Joe Yeager
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[edit] Biography
Joe Yeager (Joseph Francis Yeager) was born on August 28, 1875 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on April 22, 1898 for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms. In 1898, his rookie year, he hit .172 with 0 home runs and 15 RBI. Yeager played for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Brooklyn Superbas, Detroit Tigers, New York Highlanders and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 10 year career.
[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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | BRO | N | 43 | 134 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 15 | .172 | .218 | .224 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1899 | BRO | N | 23 | 47 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 4 | .191 | .333 | .234 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1900 | BRO | N | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1901 | DET | A | 41 | 125 | 18 | 37 | 2 | 17 | .296 | .343 | .416 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1902 | DET | A | 50 | 161 | 17 | 39 | 1 | 23 | .242 | .282 | .360 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1903 | DET | A | 109 | 402 | 36 | 103 | 0 | 43 | .256 | .303 | .323 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1905 | NY | A | 115 | 401 | 54 | 107 | 0 | 42 | .267 | .330 | .342 | 16 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1906 | NY | A | 57 | 123 | 20 | 37 | 0 | 12 | .301 | .407 | .366 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1907 | STL | A | 123 | 436 | 32 | 104 | 1 | 44 | .239 | .294 | .326 | 21 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1908 | STL | A | 10 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .474 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 69 | 190 | 24 | 35 | 0 | 19 | .184 | .255 | .232 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | AL | 505 | 1663 | 180 | 432 | 4 | 182 | .260 | .318 | .343 | 72 | 27 | 97 | 0 | 46 | 38 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 574 | 1853 | 204 | 467 | 4 | 201 | .252 | .312 | .331 | 77 | 29 | 110 | 0 | 51 | 43 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | BRO | N | P | 36 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 99 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .908 |
| 1898 | BRO | N | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1898 | BRO | N | OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1898 | BRO | N | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1899 | BRO | N | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1899 | BRO | N | SS | 11 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 37 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .914 |
| 1899 | BRO | N | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1899 | BRO | N | P | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1900 | BRO | N | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1900 | BRO | N | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1901 | DET | A | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1901 | DET | A | P | 26 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 66 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .919 |
| 1901 | DET | A | SS | 12 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 37 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .902 |
| 1902 | DET | A | OF | 13 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .960 |
| 1902 | DET | A | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 |
| 1902 | DET | A | 2B | 12 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .958 |
| 1902 | DET | A | P | 19 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .957 |
| 1902 | DET | A | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .875 |
| 1903 | DET | A | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1903 | DET | A | 3B | 107 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 176 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .921 |
| 1903 | DET | A | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .889 |
| 1905 | NY | A | 3B | 91 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 173 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .923 |
| 1905 | NY | A | SS | 21 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 69 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .934 |
| 1906 | NY | A | SS | 22 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 45 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .905 |
| 1906 | NY | A | 2B | 13 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .973 |
| 1906 | NY | A | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1907 | STL | A | 3B | 91 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 194 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .938 |
| 1907 | STL | A | 2B | 17 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 53 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .934 |
| 1907 | STL | A | SS | 10 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .935 |
| 1908 | STL | A | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1908 | STL | A | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | 3B | 295 | 0 | 0 | 343 | 549 | 70 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .927 | ||
| Total | SS | 83 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 254 | 34 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .920 | ||
| Total | OF | 18 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .971 | ||
| Total | 2B | 48 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 130 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .955 | ||
| Total | P | 94 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 236 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .930 |
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
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| 1898 | BRO | N | 36 | 33 | 12 | 22 | 3.65 | 70 | 177 | 118 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 291.1 | 333 | 4 | 80 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1899 | BRO | N | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4.72 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 47.2 | 56 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1900 | BRO | N | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6.88 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1901 | DET | A | 26 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 2.61 | 38 | 105 | 58 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 199.2 | 209 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 1902 | DET | A | 19 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 4.82 | 28 | 90 | 75 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 171 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1903 | DET | A | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 48 | 39 | 15 | 25 | 3.94 | 78 | 219 | 156 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 356 | 410 | 6 | 101 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| Total | AL | 46 | 41 | 18 | 24 | 3.54 | 67 | 202 | 137 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 348.2 | 395 | 9 | 87 | 0 | 4 | 13 | |
| Total | 94 | 80 | 33 | 49 | 3.74 | 145 | 421 | 293 | 73 | 3 | 2 | 704.2 | 805 | 15 | 188 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Lancaster (Atlantic) to Brooklyn Bridegrooms (September 22, 1897).
- Selected by New York Highlanders from Montreal (Eastern) in the Rule 5 major league draft (1904).
- Traded by New York Highlanders to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Branch Rickey (February 28, 1907).
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