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Ned Yost

Ned Yost, American baseball player and manager

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Born
August 19, 1955
Age in 2026
71
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1955

About Ned Yost

Edgar Frederick Yost III is an American former Major League Baseball catcher and manager of the Milwaukee Brewers and Kansas City Royals. He played for the Brewers, Texas Rangers, and Montreal Expos. Since 2025, he has served as a senior advisor to Royals general manager J. J. Picollo. Yost finished his Brewers career with a 457–502 record. In the 2013 season, Yost posted an 86–76 record with the Royals, their first winning season since 2003. In 2014, Yost led the Royals to their first playoff berth since 1985, finishing 89–73. In 1999 Yost became the Braves' third base coach, a position he maintained until the end of the 2002 season.

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Ned Yost timeline

  1. In 1999 Yost became the Braves' third base coach, a position he maintained until the end of the 2002 season.
  2. In the 2013 season, Yost posted an 86–76 record with the Royals, their first winning season since 2003.
  3. In 2014, Yost led the Royals to their first playoff berth since 1985, finishing 89–73.

The world when Ned Yost was born

Ned Yost was born in 1955. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1955

  • #1 song"Rock Around the Clock" – Bill Haley & His Comets
  • Top movieMarty
  • Top TV showThe $64,000 Question
  • Best-selling bookLolita – Vladimir Nabokov

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBrooklyn Dodgers win their first World Series
  • Top headlineRosa Parks sparks the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • Technology milestoneDisneyland opens in Anaheim, California
  • Defining fadJames Dean and rebel culture
  • Notable inventionVelcro commercially available
  • World population2.77 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderDwight D. Eisenhower
  • Sports championBrooklyn Dodgers (World Series)
  • Also wonSyracuse Nationals (NBA)
  • U.S. population165.3M

1955 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Ned Yost's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19552026
Gas$0.29$3.45/gal
Average home$10,950$435,000
Average income$6,200$67,500
Minimum wage$0.75$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.50$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population165.3M341 million

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