Laymon Yokely

Laymon Samuel Yokely
(Corner Pocket)

Born: May 30, 1906 in Smithfield, NC
Died: November 26, 1975 in Baltimore, MD
(69 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'2"

Wt: 210

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College: Livingstone College (Salisbury, NC)
Buried: Evergreen Cemetery (Winston-Salem, NC)

Pitching

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1926	BBS	ECL	20	SP	5	10	.333	23	16	6	7	0	0	126.0	91	61	130	7	57	61	2	10	598	4.36	94
1927	BBS	ECL	21	SP	10	9	.526	35	18	13	8	2	3	164.2	91	71	146	9	68	69	1	8	699	3.88	117
1928	BBS	ECL	22	SP	12	6	.667	22	20	1	17	2	0	175.1	66	58	140	4	68	103	0	1	7	737	2.98	164
1929	BBS	ANL	23	SP	17	8	.680	30	25	4	19	1	1	213.0	109	89	202	6	89	97	2	7	924	3.76	145
1930	BBS	IND	24	SP	2	4	.333	11	9	2	3	0	0	67.1	47	37	74	4	23	34	1	0	6	295	4.95	120
1931	BBS	IND	25	SP	2	8	.200	14	10	1	5	0	1	68.2	54	42	88	7	20	34	0	3	323	5.50	70
1932	BBS	EWL	26	SP	1	2	.333	8	5	3	1	0	0	29.2	28	22	40	1	18	10	0	1	143	6.67	62
1933	SOX	NN2	27	SP	0	5	.000	6	4	0	3	0	0	41.2	46	40	54	4	21	21	0	1	199	8.64	49
1934	PBG	NN2	28	SP	0	4	.000	5	4	2	0	0	33.0	27	25	40	2	14	15	0	0	151	6.82	73
1935	PS	NN2	29	SP	2	0	1.000	3	2	2	1	0	18.0	3	2	13	0	6	9	0	0	71	1.00	505
1936	PS	NN2	30	SP	5	5	.500	16	10	0	4	0	0	77.0	52	41	82	7	30	38	0	3	346	4.79	109
1937	PS	NN2	31	SP	0	3	.000	6	3	1	2	0	0	22.2	24	20	29	5	16	13	0	2	114	7.94	66
1938	SEN	NN2	32	SP	0	4	.000	5	4	1	0	0	0	17.0	26	22	30	1	9	8	0	0	2	93	11.65	45
1944	BEG	NN2	38	RP	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	7	6	7	0	2	3	0	0	0	19	18.00	25
14	5			SP	56	68	.452	185	130	32	73	6	5	1057.0	671	536	1075	57	441	515	6	1	50	4712	4.56	104
162 Game Average					12	15	.452	40	28	7	16	1	1	228.1	145	116	232	12	95	111	1	1	11	1017	4.56	104

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
8	Baltimore Black Sox			SP	49	52	.485	149	107	30	63	5	5	886.1	532	420	874	42	364	429	6	1	43	3918	4.26	109
1	Philadelphia Bacharach Giants			-	0	4	.000	5	4	2	0	0	33.0	27	25	40	2	14	15	0	0	151	6.82	73
3	Philadelphia Stars			SP	7	8	.467	25	15	1	8	1	0	117.2	79	63	124	12	52	60	0	5	531	4.82	108
1	Washington Black Senators			-	0	4	.000	5	4	1	0	0	0	17.0	26	22	30	1	9	8	0	0	2	93	11.65	45
1	Baltimore Elite Giants			-	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	7	6	7	0	2	3	0	0	0	19	18.00	25

