .204
| .277
| .296
| 5
| 1
| 11
| 22
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 2
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 368
| 993
| 122
| 242
| 3
| 67
| .244
| .292
| .294
| 27
| 7
| 70
| 177
| 1
| 13
| 89
| 6
| 20
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1989
| HOU
| N
| SS
| 15
| 6
| 78.2
| 10
| 26
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1989
| HOU
| N
| CF
| 4
| 2
| 24
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1989
| HOU
| N
| 2B
| 13
| 6
| 70
| 20
| 30
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1989
| HOU
| N
| RF
| 3
| 1
| 14
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1989
| HOU
| N
| OF
| 8
| 3
| 40
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1989
| HOU
| N
| LF
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1990
| HOU
| N
| OF
| 94
| 80
| 718.2
| 230
| 5
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1990
| HOU
| N
| LF
| 11
| 3
| 35.1
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1990
| HOU
| N
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 6.1
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1990
| HOU
| N
| CF
| 83
| 76
| 662
| 220
| 5
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1990
| HOU
| N
| 2B
| 10
| 7
| 65
| 21
| 20
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| 1990
| HOU
| N
| SS
| 40
| 38
| 336.2
| 64
| 97
| 7
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1990
| HOU
| N
| RF
| 6
| 1
| 21.1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1991
| HOU
| N
| OF
| 4
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .333
|
| 1991
| HOU
| N
| CF
| 3
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1991
| HOU
| N
| SS
| 72
| 67
| 587
| 113
| 166
| 18
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1991
| HOU
| N
| RF
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1992
| HOU
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1992
| HOU
| N
| CF
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1992
| HOU
| N
| LF
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1992
| HOU
| N
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1993
| CHI
| N
| CF
| 1
| 1
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 32
| 20
| 190
| 48
| 76
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1993
| CHI
| N
| OF
| 1
| 1
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| CHI
| N
| 3B
| 7
| 4
| 41
| 3
| 9
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1993
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 55
| 33
| 325
| 89
| 126
| 6
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 14
| 3
| 39.1
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 130
| 111
| 1006.1
| 187
| 290
| 26
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 10
| 4
| 47.1
| 3
| 11
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 109
| 84
| 777.2
| 240
| 6
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| Total
|
|
| CF
| 92
| 79
| 701
| 225
| 6
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 10
| 2
| 37.1
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (19th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (January 17, 1984).
- Selected by Chicago Cubs from Toronto Blue Jays in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 5, 1988).
- Claimed on waivers by Houston Astros from Chicago Cubs (April 3, 1989).
- Traded by Houston Astros to Chicago White Sox (July 10, 1992) completing trade in which Chicago White Sox traded Rich Scheid to Houston Astros in exchange for a player to be named later (July 4, 1992).
- Released by Chicago White Sox (August 24, 1992).
- Signed by Cincinnati Reds (November 16, 1992).
- Released by Cincinnati Reds (March 23, 1993).
- Signed by Chicago Cubs (March 30, 1993).
- Granted free agency (November 4, 1993).
- Signed by Chicago Cubs (January 11, 1994).
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