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Wilbur Wood League
4-1-1980
Elijah Yards Relief Pitcher
Retired (1965, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 4.29 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/L
W-L 51-24 Status Retired (1965) Option Years 0  
SV 7 Age 50 (OS 51) Date of Birth 04-09-1929
K 456 Drafted Round 4, Pick 60
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 11 years
(86 games)
IP 645.2
WHIP 1.36
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R F  Contact vs. L D- Endurance C-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R F  Power vs. L D- Velocity C+   Mentor Val B 
Speed C+ Bunt D  Control A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range D- WS Rings 1
1B --- LF --- Arm C- WS Appearances 4
2B --- CF ---   Health F  LCS Appearances 9
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year H/A W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA
1950 Home 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.2 7 2 0 1 2 6 1.04 0.00
1951 Away 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 3 3 0 1 2 6.00 40.50
1953 Away 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 11.2 10 1 1 0 2 7 1.03 0.77
1953 Home 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 4 3 3 0 1 1 1.15 6.23
1954 Away 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 18.0 17 9 9 0 5 13 1.22 4.50
1954 Home 0 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 19.1 16 5 5 0 7 10 1.19 2.33
1955 Away 0 1 12 0 0 0 0 1 17.0 11 6 6 0 5 13 0.94 3.18
1955 Home 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 18.1 20 9 8 0 5 10 1.36 3.93
1956 Away 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 3 17.1 32 20 20 1 8 13 2.31 10.38
1956 Home 2 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 30.1 20 12 12 1 6 16 0.86 3.56
1957 Away 2 0 20 0 0 0 0 3 27.2 29 19 11 0 4 23 1.19 3.58
1957 Home 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 15.1 19 13 10 0 4 13 1.50 5.87
1958 Away 1 1 18 0 0 0 0 0 18.0 26 14 11 0 7 10 1.83 5.50
1958 Home 3 1 17 0 0 0 1 1 24.0 27 12 8 0 7 16 1.42 3.00
1959 Away 6 1 28 0 0 0 0 2 39.0 42 20 17 0 10 27 1.33 3.92
1959 Home 5 4 27 0 0 0 0 2 36.1 36 14 13 0 5 35 1.13 3.22
1960 Away 5 1 23 0 0 0 0 2 29.0 35 19 16 0 4 17 1.34 4.97
1960 Home 4 2 25 0 0 0 0 1 39.2 42 19 15 0 12 29 1.36 3.40
1961 Away 0 1 21 0 0 0 0 1 31.0 29 14 12 0 14 13 1.39 3.48
1961 Home 2 0 16 0 0 0 1 0 22.2 24 10 9 0 9 21 1.46 3.57
1962 Away 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 20.0 18 5 5 0 6 16 1.20 2.25
1962 Home 2 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 17.1 16 9 9 0 3 12 1.10 4.67
1963 Away 2 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 14.1 12 7 5 0 4 13 1.12 3.14
1963 Home 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 19.2 21 10 10 1 7 16 1.42 4.58
1964 Away 5 3 37 0 0 0 1 1 39.2 42 17 15 1 14 27 1.41 3.40
1964 Home 5 4 33 0 0 0 0 4 30.1 38 17 17 0 8 25 1.52 5.04
1965 Away 1 3 28 0 0 0 1 3 38.2 51 36 36 0 20 23 1.84 8.38
1965 Home 3 0 28 0 0 0 3 1 37.1 40 24 22 2 12 29 1.39 5.30
1980 Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
1980 Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
Total Away 24 11 243 0 0 0 2 16 322.0 357 190 167 2 104 217 1.43 4.67
Total Home 27 13 230 0 0 0 5 9 323.2 330 159 141 5 88 239 1.29 3.92
Total
51
 24
473
0
0
0
7
 25
645.2
 687 349 308 7 192
456
1.36
4.29
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1965-11-01Elijah Yards has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1965-08-08The Arizona Mirage have promoted Bob Redmon to the major league team. The Arizona Mirage have waived Elijah Yards.
1965-04-01A trade has been completed between the New York Nights and the Arizona Mirage. The Arizona Mirage receive Elijah Yards, Oreste St.Vrain, Draft Pick 1968 Round 2 NYN (Jimmy Wahl), Draft Pick 1967 Round 1 NYN (Bob Hume) from the New York Nights in exchange for Dick Guzman. Protest This Trade.
1964-04-09The New York Nights have acquired Elijah Yards from the waiver wire.
1964-04-05The Montreal Expos have promoted Ricky Hines to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have designated Elijah Yards for assignment.
1962-04-09The Montreal Expos have removed Elijah Yards from the trade block.
1961-10-12The Montreal Expos have placed Elijah Yards on the trade block.
1958-04-01Elijah Yards of the Montreal Expos is injured and is expected to be out 40 days.
1955-08-17The Montreal Expos have promoted Elijah Yards to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have designated Jim Minnick for assignment.
1955-08-15The Montreal Expos have promoted Andy Boswell to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have promoted Jim Minnick to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have sent Elijah Yards to the minors. The Montreal Expos have sent Steve Dowell to the minors.
