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Joel
Youngblood		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: August 28, 1951 in Usa, TX, HOUSTON
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1976 24 PIT NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1977 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6
1978 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6
1979 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1980 28 PIT NL $ 1,100,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1981 29 PIT NL $ 2,417,143   6 6 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1982 30 PIT NL $ 2,417,143   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1983 31 PIT NL $ 2,600,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 4 4 6 6 6
1984 32 PIT NL $ 2,600,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 3 6 6 6
1985 33 PIT NL $ 890,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 3 5 5 5
1986 34 PIT NL $ 890,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,600,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1976 24 AA   108 374 40 115 24 1 11 65 2 4 42 41 .307 .377 .465 .843 62.2  
1977 25 PIT NL 152 494 72 145 30 2 10 63 1 3 39 87 .294 .349 .423 .772 68.0 15.8
1978 26 PIT NL 143 487 51 119 26 1 5 43 2 2 32 68 .244 .295 .333 .628 44.9 5.4
1979 27 PIT NL 140 467 54 121 25 3 6 52 2 1 41 58 .259 .323 .364 .687 53.4 8.4
1980 28 PIT NL 120 360 52 112 24 3 13 50 1 1 23 59 .311 .352 .503 .855 57.2 14.5
1981 29 PIT NL 108 304 42 78 15 3 5 25 3 1 21 58 .257 .319 .375 .694 36.0 5.7
1982 30 PIT NL 104 320 40 93 21 0 4 42 1 3 21 45 .291 .338 .394 .732 37.9 6.5
1983 31 PIT NL 156 555 55 133 38 1 10 72 4 2 38 88 .240 .295 .366 .661 54.3 7.8
1984 32 PIT NL 150 531 65 132 26 1 8 62 3 3 35 86 .249 .298 .347 .645 52.9 5.5
1985 33 PIT NL 148 551 48 140 26 1 5 60 1 0 26 111 .254 .291 .332 .623 52.6 7.6
1986 34 PIT NL 150 547 57 137 29 1 7 63 0 2 28 108 .250 .292 .346 .638 51.5 8.0
10 Years Sim 1371 4616 536 1210 260 16 73 532 18 18 304 768 .262 .312 .373 .685 508.6 85.2
1 Years AA 108 374 40 115 24 1 11 65 2 4 42 41 .307 .383 .465 .848 62.2  
162 Game Average 545 63 142 30 1 8 62 2 2 35 90 .262 .312 .373 .685 60.1  
Career Highs 156 555 72 145 38 3 13 72 4 3 41 111 .311 .352 .503 .855 68.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3078 352 780 176 12 51 366 11 11 193 561 .253 .303 .368 .671 326.6
vs LH   1538 184 430 84 4 22 166 7 7 111 207 .280 .331 .382 .713 186.7
Home 689 2314 287 617 120 9 49 268 9 8 146 369 .267 .315 .390 .705 271.6
Away 682 2302 249 593 140 7 24 264 9 10 158 399 .258 .310 .356 .666 241.7
RISP   1145 0 307 67 3 21 423 0 0 90 198 .268 .320 .387 .706 139.8
Pinch Hitting   75 10 20 5 1 4 14 0 0 3 10 .267 .304 .520 .824 11.1
Close/Late   590 61 154 24 1 10 54 0 0 39 95 .261 .310 .356 .666 63.6
Mar/Apr 214 722 87 198 39 4 14 85 3 4 43 116 .274 .322 .398 .720 86.5
May 237 815 95 202 48 2 16 89 4 5 68 142 .248 .309 .371 .679 91.1
June 223 736 88 199 42 2 11 81 4 2 50 105 .270 .322 .378 .699 85.7
July 215 712 73 192 46 1 9 89 1 2 36 121 .270 .310 .375 .685 77.0
August 239 813 89 204 36 4 9 86 2 1 53 129 .251 .302 .338 .640 80.1
Sep/Oct 243 818 104 215 49 3 14 102 4 4 54 155 .263 .312 .381 .694 93.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1977 25 PIT NL 2B 151 150 1299.0 281 580 26 129 .971 5.97   4.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1978 26 PIT NL 2B 140 138 1203.0 280 473 30 100 .962 5.63   3.4
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1979 27 PIT NL 2B 70 65 558.0 132 240 11 53 .971 6.00   0.9
    3B 55 52 429.3 30 100 13 9 .909 2.73   1.0
    LF 13 10 90.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.2
    RF 8 2 25.0 4 0 1 0 .800 1.44    
1980 28 PIT NL 2B 67 62 540.3 127 221 8 55 .978 5.80   1.9
    LF 11 8 77.3 25 2 0 1 1.000 3.14   0.3
    3B 13 7 70.0 3 17 3 1 .870 2.57   0.2
    RF 8 7 59.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.22    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 1 0 .500 4.50   0.0
1981 29 PIT NL 2B 55 47 416.7 86 188 10 35 .965 5.92   1.8
    3B 16 9 90.3 6 24 1 1 .968 2.99   0.4
    RF 11 10 85.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.16   0.2
    LF 12 5 57.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.37    
1982 30 PIT NL 2B 51 47 415.7 96 173 13 29 .954 5.82   1.0
    LF 19 17 156.0 38 0 0 0 1.000 2.19   0.3
    3B 23 13 139.0 12 45 2 5 .966 3.69   0.7
    RF 8 5 45.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.38    
1983 31 PIT NL 3B 147 145 1276.7 89 337 28 30 .938 3.00   2.4
    RF 4 1 14.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.93   0.0
    LF 4 0 8.7 2 0 1 0 .667 2.08    
1984 32 PIT NL 3B 125 119 1059.0 69 257 20 17 .942 2.77   3.0
    LF 22 21 194.7 36 2 0 0 1.000 1.76   0.5
    2B 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1985 33 PIT NL 3B 140 137 1231.3 70 293 24 27 .938 2.65   4.5
    LF 4 1 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.0
    2B 1 0 5.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
    RF 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1986 34 PIT NL 3B 145 144 1243.0 82 297 28 20 .931 2.74   3.0
    LF 3 2 23.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 1.96   0.1
    SS 1 0 4.7 2 4 0 2 1.000 11.59   0.1
  3B 665 626 5540.7 361 1370 119 110 .936 2.81   15.2
  2B 537 509 4441.7 1002 1878 98 401 .967 5.84   13.0
  LF 88 64 619.7 141 5 1 2 .993 2.12   1.4
  RF 43 25 234.0 33 0 2 0 .943 1.27   0.2
  SS 2 0 6.7 2 5 1 2 .875 9.46   0.1
Career Totals   1335 1224 10842.6 1539 3258 221 515 .956 3.98   30.0
Career Highs   155 150 1301.0 281 580 30 129 .971 5.96    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1977 25 PIT NL 4 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .077 .000 .077
1980 28 PIT NL 5 10 2 4 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 1 .400 .364 .800 1.164
Career Post-Season Batting 9 22 3 4 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 5 .182 .208 .364 .572
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1983-4-156
 Doubles
1983-10-38
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1976
Injured on 4/19/1976 with a Strained Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 5/5/1976 with a Broken Finger, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 8/1/1976 with a Bruised Foot, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 4/5/1977, off Bob Apodaca (COL)
Hit first career homerun on 4/8/1977, off Joe Moeller (KCR)
Drove in 6 runs against Toronto on 4/29/1977
Injured on 4/16/1978 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/30/1978, hitting .579 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,100,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,417,143 through salary arbitration
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,417,143 through salary arbitration
10/29/1982: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $2,600,000 per year, for 2 years
9/22/1984: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $890,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 6/10/1985 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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