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.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	WSH		NYY	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
2	2	Apr 18	WSH		NYY	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
3	3	Apr 19	WSH		NYY	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
4	4	Apr 20	WSH	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
5	5	Apr 21	WSH	@	BAL	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
6	6	Apr 22 (1)	WSH	@	BAL	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
7	7	Apr 22 (2)	WSH	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
8	8	Apr 24	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
9	9	Apr 25	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
10	10	Apr 27	WSH		BAL	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
11	11	Apr 28	WSH		BAL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
12	12	Apr 29 (1)	WSH		BAL	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
13	13	Apr 29 (2)	WSH		BAL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	WSH		CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	3B
15	15	May 3	WSH		CHW	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
16	16	May 4	WSH		CHW	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
17	17	May 5	WSH		CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
18	18	May 6 (1)	WSH		KCA	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
19	19	May 6 (2)	WSH		KCA	L,3-13	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
20	20	May 8	WSH		DET	L,6-14	CG	51	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
21	21	May 9	WSH		DET	L,3-7	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
22	22	May 11	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
23	23	May 12	WSH		BOS	W,12-9	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
24	24	May 13	WSH		BOS	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
25	25	May 15	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
26	26	May 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
27	27	May 18	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	55	11.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
28	28	May 19	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
29	29	May 20 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
30	31 (1)	May 22	WSH	@	KCA	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
31	33 (1)	May 25	WSH	@	BOS	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
32	34	May 26	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
33	35	May 27 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	43	8.0	3	3	1	7	0	3B
34	36	May 27 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,11-10	CG	47	10.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
35	37	May 28	WSH	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
36	38	May 29	WSH	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
37	39	May 30 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
38	40	May 30 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-12	CG	48	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
39	41	May 31	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	42	Jun 1	WSH		CLE	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
41	43	Jun 2	WSH		CLE	L,0-15	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
42	44	Jun 3 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,4-8	CG	53	12.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
43	45	Jun 3 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
44	46	Jun 4	WSH		CLE	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	3B
45	47	Jun 5	WSH		CHW	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
46	48	Jun 6	WSH		CHW	W,12-7	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
47	49	Jun 7	WSH		CHW	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	3B
48	50	Jun 8	WSH		DET	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
49	51	Jun 9	WSH		DET	L,3-5	CG	39	10.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
50	52	Jun 10 (1)	WSH		DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
51	53	Jun 10 (2)	WSH		DET	W,12-9	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
52	54	Jun 11 (1)	WSH		KCA	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
53	55	Jun 11 (2)	WSH		KCA	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
54	56	Jun 12	WSH		KCA	L,3-9	CG	69	15.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
55	57	Jun 13	WSH		KCA	L,4-13	CG	52	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
56	58	Jun 15	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
57	59	Jun 16	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
58	60	Jun 17 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-20	GS	20	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
59	61	Jun 17 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
60	62	Jun 18	WSH	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
61	63	Jun 19	WSH	@	KCA	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
62	64	Jun 20	WSH	@	KCA	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
63	65	Jun 21	WSH	@	KCA	L,6-15	GS	25	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
64	66	Jun 22	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	1	2	1	3B
65	67	Jun 23	WSH	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	45	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
66	68	Jun 24	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	26	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
67	69	Jun 25	WSH	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
68	70	Jun 26	WSH	@	DET	T,2-2	CG	21	4.2	0	5	0	5	0	3B
69	71	Jun 27	WSH	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	3B
70	72	Jun 29	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
71	73	Jun 30	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	74	Jul 1 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
73	75	Jul 1 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
74	76	Jul 2	WSH		BOS	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
75	77	Jul 3	WSH		BOS	W,6-5	CG	45	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
76	78	Jul 4 (1)	WSH		BAL	W,10-8	CG	46	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	3B
77	79	Jul 4 (2)	WSH		BAL	L,4-7	CG	31	6.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
78	80	Jul 6	WSH		NYY	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
79	81	Jul 7	WSH		NYY	L,3-8	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	3B
80	82	Jul 8	WSH		NYY	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
81	83	Jul 12	WSH		DET	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
82	84	Jul 13	WSH		DET	W,12-11	CG	48	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
83	85	Jul 14	WSH		DET	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
84	86	Jul 15 (1)	WSH		KCA	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
85	87	Jul 15 (2)	WSH		KCA	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
86	88	Jul 18 (1)	WSH		CLE	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
87	89	Jul 18 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,1-11	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
88	90	Jul 19	WSH		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
89	91	Jul 21	WSH		CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	3B
90	92	Jul 22	WSH		CHW	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	3B
91	93	Jul 24	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-11	CG	45	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
92	94	Jul 25	WSH	@	CLE	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
93	95	Jul 26	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	24	6.2	1	1	0	2	0	3B
94	96	Jul 27	WSH	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
95	97	Jul 28	WSH	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
96	98	Jul 29 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
97	99	Jul 29 (2)	WSH	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	3B
98	100	Jul 31	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	101	Aug 1	WSH	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	1	3B
100	102	Aug 2	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
101	103	Aug 3	WSH	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	47	11.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
102	104	Aug 4	WSH	@	KCA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
103	105	Aug 5	WSH	@	KCA	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
104	106	Aug 8	WSH		NYY	L,2-12	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
105	107	Aug 9	WSH		NYY	L,7-15	CG	52	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
106	108	Aug 10	WSH		BOS	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
107	109	Aug 11	WSH		BOS	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
108	110	Aug 12	WSH		BOS	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	3B
109	111	Aug 14	WSH	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
110	112	Aug 15	WSH	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	43	11.1	1	3	0	4	0	3B
111	113	Aug 17	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
112	114	Aug 18	WSH	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	3B
113	115	Aug 19 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
114	116	Aug 19 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,11-10	CG	61	11.0	3	6	0	9	1	3B
115	117	Aug 21	WSH		DET	L,3-8	CG	48	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
116	118	Aug 22	WSH		DET	L,5-9	CG	48	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
117	119	Aug 23	WSH		KCA	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
118	120	Aug 24	WSH		KCA	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
119	121	Aug 25	WSH		KCA	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
120	122	Aug 26	WSH		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
121	123	Aug 27	WSH		CLE	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
122	124	Aug 28 (1)	WSH		CHW	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
123	125	Aug 28 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
124	126	Aug 29	WSH		CHW	L,7-9	CG	49	9.0	1	2	2	5	0	3B
125	127	Aug 31	WSH		NYY	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	128	Sep 1	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
127	129	Sep 2	WSH		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
128	130	Sep 3 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
129	131	Sep 3 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,0-16	CG	50	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	3B
130	132	Sep 4	WSH		BOS	L,6-7	CG	47	12.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
131	133	Sep 5	WSH		BAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
132	134	Sep 6	WSH		BAL	W,7-5	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
133	135	Sep 7	WSH	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
134	136	Sep 8	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-16	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
135	137	Sep 9	WSH	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
136	139 (1)	Sep 12	WSH	@	DET	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
137	141 (1)	Sep 14	WSH	@	KCA	W,4-1	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
138	142	Sep 15	WSH	@	KCA	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
139	143	Sep 16 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
140	144	Sep 16 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
141	145	Sep 18 (1)	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
142	146	Sep 18 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
143	147	Sep 19	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	35	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF
							143gm		1250.0	182	303	18	503	31