1955-06-19Elijah Yards of the Montreal Expos is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1955-06-13The Montreal Expos have promoted Elijah Yards to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have designated Jim Minnick for assignment.
1955-06-11The Montreal Expos have promoted Jim Minnick to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have sent Elijah Yards to the minors.
1955-03-25The Montreal Expos have promoted LeBron Michel to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have promoted Elijah Yards to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have promoted Ignacio Buena-Vista to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have designated Charlie Huff for assignment. The Montreal Expos have designated Jim Minnick for assignment. The Montreal Expos have designated John Collins for assignment.
1954-10-03The Montreal Expos have sent Elijah Yards to the minors.
1954-09-09The Montreal Expos have promoted Elijah Yards to the major league team.
1954-09-06The Montreal Expos have sent Elijah Yards to the minors.
1954-09-03The Montreal Expos have promoted Elijah Yards to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have promoted Andy Boswell to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have promoted Charlie Huff to the major league team.
1954-09-02The Montreal Expos have promoted Baxter "Afternoon" Jones to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have sent Elijah Yards to the minors.
1954-09-01The Montreal Expos have promoted Elijah Yards to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have sent Baxter "Afternoon" Jones to the minors.
1954-08-28The Montreal Expos have promoted Lenny DiSantos to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have sent Elijah Yards to the minors.
1954-05-23Elijah Yards of the Montreal Expos is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1954-04-01The Montreal Expos have promoted Elijah Yards to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have promoted Corky London to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have promoted Baxter "Afternoon" Jones to the major league team.
1953-09-14The Montreal Expos have sent Elijah Yards to the minors.
1953-09-11The Montreal Expos have promoted Elijah Yards to the major league team.
1953-09-11The Montreal Expos have promoted Telly Algiers to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have sent Elijah Yards to the minors.
1953-09-08The Montreal Expos have promoted Andy Boswell to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have promoted Elijah Yards to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have sent Telly Algiers to the minors. The Montreal Expos have sent Baxter "Afternoon" Jones to the minors.
1953-09-02The Montreal Expos have sent Elijah Yards to the minors.
1953-08-15The Montreal Expos have promoted Elijah Yards to the major league team.
1953-07-08The Montreal Expos have promoted Telly Algiers to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have sent Elijah Yards to the minors.
1953-07-06The Montreal Expos have promoted Elijah Yards to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have sent Telly Algiers to the minors.
1953-06-15The Montreal Expos have promoted Dez Taylor to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have sent Elijah Yards to the minors.
1953-06-14The Montreal Expos have promoted Elijah Yards to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have sent Dez Taylor to the minors.
1953-06-13The Montreal Expos have promoted Dez Taylor to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have sent Elijah Yards to the minors.
1953-06-12The Montreal Expos have promoted Elijah Yards to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have sent Dez Taylor to the minors.
1953-06-03The Montreal Expos have promoted Baxter "Afternoon" Jones to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have sent Elijah Yards to the minors.
1953-05-31The Montreal Expos have promoted Elijah Yards to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have sent Baxter "Afternoon" Jones to the minors.
1953-05-04The Montreal Expos have promoted Dez Taylor to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have promoted Loudon Travers to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have sent Andy Boswell to the minors. The Montreal Expos have sent Elijah Yards to the minors.
1953-05-02The Montreal Expos have promoted Elijah Yards to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have promoted Andy Boswell to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have sent Dez Taylor to the minors. The Montreal Expos have sent Loudon Travers to the minors.
1953-04-30The Montreal Expos have sent Elijah Yards to the minors.
1953-04-16The Montreal Expos have promoted Elijah Yards to the major league team.
1952-10-03The Montreal Expos have sent Dez Taylor to the minors. The Montreal Expos have sent Elijah Yards to the minors.
1952-10-01The Montreal Expos have promoted Elijah Yards to the major league team.
1951-04-22The Montreal Expos have promoted Buttercup Shinall to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have sent Elijah Yards to the minors.
1951-04-20The Montreal Expos have promoted Elijah Yards to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have sent Baxter "Afternoon" Jones to the minors.
1950-10-03The Montreal Expos have sent Baxter "Afternoon" Jones to the minors. The Montreal Expos have sent Dez Taylor to the minors. The Montreal Expos have sent Elijah Yards to the minors.
1950-10-01The Montreal Expos have promoted Elijah Yards to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have promoted Baxter "Afternoon" Jones to the major league team.
1950-07-20The Montreal Expos have promoted Paul Martin to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have sent Elijah Yards to the minors.
1950-07-19The Montreal Expos have promoted Elijah Yards to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have sent Paul Martin to the minors.
1950-04-30The Montreal Expos have promoted Sheldon Dunn to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have sent Elijah Yards to the minors.
1950-04-27The Montreal Expos have promoted Elijah Yards to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have promoted Ishii Irabu to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have sent Paul Martin to the minors. The Montreal Expos have sent Sheldon Dunn to the minors.
1950-04-05The Montreal Expos have promoted Wayne Fletcher to the major league team. The Montreal Expos have sent Elijah Yards to the minors.
1950-04-01The Montreal Expos have renamed Felix Whitman to Elijah Yards.