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Michael
Yates		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 190
 
Born: December 19, 1954 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1977 22 WAS JL   2 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 2 2
1978 23 WAS JL   3 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
1979 24 WAS JL   4 5 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
1980 25 WAS JL $ 300,000 5 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings   2 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 5 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 26 AUS FL $ 300,000   15 15 14 5 5 5 12 13 13 6 7 7 10 10 10
1982 27 AUS FL $ 300,000   17 17 16 6 6 6 12 13 13 6 7 7 11 11 11
1983 28 AUS FL $ 300,000   15 15 14 6 6 6 13 14 13 7 7 7 10 10 10
1984 29 AUS FL $ 300,000   17 17 16 4 4 4 13 14 13 7 8 8 10 10 10
1985 30 AUS FL $ 1,041,429   17 17 16 3 3 3 12 13 13 7 8 8 11 11 11
1986 31 AUS FL $ 1,041,429   17 17 16 4 4 4 12 13 13 7 8 8 11 11 11
1987 32 VAN JL $ 760,000   16 16 15 3 3 3 12 13 13 8 9 8 11 11 11
1988 33 VAN JL $ 760,000   16 16 15 4 4 4 12 12 12 8 9 9 11 11 11
1989 34 VAN JL $ 760,000   16 16 15 4 4 4 13 14 13 8 9 9 11 11 11
1990 35 MAD JL $ 500,000   16 16 15 4 4 4 12 13 13 9 9 9 11 11 11
1991 36 NO FL $ 750,000   14 14 13 4 4 4 12 12 12 7 8 8 11 11 11
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   14 14 13 3 3 3 12 12 12 6 7 7 10 10 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,041,429   17 17 16 6 6 6 13 14 13 9 9 9 11 11 11
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1977 22 A   137 541 65 154 24 3 3 50 12 5 34 157 .285 .327 .357 .684 61.7  
1978 23 AA   84 310 32 88 16 0 2 38 4 3 13 71 .284 .313 .355 .668 32.3  
    A   45 177 29 63 4 1 1 12 3 6 26 42 .356 .438 .407 .845 30.4  
1979 24 AAA   101 384 45 107 35 1 7 46 5 4 24 79 .279 .321 .430 .751 49.5  
    AA   35 132 14 41 8 0 4 22 4 4 11 26 .311 .364 .462 .826 20.5  
1980 25 WAS JL 41 53 5 10 1 0 1 4 0 0 6 15 .189 .271 .264 .535 4.3 0.0
    AAA   45 156 13 51 7 0 1 19 7 3 11 31 .327 .371 .391 .762 21.9  
1981 26 AUS FL 20 29 4 12 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 5 .414 .485 .483 .968 6.1 1.2
    AAA   136 565 90 200 34 7 10 80 21 31 60 107 .354 .416 .492 .908 99.9  
1982 27 AUS FL 16 19 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .158 .238 .211 .449 1.0 0.0
    AAA   136 549 118 204 30 5 17 84 17 14 70 77 .372 .443 .537 .980 116.5  
1983 28 AUS FL 94 235 33 75 18 2 3 31 0 3 10 46 .319 .346 .451 .797 31.3 5.9
    AAA   27 115 25 44 6 1 5 30 2 3 14 13 .383 .450 .583 1.032 25.9  
1984 29 AUS FL 124 332 46 109 22 3 1 32 4 2 21 67 .328 .371 .422 .792 48.1 9.6
1985 30 AUS FL 133 398 48 124 14 5 2 53 2 4 28 69 .312 .357 .387 .744 54.1 8.5
1986 31 AUS FL 100 277 36 89 17 1 2 39 2 2 15 54 .321 .361 .412 .773 38.6 4.9
1987 32 AUS FL 53 122 20 37 4 0 3 18 1 1 14 30 .303 .375 .410 .785 18.2 2.2
  VAN JL 70 148 24 53 14 3 0 27 1 1 10 33 .358 .396 .493 .889 25.3 4.3
  TOT   123 270 44 90 18 3 3 45 2 2 24 63 .333 .386 .456 .842 43.5 6.5
1988 33 VAN JL 133 280 21 78 8 2 1 26 2 1 13 58 .279 .314 .332 .647 29.1 3.4
1989 34 VAN JL 11 15 3 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 3 .200 .294 .400 .694 2.0 0.2
    AAA   58 70 6 21 5 0 0 12 1 2 4 15 .300 .338 .371 .709 7.8  
1990 35 MAD JL 7 15 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .267 .313 .333 .646 1.5 0.3
