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Irv Young
Irving Melrose Young (Young Cy or Cy The Second)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 14, 1905
Final Game August 25, 1911
Born July 21, 1877 in Columbia Falls, ME
Died January 14, 1935 in Brewer, ME

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1905 27 BSN NL  20  21  43  42  41   7   1  0  378.0  337  146  122   6   71  156   8   6  1475       0  2.90  3.08  106 1.079
 1906 28 BSN NL  16  25  43  41  37   4   2  0  358.3  349  157  116   7   83  151   6   9  1416       1  2.91  2.68   92 1.206
 1907 29 BSN NL  10  23  40  32  22   3   7  1  245.3  287  127  108   5   58   86  13   3   993       0  3.96  2.54   64 1.406
 1908 30 TOT NL   8  12  32  18  10   2   9  1  174.7  167   80   47   3   40   63   7   0   696       0  2.42  2.34   97 1.185
         BSN NL   4   9  16  11   7   1   3  0   85.0   94   49   27   2   19   32   2   0   346       0  2.86  2.39   84 1.329
         PIT NL   4   3  16   7   3   1   6  1   89.7   73   31   20   1   21   31   5   0   350       0  2.01  2.30  115 1.048
 1910 32 CHW AL   4   8  27  17   7   4   5  0  135.7  122   54   41   0   39   64   3   2   536       0  2.72  2.39   88 1.187
 1911 33 CHW AL   5   6  24  11   3   1   9  2   92.7   99   61   45   2   25   40   0   3   457       1  4.37  3.24   74 1.338
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .399  63  95 209 161 120  21  33  4 1384.7 1361  625  479  23  316  560  37  23  5573       2  3.11  2.73   88 1.211
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  17  38  29  22   3   6  0  254.3  250  114   88   4   58  102   6   4  1024   0   0  3.11  2.73   88 1.211
 Career High     20  25  43  42  41   7   9  2  378.0  349  157  122   7   83  156  13   9  1475   0   1  2.42  3.24  106 1.079

