Earl Yagi
Earl was the greatest pitcher in AWA history, and he was recognized throughout his career not only for his skillful mound work but for his superior defensive play as well. He was an original member of AWA, and one of its founding fathers. "The Duck" was voted MVP by his teammates after AWA's championship 1975 season, and, in 1977, was selected Most Valuable Player of the Badsticks Tournament -- solely for what he did on the mound! Any time Earl pitched, we expected to win, and this cagey southpaw was the standard by which all other AWA hurlers were measured. Unfortunately, Earl also spent most of his career battling injuries of all kinds, and he often had to resort to deliberately making an out while batting so he wouldn't have to run the bases. But with two out and a runner in scoring position, Earl was a deadly clutch hitter. Eventually the accumulation of dings and dents got the best of him, and "The Duck" ended his memorable AWA career in 1990. Then, finally, in 2018 his body gave out on him for good, and he passed away. Among his final words were, "I had a good run." Indeed, he did.
Years PlayedPositionBatsThrowsNicknameNumber
16PitcherLeft LeftThe Duck13

Batting and Fielding Statistics

G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
SO
BB
SF
Avg.
PO
A
E
Pct.
DP
OfA
1975
12
32
10
9
3
1
0
3
2
8
1
.281
5
22
1
.964
1
0
1976
13
32
9
14
1
1
0
6
0
4
1
.438
8
13
1
.955
1
0
1977
28
76
20
27
1
2
1
26
1
8
5
.355
14
36
4
.926
4
0
1978
19
57
10
20
4
1
1
15
2
7
1
.351
17
28
4
.918
3
0
1979
12
37
8
13
1
0
0
5
1
0
1
.351
6
14
1
.952
0
0
1980
15
43
5
11
0
0
0
4
1
4
3
.256
16
17
1
.971
0
0
1981
19
44
4
11
0
0
0
6
0
3
0
.250
12
23
3
.921
2
0
1982
30
69
13
27
3
0
0
19
0
7
0
.391
21
52
3
.961
6
0
1983
31
70
10
24
2
1
0
15
0
11
4
.343
19
39
4
.935
1
0
1984
22
58
4
25
4
0
0
11
0
5
2
.431
15
38
2
.964
5
0
1985
22
44
6
12
0
0
0
9
0
7
3
.273
9
30
3
.929
5
0
1986
29
67
11
22
0
0
0
7
0
6
2
.328
13
36
3
.942
6
0
1987
17
45
11
22
1
0
0
7
0
9
0
.489
8
18
2
.929
3
0
1988
15
29
12
8
1
0
0
1
1
5
0
.276
3
7
1
.909
1
0
1989
4
6
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
.167
0
0
0
.000
0
0
1990
7
11
0
7
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
.636
0
1
0
1.000
0
0
Total
295
720
133
253
21
6
2
136
9
86
23
.351
166
374
33
.942
38
0

Pitching Statistics

BF
GP
GS
CG
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
W-L
E.R.A.
1975
380
12
11
11
80.0
116
85
37
6
9
9-2
3.24
1976
349
12
9
9
69.0
136
78
55
1
3
7-3
5.58
1977
947
28
26
26
188.1
339
191
119
17
5
18-9
4.42
1978
594
19
18
17
125.1
206
97
60
6
2
13-6
3.35
1979
374
11
11
9
72.2
138
79
50
3
4
7-4
4.82
1980
507
14
14
13
96.2
200
111
87
11
6
6-7
6.30
1981
584
19
18
16
115.2
221
137
99
9
10
7-10
5.99
1982
905
29
28
23
171.1
374
229
157
16
8
14-12
6.41
1983
995
31
30
26
196.0
382
221
165
22
6
17-13
5.89
1984
681
22
22
20
142.0
242
109
91
8
8
12-9
4.49
1985
649
21
21
17
126.1
257
149
96
11
6
12-8
5.32
1986
865
29
28
22
163.1
358
200
126
15
12
11-13
5.40
1987
590
17
16
15
105.0
257
163
122
14
6
7-9
8.13
1988
375
15
13
6
72.0
141
78
48
10
2
10-4
4.67
1989
86
3
2
1
16.0
37
19
16
3
0
2-0
7.00
1990
76
5
2
1
11.0
38
23
20
4
1
0-1
12.73
Total
8957
287
269
232
1750.2
3442
1969
1348
156
88
152-110
5.39

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