Sal Yvars

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 187lb (178cm, 84kg)

Born: February 20, 1924 in New York, NY us

Died: December 10, 2008 in Valhalla, NY

Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY

High School: White Plains HS (White Plains, NY)

Debut: September 27, 1947 (Age 23-219d, 10,371st in major league history)
vs. PHI 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1954 (Age 30-218d)
vs. MLN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: Salvador Anthony Yvars

Pronunciation: \EE-varz\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.1

418

102

.244

RBI

OBP

.315

SLG

.345

OPS

.659

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	18-34 / in Starts: 13-13
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	26 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 117 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	67 (39-21-7) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 117 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	75 (39-23-11)

Most Driven In
S Bilko	2
D Spencer	1
E Slaughter	1
R Jablonski	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
Self	1
B Thomson	1
R Repulski	1
G Staley	1
S Hemus	1

1953 Batting Game Log

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1953 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	120	2 (1)	Apr 15	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PH
2	121	7 (4)	Apr 22	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	.49	-0.034	1.08	-0.05%	-0.64	C
3	122	8	Apr 23	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-8	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	8	1.23	0.046	3.09	0.07%	0.59	C
4	123	9	Apr 24	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-12	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.455	.333	.788	8	.52	-0.005	1.17	-0.01%	0.10	C
5	124	10	Apr 25	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-5	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.462	.300	.762	8	.53	-0.003	1.09	0.00%	-0.05	C
6	125	12 (1)	Apr 28	NYG		MLN	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.385	.500	.385	.885	8	1.27	0.109	2.47	0.13%	1.10	C
7	126	13	Apr 29	NYG		MLN	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.385	.500	.385	.885	8						C
8	127	14	Apr 30	NYG		MLN	W,1-0	4-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.400	.900	8	1.14	-0.105	1.76	-0.10%	-0.84	PH C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	128	15	May 1	NYG		STL	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.389	.476	.389	.865	8	1.16	-0.056	1.95	-0.06%	-0.24	C
10	129	16	May 4 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,12-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.348	.423	.348	.771	8	.45	-0.017	.63	-0.01%	-1.27	C
11	130	17	May 4 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,5-9	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.346	.414	.346	.760	8	.59	-0.048	.86	-0.04%	-0.69	C
12	131	18	May 6	NYG		CHC	W,8-5	GS-5	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.438	.357	.795	8	1.09	0.067	1.49	0.06%	0.77	C
13	132	22 (3)	May 10 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.323	.400	.323	.723	8	.63	-0.049	.98	-0.05%	-0.56	C
14	133	23	May 12	NYG	@	MLN	L,1-8	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.294	.368	.294	.663	8	.72	-0.059	1.36	-0.07%	-1.60	C
15	134	24	May 13	NYG	@	MLN	L,1-11	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.359	.286	.645	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.24	C
16	135	25	May 15	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.364	.282	.646	8	1.44	-0.114	2.17	-0.10%	-0.58	C
17	136	26	May 16	NYG	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.340	.262	.602	8	1.18	-0.092	1.94	-0.09%	-0.88	C
18	137	29 (2)	May 19	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-4	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.340	.262	.602	8						C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	138	44 (14)	Jun 7 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,5-10	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.354	.262	.616	8	1.15	0.052	2.00	0.06%	0.40	C
20	139	45	Jun 7 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,2-5	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.256	.347	.256	.603	8	1.89	0.065	3.05	0.06%	0.67	C
21	140	47 (1)	Jun 9	NYG		MLN	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.340	.250	.590	9	1.02	-0.027	1.56	-0.03%	-0.26	PH
22	141	48	Jun 10	NYG		MLN	L,5-6	4-8	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.377	.283	.660	8	1.15	0.086	1.37	0.06%	0.75	C