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1905 27 BSN NL  43  136    6   14   4  0   0    4   0      1      .103  .109  .132  -28   18   1           0    
 1906 28 BSN NL  43  125    6   12   1  0   0    6   0      6      .096  .137  .104  -24   13   2           0    
 1907 29 BSN NL  40   80    2   13   1  1   0    3   1      0      .163  .173  .200   17   16   1           1    
 1908 30 TOT NL  32   62    4   11   0  1   0    2   0      2      .177  .203  .210   32   13   1           0    
         BSN NL  16   32    2    5   0  0   0    2   0      0      .156  .156  .156    1    5   1           0    
         PIT NL  16   30    2    6   0  1   0    0   0      2      .200  .250  .267   65    8   0           0    
 1910 32 CHW AL  27   44    3    5   0  1   0    1   1      1      .114  .133  .159   -7    7   3           0    
 1911 33 CHW AL  24   28    0    5   2  0   0    2   0      1      .179  .207  .250   28    7   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      209  475   21   60   8  3   0   18   2  0  11   0  .126  .148  .156   -6   74   9   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        368   16   47   6  2   0   14   2  0   9   0  .126  .148  .156   -6   57   7   0   0   1   0
 Career High     43  136    6   14   4  1   0    6   1  0   6   0                          18   3   0   0   1   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1905 27 BSN NL  138  123    2   0.4    82| .103  .262| .109  .324| .132  .342| .241  .666| -28  .021 -21.3  -2.5     
 1906 28 BSN NL  133  115    2   0.5    74| .096  .249| .137  .316| .104  .318| .241  .633| -24  .029 -18.0  -2.2     
 1907 29 BSN NL   82   68    3   1.2    75| .163  .252| .173  .318| .200  .320| .373  .639|  17  .145  -8.1  -1.0     
 1908 30 TOT NL   65   52    3   1.6    71| .177  .246| .203  .307| .210  .316| .413  .623|  32  .231  -5.0  -0.7     
         BSN NL   33   28    1   1.0    70| .156  .244| .156  .306| .156  .315| .312  .621|   1  .111  -3.6  -0.5     
         PIT NL   32   24    2   2.2    72| .200  .247| .250  .308| .267  .318| .517  .626|  65  .371  -1.4  -0.2     
 1910 32 CHW AL   48   42    1   0.6    71| .114  .244| .133  .310| .159  .316| .292  .625|  -7  .050  -5.6  -0.7     
 1911 33 CHW AL   30   24    1   1.1    94| .179  .279| .207  .345| .250  .366| .457  .711|  28  .083  -2.7  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       496  424   12   0.8    77| .126  .254| .148  .318| .156  .328| .304  .646|  -6  .063 -60.6  -7.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1905 27 BSN NL P 43 33 115 3 1 .980 .943 3.44 2.42 3.52 2.97 42 378.0 1906 28 BSN NL P 43 27 108 8 5 .944 .948 3.14 2.40 3.39 3.05 41 358.3 1907 29 BSN NL P 40 20 69 3 4 .967 .950 2.23 2.27 3.27 2.97 32 245.3 1908 30 TOT NL P 32 10 42 7 2 .881 .952 1.62 2.13 2.68 2.99 18 174.7 BSN NL P 16 6 18 4 2 .857 .952 1.50 2.13 2.54 2.99 11 85.0 PIT NL P 16 4 24 3 0 .903 .952 1.75 2.13 2.81 2.99 7 89.7 1910 32 CHW AL P 27 11 38 0 1 1.000 .942 1.81 2.35 3.25 3.29 17 135.7 1911 33 CHW AL P 24 4 28 1 1 .970 .938 1.33 1.89 3.11 2.88 11 92.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1905 27 BSN NL P 43 33 115 3 1 .980 .943 3.44 2.42 3.52 2.97 42 378.0 1906 28 BSN NL P 43 27 108 8 5 .944 .948 3.14 2.40 3.39 3.05 41 358.3 1907 29 BSN NL P 40 20 69 3 4 .967 .950 2.23 2.27 3.27 2.97 32 245.3 1908 30 TOT NL P 32 10 42 7 2 .881 .952 1.62 2.13 2.68 2.99 18 174.7 BSN NL P 16 6 18 4 2 .857 .952 1.50 2.13 2.54 2.99 11 85.0 PIT NL P 16 4 24 3 0 .903 .952 1.75 2.13 2.81 2.99 7 89.7 1910 32 CHW AL P 27 11 38 0 1 1.000 .942 1.81 2.35 3.25 3.29 17 135.7 1911 33 CHW AL P 24 4 28 1 1 .970 .938 1.33 1.89 3.11 2.88 11 92.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 209 105 400 22 14 .958 .946 2.42 2.27 3.28 3.02 161 1384.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 209 105 400 22 14 .958 .946 2.42 2.27 3.28 3.02 161 1385
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.

Wins
1905 NL-20-5

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1905 NL-1.079-6

Bases on Balls/9IP
1905 NL-1.69-3
1906 NL-2.08-7
1907 NL-2.13-9

Games
1905 NL-43-3
1906 NL-43-2
1907 NL-40-5

Saves
1907 NL-1-8
1911 AL-2-6

Innings
1905 NL-378.0-1
1906 NL-358.3-1

Strikeouts
1905 NL-156-5
1906 NL-151-5

Games Started
1905 NL-42-1
1906 NL-41-1
1907 NL-32-7

Comp. Games
1905 NL-41-1
1906 NL-37-1

Shutouts
1905 NL-7-2
1910 AL-4-7

Home Runs Allow.
1905 NL-6-6
1906 NL-7-1
1907 NL-5-7

Hits Allowed
1905 NL-337-3
1906 NL-349-1
1907 NL-287-3

SO to Walk
1905 NL-2.20-3
1906 NL-1.82-7

Losses
1905 NL-21-5
1906 NL-25-2
1907 NL-23-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1905 NL-122-2
1906 NL-116-1
1907 NL-108-3

Wild Pitches
1906 NL-9-3

Hit Batsmen
1907 NL-13-5

Batters Faced
1905 NL-1475-1
1906 NL-1416-1

Black Ink: Pitching - 12 (182) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 42 (576) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 13.0 (589) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 14.0 (755) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 18, 1908: Traded by the Boston Doves to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Tom McCarthy and Harley Young.


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