Eric Yelding was born on Monday, February 22, 1965, in Montrose, Alabama. Yelding was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 9, 1989, with the Houston Astros. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Eric Yelding baseball stats page.
"I've got speed, but not Eric Yelding speed." - Karl Rhodes in The Scouting Report: 1991 (John Dewan, Harper Collins Publishers, 03-1991, Page 462)
Eric YeldingEric Yelding Autograph on a 1991 Score Baseball Card (#329 | Checklist) |
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Eric YeldingEric Yelding Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
- | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
Eric YeldingEric Yelding Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1989 | 24 | Astros | 70 | 90 | 19 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .233 | .290 | .256 |
1990 | 25 | Astros | 142 | 511 | 69 | 130 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 39 | 1 | 87 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | .254 | .305 | .297 |
1991 | 26 | Astros | 78 | 276 | 19 | 67 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .243 | .276 | .301 |
1992 | 27 | Astros | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
1993 | 28 | Cubs | 69 | 108 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .204 | .277 | .296 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
5 Years | 368 | 993 | 122 | 242 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 67 | 70 | 6 | 177 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 20 | .244 | .292 | .294 |
Eric YeldingEric Yelding Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1989 Astros | 2B | 13 | 6 | 210 | 52 | 4.0 | 50 | 20 | 30 | 2 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .962 | 6.43 |
1989 Astros | CF | 4 | 2 | 72 | 5 | 1.3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .800 | 1.50 |
1989 Astros | LF | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1989 Astros | RF | 3 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.93 |
1989 Astros | SS | 15 | 6 | 236 | 36 | 2.4 | 36 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.12 |
1990 Astros | 2B | 10 | 7 | 195 | 43 | 4.3 | 41 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .953 | 5.68 |
1990 Astros | 3B | 3 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .667 | 2.84 |
1990 Astros | CF | 83 | 76 | 1,986 | 232 | 2.8 | 225 | 220 | 5 | 7 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .970 | 3.06 |
1990 Astros | LF | 11 | 3 | 106 | 12 | 1.1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.06 |
1990 Astros | RF | 6 | 1 | 64 | 3 | 0.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.27 |
1990 Astros | SS | 40 | 38 | 1,010 | 168 | 4.2 | 161 | 64 | 97 | 7 | 16 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .958 | 4.30 |
1991 Astros | CF | 3 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0.7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .500 | 1.80 |
1991 Astros | RF | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1991 Astros | SS | 72 | 67 | 1,761 | 297 | 4.1 | 279 | 113 | 166 | 18 | 31 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .939 | 4.28 |
1992 Astros | CF | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1992 Astros | LF | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.50 |
1992 Astros | SS | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1993 Cubs | 2B | 32 | 20 | 570 | 126 | 3.9 | 124 | 48 | 76 | 2 | 14 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .984 | 5.87 |
1993 Cubs | 3B | 7 | 4 | 123 | 13 | 1.9 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .923 | 2.63 |
1993 Cubs | CF | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.00 |
1993 Cubs | SS | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .500 | 9.00 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
SS Totals | 130 | 112 | 3,019 | 503 | 3.9 | 477 | 187 | 290 | 26 | 51 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .948 | 4.27 | |
CF Totals | 92 | 79 | 2,103 | 240 | 2.6 | 231 | 225 | 6 | 9 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .963 | 2.97 | |
2B Totals | 55 | 33 | 975 | 221 | 4.0 | 215 | 89 | 126 | 6 | 22 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .973 | 5.95 | |
LF Totals | 14 | 3 | 118 | 13 | 0.9 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.97 | |
RF Totals | 10 | 2 | 112 | 7 | 0.7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .857 | 1.45 | |
3B Totals | 10 | 4 | 142 | 16 | 1.6 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .875 | 2.66 | |
5 Years | 311 | 233 | 6,469 | 1,000 | 3.2 | 956 | 522 | 434 | 44 | 76 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .956 | 3.99 |
Eric YeldingEric Yelding Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1989 Astros | 11 | 5 | .688 | 20 | 24 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.7 | 10.0 | - | - | - |
1990 Astros | 64 | 25 | .719 | 3 | 8 | n/a | 511.0 | 5.9 | 18.3 | - | - | - |
1991 Astros | 11 | 9 | .550 | 7 | 1 | n/a | 276.0 | 6.0 | 13.8 | - | - | - |
1992 Astros | 0 | 0 | .000 | 5 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | - | - | - |
1993 Cubs | 3 | 2 | .600 | 23 | 11 | n/a | 108.0 | 4.9 | 10.8 | - | - | - |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
5 Years | 89 | 41 | .685 | 58 | 45 | n/a | 331.0 | 5.6 | 14.8 | - | - | - |
Eric YeldingEric Yelding Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1989 Houston Astros | 15 | $68,000.00 | - | - |
1990 Houston Astros | 15 | $110,000.00 | - | - |
1991 Houston Astros | 15 | $260,000.00 | - | - |
1992 Houston Astros | 15 | $275,000.00 | - | - |
1993 Chicago Cubs | 20 | $225,000.00 | - | - |
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