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Eddie Yost
Edward Frederick Joseph Yost (The Walking Man)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.
School New York University

Debut August 16, 1944
Final Game July 28, 1962
Born October 13, 1926 in Brooklyn, NY

Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1944 17 WSH AL   7   14    3    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .143  .200  .143    0    2   1           0   0
 1946 19 WSH AL   8   25    2    2   1  0   0    1   2  1   5   5  .080  .233  .120    3    3   1           0   1
 1947 20 WSH AL 115  428   52  102  17  3   0   14   3  5  45  57  .238  .314  .292   71  125  10           2   8
 1948 21 WSH AL 145  555   74  138  32 11   2   50   4  3  82  51  .249  .349  .357   90  198   7           4  15
 1949 22 WSH AL 124  435   57  110  19  7   9   45   3  3  91  41  .253  .383  .391  107  170   4           1  11
 1950 23 WSH AL 155  573  114  169  26  2  11   58   6  6 141  63  .295  .440  .405  122  232   9           8  13 MVP-20
 1951 24 WSH AL 154  568  109  161  36  4  12   65   6  4 126  55  .283  .423  .424  131  241  11          11   7 MVP-30
 1952 25 WSH AL 157  587   92  137  32  3  12   49   4  3 129  73  .233  .378  .359  109  211  10           8   9 AS
 1953 26 WSH AL 152  577  107  157  30  7   9   45   7  4 123  59  .272  .403  .395  118  228   9           4  12 MVP-23
 1954 27 WSH AL 155  539  101  138  26  4  11   47   7  3 131  71  .256  .405  .380  122  205  11   1       5   5
 1955 28 WSH AL 122  375   64   91  17  5   7   48   4  3  95  54  .243  .407  .371  114  139   6   3   0  11   7
 1956 29 WSH AL 152  515   94  119  17  2  11   53   8  5 151  82  .231  .412  .336  104  173   9   1   9   8   8
 1957 30 WSH AL 110  414   47  104  13  5   9   38   1 11  73  49  .251  .370  .372  106  154   0   0   2   5   6
 1958 31 WSH AL 134  406   55   91  16  0   8   37   3  6  81  43  .224  .361  .323   92  131   1   6   2   9   9
 1959 32 DET AL 148  521  115  145  19  0  21   61   9  2 135  77  .278  .435  .436  135  227   4   3   1  12   6
 1960 33 DET AL 143  497   78  129  23  2  14   47   5  4 125  69  .260  .414  .398  119  198   3   3   1   8  11
 1961 34 LAA AL  76  213   29   43   4  0   3   15   0  1  50  48  .202  .358  .263   63   56   2   0   0   2   2
 1962 35 LAA AL  52  104   22   25   9  1   0   10   0  2  30  21  .240  .412  .346  110   36   0   1   0   1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons         7346      1863     56      683     66     920  .254  .394  .371  109       98  18  15  99 133
               2109      1215      337    139       72   1614                            2729
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        564   93  143  26  4  11   52   6  5 124  71  .254  .394  .371  109  210   8   1   1   8  10
 Career High    157  587  115  169  36 11  21   65   9 11 151  82  .295  .440  .436  135  241  11   6   9  12  15
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP
Special Batting  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1944 17 WSH AL   16   13    0   0.0    88| .143  .263| .200  .329| .143  .360| .343  .689|   0  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1946 19 WSH AL   31   26    1   1.0    91| .080  .257| .233  .330| .120  .369| .353  .699|   3  .072  -3.0  -0.3  66%
 1947 20 WSH AL  485  349   38   2.9    94| .238  .259| .314  .338| .292  .372| .606  .711|  71  .340 -15.8  -1.6  37%
 1948 21 WSH AL  648  442   68   4.1   103| .249  .269| .349  .354| .357  .389| .706  .743|  90  .447  -6.0  -0.6  57%
 1949 22 WSH AL  531  343   65   5.0   105| .253  .268| .383  .360| .391  .390| .774  .750| 107  .544   6.9   0.7  50%
 1950 23 WSH AL  731  432  100   6.1   109| .295  .272| .440  .358| .405  .408| .845  .766| 122  .596  30.6   2.9  50%
 1951 24 WSH AL  716  429  100   6.3   100| .283  .265| .423  .346| .424  .389| .847  .735| 131  .646  34.0   3.4  60%
