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.

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	62	15.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
2	2	Apr 20	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	3	7	1	3B
3	3	Apr 22	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
4	4	Apr 23	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
5	5	Apr 24	DET		CHW	W,12-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
6	6	Apr 26	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	47	12.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
7	7	Apr 27	DET	@	KCA	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
8	8	Apr 28	DET	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
9	9	Apr 29	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 1 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
11	12 (1)	May 3	DET	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
12	13	May 4	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
13	14	May 6	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	39	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	3B
14	15	May 7	DET	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
15	16	May 10	DET	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
16	17	May 11	DET	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	38	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
17	18	May 13	DET		KCA	W,4-3	CG	55	14.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
18	19	May 14	DET		KCA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
19	20	May 15 (1)	DET		KCA	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
20	21	May 15 (2)	DET		KCA	L,4-5	CG	45	10.0	1	1	2	4	0	3B
21	22	May 17	DET		WSH	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
22	23	May 18	DET		WSH	L,0-3	CG	46	11.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
23	24	May 20	DET		BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
24	25	May 21	DET		BAL	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
25	26	May 22 (1)	DET		BOS	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
26	27	May 22 (2)	DET		BOS	W,5-2	CG	44	9.0	1	1	2	4	0	3B
27	28	May 24	DET		NYY	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
28	29	May 25	DET		NYY	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
29	30	May 28	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
30	31	May 29 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
31	32	May 29 (2)	DET		CLE	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
32	33	May 30 (1)	DET	@	KCA	L,6-7	CG	52	10.2	1	2	0	3	1	3B
33	34	May 30 (2)	DET	@	KCA	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
34	35	May 31	DET	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	36	Jun 1	DET		CHW	L,0-6	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
36	37	Jun 2	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
37	38	Jun 3	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
38	39	Jun 4	DET	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	43	10.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
39	40	Jun 5 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
40	41	Jun 5 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
41	42	Jun 7	DET	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
42	43	Jun 8	DET	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
43	44	Jun 9 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
44	45	Jun 9 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
45	46	Jun 10	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
46	47	Jun 11	DET	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	1	1	2	4	0	3B
47	48	Jun 12 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,3-8	GS	34	7.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
48	49	Jun 12 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,12-5	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
49	50	Jun 14	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
50	51	Jun 15	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	4	3	0	7	1	3B
51	52	Jun 16	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
52	53	Jun 17	DET		BAL	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
53	54	Jun 18	DET		BAL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
54	55	Jun 19 (1)	DET		BAL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
55	56	Jun 19 (2)	DET		BAL	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
56	57	Jun 21	DET		NYY	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
57	58	Jun 22	DET		NYY	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
58	59	Jun 23	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
59	60	Jun 24	DET		WSH	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
60	61	Jun 25	DET		WSH	L,4-6	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
61	62	Jun 26 (1)	DET		WSH	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
62	63	Jun 26 (2)	DET		WSH	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
63	64	Jun 28	DET	@	BOS	W,10-1	GS	31	7.0	4	2	2	8	0	3B
64	65	Jun 29	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
65	66	Jun 30	DET	@	BOS	L,7-11	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	67	Jul 2	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
67	68	Jul 3 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
68	69	Jul 3 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
69	70	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
70	71	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
71	72	Jul 6	DET		KCA	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
72	73	Jul 7	DET		KCA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
73	74	Jul 8	DET	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	50	12.1	3	4	0	7	0	3B
74	75	Jul 9	DET	@	KCA	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
75	76	Jul 10	DET	@	KCA	W,12-10	CG	44	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
76	77	Jul 15	DET		NYY	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
77	78	Jul 16	DET		NYY	L,2-11	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
78	79	Jul 17 (1)	DET		NYY	W,12-2	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
79	80	Jul 17 (2)	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	3B
80	81	Jul 19	DET		WSH	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
81	82	Jul 20	DET		WSH	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
82	83	Jul 21	DET		WSH	W,9-5	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
83	84	Jul 22	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
84	85	Jul 23 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
85	86	Jul 23 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	2	3	0	5	0	3B
86	87	Jul 24	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	46	10.2	1	0	1	2	0	3B
87	88	Jul 26	DET	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
88	89	Jul 27	DET	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	66	14.1	3	3	1	7	0	3B
89	90	Jul 28	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	45	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
90	91	Jul 29	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
91	92	Jul 31 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-6	GS	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
92	93	Jul 31 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS	24	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	94	Aug 1	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
94	95	Aug 2 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	53	13.2	1	1	0	2	0	3B
95	97 (1)	Aug 3	DET	@	NYY	W,12-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
96	98	Aug 5	DET		BOS	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
97	99	Aug 6	DET		BOS	L,9-11	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
98	102 (2)	Aug 9	DET		BAL	L,0-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
99	103	Aug 10	DET		BAL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
100	104	Aug 11	DET		BAL	L,1-6	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
101	105	Aug 12	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	46	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
102	107 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
103	108	Aug 14 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS	19	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
104	109	Aug 15	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
105	110	Aug 16	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
106	111	Aug 17	DET		KCA	W,5-2	GS	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
107	113 (1)	Aug 19	DET		CLE	W,5-3	GS	31	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
108	115 (1)	Aug 21 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-4	GS	22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
109	116	Aug 21 (2)	DET		CLE	W,6-4	GS	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
110	117	Aug 23	DET	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	46	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
111	118	Aug 24	DET	@	BAL	L,2-9	GS	23	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
112	119	Aug 25	DET	@	BAL	L,3-9	GS	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
113	124 (4)	Aug 30 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	61	14.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
114	125	Aug 30 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	GF	6	1.1	1	1	0	2	0	PH 3B
115	126	Aug 31	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS	35	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
116	127	Sep 2	DET	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
117	129 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS	29	6.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
118	130	Sep 4 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
119	131	Sep 5 (1)	DET		CLE	W,4-3	GS	22	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
120	132	Sep 5 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
121	133	Sep 6	DET		CLE	L,8-10	GS	35	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
122	134	Sep 7	DET		BOS	L,4-5	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
123	135	Sep 8	DET		BOS	L,1-6	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 3B
124	136	Sep 9	DET		NYY	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
125	137	Sep 10	DET		NYY	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
126	138	Sep 11 (1)	DET		WSH	W,8-3	GS	27	6.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
127	139	Sep 11 (2)	DET		WSH	W,8-5	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
128	140	Sep 13	DET		BAL	W,3-1	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
129	141	Sep 14	DET		BAL	L,10-11	CG	44	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
130	142	Sep 16	DET		CHW	W,4-3	GS	34	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
131	143	Sep 17	DET		CHW	L,4-8	GS	35	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
132	144	Sep 18 (1)	DET		CHW	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
133	145	Sep 18 (2)	DET		CHW	W,7-6	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 3B
134	146	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	W,9-1	GS	23	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
135	147	Sep 23	DET		KCA	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
136	148	Sep 24	DET		KCA	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	3B
137	149	Sep 25	DET		KCA	W,6-5	GS	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
138	150	Sep 26	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	GS	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
139	151	Sep 27	DET	@	CHW	W,2-0	GS	26	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
140	152	Sep 30	DET	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
141	153	Oct 1	DET	@	KCA	W,6-4	GS	19	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
142	154	Oct 2	DET	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
							142gm		1181.1	155	208	26	389	18