Batting average .252 Earned run average 3.74 Home runs 4 Strikeouts 145 | Runs batted in 201 Name Joe Yeager Win–loss record 33-49 | |
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Joseph Francis Yeager (August 28, 1875 – July 2, 1937), also nicknamed "Little Joe" was an American professional baseball infielder and pitcher. He played for ten seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms/Superbas, Detroit Tigers, New York Highlanders, and St. Louis Browns.
In his rookie season, Yeager had 32 complete games and a respectable earned run average but lost 22 games for a Superbas team that finished in 10th place.
Yeager played for the Detroit Tigers as a right-handed starting pitcher during their first major league season in 1901. He pitched 199.2 innings in 1901, with 22 complete games, 2 shutouts, and a 12–11 record. His 2.61 earned run average was 3rd-best in the American League behind Cy Young, and his adjusted ERA+ of 147 was 2nd-best in the league behind Cy Young. Yeager also played 12 games at shortstop for the 1901 Tigers and had a batting average of .296 with a .343 on-base percentage and .416 slugging percentage.
After a 6–12 season as a pitcher in 1902, Yeager made the switch from pitcher to third baseman. He was the Tigers' starting third baseman in 1903 and went on to play third base for the New York Highlanders and St. Louis Browns.
Yeager is credited by some with originating the squeeze play.
Yeager died in Detroit, Michigan in 1937.