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Steve
Yerkes		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 185
 
Born: May 15, 1888 in Usa, PA, HATBORO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1909 21 CIN NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 7 7
1910 22 CIN NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1911 23 CIN NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1912 24 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1913 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1914 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1915 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 7 8
1916 28 CLE AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 7 8
1917 29 CLE AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1918 30 CLE AL $ 810,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1919 31 CLE AL $ 810,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 7 6 7
1920 32 NYA AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1921 33 BOS AL $ 578,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 810,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1909 21 A   130 437 24 77 11 2 3 30 12 8 94 134 .176 .322 .231 .553 41.8  
1910 22 A   133 460 49 109 21 3 1 37 13 13 97 112 .237 .370 .302 .672 59.1  
1911 23 AAA   21 74 6 17 4 0 1 10 1 0 11 6 .230 .329 .324 .654 8.8  
    AA   111 388 61 112 25 5 7 66 12 9 95 78 .289 .429 .433 .862 75.9  
1912 24 CLE AL 25 96 12 25 3 1 1 11 8 0 7 13 .260 .311 .344 .654 11.5 2.1
    AAA   39 155 19 51 12 1 0 15 1 6 17 31 .329 .395 .419 .815 22.7  
1913 25 CLE AL 104 412 51 102 21 2 1 34 14 8 34 48 .248 .309 .316 .624 39.7 4.9
1914 26 CLE AL 112 405 38 92 17 6 3 43 2 2 30 73 .227 .283 .321 .604 34.4 3.0
1915 27 CLE AL 100 350 27 82 17 4 0 34 4 3 29 51 .234 .295 .306 .600 30.4 5.1
1916 28 AAA   127 483 88 131 29 2 12 74 10 9 70 74 .271 .363 .414 .778 73.2  
1917 29 CLE AL 26 95 13 27 4 2 2 21 1 0 6 14 .284 .327 .432 .758 13.4 3.2
    AAA   74 301 37 93 20 2 4 46 6 6 32 38 .309 .375 .429 .804 45.8  
1918 30 CLE AL 38 126 12 29 3 4 2 16 1 0 7 13 .230 .271 .365 .636 11.5 1.6
1919 31 CLE AL 89 307 35 78 22 2 3 50 0 1 19 63 .254 .297 .368 .665 31.2 4.5
1920 32 NYA AL 11 12 2 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 .417 .462 .417 .878 2.1 0.3
1921 33 AAA   113 418 72 123 26 4 16 59 6 6 38 58 .294 .353 .490 .844 68.2  
8 Years Sim 505 1803 190 440 87 21 12 211 31 15 133 276 .244 .298 .336 .633 174.2 24.8
5 Years AAA 374 1431 222 415 91 9 33 204 24 27 168 207 .290 .365 .435 .800 218.7  
1 Years AA 111 388 61 112 25 5 7 66 12 9 95 78 .289 .431 .433 .864 75.9  
2 Years A 263 897 73 186 32 5 4 67 25 21 191 246 .207 .348 .268 .615 101.0  
8 Years Minors 748 2716 356 713 148 19 44 337 61 57 454 531 .263 .369 .380 .749 395.5  
162 Game Average 578 60 141 27 6 3 67 9 4 42 88 .244 .298 .336 .633 55.9  
Career Highs 112 412 51 102 22 6 3 50 14 8 34 73 .417 .462 .432 .878 39.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1393 139 336 67 15 9 157 23 13 106 216 .241 .296 .330 .627 133.8
vs LH   410 51 104 20 6 3 54 8 2 27 60 .254 .302 .354 .655 43.1
Home 256 893 91 214 46 9 7 108 17 8 69 145 .240 .294 .335 .629 87.3
Away 249 910 99 226 41 12 5 103 14 7 64 131 .248 .301 .336 .637 89.6
RISP   515 0 132 23 5 3 184 0 0 45 79 .256 .316 .338 .654 55.1
Pinch Hitting   12 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 .500 .571 .500 1.071 2.8
Close/Late   205 18 45 10 1 0 22 0 0 23 29 .220 .293 .278 .571 17.7
Mar/Apr 62 236 21 61 15 2 2 27 4 2 8 32 .258 .280 .364 .645 22.8
May 89 314 36 84 16 4 3 49 1 5 28 46 .268 .329 .373 .701 36.5
June 84 300 37 73 12 2 4 31 5 1 21 53 .243 .291 .337 .628 29.9
July 95 338 26 70 16 2 2 32 9 5 29 58 .207 .276 .284 .560 25.6
August 87 302 41 80 11 6 1 39 4 2 25 43 .265 .324 .351 .675 33.9
Sep/Oct 88 313 29 72 17 5 0 33 8 0 22 44 .230 .282 .316 .598 28.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1912 24 CLE AL SS 21 20 173.0 37 66 4 15 .963 5.36 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    2B 4 4 35.0 13 17 3 3 .909 7.71 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1913 25 CLE AL SS 99 99 877.0 117 366 30 54 .942 4.96 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    2B 4 4 37.7 9 12 2 3 .913 5.02 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 0 2.0 2 0 1 0 .667 9.00 2 0 .000 0 0.0
1914 26 CLE AL SS 87 86 772.0 106 315 26 43 .942 4.91 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    2B 26 25 222.7 65 99 10 17 .943 6.63 0 0 .000 0 1.0
1915 27 CLE AL SS 100 100 878.7 139 342 28 59 .945 4.93 0 0 .000 0 3.8
1917 29 CLE AL 2B 19 19 165.0 34 81 4 15 .966 6.27 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    SS 4 4 35.0 5 16 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1918 30 CLE AL 2B 28 25 231.3 73 103 8 16 .957 6.85 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    SS 6 6 53.0 4 30 4 2 .895 5.77 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1919 31 CLE AL SS 79 79 688.0 132 332 27 71 .945 6.07 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    2B 9 6 58.3 17 32 2 6 .961 7.56 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1920 32 NYA AL SS 5 0 14.3 0 10 0 1 1.000 6.28 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 1 0 6.0 0 2 1 0 .667 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 401 394 3491.0 540 1477 119 245 .944 5.20 0 0 .000 0 14.6
  2B 90 83 750.0 211 344 29 60 .950 6.66 0 0 .000 0 2.8
  3B 1 0 6.0 0 2 1 0 .667 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 2.0 2 0 1 0 .667 9.00 2 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   493 477 4249.0 753 1823 150 305 .945 5.46 2 0 .000 0 17.3
Career Highs   113 111 994.7 171 414 36 77 .971 6.65 2 0 .000 0  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Strikeouts
1914-10-73
1919-4-63
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
 
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  6. Cupid Childs (945)
  7. Billy Clingman (944)
  8. Luis Castro (943)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 30th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1909
Hit first career homerun on 6/21/1912, off Lefty Leifield (CHA)
2/13/1916: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/11/1917: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
7/16/1917: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $810,000 per year, for 2 years
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 3/6/1920 to a 4-year deal worth $510,000 per year
Released by New York (A) on 10/6/1920
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 3/6/1921 to a 2-year deal worth $578,000 per year
 
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