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Eddie Yost

Eddie Yost

1944–1962  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  5'10", 170 lb  ·  b. 1926 Brooklyn, NY

Career 2,109 G · 1,863 H · 139 HR · 683 RBI · .254 AVG

Seasons leading his league
26
12 best in baseball 14 league only
86 Top-5 finishes
10 Title seasons
9 Categories led
1956 Best season

Spanning 1948–1960, peaking at 5 titles in 1956.

Team records #8 Twins career R
Led in Third Base Putouts for 5 straight seasons (1950–1954) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 87th League titles 26
  • 123rd Best in baseball 12
  • 83rd Top-5 finishes 86

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Third Base Putouts 8 1st 5 yrs (1950–1954) 1948 189 1950 205 1951 203 1953 190 1952 AL 212 1954 AL 170 1956 AL 164 1959 AL 168 1949 #3 1957 #3 1958 #3 1960 #3
Walks 6 1st 2 yrs (1952–1953) 1952 129 1953 123 1956 151 1959 135 1960 125 1950 AL 141 1951 #2 1954 #2 1955 #3
Third Base Fielding Percentage 3 1st 2 yrs (1958–1959) 1954 AL .968 1958 AL .964 1959 AL .962 1948 #3 1951 #3 1952 #3 1953 #2 1956 #2 1957 #2
Third Base Double Plays 2 1st — 1950 45 1956 AL 31 1951 #3 1952 #3 1954 #3 1957 #3 1959 #3
Third Base Assists 2 1st — 1954 347 1956 AL 303 1950 #3 1951 #3 1953 #2 1959 #3
On-Base Percentage 2 1st 2 yrs (1959–1960) 1959 AL .435 1960 AL .414 1950 #2
Third Base Range Factor 1 1st — 1956 3.46 1949 #2 1950 #2 1951 #3 1953 #3 1955 #3 1957 #3 1958 #3 1959 #3
Doubles 1 1st — 1951 AL 36
Runs 1 1st — 1959 AL 115 1951 #3 1953 #2
Triples — #3 — 1948 #3

Title Seasons

10 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1960 2 OBP .414 BB 125
1959 5 R 115 OBP .435 BB 135 3B PO 168 3B FPCT .962
1958 1 3B FPCT .964
1956 5 BB 151 3B A 303 3B PO 164 3B DP 31 3B RF 3.46
1954 3 3B A 347 3B PO 170 3B FPCT .968
1953 2 BB 123 3B PO 190
1952 2 BB 129 3B PO 212
1951 2 2B 36 3B PO 203
1950 3 BB 141 3B PO 205 3B DP 45
1948 1 3B PO 189

Batting

  led the league   18 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1944 WS1 AL 7 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .143 .200 .143 .343
1946 WS1 AL 8 25 2 2 1 0 0 1 5 5 2 .080 .233 .120 .353
1947 WS1 AL 115 428 52 102 17 3 0 14 45 57 3 .238 .314 .292 .606
1948 WS1 AL 145 555 74 138 32 11 2 50 82 51 4 .249 .349 .357 .706
1949 WS1 AL 124 435 57 110 19 7 9 45 91 41 3 .253 .383 .391 .774
1950 WS1 AL 155 573 114 169 26 2 11 58 141 63 6 .295 .440 .405 .845
1951 WS1 AL 154 568 109 161 36 4 12 65 126 55 6 .283 .423 .424 .847
1952 WS1 AL 157 587 92 137 32 3 12 49 129 73 4 .233 .378 .359 .738
1953 WS1 AL 152 577 107 157 30 7 9 45 123 59 7 .272 .403 .395 .799
1954 WS1 AL 155 539 101 138 26 4 11 47 131 71 7 .256 .405 .380 .786
1955 WS1 AL 122 375 64 91 17 5 7 48 95 54 4 .243 .407 .371 .778
1956 WS1 AL 152 515 94 119 17 2 11 53 151 82 8 .231 .412 .336 .748
1957 WS1 AL 110 414 47 104 13 5 9 38 73 49 1 .251 .370 .372 .742
1958 WS1 AL 134 406 55 91 16 0 8 37 81 43 3 .224 .361 .323 .683
1959 DET AL 148 521 115 145 19 0 21 61 135 77 9 .278 .435 .436 .871
1960 DET AL 143 497 78 129 23 2 14 47 125 69 5 .260 .414 .398 .812
1961 LAA AL 76 213 29 43 4 0 3 15 50 48 0 .202 .358 .263 .621
1962 LAA AL 52 104 22 25 9 1 0 10 30 21 0 .240 .412 .346 .758
Career — — 2,109 7,346 1,215 1,863 337 56 139 683 1,614 920 72 .254 .394 .371 .765

Fielding

5 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1944 WS1 AL 3B 3 — — 6 5 1 0 12 .917 3.67
SS 2 — — 3 1 1 0 5 .800 2.00
1946 WS1 AL 3B 7 — — 7 17 0 1 24 1.000 3.43
1947 WS1 AL 3B 114 — — 125 198 14 11 337 .958 2.83
1948 WS1 AL 3B 145 — — 189 240 15 21 444 .966 2.96
1949 WS1 AL 3B 122 — — 158 232 19 23 409 .954 3.20
1950 WS1 AL 3B 155 — — 205 307 30 45 542 .945 3.30
1951 WS1 AL 3B 152 — — 203 234 21 22 458 .954 2.88
OF 3 — — 6 0 0 0 6 1.000 2.00
1952 WS1 AL 3B 157 — — 212 249 18 26 479 .962 2.94
1953 WS1 AL 3B 152 — — 190 300 18 31 508 .965 3.22
1954 WS1 AL 3B 155 148 1296.1 170 347 17 29 534 .968 3.34
1955 WS1 AL 3B 107 106 899.0 100 217 19 22 336 .943 2.96
1956 WS1 AL 3B 135 135 1187.1 164 303 18 31 485 .963 3.46
OF 8 8 62.2 18 0 0 0 18 1.000 2.25
1957 WS1 AL 3B 107 106 937.0 109 207 16 18 332 .952 2.95
1958 WS1 AL 3B 114 110 942.0 109 186 11 20 306 .964 2.59
OF 4 2 18.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 0.25
1B 2 0 10.0 12 1 0 1 13 1.000 6.50
1959 DET AL 3B 146 144 1267.0 168 259 17 21 444 .962 2.92
2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
1960 DET AL 3B 142 137 1181.1 155 208 26 18 389 .933 2.56
1961 LAA AL 3B 67 57 522.2 57 103 6 4 166 .964 2.39
1962 LAA AL 3B 28 25 225.2 29 47 4 2 80 .950 2.71
1B 7 4 39.2 40 1 0 3 41 1.000 5.86
Career — — 3B 2,008 968 8458.1 2,356 3,659 270 345 6,285 .957 3.00
— — OF 15 10 80.2 25 0 0 0 25 1.000 1.67
— — 1B 9 4 49.2 52 2 0 4 54 1.000 6.00
— — SS 2 — — 3 1 1 0 5 .800 2.00
— — 2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.00