| Tom Yewcic | ||
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Full Name: Thomas Yewcic Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 5-11 Weight: 180 lbs. Born: May 9, 1932 in Conemaugh, PA College: Michigan State University Major League Debut: June 27, 1957 Final MLB Game: June 27, 1957 Died: |
| Tom Yewcic | ||
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Full Name: Thomas Yewcic Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 5-11 Weight: 180 lbs. Born: May 9, 1932 in Conemaugh, PA College: Michigan State University Major League Debut: June 27, 1957 Final MLB Game: June 27, 1957 Died: |
| CAREER BATTING STATISTICS | ||||||||||||||||
| BATTING | ||||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | Lg | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Avg | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1957 | DET | AL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Avg | OBP | SLG | OPS | |||
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | ||
| BATTING | BASERUNNING | PERFORMANCE | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | Lg | HBP | GDP | TB | IBB | SH | SF | SB | CS | SB% | AB/HR | AB/K | WS | RC | RC27 |
| 1957 | DET | AL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| HBP | GDP | TB | IBB | SH | SF | SB | CS | SB% | AB/HR | AB/K | WS | RC | RC27 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS | ||||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | Lg | POS | G | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT | INN | PB | SBc | CSc | CS% | PkO | |
| 1957 | DET | AL | C | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.833 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| POS | G | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT | INN | PB | SBc | CSc | CS% | PkO | ||||
| Total | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.833 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||
Tom Yewcic was a two-sport star at Michigan State, quarterbacking the Spartans in the 1954 Rose Bowl and playing catcher on the baseball team.
That was followed by four minor league seasons of Double and Triple-A baseball (Detroit), as well as a brief stint with the American League's
Detroit Tigers. After his cup of coffee with the Tigers in 1957 he turned to football. Yewcic played a season with the Toronto Argonauts
of the Canadian Football League.
He left there after 1960 and rather than sign with an (American Football League) team he waited until 1961 for the NFL. He received offers from Buffalo, the Patriots and the Jets [then known as the Titans] and he decided the best course of action was to take the Patriots offer.
In addition to being Babe Parilli's backup at quarterback, he had 11 carries, six receptions and was the team's punter, averaging 37.6 yards on 64 kicks. He was on all the special teams,(It was a 32-man roster when at that time, so there weren't many people around. Guys had to play more than one position. The more you could do, the better chance you had of playing."
One of Yewcic's fondest memories of playing for the Patriots took place during the 1962 season when Parilli went down with an injury in a game against Houston and he stepped up and started at quarterback for the remainder of the season, winning 3 out of 4 games, beating Buffalo, New York, San Diego."
After retiring as a player, Yewcic coached at local colleges and in 1973, for a semi-pro team, the New England Colonials. He returned to the Patriots as a special teams and offensive backfield assistant coach for Holovak and Fairbanks. Still the team's second all-time leading punter with 377 punts for 14,553 yards for a 38.6 average, Yewcic now resides in Arlington, Mass., with his wife, Jane. They have two children, Thomas John and Carol, and three grandchildren, 8-year-old triplets. He considers himself "retired in a sense" but remains a partner in a medical surgical company, Sanax Protective Products in Newton, Mass., which sells specialized products to hospitals and doctors.