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Ralph Young
Ralph Stuart Young

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 5", Weight 165 lb.
School Washington College

Debut April 10, 1913
Final Game September 29, 1922
Born September 19, 1888 in Philadelphia, PA
Died January 24, 1965 in Philadelphia, PA

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1913 24 NYY AL   7   15    2    1   0  0   0    0   2      3   3  .067  .222  .067  -15    1   0           0    
 1915 26 DET AL 123  378   44   92   6  5   0   31  12 11  53  31  .243  .339  .286   83  108  22           2    
 1916 27 DET AL 153  528   60  139  16  6   1   45  20 20  62  43  .263  .342  .322   96  170  23           1    
 1917 28 DET AL 141  503   64  116  18  2   1   35   8     61  35  .231  .317  .280   82  141  31           3    
 1918 29 DET AL  91  298   31   56   7  1   0   21  15     54  17  .188  .313  .218   63   65  16           0    
 1919 30 DET AL 125  456   63   96  13  5   1   25   8     53  32  .211  .294  .268   59  122  46           1    
 1920 31 DET AL 150  594   84  173  21  6   0   33   8 13  85  30  .291  .382  .347   96  206  22           2    
 1921 32 DET AL 107  401   70  120   8  3   0   29  11  9  69  23  .299  .406  .334   91  134  13           3    
 1922 33 PHA AL 125  470   62  105  19  2   1   35   8  6  55  21  .223  .309  .279   52  131  10           3    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons     1022 3643  480  898 108 30   4  254  92 59 495 235  .247  .339  .296   79 1078 183   0   0  15   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        577   76  142  17  5   1   40  15  9  78  37  .247  .339  .296   79  171  29   0   0   2   0
 Career High    153  594   84  173  21  6   1   45  20 20  85  43  .299  .406  .347   96  206  46   0   0   3   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1913 24 NYY AL   18   14    0   0.0    87| .067  .265| .222  .336| .067  .347| .289  .683| -15  .000  -2.1  -0.2     
 1915 26 DET AL  455  319   36   3.0    87| .243  .261| .339  .340| .286  .342| .625  .682|  83  .444  -6.6  -0.8  52%
 1916 27 DET AL  614  432   56   3.5    86| .263  .261| .342  .336| .322  .341| .664  .677|  96  .508  -1.8  -0.2  50%
 1917 28 DET AL  598  418   44   2.8    80| .231  .255| .317  .326| .280  .330| .597  .656|  82  .421  -8.6  -1.0     
 1918 29 DET AL  368  258   20   2.1    79| .188  .256| .313  .326| .218  .326| .531  .652|  63  .284 -10.5  -1.2     
 1919 30 DET AL  556  406   36   2.4    93| .211  .274| .294  .340| .268  .368| .562  .708|  59  .274 -23.9  -2.5     
 1920 31 DET AL  703  456   76   4.5   105| .291  .289| .382  .353| .347  .397| .729  .750|  96  .488   0.6   0.1  38%
 1921 32 DET AL  486  303   54   4.8   113| .299  .298| .406  .364| .334  .419| .740  .783|  91  .471  -0.8  -0.1  55%
 1922 33 PHA AL  538  381   40   2.8   112| .223  .297| .309  .362| .279  .417| .588  .779|  52  .277 -32.8  -3.2  57%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      4336 2987  362   3.3    95| .247  .275| .339  .344| .296  .369| .635  .713|  79  .401 -86.5  -9.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1913 24 NYY AL SS 7 11 19 5 3 .857 .935 4.29 5.09 1915 26 DET AL 2B 119 233 371 32 44 .950 .956 5.08 4.89 1916 27 DET AL 2B 146 345 419 27 55 .966 .964 5.23 4.88 SS 6 26 18 2 1 .957 .938 7.33 4.92 3B 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 3.20 1917 28 DET AL 2B 141 300 449 33 46 .958 .959 5.31 4.94 1918 29 DET AL 2B 91 190 271 30 28 .939 .958 5.07 5.31 1919 30 DET AL 2B 120 296 388 21 38 .970 .961 5.70 5.19 SS 5 16 17 2 1 .943 .943 6.60 5.04 1920 31 DET AL 2B 150 405 436 27 46 .969 .962 5.61 5.54 1921 32 DET AL 2B 106 285 270 31 44 .947 .956 5.24 5.35 1922 33 PHA AL 2B 120 302 350 27 53 .960 .966 5.43 5.49
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1915 26 DET AL 2B 119 233 371 32 44 .950 .956 5.08 4.89 1916 27 DET AL 2B 146 345 419 27 55 .966 .964 5.23 4.88 1917 28 DET AL 2B 141 300 449 33 46 .958 .959 5.31 4.94 1918 29 DET AL 2B 91 190 271 30 28 .939 .958 5.07 5.31 1919 30 DET AL 2B 120 296 388 21 38 .970 .961 5.70 5.19 1920 31 DET AL 2B 150 405 436 27 46 .969 .962 5.61 5.54 1921 32 DET AL 2B 106 285 270 31 44 .947 .956 5.24 5.35 1922 33 PHA AL 2B 120 302 350 27 53 .960 .966 5.43 5.49 1916 27 DET AL 3B 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 3.20 1913 24 NYY AL SS 7 11 19 5 3 .857 .935 4.29 5.09 1916 27 DET AL SS 6 26 18 2 1 .957 .938 7.33 4.92 1919 30 DET AL SS 5 16 17 2 1 .943 .943 6.60 5.04
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 993 2356 2954 228 354 .959 .961 5.35 5.19 SS 18 53 54 9 5 .922 .939 5.94 5.02 3B 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 3.20 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 1012 2411 3009 237 359 .958 .960 5.36 5.19
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.

Games
1916 AL-153-7

At Bats
1920 AL-594-10

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1920 AL-703-3

Bases on Balls
1918 AL-54-9
1920 AL-85-4
1921 AL-69-9

Singles
1920 AL-146-7

Times on Base
1920 AL-260-7

Sac. Hits
1917 AL-31-10
1919 AL-46-3

Outs
1919 AL-406-5
1920 AL-456-7

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 8 (1481) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.9 (1255) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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 

April 3, 1922: Selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Detroit Tigers.


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