About Bert Yeabsley
Lived 1893 – 1961 (aged 67). Bert Yeabsley was an American baseball player and american football player.
Robert Watkins "Bert" Yeabsley (December 17, 1893 – February 8, 1961) was an American professional baseball player. Yeabsley played in Major League Baseball for Philadelphia Phillies in the 1919 season. He only played in three games in his one-year major league career, not having an at bat in any of them.
Biography Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 17, 1893, Yeabsley played minor league baseball for the Raleigh Capitals as an outfielder in 1916. He made his major league debut on May 28, 1919. He pinch-hit for pitcher Elmer Jacobs in the 9th inning and drew a walk off Jimmy Ring of the Cincinnati Reds. Over the next two weeks, he appeared in two more games as a pinch runner, and never played professional baseball afterwards.
Yeabsley also played professional football from 1914 until 1919 for the Conshohocken Athletic Club. In 1919, he played football for the Holmesburg Athletic Club.
Death Yeabsley died in Philadelphia on February 8, 1961.
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American baseball player (1893-1961)
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