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Steve Yeager. Stephen Wayne Yeager (born November 24, 1948) is an American former professional baseball catcher. Yeager spent 14 of the 15 seasons of his Major League Baseball career, from 1972 through 1985, with the Los Angeles Dodgers. His last year, 1986, he played for the Seattle Mariners.
Nov 24, 2010 · Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Steve Yeager. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com.
Sep 6, 1976 · Yeager played nine more seasons with the Dodgers and one final season with the Seattle Mariners in 1986. He shared the World Series MVP award with Dodgers teammates Cey and Pedro Guerrero after Los Angeles defeated the arch-rival New York Yankees in six games in the 1981 fall classic.
Steve Yeager Bio. Fullname: Stephen Wayne Yeager; Nickname: Boomer; Born: 11/24/1948 in Huntington, WV; Draft: 1967, Los Angeles Dodgers, Round: 4, Overall Pick: 80; High School: Meadowdale, Dayton, OH; Debut: 8/02/1972
Feb 13, 2012 · And then there is Steve Yeager. A co-winner—along with Ron Cey and Pedro Guerrero—of the 1981 World Series MVP Award, Yeager was one of the most unlikely winners ever. At the same time, his win was a perfect distillation of all that was wonderful over the embattled catcher’s 15-year career.
Steve Yeager was one-of-three Dodgers to win the 1981 World Series Most Valuable Player Award, the first in Fall Classic history to be awarded to more than one player! Yeager went four-for-fourteen during the 1981 World Series , hit .286, hit two home runs, and appeared behind the plate in all six games.
Steve Yeager played 15 seasons for the Dodgers and Mariners. He had a .228 batting average, 816 hits, 102 home runs, 410 RBIs and 357 runs scored. He won 1 World Series MVP award and 1 World Series.
View the biography of Seattle Mariners Catcher Steve Yeager on ESPN. Includes career history and teams played for.
View the profile of Seattle Mariners Catcher Steve Yeager on ESPN. Get the latest news, live stats and game highlights.
Longtime Dodger Steve Yeager was well-respected behind the plate, and Lou Brock called him “the best-throwing catcher in the game.” He was an intelligent game-caller and a team leader on six Dodger division winners.
