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Eddie Yost
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Birthdate: 10/13/1926
Height / Weight: 5' 10" / 170 lbs.
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, NY, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Eddie Yost, nicknamed 'the Walking Man' drew 1,614 base on balls during his 18 years as a major league player. Only six players in all of baseball's history walked more times. His life-time batting average was only .254 but his on-base-pct, .- 395 ranks with baseball's finest hitters. Eddie Yost attended New York University and went directly to the Washington Senators in 1944, played only seven games and was drafted by the Military during World War II. In 1947, he became the Senators' regular third baseman and lead-off hitter. Eddie Yost played 838 consecutive games (1949-1955), the 8th longest streak in major league baseball history. He led the AL in walks six times, drawing more than 150 and 140 once each.

 Every year from 1946-1960 the AL leader in walks was either Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle or Eddie Yost. In 1959, Yost hit six lead-off homers and ranks 4th in history in lead-off HR's with 28. Possessed with average speed, he stole 72 career bases but was regarded as the best fielding 3rd baseman of his time. Yost led all major leaguer 3rd baseman in putouts a record 8 times and his carrer total ranks third all-time. Eddie Yost played the majority of his games for losing teams but still managed to score 1215 career runs. In his long career, Eddie hit 337 D, 56 T, 139 HR's, 1614 walks. Yost is one of only seven major leaguers to record more walks in a season than hits. Nine times he had an on-base-pct over .400 with the high being .440 in 1950. "The Walking Man", Eddie Yost's, life-time on-base-pct was .395. Baseball History


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
18 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1944 WSH (AL) 7 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 .200 SLG
1946 WSH (AL) 8 25 2 2 1 0 0 1 5 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 .80 .233 SLG
1947 WSH (AL) 115 428 52 102 17 3 0 14 45 57 3 5 0 2 10 0 .238 .314 SLG
1948 WSH (AL) 145 555 74 138 32 11 2 50 82 51 4 3 0 4 7 0 .249 .349 SLG
1949 WSH (AL) 124 435 57 110 19 7 9 45 91 41 3 3 0 1 4 0 .253 .383 SLG
1950 WSH (AL) 155 573 114 169 26 2 11 58 141 63 6 6 0 8 9 0 .295 .440 SLG
1951 WSH (AL) 154 568 109 161 36 4 12 65 126 55 6 4 0 11 11 0 .283 .423 SLG
1952 WSH (AL) 157 587 92 137 32 3 12 49 129 73 4 3 0 8 10 0 .233 .378 SLG
1953 WSH (AL) 152 577 107 157 30 7 9 45 123 59 7 4 0 4 9 0 .272 .403 SLG
1954 WSH (AL) 155 539 101 138 26 4 11 47 131 71 7 3 0 5 11 1 .256 .405 SLG
1955 WSH (AL) 122 375 64 91 17 5 7 48 95 54 4 3 0 11 6 3 .243 .407 SLG
1956 WSH (AL) 152 515 94 119 17 2 11 53 151 82 8 5 9 8 9 1 .231 .412 SLG
1957 WSH (AL) 110 414 47 104 13 5 9 38 73 49 1 11 2 5 0 0 .251 .370 SLG
1958 WSH (AL) 134 406 55 91 16 0 8 37 81 43 3 6 2 9 1 6 .224 .361 SLG
1959 DET (AL) 148 521 115 145 19 0 21 61 135 77 9 2 1 12 4 3 .278 .435 SLG
1960 DET (AL) 143 497 78 129 23 2 14 47 125 69 5 4 1 8 3 3 .260 .414 SLG
1961 LAA (AL) 76 213 29 43 4 0 3 15 50 48 0 1 0 2 2 0 .202 .358 SLG
1962 LAA (AL) 52 104 22 25 9 1 0 10 30 21 0 2 0 1 0 1 .240 .412 SLG
18 years   2109 7346 1215 1863 337 56 139 683 1614 920 72 66 15 99 98 18 .254 .394 .SLG



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