Eric
Yonker
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7''
Weight: 215
 
Born: February 10, 1982 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2006 24 PIT NL     0 0 3 1 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 5 5 3 5 4 5 4 4
2007 25 PIT NL     0 1 4 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 3 5 4 5 4 4
2008 26 PIT NL     2 3 6 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 3 5 4 5 4 4
2009 27 PIT NL $ 100,000   2 3 6 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 4 5 4 5 4 4
2010 28 PIT NL $ 100,000   2 3 6 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 3 5 4 5 4 5
2011 29 PIT NL     3 3 6 4 5 6 5 6 6 6 7 8 7 4 6 5 5 4 5
2012 30 PIT NL $ 100,000   3 3 6 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 8 9 8 5 7 6 5 4 4
2013 31 PIT NL $ 100,000   3 3 6 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 8 9 8 5 6 6 5 4 4
2014 32 PIT NL     3 3 6 4 5 6 5 6 6 6 8 9 8 5 6 6 5 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 3 1 5 6 5 6 6 6 4 5 5 3 5 4 5 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 100,000   3 3 6 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 9 8 5 7 6 5 4 5
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2015 33 PIT NL   8 3 4 4 4 6 5 8 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 3 4 4 4 6 5 8 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings   8 3 4 4 4 6 5 8 9 9
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
2006 24 PIT NL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2007 25 PIT NL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2008 26 PIT NL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2009 27 PIT NL $ 100,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2010 28 PIT NL $ 100,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2011 29 PIT NL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2012 30 PIT NL $ 100,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2013 31 PIT NL $ 100,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2014 32 PIT NL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 100,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
                                             
  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
2015 33 PIT NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2006 24 A   10 11 .476 28 28 3 1 0 203.3 182 65 10 66 136 2.88 .236 .296 .311 .608  
2007 25 AA   11 9 .550 25 25 2 1 0 173.7 145 78 12 74 121 4.04 .226 .305 .333 .638  
    A   1 1 .500 3 3 1 0 0 19.0 14 3 1 5 11 1.42 .209 .264 .284 .547  
2008 26 AA   10 10 .500 25 25 4 2 0 189.3 148 74 15 65 120 3.52 .217 .285 .328 .613  
2009 27 PIT NL 9 9 .500 23 23 1 1 0 133.3 138 64 14 72 67 4.32 .268 .360 .387 .747 6.7
2010 28 PIT NL 4 6 .400 14 14 1 0 0 80.0 82 44 8 41 36 4.95 .264 .357 .392 .750 2.1
    AAA   2 1 .667 3 3 1 0 0 23.3 20 5 0 11 22 1.93 .233 .320 .314 .634  
2011 29 AAA   10 7 .588 19 19 4 0 0 141.0 143 63 12 42 99 4.02 .261 .314 .391 .704  
2012 30 PIT NL 1 2 .333 7 0 0 0 0 12.7 16 10 1 7 3 7.11 .327 .431 .510 .941 0.0
    AAA   3 6 .333 11 11 4 1 0 75.7 80 35 6 19 57 4.16 .274 .318 .411 .729  
2013 31 PIT NL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 8.7 17 7 1 4 7 7.27 .386 .429 .523 .951 0.0
    AAA   8 1 .889 12 11 3 1 0 78.7 79 25 4 27 55 2.86 .262 .323 .365 .689  
2014 32 AAA   4 6 .400 22 16 2 1 0 129.7 167 53 3 43 101 3.68 .313 .364 .393 .757  
2015 33 AAA   7 0 1.000 22 8 1 0 0 73.3 62 27 4 30 35 3.31 .230 .308 .309 .616  
4 Years Sim 14 19 .424 46 39 2 1 0 234.7 253 125 24 124 113 4.79 .276 .366 .402 .768 8.8
6 Years AAA 34 21 .618 89 68 15 3 0 521.6 551 208 29 172 369 3.59 .271 .328 .376 .705  
2 Years AA 21 19 .525 50 50 6 3 0 363.0 293 152 27 139 241 3.77 .221 .295 .330 .625  
2 Years A 11 12 .478 31 31 4 1 0 222.3 196 68 11 71 147 2.75 .234 .294 .309 .603  
10 Years Minors 66 52 .559 170 149 25 7 0 1107.0 1040 428 67 382 757 3.48 .248 .311 .348 .659  