23	142	50 (1)	Jun 12	NYG		STL	L,1-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.370	.277	.647	6	1.12	-0.029	.91	-0.01%	-0.18	PH
				Player went from New York Giants to St. Louis Cardinals
24	143	64	Jun 24	STL		NYG	L,0-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.364	.271	.634	8	1.26	-0.033	4.56	-0.07%	-0.31	C
25	144	66 (1)	Jun 26	STL		PHI	W,7-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.356	.255	.611	8	.23	-0.023	.87	-0.05%	-0.33	C
26	145	67	Jun 27 (1)	STL		PHI	W,7-4	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.365	.273	.638	8	1.58	0.138	6.79	0.36%	0.76	C
27	146	70 (2)	Jun 29	STL		CHC	L,2-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.268	.359	.268	.627	9	.71	-0.031	2.65	-0.07%	-0.82	PH C
28	147	71	Jun 30	STL		CHC	L,3-10	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.358	.288	.646	8	.49	0.120	1.79	0.26%	1.05	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	148	73 (1)	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	L,3-10	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.353	.283	.636	8	3.74	-0.087	12.93	-0.18%	-0.50	C
30	149	75 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.352	.333	.685	8	.93	0.055	3.09	0.11%	0.63	C
31	150	85 (9)	Jul 17 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-14	5-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.347	.328	.675	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.18	C
32	151	86	Jul 17 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,4-7	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.342	.323	.666	8	3.51	-0.093	11.48	-0.18%	-0.47	C
33	152	87	Jul 18	STL	@	BRO	L,6-14	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.351	.323	.674	8	.01	0.000	.03	0.00%	0.28	C
34	153	94 (6)	Jul 25	STL	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.346	.319	.665	8	.60	-0.018	.72	-0.01%	-0.21	C
35	154	98 (3)	Jul 30	STL		PIT	W,10-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.260	.341	.315	.657	8	.93	-0.085	.87	-0.05%	-0.43	C
36	155	99	Jul 31	STL		BRO	L,1-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.337	.311	.648	8	3.56	-0.093	6.78	-0.11%	-0.25	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	156	101 (1)	Aug 2	STL		BRO	W,10-1	GS-6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.276	.353	.329	.682	8	.46	-0.012	.36	-0.01%	-0.47	C
38	157	108 (6)	Aug 9	STL		NYG	W,6-2	4-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.341	.316	.657	7	1.06	-0.088	.58	-0.03%	-1.03	C
39	158	111 (2)	Aug 12 (1)	STL	@	MLN	L,2-8	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.348	.317	.665	8	.83	0.010	.36	0.00%	0.52	C
40	159	115 (3)	Aug 16 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.344	.313	.657	7	1.01	-0.027	.07	0.00%	-0.11	C
41	160	122 (6)	Aug 23	STL		CIN	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.351	.321	.672	9	4.79	0.132	.06	0.00%	0.67	PH
42	161	123	Aug 25 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.344	.314	.658	8	1.26	-0.070	.01	0.00%	-0.64	C
43	162	126 (2)	Aug 27	STL	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.267	.347	.311	.658	7	1.24	-0.176	.00	0.00%	-1.19	C
44	163	127	Aug 28	STL	@	PIT	W,10-9	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.346	.312	.658	8	.71	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.03	C
45	164	128	Aug 29	STL	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.268	.343	.320	.662	8						C
46	165	129	Aug 30	STL	@	BRO	L,4-20	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.342	.320	.662	8	.68	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.09	C
47	166	130	Aug 31	STL	@	BRO	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.267	.339	.317	.656	9	2.27	-0.087	.00	0.00%	-0.97	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
48	167	136 (5)	Sep 6 (1)	STL	@	MLN	L,1-3	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.265	.336	.314	.650	9						PH
49	168	137	Sep 6 (2)	STL	@	MLN	T,3-3	0-GF(8)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.336	.314	.650	8						C
50	169	140 (2)	Sep 9	STL		NYG	L,3-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.333	.311	.644	9	.40	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH C
51	170	141	Sep 10	STL		NYG	W,7-6	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.339	.311	.650	8	.22	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.14	C
52	171	144 (2)	Sep 13	STL		PHI	W,17-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.339	.311	.650	2						C
53	172	154 (9)	Sep 23	STL		MLN	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.336	.308	.644	9	7.34	-0.208	.00	0.00%	-0.52	PH
							18-34		117	104	5	27	2	0	1	7	11	2	7	1	1		1	7	0	1	.260	.336	.308	.644		1.03	-0.906	1.57	-0.21%	-8.47

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