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Don Young
Donald Wayne Young

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 9, 1965
  vs. LAD 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 1, 1969
Born October 18, 1945 in Houston, TX

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1965 19 CHC NL  11   35    1    2   0  0   1    2   0  0   0  11  .057  .056  .143  -47    5   0   1   0   0   0
 1969 23 CHC NL 101  272   36   65  12  3   6   27   1  5  38  74  .239  .343  .371   91  101   8   0   5   5   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons      112  307   37   67  12  3   7   29   1  5  38  85  .218  .313  .345   77  106   8   1   5   5   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        444   54   97  17  4  10   42   1  7  55 123  .218  .313  .345   77  153  12   1   7   7   6
 Career High    101  272   36   65  12  3   6   27   1  5  38  74  .239  .343  .371   91  101   8   1   5   5   4
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1965 19 CHC NL   36   34    0   0.0    95| .057  .260| .056  .324| .143  .393| .199  .718| -47  .000  -7.0  -0.8   0%
 1969 23 CHC NL  323  224   35   4.2   105| .239  .274| .343  .346| .371  .406| .714  .752|  91  .502  -3.2  -0.3  16%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons       359  258   35   3.6   104| .218  .272| .313  .344| .345  .404| .658  .748|  77  .438 -10.1  -1.1  16%

* 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  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1965 19 CHC NL CF 11 14 0 1 0 .933 .979 1.27 2.01 1.84 2.31 7 68.3 1969 23 CHC NL OF 100 191 4 5 0 .975 .973 1.95 1.75 2.28 2.02 88 769.7 CF 94 191 4 5 0 .975 .977 2.07 2.04 2.36 2.27 88 744.7 RF 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.12 1.59 0.47 1.85 0 19.0 LF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.27 3.00 1.65 0 6.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1965 19 CHC NL CF 11 14 0 1 0 .933 .979 1.27 2.01 1.84 2.31 7 68.3 1969 23 CHC NL CF 94 191 4 5 0 .975 .977 2.07 2.04 2.36 2.27 88 744.7 1969 23 CHC NL LF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.27 3.00 1.65 0 6.0 1965 19 CHC NL OF 11 14 0 1 0 .933 .972 1.27 1.75 1.84 2.00 7 68.3 1969 23 CHC NL OF 100 191 4 5 0 .975 .973 1.95 1.75 2.28 2.02 88 769.7 1969 23 CHC NL RF 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.12 1.59 0.47 1.85 0 19.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 111 205 4 6 0 .972 .973 1.88 1.75 2.24 2.02 95 838.0 3 105 8# CF* 105 205 4 6 0 .972 .977 1.99 2.04 2.31 2.27 95 813.0 RF* 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.12 1.59 0.47 1.85 0 19.0 LF* 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.27 3.00 1.65 0 6.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 111 205 4 6 0 .972 .973 1.88 1.75 2.24 2.02 95 838
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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.

Youngest Player
1965 NL-19-10

HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3488) (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.


Transactions 

June 4, 1963: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

April 13, 1964: Selected off waivers by the Chicago Cubs from the St. Louis Cardinals as first-year waiver pick.

May 14, 1967: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Chicago Cubs.

August 1, 1967: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the St. Louis Cardinals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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