Steve Yerkes

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 165lb (175cm, 74kg)

Born: May 15, 1888 in Hatboro, PA us

Died: January 31, 1971 in Lansdale, PA

Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Cheltenham, PA

High School: Millville Senior HS (Millville, NJ)

School: University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)

Debut: September 16, 1909 (Age 21-124d, 3,239th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1916 (Age 28-139d)
vs. STL 4 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1911 season

Full Name: Stephen Douglas Yerkes

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1912 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.9

2521

676

.268

307

RBI

254

OBP

.328

SLG

.350

OPS

.678

OPS+

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

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 12	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 13	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
4	4	Apr 15	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
5	5	Apr 16	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
6	6	Apr 20	BOS		NYY	W,7-6	CG	53	11.0	4	3	3	10	0
7	7	Apr 23	BOS		WSH	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	Apr 24	BOS		WSH	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	9	Apr 25	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 26	BOS		PHA	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
11	11	Apr 27	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	1	2	2	5	0
12	12	Apr 29	BOS		PHA	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
13	13	Apr 30	BOS		PHA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	37	8.2	2	1	0	3	0
15	27 (12)	May 20	BOS		CHW	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
16	28	May 21	BOS		CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
17	29	May 22	BOS		CLE	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
18	30	May 23	BOS		CLE	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
19	31	May 24	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
20	32	May 25	BOS		PHA	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
21	33	May 27	BOS		PHA	L,6-12	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
22	34	May 28	BOS		PHA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
23	35	May 29 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,21-8	CG	39	9.0	1	2	2	5	0
24	36	May 29 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,12-11	CG	46	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
25	37	May 30 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
26	38	May 30 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	39	Jun 1	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
28	40	Jun 2	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	1	2	0	3	1
29	41	Jun 3	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	42	Jun 4	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	43	Jun 5	BOS	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
32	44	Jun 6	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
33	45	Jun 7	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
34	48 (2)	Jun 10	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
35	49	Jun 11	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
36	50	Jun 12	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
37	51	Jun 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	2	1	0	3	0
38	52	Jun 15	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
39	53	Jun 16	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
40	54	Jun 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
41	55	Jun 19	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
42	56	Jun 20	BOS	@	NYY	W,15-8	CG	46	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
43	57	Jun 21	BOS	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
44	58	Jun 22 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,13-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
45	59	Jun 22 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	60	Jun 24	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	61	Jun 26 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	62	Jun 26 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
49	63	Jun 27	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-8	CG	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	64	Jun 28 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
51	65	Jun 28 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	66	Jun 29 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,13-6	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
53	67	Jun 29 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,6-0	CG	22	7.0	3	6	0	9	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	68	Jul 1	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
55	69	Jul 2	BOS		NYY	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
56	70	Jul 3	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
57	71	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	72	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
59	73	Jul 5 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
60	74	Jul 5 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
61	75	Jul 6	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
62	76	Jul 8	BOS		SLB	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
63	77	Jul 9	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
64	78	Jul 10	BOS		SLB	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	79	Jul 12 (1)	BOS		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
66	80	Jul 12 (2)	BOS		DET	W,1-0	CG	39	11.0	0	5	0	5	0
67	81	Jul 13	BOS		DET	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
68	82	Jul 15	BOS		DET	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
69	83	Jul 16	BOS		DET	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
70	84	Jul 17 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	1	6	1
71	85	Jul 17 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
72	86	Jul 19 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
73	87	Jul 19 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	43	12.0	1	2	0	3	0
74	88	Jul 20	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
75	89	Jul 22	BOS		CLE	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
76	90	Jul 23	BOS		CLE	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
77	91	Jul 24	BOS		CLE	L,6-11	GS	33	7.0	3	2	0	5	1
78	92	Jul 25	BOS		CLE	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
79	93	Jul 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	35	10.0	3	1	0	4	1
80	94	Jul 28	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
81	95	Jul 29	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
82	96	Jul 30	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
83	97	Jul 31	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	98	Aug 1	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
85	99	Aug 2	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-0	GS	21	6.0	1	1	1	3	0
86	100	Aug 3	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
87	101	Aug 4	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	4	1	1	6	1
88	102	Aug 5	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
89	103	Aug 6	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	0	2	0	2	0
90	104	Aug 7	BOS	@	CLE	T,4-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
91	105	Aug 8	BOS	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
92	106	Aug 9	BOS	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
93	107	Aug 10	BOS	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
94	108	Aug 11	BOS	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
95	109	Aug 14 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	110	Aug 14 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,8-0	GS	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	119 (8)	Aug 24	BOS		CLE	W,8-4	GF	19	4.0	0	7	0	7	0
98	120	Aug 26	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	2	6	1
99	121	Aug 27	BOS		CHW	T,8-8	CG	56	12.0	2	4	1	7	2
100	122	Aug 28 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
101	123	Aug 28 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
102	124	Aug 29	BOS		PHA	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
103	125	Aug 30	BOS		PHA	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
104	126	Aug 31	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	127	Sep 2 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
106	128	Sep 2 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
107	129	Sep 4	BOS		WSH	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
108	130	Sep 5	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
109	131	Sep 6	BOS		WSH	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	132	Sep 7	BOS		WSH	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
111	133	Sep 10	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	2	6	0
112	134	Sep 11	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
113	135	Sep 12	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
114	136	Sep 13	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
115	137	Sep 15 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
116	138	Sep 15 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	139	Sep 17 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	50	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
118	140	Sep 17 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	141	Sep 19 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	23	4.0	2	2	1	5	2
120	142	Sep 19 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	32	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
121	143	Sep 20	BOS	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	3	1	6	2
122	144	Sep 21	BOS	@	DET	W,11-4	CG	36	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
123	145	Sep 24 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
124	146	Sep 24 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,3-1	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
125	147	Sep 25	BOS		NYY	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
126	149 (1)	Sep 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
127	150	Sep 30	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
128	151	Oct 1	BOS	@	WSH	W,12-3	GS	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
129	152	Oct 3	BOS	@	PHA	W,17-5	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
130	153	Oct 4	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
131	154	Oct 5	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
							131gm		1141.0	244	323	34	601	39