 1952 25 WSH AL  734  472   78   4.5    94| .233  .257| .378  .336| .359  .375| .737  .710| 109  .533  14.5   1.5  57%
 1953 26 WSH AL  713  445   91   5.5   101| .272  .267| .403  .343| .395  .393| .798  .736| 118  .594  22.0   2.2  63%
 1954 27 WSH AL  687  421   83   5.3    95| .256  .259| .405  .334| .380  .379| .785  .713| 122  .598  24.7   2.5  70%
 1955 28 WSH AL  490  303   66   5.8   100| .243  .263| .407  .342| .371  .391| .778  .733| 114  .609  14.3   1.4  57%
 1956 29 WSH AL  684  419   86   5.5   103| .231  .263| .412  .344| .336  .401| .748  .744| 104  .560  13.8   1.3  61%
 1957 30 WSH AL  492  327   58   4.8    98| .251  .261| .370  .332| .372  .393| .742  .726| 106  .540   5.7   0.6   8%
 1958 31 WSH AL  503  337   52   4.1    96| .224  .259| .361  .328| .323  .394| .684  .722|  92  .482   0.7   0.1  33%
 1959 32 DET AL  675  391  115   7.9   103| .278  .267| .435  .339| .436  .408| .871  .748| 135  .745  35.3   3.5  81%
 1960 33 DET AL  636  389   92   6.4   104| .260  .267| .414  .341| .398  .408| .812  .749| 119  .655  21.4   2.1  55%
 1961 34 LAA AL  267  175   24   3.7   113| .202  .276| .358  .353| .263  .430| .621  .783|  63  .392 -10.3  -1.0   0%
 1962 35 LAA AL  136   85   17   5.4   100| .240  .260| .412  .331| .346  .404| .758  .735| 110  .575   4.1   0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 18 Seasons     9175 5798 1134   5.2   101| .254  .264| .394  .343| .371  .393| .765  .736| 109  .570 191.2  18.9  52%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1944 17 WSH AL  3B    3      6    5    1    0  .917  .957  3.67  3.23                        
                 SS    2      3    1    1    0  .800  .952  2.00  5.05                        
 1946 19 WSH AL  3B    7      7   17    0    1 1.000  .949  3.43  2.89                        
 1947 20 WSH AL  3B  114    125  198   14   11  .958  .959  2.83  2.91                        
 1948 21 WSH AL  3B  145    189  240   15   21  .966  .958  2.96  2.93                        
 1949 22 WSH AL  3B  122    158  232   19   23  .954  .960  3.20  2.95                        
 1950 23 WSH AL  3B  155    205  307   30   45  .945  .960  3.30  3.04                        
 1951 24 WSH AL  3B  152    203  234   21   22  .954  .950  2.88  2.87                        
                 OF    3      6    0    0    0 1.000  .984  2.00  2.23                            3    0    0
 1952 25 WSH AL  3B  157    212  249   18   26  .962  .953  2.94  2.98                         AS
 1953 26 WSH AL  3B  152    190  300   18   31  .965  .957  3.22  2.93                        
 1954 27 WSH AL  3B  155    170  347   17   29  .968  .959  3.34  3.07                        
 1955 28 WSH AL  3B  107    100  217   19   22  .943  .950  2.96  2.73                        
 1956 29 WSH AL  3B  135    164  303   18   31  .963  .949  3.46  2.78  3.54  3.22  135 1187.3
                 RF    8     18    0    0    0 1.000  .973  2.25  1.80  2.58  2.10    8   62.7
 1957 30 WSH AL  3B  107    109  207   16   18  .952  .951  2.95  2.77  3.04  3.23  106  937.0
 1958 31 WSH AL  3B  114    109  186   11   20  .964  .951  2.59  2.59  2.82  3.11  110  942.0
                 LF    4      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  1.62  1.00  2.10    2   18.0
                 1B    2     12    1    0    1 1.000  .992  6.50  8.45 11.70  9.63    0   10.0
 1959 32 DET AL  3B  146    168  259   17   21  .962  .952  2.92  2.72  3.03  3.21  144 1267.0
                 2B    1      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  4.70  4.50  5.40    0    2.0
 1960 33 DET AL  3B  142    155  208   26   18  .933  .952  2.56  2.72  2.77  3.14  137 1181.3
 1961 34 LAA AL  3B   67     57  103    6    4  .964  .950  2.39  2.79  2.75  3.18   57  522.7
 1962 35 LAA AL  3B   28     29   47    4    2  .950  .952  2.71  2.79  3.03  3.08   25  225.7
                 1B    7     40    1    0    3 1.000  .990  5.86  8.76  9.29  9.43    4   39.7

