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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
Yost was called the Walking Man
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Yost's walk rate was crazy high at 17.6% per Played Appearance, considering he was not a power threat at all. He had over 1,600 walks but just 139 HRs.
His walk rate is higher than every member of the 500 home run club except Ted Williams (20.6%), Bonds (20.3%) and Ruth (19.4%) and is just above Mantle (17.5%).