#48 Steve Yeager, Catcher, 37 yrs, Chicago (N) Cubs

#48 Steve Yeager, Catcher, 37 yrs, Chicago (N) Cubs
Monday, 5/13/1986

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Steve Yeager

11/24/1948
37

6"0
215

Catcher
R
R

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4.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 6,800,000
1987
13 Year(s), 84 Days (2320 total Days)
42 Day(s)
13 Year(s), 84 Days (2320 total Days)
16 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	7	5	8	10	4
Versus LHP	7	4	8	10	4
Versus RHP	7	5	8	10	4
Talent	7	5	8	10	4

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3
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Fielding Ratings
C : 5 (Range), .984 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 6
Infield Arm : 6
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
5/1	Cin	L 2-3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	#3
5/2	Cin	L 7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#5
5/4	@PHL	L 0-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#3
5/5	@PHL	W 4-2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	#3
5/6	@PHL	W 6-5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	#3
5/7	@PHL	L 2-6	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	#3
5/8	SDP	L 3-10	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	#3
5/9	SDP	W 5-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	#3
5/10	SDP	W 6-5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	#3
5/12	@HOU	L 1-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	#3

Batting Stats 1986

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
	35	122	21	4	0	3	6	19	30	55	.172	.340	.279	.619	.644	.107

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
	34	153	1	7	0	3	0	0	34	7	2	0	100.0	13.0	3.4

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	44	6	0	0	1	1	2	10	24	0	0	0	.136	.296	.205	.501
vs. RHP	78	15	4	0	2	5	17	20	31	0	0	1	.192	.364	.321	.684
Close/Late	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	0	.000	.364	.000	.364
Scoring Position	28	0	0	0	0	2	0	16	16	0	0	0	.000	.364	.000	.364
Pinch Hitting	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	18	60	10	4	0	1	2	10	15	29	.167	.342	.283	.625
Road	17	62	11	0	0	2	4	9	15	26	.177	.338	.274	.612
Last Week	6	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	11	.053	.308	.053	.360
March/April	25	92	18	4	0	2	5	17	22	40	.196	.351	.304	.655
May	10	30	3	0	0	1	1	2	8	15	.100	.308	.200	.508

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1972	156	528	118	16	4	16	47	75	87	134	0	1	.223	.333	.360	.693	NY
1973	76	183	34	4	1	2	6	17	26	45	0	0	.186	.287	.251	.538	NY
1974	154	505	122	8	4	27	78	66	68	136	2	0	.242	.332	.434	.765	NY
1975	152	523	143	15	2	38	116	94	86	125	1	0	.273	.376	.528	.904	NY
1976	162	594	161	18	5	40	137	102	106	123	0	1	.271	.381	.520	.902	NY,NL
1977	162	587	142	17	6	25	104	80	96	123	0	1	.242	.348	.419	.768	NY
1978	152	564	156	12	9	15	94	91	104	97	2	0	.277	.389	.410	.799	NY
1979	159	560	136	15	3	32	83	81	86	112	3	0	.243	.344	.452	.795	NYM CLE
1980	123	441	122	11	6	24	74	69	61	87	2	0	.277	.365	.492	.857	CLE,AL
1981	162	574	127	10	4	19	90	66	102	121	1	0	.221	.339	.352	.691	CLE
1982	107	385	110	10	1	21	90	77	62	79	1	0	.286	.385	.481	.865	CLE NYM
1983	152	529	184	18	0	33	128	115	107	95	5	0	.348	.458	.569	1.027	NYM,NL
1984	155	517	167	14	2	24	119	78	101	102	3	0	.323	.434	.497	.931	MIN
1985	155	511	150	20	2	24	85	105	106	120	1	1	.294	.415	.481	.896	MIN
1986	35	122	21	4	0	3	6	19	30	55	2	0	.172	.340	.279	.619	CHI
Total	2062	7123	1893	192	49	343	1257	1135	1228	1554	23	4	.266	.374	.451	.825

Career Minor League Batting Stats

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Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1982	6	22	6	2	0	0	4	3	3	5	0	0	.273	.360	.364	.724
1984	13	53	9	0	0	1	3	7	3	13	0	0	.170	.214	.226	.441
Total	19	75	15	2	0	1	7	10	6	18	0	0	.200	.259	.267	.526

Fielding Stats 1986

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Catcher	35	34	266	20	0	288	2	.993	299.2	8.65	0	30	8	26.7

Player History

Drove in 7 runs against Cincinnati on 5/10/1978... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against San Francisco on 8/31/1978... Traded from New York to Cleveland on 1/31/1979... Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game.
.. Injured on 8/26/1980 with a Broken Cheekbone, out for 6 weeks... Traded from Cleveland to New York(N) on 2/23/1982 (Going to CLE: RF M. Page, C J. Sundberg. Going to NYM: C S. Yeager)...
Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (N) on 5/19/1982...
Injured on 6/13/1982 with a Broken Finger, out for 7 weeks...
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1982.
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game...
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/18/1984 to a 2-year deal worth $9,000,000 per year...
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 5/15/1984...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/24/1984, hitting .348 with 3 HR, 10 RBI...
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 2/3/1986 to a 2-year deal worth $6,800,000 per year...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG 1983 - .348 - 1st	OBP 1983 - .458 - 2nd 1984 - .434 - 1st 1985 - .415 - 1st	SLG 1983 - .569 - 4th	OPS 1983 - 1.027 - 2nd 1984 - .931 - 6th 1985 - .896 - 10th	Hits 1983 - 184 - 5th
Homeruns 1983 - 33 - 2nd	RBI 1983 - 128 - 3rd 1984 - 119 - 3rd	Runs 1983 - 115 - 3rd	BB 1981 - 102 - 1st 1983 - 107 - 4th 1984 - 101 - 2nd 1985 - 106 - 2nd

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