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1926	BBS	ECL	20	SP	126.0	1.48	1.36	10.2%	10.6%	9.5%	9.5%	1.07	1.12	1.2%	1.2%
1927	BBS	ECL	21	SP	164.2	1.30	1.46	9.9%	9.4%	9.7%	9.2%	1.01	1.02	1.3%	1.3%
1928	BBS	ECL	22	SP	175.1	1.19	1.44	14.0%	10.7%	9.2%	8.9%	1.51	1.20	0.5%	1.8%
1929	BBS	ANL	23	SP	213.0	1.37	1.60	10.5%	9.6%	9.6%	9.5%	1.09	1.00	0.6%	1.4%
1930	BBS	IND	24	SP	67.1	1.44	1.58	11.5%	10.4%	7.8%	8.3%	1.48	1.25	1.4%	1.5%
1931	BBS	IND	25	SP	68.2	1.57	1.28	10.5%	11.4%	6.2%	7.4%	1.70	1.53	2.2%	1.0%
1932	BBS	EWL	26	SP	29.2	1.96	1.42	7.0%	11.6%	12.6%	8.2%	0.56	1.41	0.7%	0.8%
1933	SOX	NN2	27	SP	41.2	1.80	1.34	10.6%	12.5%	10.6%	6.7%	1.00	1.88	2.0%	1.0%
1934	PBG	NN2	28	SP	33.0	1.64	1.46	9.9%	12.5%	9.3%	8.0%	1.07	1.56	1.3%	0.9%
1935	PS	NN2	29	SP	18.0	1.06	1.52	12.7%	11.2%	8.5%	8.5%	1.50	1.31	0.0%	1.4%
1936	PS	NN2	30	SP	77.0	1.45	1.52	11.0%	11.5%	8.7%	8.9%	1.27	1.30	2.0%	1.5%
1937	PS	NN2	31	SP	22.2	1.99	1.51	11.4%	11.4%	14.0%	8.2%	0.81	1.40	4.4%	1.5%
1938	SEN	NN2	32	SP	17.0	2.29	1.49	8.6%	11.1%	9.7%	9.1%	0.89	1.22	1.1%	1.4%
1944	BEG	NN2	38	RP	3.0	3.00	1.45	15.8%	10.9%	10.5%	7.6%	1.50	1.43	0.0%	0.8%
14	5			SP	1057.0	1.43	1.47	10.9%	10.5%	9.4%	8.8%	1.17	1.20	1.2%	1.4%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
8	Baltimore Black Sox			SP	886.1	1.40	1.46	10.9%	10.3%	9.3%	8.9%	1.18	1.18	1.1%	1.4%
1	Philadelphia Bacharach Giants			-	33.0	1.64	1.46	9.9%	12.5%	9.3%	8.0%	1.07	1.56	1.3%	0.9%
3	Philadelphia Stars			SP	117.2	1.50	1.52	11.3%	11.4%	9.8%	8.7%	1.15	1.32	2.3%	1.5%
1	Washington Black Senators			-	17.0	2.29	1.49	8.6%	11.1%	9.7%	9.1%	0.89	1.22	1.1%	1.4%
1	Baltimore Elite Giants			-	3.0	3.00	1.45	15.8%	10.9%	10.5%	7.6%	1.50	1.43	0.0%	0.8%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1926	BBS	ECL	20	SP	23	598	510	91	130	27	3	7	21	1	57	61	10	21	9	.255	.341	.361	.702
1927	BBS	ECL	21	SP	35	699	603	91	146	21	5	9	33	68	69	8	20	17	.242	.327	.338	.665
1928	BBS	ECL	22	SP	22	737	642	66	140	19	2	4	23	2	68	103	7	19	18	.218	.300	.273	.572
1929	BBS	ANL	23	SP	30	924	801	109	202	28	12	6	18	89	97	7	23	4	24	.252	.331	.340	.670
1930	BBS	IND	24	SP	11	295	256	47	74	7	4	4	1	23	34	6	10	12	.289	.361	.395	.756
1931	BBS	IND	25	SP	14	323	287	54	88	12	5	7	3	0	20	34	3	13	6	.307	.358	.456	.815
1932	BBS	EWL	26	SP	8	143	123	28	40	7	0	1	4	18	10	1	1	2	.325	.415	.407	.822
1933	SOX	NN2	27	SP	6	199	167	46	54	8	3	4	8	21	21	1	10	4	.323	.402	.479	.881
1934	PBG	NN2	28	SP	5	151	133	27	40	7	1	2	4	14	15	0	4	2	.301	.367	.414	.781
1935	PS	NN2	29	SP	3	71	63	3	13	1	0	0	0	6	9	0	2	1	.206	.275	.222	.498
1936	PS	NN2	30	SP	16	346	301	52	82	12	1	7	1	30	38	3	12	8	.272	.344	.389	.733
1937	PS	NN2	31	SP	6	114	95	24	29	3	3	5	2	16	13	2	1	2	.305	.416	.558	.974
1938	SEN	NN2	32	SP	5	93	79	26	30	5	4	1	2	9	8	2	3	2	.380	.456	.582	1.038
1944	BEG	NN2	38	RP	1	19	16	7	7	1	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	0	.438	.500	.625	1.125
14	5			SP	185	4712	4076	671	1075	158	44	57	120	3	441	515	0	50	140	4	107	.264	.343	.366	.709

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
8	Baltimore Black Sox			SP	149	3918	3389	532	874	129	34	42	111	3	364	429	43	117	4	92	.258	.337	.353	.690
1	Philadelphia Bacharach Giants			-	5	151	133	27	40	7	1	2	4	14	15	0	4	2	.301	.367	.414	.781
3	Philadelphia Stars			SP	25	531	459	79	124	16	4	12	3	52	60	5	15	11	.270	.351	.401	.752
1	Washington Black Senators			-	5	93	79	26	30	5	4	1	2	9	8	2	3	2	.380	.456	.582	1.038
1	Baltimore Elite Giants			-	1	19	16	7	7	1	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	0	.438	.500	.625	1.125

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