finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1902 right 5 july 1940 cincinnati , ohio cincinnati , ohio 1896 august 5 .238 5 73 catcher baltimore orioles batting average home runs runs batted in september 25 5 june 1874 george yeager.jpg george yeager
 boston beaneaters george yeager right
george yeager

george j. `` doc '' yeager -lrb- june 5 , 1874 -- july 5 , 1940 -rrb- was a professional baseball player .
he played all or part of six seasons in major league baseball , primarily as a catcher .
he played for the boston beaneaters from 1896 to 1899 , the cleveland blues in 1901 , the pittsburgh pirates in 1901 , the new york giants in 1902 , and the baltimore orioles in 1902 .
during his career , he was measured at and weighing 190 lbs .
