Joe Yeager Stats

Joe Yeager was born on Saturday, August 28, 1875, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Yeager was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 22, 1898, with the Brooklyn Bridegrooms. 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 Joe Yeager baseball stats page.

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Birth Name:	Joseph Francis Yeager
Nickname:	Joe or Little Joe
Born On:	08-28-1875 (Virgo)
Born In:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died On:	07-02-1937 (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Detroit, Michigan
Cemetery:	Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan

High School:	Undetermined
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Right
Height:	5-10	Weight:	160
First Game:	04-22-1898 (Age 22)
Last Game:	09-29-1908
Draft:	Not Applicable

Joe Yeager Joe Yeager Pitching Stats
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
1898	23	Bridegrooms	36	33	3	12	22	.353	3.65	32	0	0	291.1	0	333	118	177	4	80	-	70	3	6	0	-
1899	24	Superbas	10	4	6	2	2	.500	4.72	2	1	1	47.2	0	56	25	29	1	16	-	6	0	2	1	-
1900	25	Superbas	2	2	0	1	1	.500	6.88	2	0	0	17.0	0	21	13	13	1	5	-	2	0	0	0	0
1901	26	Tigers	26	25	1	12	11	.522	2.61	22	2	1	199.2	0	209	58	105	4	46	-	38	2	8	0	-
1902	27	Tigers	19	15	4	6	12	.333	4.82	14	0	0	140.0	0	171	75	90	5	41	-	28	2	5	0	-
1903	28	Tigers	1	1	0	0	1	.000	4.00	1	0	0	9.0	40	15	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Career			G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
6 Years			94	80	14	33	49	.402	3.74	73	3	2	704.2	40	805	293	421	15	188	0	145	7	21	1	0

Joe Yeager Joe Yeager Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1898	23	Bridegrooms	43	134	12	23	5	1	0	0	15	7	-	-	3	-	1	-	.172	.218	.224
1899	24	Superbas	23	47	12	9	0	1	0	0	4	6	-	-	2	-	4	-	.191	.333	.234
1900	25	Superbas	3	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	.333	.333	.333
1901	26	Tigers	41	125	18	37	7	1	2	1	17	4	-	-	2	-	5	-	.296	.343	.416
1902	27	Tigers	50	161	17	39	6	5	1	0	23	5	-	-	1	-	4	-	.242	.282	.360
1903	28	Tigers	109	402	36	103	15	6	0	0	43	18	-	-	9	-	9	-	.256	.303	.323
1905	30	Highlanders	115	401	54	107	16	7	0	0	42	25	-	-	10	-	13	-	.267	.330	.342
1906	31	Highlanders	57	123	20	37	6	1	0	0	12	13	-	-	7	-	9	-	.301	.407	.366
1907	32	Browns	123	436	32	104	21	7	1	0	44	31	-	-	8	-	3	-	.239	.294	.326
1908	33	Browns	10	15	3	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	-	-	1	-	3	-	.333	.474	.400
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
10 Years			574	1,853	204	467	77	29	4	1	201	110	0	-	43	0	51	-	.252	.312	.331

