Salvador Anthony Yvars (February 20, 1924 – December 10, 2008) was a Major League Baseball catcher who played with the New York Giants from 1947 to 1953 and the St. Louis Cardinals from 1953 to 1954. Born in Manhattan's Little Italy to a Spanish gravedigger and an Italian laundress, he was a three-sport star at White Plains High School, playing football, basketball, and baseball. He originally signed with the Giants in 1942, and enlisted in the U...
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Date of birth:
- Feb 20, 1924
Date of death:
- Dec 10, 2008 (age 84 years)
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Height:
- 1.78 m (5.84 ft )
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- Salvador Anthony Yvars
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