Season Average 3 4 .429 11 9 0 0 0 58.7 63 31 6 31 28 4.79 .276 .366 .402 .768  
Career Highs 9 9 .500 23 23 1 1 0 133.3 138 64 14 72 67 7.27 .386 .431 .523 .951  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   118 69 14 60 52   .253 .338 .391 .729
vs LH   135 56 10 64 61   .299 .386 .414 .799
Home 6 8 .429 21 17 1 1 0 103.7 112 54 11 58 56 4.69 .279 .370 .408 .778
Away 8 11 .421 25 22 1 0 0 131.0 141 71 13 66 57 4.88 .273 .356 .397 .753
Mar/Apr 1 4 .200 5 5 0 0 0 28.3 31 18 2 16 10 5.72 .290 .382 .402 .784
May 2 3 .400 8 8 1 0 0 48.7 48 17 6 21 25 3.14 .255 .330 .378 .708
June 3 6 .333 10 10 0 0 0 55.3 65 36 4 34 25 5.86 .294 .388 .398 .786
July 3 1 .750 5 5 1 1 0 31.0 28 13 3 17 18 3.78 .237 .333 .356 .689
August 2 4 .333 12 5 0 0 0 38.3 45 26 5 17 13 6.11 .294 .365 .464 .829
Sep/Oct 3 1 .750 6 6 0 0 0 33.0 36 15 4 19 22 4.09 .275 .367 .412 .779
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2009 27 PIT NL 23 46 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 26 .043 .064 .109 .173 -1.9 0.0
2010 28 PIT NL 13 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 .000 .200 .000 .200 -0.1 0.0
2012 30 PIT NL 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2013 31 PIT NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
4 Years Sim 45 69 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 6 39 .029 .107 .072 .179 -2.3 0.0
162 Game Average 248 7 7 3 3 0 7 0 0 21 140 .029 .107 .072 .179 -8.3  
Career Highs 23 46 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 5 26 .043 .200 .109 .200 -0.1  
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   43 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 26 .047 .109 .116 .225 -1.2
vs LH   26 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 13 .000 .103 .000 .103 -1.5
Home 17 29 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 13 .034 .125 .069 .194 -0.9
Away 24 40 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 26 .025 .093 .075 .168 -1.7
RISP   20 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .000 .048 .000 .048 -1.6
Close/Late   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Mar/Apr 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1
May 7 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .000 .133 .000 .133 -0.6
June 10 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .056 .000 .056 -1.3
July 5 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .100 .182 .200 .382 0.2
August 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0
Sep/Oct 6 13 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 .077 .077 .231 .308 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2009 27 PIT NL P 23 23 133.3 7 17 1 3 .960 1.62    
2010 28 PIT NL P 14 14 80.0 7 9 0 1 1.000 1.80    
2012 30 PIT NL P 7 0 12.7 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.55    
2013 31 PIT NL P 2 2 8.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.04    
Career Totals   46 39 234.7 14 32 1 4 .979 1.76    
Career Highs   23 23 133.3 7 17 1 3 1.000 3.55    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Shutouts
2009-8-1
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 34)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 134)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 67th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 2006
Injured on 7/15/2006 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 4/4/2007 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Earned first career win on 4/21/2009
Had first career hit (double) on 7/9/2009, off Denis Haber (SFN)
Earned first career win on 5/15/2009
Had first career hit on 5/21/2009, off Walter Jenks (CIN)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/2009, going 2-0, 1.32
Injured on 5/6/2012 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 5/24/2013 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/30/2015 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 8 weeks