    AAA   71 88 10 26 2 0 1 18 3 2 10 15 .295 .367 .352 .720 11.7  
1991 36 NO FL 77 118 21 35 7 2 0 8 4 5 6 24 .297 .331 .390 .721 14.0 1.3
12 Years Sim 879 2041 265 632 107 19 14 244 18 20 132 414 .310 .353 .401 .754 273.6 41.7
7 Years AAA 574 1927 307 653 119 14 41 289 56 59 193 337 .339 .397 .479 .876 333.3  
2 Years AA 119 442 46 129 24 0 6 60 8 7 24 97 .292 .332 .387 .719 52.7  
2 Years A 182 718 94 217 28 4 4 62 15 11 60 199 .302 .355 .369 .724 92.1  
11 Years Minors 875 3087 447 999 171 18 51 411 79 77 277 633 .324 .379 .440 .819 478.1  
162 Game Average 376 48 116 19 3 2 44 3 3 24 76 .310 .353 .401 .754 50.4  
Career Highs 133 398 48 124 22 5 3 53 4 5 28 69 .414 .485 .483 .968 54.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1732 228 556 97 16 12 214 16 16 115 331 .321 .365 .416 .781 243.2
vs LH   309 37 76 10 3 2 30 2 4 17 83 .246 .287 .317 .604 26.2
Home 419 967 137 310 58 10 5 113 8 10 63 184 .321 .364 .417 .780 134.4
Away 460 1074 128 322 49 9 9 131 10 10 69 230 .300 .343 .387 .730 135.0
RISP   512 0 173 32 4 3 215 0 0 41 113 .338 .377 .434 .811 79.9
Pinch Hitting   340 34 100 18 4 2 42 3 4 24 67 .294 .340 .388 .728 42.4
Close/Late   332 43 108 22 4 4 36 0 1 19 75 .325 .362 .452 .813 49.4
Mar/Apr 126 215 35 66 7 1 3 22 1 1 20 53 .307 .369 .391 .759 30.3
May 171 352 42 102 20 2 2 43 6 3 19 66 .290 .330 .375 .705 40.9
June 138 338 39 102 18 8 3 34 1 3 21 70 .302 .343 .429 .772 45.8
July 124 299 39 95 20 3 2 47 2 3 15 61 .318 .349 .425 .774 40.3
August 146 408 49 134 24 1 2 43 6 6 25 86 .328 .371 .407 .778 56.1
Sep/Oct 172 429 60 133 18 4 2 55 2 4 32 78 .310 .357 .385 .742 56.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1980 25 WAS JL RF 8 8 58.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.55   0.1
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 26 AUS FL 3B 6 1 24.0 3 10 0 0 1.000 4.88   0.2
    RF 4 2 17.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06   0.0
1982 27 AUS FL 3B 4 1 15.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    LF 3 1 11.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27   0.0
    RF 2 1 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1983 28 AUS FL RF 52 45 378.3 80 1 2 0 .976 1.93   1.0
    3B 7 7 61.0 5 20 0 1 1.000 3.69   0.4
    LF 7 1 17.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06    
    1B 6 0 14.0 9 2 0 1 1.000 7.07   0.0
1984 29 AUS FL 3B 37 30 264.0 20 65 0 3 1.000 2.90   1.2
    RF 33 29 251.3 54 1 0 0 1.000 1.97   0.7
    1B 21 10 102.7 106 10 3 13 .975 10.17   0.2
    LF 7 1 19.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.89    
1985 30 AUS FL 3B 107 96 843.0 63 207 4 13 .985 2.88   3.6
    LF 6 1 15.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.15   0.0
    1B 2 1 10.7 17 3 0 1 1.000 16.89   0.0
    RF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1986 31 AUS FL 3B 75 64 551.0 46 121 2 10 .988 2.73   1.6
    RF 5 2 23.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57   0.0
    1B 4 1 11.0 9 0 0 1 1.000 7.36   0.0
    LF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1987 32 AUS FL 3B 23 20 184.7 12 47 1 2 .983 2.87   0.6
    1B 6 4 38.7 48 2 0 4 1.000 11.63   0.1
    LF 6 0 13.5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.1
    RF 4 0 10.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.62   0.0
    SS 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  VAN JL 3B 30 26 215.7 15 54 1 3 .986 2.88   0.8
    1B 8 5 45.3 57 3 0 5 1.000 11.92   0.1
