Stephen Wayne Yeager was born on November 24,1948 and is an American former professional baseball catcher.
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20 Facts About Steve Yeager
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Steve Yeager spent 14 of the 15 seasons of his Major League Baseball career, from 1972 through 1985, with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Steve Yeager hit two grand slams in a single game while playing for Meadowdale.
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Steve Yeager was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 6,1967, in the 4th round of the 1967 Major League Baseball draft, when he was 18 years old.
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The following season, in 1968, Steve Yeager played 59 games for the Single-A Daytona Beach Dodgers of the Florida State League.
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Steve Yeager was promoted to Double-A before the end of the 1969 season, playing in one game for the Albuquerque Dodgers of the Texas League.
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Steve Yeager threw out 84 runners, second in the league that year, and was named to the Texas League All-Star team as a catcher in 1971.
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Steve Yeager made his Major League debut with the Dodgers on August 2,1972, and went on to play 15 seasons in the major leagues.
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Steve Yeager backed up Joe Ferguson in 1973, and split time with Ferguson for the pennant-winning 1974 club as he hit.
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Steve Yeager helped the Dodgers get to the World Series in 1974,1977,1978, and 1981.
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Steve Yeager injured his knee in 1982 and broke his wrist the next year, which severely limited his playing time.
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Steve Yeager was traded to the Seattle Mariners for Ed Vande Berg following the 1985 season and retired after hitting.
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Steve Yeager was very good at managing the game from his position and was even more highly regarded for his abilities with young pitchers.
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In 1976, Steve Yeager was injured when teammate Bill Russell's bat shattered as he hit a ground ball and a large, jagged piece from the heavy end of the bat slammed into the throat of Steve Yeager, who was in the on-deck circle.
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In 1999, Steve Yeager was the hitting coach for the Dodgers' Single-A San Bernardino Stampede, which won the California League championship.
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Steve Yeager managed the Long Beach Breakers in the independent Western Baseball League in 2001.
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Steve Yeager later joined the A Dodgers affiliate Inland Empire 66'ers and became the hitting coach in 2007.
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Steve Yeager was instrumental in the conversion of Russell Martin from third base to behind the plate.
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