Al Yates

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Al Yates

|image=Al Yates.jpg

|caption=

|position=Outfielder

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1945|5|26|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|2007|11|23|1945|5|26}}

|death_place=Miami, Florida, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 13

|debutyear=1971

|debutteam=Milwaukee Brewers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 27

|finalyear=1971

|finalteam=Milwaukee Brewers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.277

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=1

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=4

|teams=

Milwaukee Brewers (1971)

}}

Albert Arthur Yates (May 26, 1945 – November 23, 2007) was an American professional baseball player who appeared in 24 games in Major League Baseball for the Milwaukee Brewers in the {{mlby|1971}} season,{{cite news | work=The Milwaukee Journal | date=May 22, 1975 | last=Berghaus | first=Bob | title=Al Yates Still Hts Hard, but Surroundings Change | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XzkoAAAAIBAJ&dq=al-yates%20baseball&pg=3341%2C1049258 | page=16 | accessdate=January 23, 2010}} primarily as an outfielder. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Yates threw and batted right-handed and was listed as {{convert|6|ft|2|in}} tall and {{convert|210|lb}}.

Early years

Raised in Bogota, New Jersey,Trimble, Joe. [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/464056850/ "Yanks Edge Brewers in 10th for 5 in Row, 4-3"], New York Daily News, May 14, 1971. Accessed February 21, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Al Yates, who made his debut in majors today as Milwaukee rightfielder, was two-time loser with Mets.... He is from Bogota, N.J." Yates attended Bogota High School.Buonauro, Gabe. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69647840/the-record/ "Al Yates Cut By N. Y.; Outfielder Is Sent To Jacksonville"], The Record, October 18, 1966. Accessed February 21, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Al Yates, the former all-County outfielder from Bogota High School, was among eight players sent to Jacksonville of the International League by the New York Mets yesterday." He was signed by the New York Mets in 1964 as an amateur free agent out of Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He played in the New York–Penn League for the Auburn Mets during two seasons (1964–1965). As a big leaguer with the 1971 Brewers, he collected 24 hits, including two doubles and one home run, a solo shot on June 6 at Milwaukee County Stadium off Dave McNally of the defending world champion Baltimore Orioles.Retrosheet [https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1971/B06060MIL1971.htm box score (6 June 1971): "Baltimore Orioles 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3"]