Laymon Yokely
1927–1938 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Elite Giants, BLS, BRN, Philadelphia Stars, PH6, WBS
168G
.148AVG
.183OBP
.191SLG
More career statistics
52H
2HR
26RBI
2SB
55–58W–L
963.2IP
476K
4.45ERA
116GS
4SV
7Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 168 | 62 |
| Batting · At bats | 351 | 97 |
| Batting · Doubles | 7 | 1 |
| Batting · Hits | 52 | 12 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 3 | 1 |
| Batting · Home runs | 2 | 0 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 384 | 103 |
| Batting · Runs | 18 | 5 |
| Batting · RBI | 26 | 3 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 2 | 0 |
| Batting · Triples | 1 | 0 |
| Batting · Walks | 12 | 3 |
| Pitching · Games | 167 | 61 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,280 | 1,210 |
| Pitching · p cg | 68 | 20 |
| Pitching · p er | 477 | 94 |
| Pitching · p gs | 116 | 38 |
| Pitching · p h | 953 | 325 |
| Pitching · p hr | 47 | 28 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,891 | 874 |
| Pitching · p k | 476 | 82 |
| Pitching · p r | 593 | 231 |
| Pitching · p w | 419 | 84 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 168 | 384 | 351 | 18 | 52 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 67 | .148 | .183 | .191 | .374 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 963.7 | 167 | 116 | 68 | 55 | 58 | 4 | 953 | 593 | 477 | 47 | 419 | 476 | 0 | 0 | 4.45 | 1.424 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1936-05-10 to 1936-05-30
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1927-05-15 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1937-06-11 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1933-07-04 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | BLS | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 9 | 1 |
| 1929 | BLS | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 6 | 2 |
| 1933 | BLS | 8 | 15 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .067 | 37 | 16 |
| 1934 | PH6 | 6 | 12 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 28 | 9 |
| 1935 | BRN, Philadelphia Stars | 5 | 10 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .300 | 28 | 6 |
| 1936 |  Philadelphia Stars | 23 | 35 | 4 | – | – | – | .114 | 107 | 20 |
| 1937 | Philadelphia Stars | 11 | 13 | 2 | – | – | – | .154 | 48 | 23 |
| 1938 | WBS | 7 | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | .250 | 26 | 5 |