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1958 31 WSH AL  1B    2     12    1    0    1 1.000  .992  6.50  8.45 11.70  9.63    0   10.0
 1962 35 LAA AL  1B    7     40    1    0    3 1.000  .990  5.86  8.76  9.29  9.43    4   39.7

 1959 32 DET AL  2B    1      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  4.70  4.50  5.40    0    2.0

 1944 17 WSH AL  3B    3      6    5    1    0  .917  .957  3.67  3.23                        
 1946 19 WSH AL  3B    7      7   17    0    1 1.000  .949  3.43  2.89                        
 1947 20 WSH AL  3B  114    125  198   14   11  .958  .959  2.83  2.91                        
 1948 21 WSH AL  3B  145    189  240   15   21  .966  .958  2.96  2.93                        
 1949 22 WSH AL  3B  122    158  232   19   23  .954  .960  3.20  2.95                        
 1950 23 WSH AL  3B  155    205  307   30   45  .945  .960  3.30  3.04                        
 1951 24 WSH AL  3B  152    203  234   21   22  .954  .950  2.88  2.87                        
 1952 25 WSH AL  3B  157    212  249   18   26  .962  .953  2.94  2.98                        
 1953 26 WSH AL  3B  152    190  300   18   31  .965  .957  3.22  2.93                        
 1954 27 WSH AL  3B  155    170  347   17   29  .968  .959  3.34  3.07                        
 1955 28 WSH AL  3B  107    100  217   19   22  .943  .950  2.96  2.73                        
 1956 29 WSH AL  3B  135    164  303   18   31  .963  .949  3.46  2.78  3.54  3.22  135 1187.3
 1957 30 WSH AL  3B  107    109  207   16   18  .952  .951  2.95  2.77  3.04  3.23  106  937.0
 1958 31 WSH AL  3B  114    109  186   11   20  .964  .951  2.59  2.59  2.82  3.11  110  942.0
 1959 32 DET AL  3B  146    168  259   17   21  .962  .952  2.92  2.72  3.03  3.21  144 1267.0
 1960 33 DET AL  3B  142    155  208   26   18  .933  .952  2.56  2.72  2.77  3.14  137 1181.3
 1961 34 LAA AL  3B   67     57  103    6    4  .964  .950  2.39  2.79  2.75  3.18   57  522.7
 1962 35 LAA AL  3B   28     29   47    4    2  .950  .952  2.71  2.79  3.03  3.08   25  225.7

 1958 31 WSH AL  LF    4      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  1.62  1.00  2.10    2   18.0

 1951 24 WSH AL  OF    3      6    0    0    0 1.000  .984  2.00  2.23                            3    0    0
 1956 29 WSH AL  OF    8     18    0    0    0 1.000  .978  2.25  2.04  2.58  2.34    8   62.7
 1958 31 WSH AL  OF    4      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.25  1.95  0.50  2.25    2   18.0

 1956 29 WSH AL  RF    8     18    0    0    0 1.000  .973  2.25  1.80  2.58  2.10    8   62.7

 1944 17 WSH AL  SS    2      3    1    1    0  .800  .952  2.00  5.05                        

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total  3B*2008   2356 3659  270  345  .957  .954  3.00  2.86              714 6263.0
                 OF*  15     25    0    0    0 1.000  .980  1.67  2.05               10   80.7    7    0    8#
                 1B*   9     52    2    0    4 1.000  .991  6.00  8.69                4   49.7
                 RF*   8     18    0    0    0 1.000  .973  2.25  1.80                8   62.7
                 LF*   4      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.50  1.62                2   18.0
                 SS    2      3    1    1    0  .800  .952  2.00  5.05                        
                 2B*   1      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  4.70                0    2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      2035   2436 3663  271  349  .957  .955  3.00  2.89
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1952   WSH AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1952

