Sal Yvars

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Sal Yvars
Catcher
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 27, 1947
for the New York Giants
Final game
September 26, 1954
for the St. Louis Cardinals
Career statistics
Batting average     .244
Home runs     10
RBI     42
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1946.

Salvador Anthony Yvars (born February 20, 1924 in New York City, New York) was a Major League Baseball catcher from 1947 to 1954. He is best remembered as the player on the New York Giants who relayed stolen signals to his teammates awaiting in the batters box during the 1951 Pennant-winning season.

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