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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	LAA	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
2	2	Apr 15	LAA	@	BOS	L,0-3	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
3	3	Apr 17	LAA	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
4	4	Apr 20 (1)	LAA	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	45 (40)	Jun 4 (1)	LAA	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
6	47 (1)	Jun 5	LAA	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
7	48	Jun 6 (1)	LAA	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
8	50 (1)	Jun 7	LAA	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
9	51	Jun 8 (1)	LAA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
10	52	Jun 8 (2)	LAA	@	BOS	T,4-4	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
11	53	Jun 9 (1)	LAA	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
12	56 (2)	Jun 11 (1)	LAA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
13	58 (1)	Jun 12	LAA	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
14	59	Jun 13 (1)	LAA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
15	61 (1)	Jun 14 (1)	LAA	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
16	62	Jun 14 (2)	LAA	@	CHW	L,8-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
17	63	Jun 15	LAA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
18	64	Jun 16	LAA	@	KCA	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
19	65	Jun 17	LAA	@	KCA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
20	66	Jun 18	LAA	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	45	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
21	67	Jun 20	LAA		BOS	L,8-11	CG	48	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
22	68	Jun 21	LAA		BOS	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
23	69	Jun 22	LAA		BOS	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
24	70	Jun 23	LAA		BAL	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
25	72 (1)	Jun 25	LAA		BAL	L,8-9	CG	64	14.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
26	73	Jun 26	LAA		NYY	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
27	74	Jun 27	LAA		NYY	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
28	75	Jun 28	LAA		NYY	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
29	76	Jun 30	LAA		CHW	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	77	Jul 1	LAA		CHW	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
31	78	Jul 2	LAA		CHW	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
32	79	Jul 3	LAA		KCA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
33	80	Jul 4 (1)	LAA		KCA	W,12-5	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
34	81	Jul 4 (2)	LAA		KCA	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
35	82	Jul 5	LAA	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
36	83	Jul 6	LAA	@	MIN	W,12-11	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
37	84	Jul 7	LAA	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
38	85	Jul 8	LAA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
39	86	Jul 9 (1)	LAA	@	DET	L,0-1	GS	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
40	88 (1)	Jul 14	LAA	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
41	98 (9)	Jul 24	LAA		DET	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
42	99	Jul 25	LAA		DET	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
43	100	Jul 26	LAA		DET	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
44	101	Jul 28	LAA		CLE	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
45	102	Jul 29	LAA		CLE	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
46	103	Jul 30	LAA		CLE	W,8-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	107 (3)	Aug 4 (1)	LAA	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
48	109 (1)	Aug 5	LAA	@	BAL	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
49	110	Aug 7	LAA	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
50	113 (2)	Aug 10	LAA	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
51	119 (5)	Aug 16	LAA	@	WSA	L,2-3	GF	13	2.2	1	1	1	3	1	3B
52	122 (2)	Aug 19	LAA		MIN	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
53	123	Aug 20	LAA		MIN	L,7-9	GS	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
54	125 (1)	Aug 23	LAA		NYY	L,6-8	CG	50	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
55	127 (1)	Aug 25	LAA		BOS	L,6-12	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 3B
56	131 (3)	Aug 29 (1)	LAA		BAL	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
57	132	Aug 29 (2)	LAA		BAL	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	137 (4)	Sep 2	LAA		KCA	W,6-3	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
59	138	Sep 4 (1)	LAA	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
60	141 (2)	Sep 5 (2)	LAA	@	KCA	L,12-13	GF	18	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
61	144 (2)	Sep 10	LAA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
62	146 (1)	Sep 14 (1)	LAA	@	MIN	W,5-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
63	147	Sep 14 (2)	LAA	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
64	151 (3)	Sep 17 (2)	LAA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	44	9.1	2	2	0	4	0	3B
65	152	Sep 19	LAA	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
66	156 (3)	Sep 24	LAA		DET	L,5-7	CG	44	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
67	157	Sep 26	LAA		WSA	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
							67gm		522.2	57	103	6	166	4