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Bobby Young
Robert George Young

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 175 lb.

Debut August 30, 1948
Final Game September 28, 1958
Born January 22, 1925 in Granite, MD
Died January 28, 1985 in Baltimore, MD

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 23 STL NL   3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1951 26 SLB AL 147  611   75  159  13  9   1   31   8  7  44  51  .260  .310  .316   67  193  19           0  14
 1952 27 SLB AL 149  575   59  142  15  9   4   39   3  3  56  48  .247  .314  .325   76  187   5           0   7 MVP-29
 1953 28 SLB AL 148  537   48  137  22  2   4   25   2  1  41  40  .255  .309  .326   70  175  14           1  12
 1954 29 BAL AL 130  432   43  106  13  6   4   24   4  4  54  42  .245  .329  .331   87  143   9   3       1   8
 1955 30 TOT AL  77  231   12   51   4  1   1   14   1  4  12  25  .221  .259  .260   43   60   5   0   1   0   3
         BAL AL  59  186    5   37   3  0   1    8   1  4  11  23  .199  .244  .231   33   43   4   0   1   0   3
         CLE AL  18   45    7   14   1  1   0    6   0  0   1   2  .311  .326  .378   86   17   1   0   0   0   0
 1956 31 CLE AL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
 1958 33 PHI NL  32   60    7   14   1  1   1    4   0  0   1   5  .233  .246  .333   53   20   7   0   0   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      687 2447  244  609  68 28  15  137  18 19 208 212  .249  .308  .318   71  778  59   3   1   2  49
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        577   58  144  16  7   4   32   4  4  49  50  .249  .308  .318   71  183  14   1   0   0  12
 Career High    149  611   75  159  22  9   4   39   8  7  56  51  .260  .329  .331   87  193  19   3   1   1  14

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 23 STL NL    1    1    0   0.0   107| .000  .276| .000  .351| .000  .408| .000  .759|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
 1951 26 SLB AL  674  492   59   3.2   105| .260  .271| .310  .353| .316  .397| .626  .750|  67  .351 -30.6  -3.1  53%
 1952 27 SLB AL  636  448   58   3.5    99| .247  .264| .314  .344| .325  .385| .639  .729|  76  .421 -20.4  -2.1  50%
 1953 28 SLB AL  593  427   54   3.4   104| .255  .272| .309  .348| .326  .400| .635  .749|  70  .377 -23.3  -2.4  66%
 1954 29 BAL AL  499  350   47   3.6    93| .245  .257| .329  .331| .331  .376| .660  .707|  87  .424  -6.4  -0.7  50%
 1955 30 TOT AL  248  192   16   2.2    98| .221  .260| .259  .339| .260  .388| .519  .727|  43  .211 -18.8  -1.9  20%
         BAL AL  201  160   10   1.7    96| .199  .258| .244  .336| .231  .384| .475  .720|  33  .136 -17.6  -1.8  20%
         CLE AL   47   32    6   5.0   106| .311  .271| .326  .351| .378  .404| .704  .755|  86  .542  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1956 31 CLE AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
 1958 33 PHI NL   68   58    4   1.8   105| .233  .268| .246  .336| .333  .419| .579  .755|  53  .156  -4.4  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2719 1968  238   3.2   100| .249  .266| .308  .344| .318  .391| .626  .735|  71  .367 -104.3 -10.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1948 23 STL NL  3B    1      2    0    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  2.80                        
 1951 26 SLB AL  2B  147    361  462   17  118  .980  .978  5.60  5.35                        
 1952 27 SLB AL  2B  149    380  407   13  127  .984  .978  5.28  5.13                        
 1953 28 SLB AL  2B  148    397  363   18  120  .977  .979  5.14  5.13                        
 1954 29 BAL AL  2B  127    299  310   15   76  .976  .976  4.80  4.84                        
 1955 30 TOT AL  2B   69    145  179    5   56  .985  .976  4.70  4.87                        
         BAL AL  2B   58    121  146    4   42  .985  .976  4.60  4.87                        
         CLE AL  2B   11     24   33    1   14  .983  .976  5.18  4.87                        
                 3B    1      0    1    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  2.70                        
 1958 33 PHI NL  2B   21     28   33    2    6  .968  .974  2.90  4.76  4.58  5.33   12  120.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1951 26 SLB AL  2B  147    361  462   17  118  .980  .978  5.60  5.35                        
 1952 27 SLB AL  2B  149    380  407   13  127  .984  .978  5.28  5.13                        
 1953 28 SLB AL  2B  148    397  363   18  120  .977  .979  5.14  5.13                        
 1954 29 BAL AL  2B  127    299  310   15   76  .976  .976  4.80  4.84                        
 1955 30 TOT AL  2B   69    145  179    5   56  .985  .976  4.70  4.87                        
         BAL AL  2B   58    121  146    4   42  .985  .976  4.60  4.87                        
         CLE AL  2B   11     24   33    1   14  .983  .976  5.18  4.87                        
 1958 33 PHI NL  2B   21     28   33    2    6  .968  .974  2.90  4.76  4.58  5.33   12  120.0

 1948 23 STL NL  3B    1      2    0    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  2.80                        
 1955 30 CLE AL  3B    1      0    1    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  2.70                        
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total  2B* 661   1610 1754   70  503  .980  .978  5.09  5.08               12  120.0
                 3B    2      2    1    0    0 1.000  .938  1.50  2.75                        
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       663   1612 1755   70  503  .980  .978  5.08  5.08

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1952-AL-29-0.01
Car-1456-0.01 shares

Games
1951 AL-147-7

At Bats
1951 AL-611-2
1952 AL-575-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1951 AL-674-5

Triples
1951 AL-9-4
1952 AL-9-5

Singles
1951 AL-136-4

Sac. Hits
1951 AL-19-3
1953 AL-14-3
1954 AL-9-10

Caught Stealing
1951 AL-7-7

Outs
1951 AL-492-1

Gray Ink: Batting - 5 (1714) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
Before 1946 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.
June 11, 1949: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the St. Louis Browns for Don Richmond.
June 27, 1955: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Cleveland Indians for Hank Majeski.
June 20, 1957: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Cleveland Indians.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1952-AL-29-0.01 Car-1456-0.01 shares	Games 1951 AL-147-7	At Bats 1951 AL-611-2 1952 AL-575-9	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1951 AL-674-5	Triples 1951 AL-9-4 1952 AL-9-5	Singles 1951 AL-136-4
Sac. Hits 1951 AL-19-3 1953 AL-14-3 1954 AL-9-10	Caught Stealing 1951 AL-7-7	Outs 1951 AL-492-1