Steve Yerkes
1909–1916 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Rebels
713G
.268AVG
.328OBP
.350SLG
More career statistics
676H
6HR
254RBI
54SB
2Rare 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 · At bats | 2,521 | 2,534 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 6 | 75 |
| Batting · Doubles | 124 | 126 |
| Batting · Hits | 676 | 679 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 16 | 18 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 102 | 192 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,859 | 2,879 |
| Batting · Runs | 307 | 305 |
| Batting · RBI | 254 | 267 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 54 | 57 |
| Batting · Walks | 207 | 210 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 713 | 2,859 | 2,521 | 307 | 676 | 124 | 32 | 6 | 254 | 207 | 102 | 54 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 882 | .268 | .328 | .350 | .678 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1914-08-31 to 1914-09-10
26longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1911-10-03 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1913-07-03 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1913-07-04 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 353 | 1409 | 344 | 3 | 130 | 94 | 87 | .273 | .311 | .360 |
| Away | 360 | 1470 | 335 | 3 | 137 | 116 | 105 | .263 | .307 | .340 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 69 | 273 | 65 | 0 | 28 | 24 | 19 | .279 | .326 | .343 |
| May | 103 | 421 | 91 | 1 | 33 | 32 | 36 | .244 | .292 | .319 |
| June | 133 | 564 | 143 | 2 | 56 | 43 | 33 | .292 | .330 | .386 |
| July | 130 | 529 | 106 | 0 | 36 | 35 | 34 | .225 | .267 | .287 |
| August | 105 | 403 | 100 | 0 | 37 | 25 | 21 | .275 | .310 | .361 |
| September | 144 | 570 | 144 | 2 | 49 | 44 | 38 | .287 | .330 | .375 |
| October | 29 | 119 | 30 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 11 | .291 | .311 | .437 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 82 | 344 | 85 | 0 | 41 | 35 | 18 | .286 | .349 | .394 |
| new-york-yankees | 77 | 315 | 77 | 2 | 36 | 20 | 21 | .281 | .308 | .380 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 73 | 301 | 69 | 0 | 29 | 21 | 34 | .258 | .299 | .311 |
| chicago-white-sox | 72 | 293 | 55 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 21 | .208 | .246 | .269 |
| cleveland-guardians | 69 | 269 | 53 | 0 | 20 | 26 | 23 | .232 | .294 | .285 |
| detroit-tigers | 68 | 287 | 53 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 13 | .215 | .251 | .271 |
| st-louis-browns | 68 | 279 | 77 | 1 | 23 | 20 | 15 | .317 | .348 | .407 |
| baltimore-terrapins | 29 | 115 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | .276 | .322 | .381 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 |  Boston Red Sox | 5 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | .286 | – | – |
| 1911 | Boston Red Sox | 142 | 503 | 140 | 1 | 59 | 15 | .278 | – | – |
| 1912 | Boston Red Sox | 131 | 525 | 132 | – | 47 | 4 | .251 | – | – |
| 1913 | Boston Red Sox | 138 | 486 | 131 | 1 | 50 | 12 | .270 | – | – |
| 1914 | Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Rebels | 132 | 441 | 112 | 2 | 48 | 8 | .254 | – | – |
| 1915 | PRPittsburgh Rebels | 121 | 435 | 126 | 1 | 50 | 17 | .290 | – | – |
| 1916 |  Chicago Cubs | 44 | 137 | 36 | 1 | 13 | 1 | .263 | – | – |