Sal Yvars

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 187lb (178cm, 84kg)

Born: February 20, 1924 in New York, NY us

Died: December 10, 2008 in Valhalla, NY

Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY

High School: White Plains HS (White Plains, NY)

Debut: September 27, 1947 (Age 23-219d, 10,371st in major league history)
vs. PHI 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1954 (Age 30-218d)
vs. MLN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: Salvador Anthony Yvars

Pronunciation: \EE-varz\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.1

418

102

.244

RBI

OBP

.315

SLG

.345

OPS

.659

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	25 (24)	May 17	NYG		CHC	W,9-8	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
2	27 (1)	May 21 (1)	NYG		STL	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
3	28	May 21 (2)	NYG		STL	W,8-1	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
4	36 (7)	May 30 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	39 (2)	Jun 1 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-8	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	41 (1)	Jun 3	NYG	@	CHC	W,17-4	GF	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
7	55 (13)	Jun 19	NYG		PIT	L,1-8	GF	26	6.1	3	2	0	5	0	C
8	56	Jun 20	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
9	57	Jun 21	NYG		CHC	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	58	Jun 24 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	C
11	59	Jun 24 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
12	60	Jun 25	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
13	61	Jun 26	NYG		BRO	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	62	Jun 27	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
15	63	Jun 28	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
16	64	Jun 29	NYG	@	PHI	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
17	65	Jun 30 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
18	66	Jun 30 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	67	Jul 1	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
20	68	Jul 2	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
21	69	Jul 3	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	C
22	70	Jul 4	NYG		BRO	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	74 (3)	Jul 10	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-6	GF	12	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
24	75	Jul 11	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
25	77 (1)	Jul 13 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-10	GF	20	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	82 (4)	Jul 17	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
27	83	Jul 19	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
28	84	Jul 20	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-7	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	85	Jul 22	NYG		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
30	86	Jul 24	NYG		STL	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
31	87	Jul 25	NYG		CIN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	88	Jul 26	NYG		CIN	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
33	89	Jul 27	NYG		CIN	L,4-11	GS	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
34	93 (3)	Jul 31	NYG		CHC	L,8-11	GS	30	6.1	5	2	1	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	98 (4)	Aug 5	NYG		BRO	W,7-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
36	100 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,5-7	GF	15	4.0	2	2	1	5	0	C
37	101	Aug 8	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
38	102	Aug 9	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
39	103	Aug 11 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,10-11	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
40	105 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-5	GF	11	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
41	106	Aug 13 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-4	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
42	107	Aug 14	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-3	GF	13	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
43	111 (3)	Aug 17 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,4-2	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
44	116 (4)	Aug 22	NYG	@	STL	L,1-3	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
45	119 (2)	Aug 24 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
46	125 (5)	Aug 31	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-9	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	127 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-5	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
48	129 (1)	Sep 4	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	GF	14	4.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
49	135 (5)	Sep 8 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
50	136	Sep 9	NYG		PIT	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
51	137	Sep 10	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	46	13.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
52	138	Sep 11	NYG		PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
53	139	Sep 12 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	140	Sep 12 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
55	141	Sep 13	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	GS	36	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	142	Sep 14	NYG		STL	L,4-14	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
57	145 (2)	Sep 17	NYG		CHC	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
58	146	Sep 19	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
59	147	Sep 20	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS	14	4.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
							59gm		386.0	202	40	3	245	3