    LF 9 0 15.8 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.71   0.1
    RF 5 0 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    SS 1 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   3B 53 46 400.4 27 101 2 5 .985 2.88   1.4
      1B 14 9 84.0 105 5 0 9 1.000 11.79   0.1
      LF 15 0 29.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.84   0.2
      RF 9 0 22.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.42   0.0
      SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1988 33 VAN JL RF 33 29 261.0 59 4 1 3 .984 2.17   0.4
    3B 18 14 128.7 14 26 1 0 .976 2.80   0.4
    1B 27 9 115.7 126 12 1 12 .993 10.74   0.2
    LF 10 1 26.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.73    
    SS 4 0 15.0 0 6 1 2 .857 3.60   0.1
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1989 34 VAN JL 3B 2 2 17.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.18   0.0
    1B 2 1 8.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 7.88   0.0
    LF 3 0 4.7 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.93   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1990 35 MAD JL LF 3 2 19.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.0
    3B 3 2 19.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 3.32   0.2
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1991 36 NO FL 3B 23 10 121.0 12 20 0 3 1.000 2.38   0.2
    RF 12 7 66.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
  3B 337 273 2448.1 194 582 9 35 .989 2.85   9.2
  RF 161 123 1087.0 227 6 3 3 .987 1.93   2.4
  1B 78 31 349.0 381 32 4 39 .990 10.65   0.7
  LF 56 8 150.6 26 3 0 1 1.000 1.73   0.3
  SS 8 0 20.0 1 6 1 2 .875 3.15   0.1
  CF 2 0 4.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
Career Totals   643 435 4059.6 829 631 18 80 .988 3.24   12.7
Career Highs   118 98 874.3 203 210 4 17 1.000 4.19    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1983 28 AUS FL 3 12 1 5 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 .417 .417 .667 1.083
1984 29 AUS FL 5 24 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .125 .160 .125 .285
1985 30 AUS FL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 10 39 4 8 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 11 .205 .225 .282 .507
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 70th overall pick, by Washington in 1977
Injured on 8/18/1978 with a Bruised Wrist, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/11/1980, off Christopher Howell (LOU)
Hit first career homerun on 5/19/1980, off Ben Beguine (LOU)
Traded from Washington to Austin on 7/3/1981 (Going to AUS: P Ryan Dunne, RF Michael Yates. Going to WAS: P Jacinto Merino, 2B Jake Bradley)
Injured on 7/10/1981 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 3 days
1/31/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,041,429 through salary arbitration
5/12/1986: Signed a contract extension with Austin, $760,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 7/8/1986 with a Fractured Hand, out for 4 weeks
Traded from Austin to Vancouver on 6/11/1987 (Going to VAN: P Logan Gillett, P Tim Bombardier, 3B Michael Yates. Going to AUS: P Clyde Mercedes)
Signed as a free agent by Madison on 2/10/1990 to a 1-year deal worth $500,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by New Orleans on 2/23/1991 to a 1-year deal worth $750,000 per year
 
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