Joe Yeager
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 1898; Brooklyn Superbas 1899–1900; Detroit Tigers 1901–1903; New York Highlanders 1905–1906; St. Louis Browns 1907–1908
Percentile snapshot
1903 season — qualified batters
of 114 qualified 1903 batters (min 424 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information
1902 season — qualified pitchers
of 72 qualified 1902 pitchers (min 137 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | 43 | 145 | 134 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .172 | .218 | .224 | .442 | 31.6 | 26.5 | .220 | 2.4 |
| 1899 | 23 | 59 | 47 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .191 | .333 | .234 | .567 | 72.2 | 56.5 | .301 | 0.1 |
| 1900 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 82.8 | 84.2 | .317 | -0.3 |
| 1901 | 41 | 136 | 125 | 18 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .296 | .343 | .416 | .759 | 106.2 | 108.8 | .354 | 5.0 |
| 1902 | 50 | 171 | 161 | 17 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .242 | .282 | .360 | .643 | 74.0 | 75.6 | .299 | -0.4 |
| 1903 | 109 | 438 | 402 | 36 | 103 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 0 | .256 | .303 | .323 | .626 | 90.6 | 89.8 | .295 | 1.2 |
| 1905 | 115 | 449 | 401 | 54 | 107 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 42 | 25 | 28 | 8 | 0 | .267 | .330 | .342 | .672 | 104.3 | 103.8 | .327 | 2.1 |
| 1906 | 57 | 152 | 123 | 20 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .301 | .407 | .366 | .773 | 148.0 | 140.7 | .383 | 1.5 |
| 1907 | 123 | 478 | 436 | 32 | 104 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 44 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 0 | .239 | .294 | .326 | .619 | 97.7 | 98.8 | .304 | 1.8 |
| 1908 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .474 | .400 | .874 | 197.2 | 187.7 | .437 | 0.3 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | 36 | 33 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 333 | 118 | 80 | 70 | 4 | 291.3 | 3.65 | 1.418 | 2.16 | 3.35 | 93.0 | 98.8 | 2.4 |
| 1899 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 47.7 | 4.72 | 1.510 | 1.13 | 4.09 | 106.3 | 81.5 | 0.1 |
| 1900 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17.0 | 6.88 | 1.529 | 1.06 | 4.24 | 114.7 | 53.7 | -0.3 |
| 1901 | 26 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 209 | 58 | 46 | 38 | 4 | 199.7 | 2.61 | 1.277 | 1.71 | 3.61 | 97.6 | 141.4 | 5.0 |
| 1902 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 171 | 75 | 41 | 28 | 5 | 140.0 | 4.82 | 1.514 | 1.80 | 3.86 | 106.3 | 75.3 | -0.4 |
| 1903 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 4.00 | 1.667 | 1.00 | 2.55 | 88.0 | 72.6 | 1.2 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903-07-07 | DET @ ATH Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1901-06-13 | DET @ BOS Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1902-05-31 | DET @ BOS Gameday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 1905-09-09 | NYY @ ATH Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1902-05-21 | DET @ BAL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901-08-28 | DET @ BOS Gameday | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1901-09-23 | DET @ BOS Gameday | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 1902-08-14 | DET @ ATH Gameday | 8.0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 1902-08-31 | MIN @ DET Gameday | 7.2 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 1901-08-10 | BAL @ DET Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.