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1950-AL-20-0.02
1951-AL-30-0.01
1953-AL-23-0.01
Car-1148-0.04 shares

On-base %
1950 AL-.440-2
1951 AL-.423-4
1953 AL-.403-5
1954 AL-.405-4
1956 AL-.412-6
1959 AL-.435-1
1960 AL-.414-1
Car-.394-79

OPS
1959 AL-.871-4

Games
1950 AL-155-5
1951 AL-154-1
1952 AL-157-1
1953 AL-152-8
1954 AL-155-1
1956 AL-152-4
1959 AL-148-9

At Bats
1951 AL-568-8
1952 AL-587-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1950 AL-731-2
1951 AL-716-2
1952 AL-734-1
1953 AL-713-2
1954 AL-687-4
1956 AL-684-3
1959 AL-675-3
1960 AL-636-8

Runs
1950 AL-114-5
1951 AL-109-3
1952 AL-92-8
1953 AL-107-2
1954 AL-101-6
1956 AL-94-8
1959 AL-115-1

Hits
1951 AL-161-9

Doubles
1948 AL-32-10
1951 AL-36-1
1952 AL-32-5
1953 AL-30-9
1954 AL-26-8

Triples
1948 AL-11-3
1949 AL-7-9
1953 AL-7-10

Bases on Balls
1949 AL-91-10
1950 AL-141-1
1951 AL-126-2
1952 AL-129-1
1953 AL-123-1
1954 AL-131-2
1955 AL-95-3
1956 AL-151-1
1957 AL-73-10
1958 AL-81-7
1959 AL-135-1
1960 AL-125-1
Car-1614-10

Strikeouts
1952 AL-73-10
1954 AL-71-4
1956 AL-82-6

Stolen Bases
1953 AL-7-10
1959 AL-9-8

Singles
1950 AL-130-5

Adjusted OPS+
1951 AL-131-8
1959 AL-135-6

Runs Created
1951 AL-100-5
1953 AL-91-10
1959 AL-115-3
1960 AL-92-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1950 AL-31-7
1951 AL-34-5
1954 AL-25-8
1959 AL-35-4

Batting Wins
1950 AL-2.9-7
1951 AL-3.4-4
1953 AL-2.2-10
1954 AL-2.5-8
1959 AL-3.5-4

Extra-Base Hits
1951 AL-52-7

Times on Base
1950 AL-318-1
1951 AL-298-2
1952 AL-274-2
1953 AL-284-2
1954 AL-274-2
1956 AL-278-3
1959 AL-292-1
1960 AL-262-1
Car-3576-81

Offensive Win%
1951 AL-.646-9
1959 AL-.745-3
1960 AL-.655-10

Hit By Pitch
1948 AL-4-10
1950 AL-8-3
1951 AL-11-3
1952 AL-8-4
1954 AL-5-7
1955 AL-11-3
1956 AL-8-6
1957 AL-5-8
1958 AL-9-3
1959 AL-12-2
1960 AL-8-4
Car-99-65

Sac. Hits
1951 AL-11-7
1952 AL-10-10
1954 AL-11-6
1956 AL-9-4

Sac. Flies
1958 AL-6-8

Intentional Walks
1956 AL-9-4

Caught Stealing
1950 AL-6-8
1956 AL-5-9
1957 AL-11-2
1958 AL-6-9

Power/Speed Number
1954 AL-8.6-8
1959 AL-12.6-5

Outs
1948 AL-442-7
1952 AL-472-3
1953 AL-445-10

Youngest Player
1944 AL-17-2
1946 AL-19-2
1947 AL-20-10

Black Ink: Batting - 20 (105) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 74 (321) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 28.9 (300) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 38.0 (479) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1944 Season: Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent.

December 6, 1958: Traded by the Washington Senators with Rocky Bridges and Neil Chrisley to the Detroit Tigers for Reno Bertoia, Ron Samford, and Jim Delsing.

December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels from the Detroit Tigers in the 1960 expansion draft.

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Uniforms 
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