Rich Yett
[edit] Biography
Born on October 6, 1962 in Pomona, California, Rich Yett (Richard Martin Yett) played for the Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 6 year career. Yett broke into the bigs on April 13, 1985 with the Minnesota Twins, and put up a 5.15 ERA in 78.2 innings pitched in 1986, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Rich Yett's best season was 1988, when he posted a 4.62 ERA and struck out 71 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1985
| MIN
| A
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 27.00
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1986
| CLE
| A
| 39
| 3
| 5
| 3
| 5.15
| 50
| 48
| 45
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 78.2
| 84
| 10
| 37
| 4
| 8
| 1
|
| 1987
| CLE
| A
| 37
| 11
| 3
| 9
| 5.25
| 59
| 63
| 57
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 97.2
| 96
| 21
| 49
| 3
| 9
| 3
|
| 1988
| CLE
| A
| 23
| 22
| 9
| 6
| 4.62
| 71
| 72
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 134.1
| 146
| 11
| 55
| 1
| 4
| 1
|
| 1989
| CLE
| A
| 32
| 12
| 5
| 6
| 5.00
| 47
| 56
| 55
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 99
| 111
| 10
| 47
| 1
| 7
| 2
|
| 1990
| MIN
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.08
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.1
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 136
| 49
| 22
| 24
| 4.95
| 229
| 242
| 228
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 414.1
| 444
| 53
| 191
| 10
| 29
| 7
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1985
| MIN
| A
| P
| 1
| 1
| 0.1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1986
| CLE
| A
| P
| 39
| 3
| 78.2
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1987
| CLE
| A
| P
| 37
| 11
| 97.2
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1988
| CLE
| A
| P
| 23
| 22
| 134.1
| 8
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 5
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1989
| CLE
| A
| P
| 32
| 12
| 99
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 2
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1990
| MIN
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 4.1
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 136
| 49
| 414.1
| 27
| 33
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 18
| 2
| .984
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1985
| MIN
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| CLE
| A
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1987
| CLE
| A
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1988
| CLE
| A
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| CLE
| A
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| MIN
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 136
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 26th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1980).
- Traded by Minnesota Twins to Cleveland Indians (September 17, 1985) completing trade in which Cleveland Indians traded Bert Blyleven to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Curt Wardle, Jay Bell, Jim Weaver and a player to be named later (August 1, 1985).
- Released by Cleveland Indians (December 21, 1989).
- Signed by Minnesota Twins (December 29, 1989).
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