Eddie Yost

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: October 13, 1926 in Brooklyn, NY us

Died: October 16, 2012 in Weston, MA

Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Wellesley, MA

High School: John Adams HS (Ozone Park, NY)

School: New York University (New York, NY)

Debut: August 16, 1944 (Age 17-308d, 9,758th in major league history)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 28, 1962 (Age 35-288d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Edward Frederick Yost

Nicknames: The Walking Man

Pronunciation: \YOAST\

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

35.0

7346

1863

139

.254

1215

RBI

682

OBP

.394

SLG

.372

OPS

.766

OPS+

109

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	DET		CHW	L,7-9	CG	66	14.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
2	2	Apr 11	DET		CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 12	DET		CHW	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
4	4	Apr 14	DET	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
5	5	Apr 15	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	9.2	0	5	0	5	1	3B
6	6	Apr 17	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
7	7	Apr 18	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
8	8	Apr 21	DET		CLE	L,1-14	CG	52	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
9	9	Apr 22	DET		CLE	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
10	10	Apr 23	DET		CLE	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
11	11	Apr 24	DET	@	KCA	L,1-10	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
12	12	Apr 25	DET	@	KCA	L,7-8	CG	43	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
13	13	Apr 26	DET	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
14	14	Apr 29	DET		BAL	W,7-1	CG	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
15	15	Apr 30	DET		WSH	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	4	1	1	6	1	3B
17	17	May 2	DET		WSH	L,3-15	CG	49	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
18	18	May 3 (1)	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
19	19	May 3 (2)	DET		NYY	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	3B
20	25 (5)	May 10	DET		KCA	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
21	26	May 12	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
22	27	May 14	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
23	28	May 15	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
24	29	May 16	DET	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
25	30	May 17	DET	@	BOS	L,1-10	CG	47	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
26	31	May 18	DET	@	BOS	W,14-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
27	32	May 19	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
28	33	May 20	DET	@	NYY	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
29	34	May 22	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
30	35	May 23	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
31	36	May 24 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	1	1	0	2	1	3B
32	37	May 24 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
33	38	May 25	DET	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
34	39	May 26	DET	@	KCA	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
35	40	May 29	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
36	41	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
37	42	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
38	43	May 31	DET		CLE	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	44	Jun 1	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
40	45	Jun 2	DET		NYY	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
41	46	Jun 3	DET		NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
42	47	Jun 4	DET		NYY	L,3-14	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
43	48	Jun 5	DET		WSH	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
44	49	Jun 6	DET		WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
45	50	Jun 7	DET		WSH	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
46	51	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
47	52	Jun 9	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
48	53	Jun 10	DET	@	BOS	W,10-9	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
49	54	Jun 11	DET	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
50	55	Jun 12	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	2	3B
51	56	Jun 13	DET	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
52	57	Jun 14 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
53	58	Jun 14 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
54	59	Jun 15	DET	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
55	60	Jun 17	DET	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
56	61	Jun 18	DET	@	BAL	L,6-7	CG	43	8.2	3	2	0	5	0	3B
57	62	Jun 19	DET	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	45	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
58	63	Jun 20	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
59	64	Jun 21 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	3B
60	65	Jun 21 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,5-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
61	66	Jun 23	DET		BOS	L,4-10	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
62	67	Jun 24	DET		BOS	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
63	68	Jun 25	DET		BOS	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
64	69	Jun 26 (1)	DET		BAL	L,7-12	GS	38	7.0	3	3	2	8	1	3B
65	70	Jun 26 (2)	DET		BAL	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
66	71	Jun 27	DET		BAL	W,12-2	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
67	72	Jun 28	DET		BAL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
68	73	Jun 29	DET		KCA	L,3-10	CG	47	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
69	74	Jun 30	DET		KCA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	75	Jul 1	DET		KCA	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
71	76	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
72	77	Jul 3	DET		CHW	L,5-6	CG	43	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
73	78	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	3B
74	79	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,9-12	CG	54	11.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
75	80	Jul 5	DET		CLE	L,4-5	CG	41	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
76	81	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	KCA	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
77	82	Jul 9 (2)	DET	@	KCA	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
78	83	Jul 10	DET	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
79	84	Jul 11	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
80	85	Jul 12 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
81	86	Jul 12 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
82	87	Jul 14	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
83	88	Jul 15	DET	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
84	89	Jul 16	DET	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
85	91 (1)	Jul 18 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,2-5	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
86	92	Jul 18 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
87	93	Jul 19	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	3B
88	94	Jul 21	DET		WSH	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
89	95	Jul 22	DET		WSH	W,6-2	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
90	96	Jul 23	DET		WSH	W,11-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
91	97	Jul 24	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
92	98	Jul 25	DET		NYY	L,8-9	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	3B
93	99	Jul 26	DET		NYY	W,1-0	CG	37	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
94	100	Jul 27	DET		BAL	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
95	101	Jul 28	DET		BAL	W,8-3	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
96	102	Jul 29	DET		BAL	L,1-5	GS	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B 2B
97	103	Jul 30	DET		BAL	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
98	104	Jul 31	DET		BOS	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	105	Aug 1	DET		BOS	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
100	106	Aug 2	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
101	107	Aug 4	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
102	108	Aug 5	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
103	109	Aug 6	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
104	110	Aug 7	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
105	111	Aug 8	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
106	112	Aug 9	DET	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
107	113	Aug 11	DET		CHW	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
108	114	Aug 12	DET		CHW	L,6-11	CG	45	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
109	115	Aug 13	DET		CHW	L,0-9	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
110	116	Aug 14	DET		CLE	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
111	117	Aug 15	DET		CLE	W,9-6	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
112	118	Aug 17	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
113	119	Aug 18	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
114	120	Aug 19	DET		NYY	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
115	121	Aug 20	DET		NYY	W,14-2	GS	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
116	122	Aug 21	DET		BOS	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
117	123	Aug 22	DET		BOS	L,1-7	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
118	124	Aug 23	DET		BAL	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
119	125	Aug 24	DET		BAL	L,0-11	GS	35	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
120	126	Aug 25	DET		WSH	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	3B
121	127	Aug 26	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
122	128	Aug 28	DET	@	KCA	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
123	129	Aug 29	DET	@	KCA	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
124	130	Aug 30	DET	@	KCA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	131	Sep 1	DET	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
126	132	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
127	133	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
128	134	Sep 4	DET		KCA	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	3B
129	135	Sep 5	DET		KCA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
130	136	Sep 6	DET		KCA	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
131	137	Sep 7 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,14-15	CG	46	8.1	1	7	0	8	1	3B
132	138	Sep 7 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	3	4	0	7	0	3B
133	139	Sep 9	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
134	140	Sep 10	DET	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
135	141	Sep 11	DET	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
136	142	Sep 12	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
137	143	Sep 13	DET	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
138	144	Sep 14	DET	@	WSH	L,0-5	GS	35	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
139	145	Sep 15	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	40	10.1	4	2	0	6	1	3B
140	146	Sep 16	DET	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
141	147	Sep 18	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
142	148	Sep 19	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
143	149	Sep 20	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
144	150	Sep 22	DET		KCA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
145	151	Sep 23	DET		KCA	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
146	152	Sep 25	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
							147gm		1269.0	168	260	17	445	21