Joe Yeager Joe Yeager Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1898 Bridegrooms	2B	1	-	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1898 Bridegrooms	OF	4	-	-	8	2.0	8	7	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00
1898 Bridegrooms	P	36	33	874	120	3.3	109	10	99	11	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.908	3.37
1898 Bridegrooms	SS	2	-	-	11	5.5	11	4	7	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00
1899 Superbas	3B	1	-	-	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00
1899 Superbas	LF	1	-	-	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00
1899 Superbas	P	10	4	143	16	1.6	16	3	13	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.02
1899 Superbas	SS	11	-	-	58	5.3	53	16	37	5	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	.914	0.00
1900 Superbas	3B	1	-	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1900 Superbas	P	2	2	51	3	1.5	3	0	3	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.59
1901 Tigers	2B	1	-	-	3	3.0	3	2	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00
1901 Tigers	P	26	25	599	86	3.3	79	13	66	7	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.919	3.56
1901 Tigers	SS	12	-	-	61	5.1	55	18	37	6	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	.902	0.00
1902 Tigers	2B	12	-	-	48	4.0	46	16	30	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.958	0.00
1902 Tigers	3B	1	-	-	4	4.0	3	2	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.750	0.00
1902 Tigers	OF	13	-	-	25	1.9	24	23	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.960	0.00
1902 Tigers	P	19	15	420	69	3.6	66	14	52	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.957	4.24
1902 Tigers	SS	3	-	-	16	5.3	14	4	10	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.875	0.00
1903 Tigers	3B	107	-	-	328	3.1	302	126	176	26	9	n/a	n/a	n/a	.921	0.00
1903 Tigers	P	1	1	27	6	6.0	6	3	3	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	6.00
1903 Tigers	SS	1	-	-	9	9.0	8	1	7	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.889	0.00
1905 Highlanders	3B	91	-	-	299	3.3	276	103	173	23	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.923	0.00
1905 Highlanders	SS	21	-	-	122	5.8	114	45	69	8	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	.934	0.00
1906 Highlanders	2B	13	-	-	73	5.6	71	35	36	2	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.973	0.00
1906 Highlanders	3B	3	-	-	8	2.7	8	3	5	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00
1906 Highlanders	SS	22	-	-	84	3.8	76	31	45	8	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.905	0.00
1907 Browns	2B	17	-	-	106	6.2	99	46	53	7	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.934	0.00
1907 Browns	3B	91	-	-	322	3.5	302	108	194	20	12	n/a	n/a	n/a	.938	0.00
1907 Browns	SS	10	-	-	62	6.2	58	18	40	4	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.935	0.00
1908 Browns	2B	4	-	-	14	3.5	14	4	10	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00
1908 Browns	SS	1	-	-	2	2.0	2	0	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
3B Totals		295	0	0	962	3.3	892	343	549	70	27	n/a	n/a	n/a	.927	0.00
P Totals		94	80	2,114	300	3.2	279	43	236	21	10	n/a	n/a	n/a	.930	3.56
SS Totals		83	0	0	425	5.1	391	137	254	34	36	n/a	n/a	n/a	.920	0.00
2B Totals		48	0	0	244	5.1	233	103	130	11	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.955	0.00
OF Totals		17	0	0	33	1.9	32	30	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.970	0.00
LF Totals		1	0	0	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00
10 Years		538	80	2,114	1,965	3.7	1,828	657	1,171	137	77	n/a	n/a	n/a	.930	23.35

Joe Yeager Joe Yeager Miscellaneous Stats
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
1898 Bridegrooms	1	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	8.9	0.88	2.16	2.47
1899 Superbas	0	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	11.8	0.38	1.13	3.02
1900 Superbas	0	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.40	1.06	2.65
1901 Tigers	3	-	-	0	0	n/a	62.5	0.0	7.4	0.83	1.71	2.07
1902 Tigers	0	-	-	0	0	n/a	161.0	0.0	7.0	0.68	1.80	2.64
1903 Tigers	9	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	9.3	0.00	1.00	0.00
1905 Highlanders	8	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	9.5	-	-	-
1906 Highlanders	3	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	10.3	-	-	-
1907 Browns	11	-	-	0	0	n/a	436.0	0.0	9.9	-	-	-
1908 Browns	2	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	15.0	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
10 Years	37	-	-	0	0	n/a	463.3	0.0	9.2	0.77	1.85	2.40

Joe Yeager Joe Yeager Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1899 Brooklyn Superbas	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1900 Brooklyn Superbas	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1901 Detroit Tigers	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1902 Detroit Tigers	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1903 Detroit Tigers	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1905 New York Highlanders	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1906 New York Highlanders	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1907 St. Louis Browns	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1908 St. Louis Browns	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
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