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Eric Yelding

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Full Name: Eric Girard Yelding Primary Position: SS,OF,CF,2B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/170 First Game: April 9, 1989
Birthdate: February 22, 1965 Final Game: October 3, 1993
Birthplace: Montrose, Alabama MLB Experience: 5 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[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

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
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

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Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
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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