Stephen Wayne Yeager is an American former professional baseball catcher. Yeager spent 14 of the 15 seasons of his Major League Baseball career, from 1972 through 1985, with the Los Angeles Dodgers. As of 2012, Yeager was the LA Dodgers’ Major League catching coach. He is the cousin of test pilot Chuck Yeager.
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Stephen Wayne Yeager is an American former professional baseball catcher. Yeager spent 14 of the 15 seasons of his Major League Baseball career, from 1972 through 1985, with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was co-MVP of the 1981 World Series. As of 2012, Yeager was the LA Dodgers’ Major League catching coach. He is the cousin of test pilot Chuck Yeager. He converted to Judaism when his career was over. He attended Meadowdale High School in Dayton, Ohio. His specialty was his defense and command of the game on the field. His last year, 1986, he played for the Seattle Mariners. He caught Jerry Reuss’ no-hitter on June 27, 1980 and injured his knee in June 1982.
He retired after hitting 208 at bats in the 1985 season and retired in 130 at bats at the end of the 1986 season. His wife, Gloria Giaone, was the best man at his wedding to Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley. He has two children, a son and a daughter-in-law, both of whom he raised in Granada Hills, California. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and two children. He also has a son, David, who is a professional baseball player. He had a grandson, David Yeager, who plays for the Oakland A’s and the San Francisco Giants. His great-great-grandson, David Yurman, is an MLB Hall of Famer who played with the Oakland Athletics.
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