Bobby
Young
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: January 22, 1925 in Usa, MD, GRANITE
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1948 23 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1949 24 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10
1950 25 SEM AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1951 26 SEM AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 5 6 5 8 8 8
1952 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8
1953 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1954 29 SEM AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1955 30 SEM AL     6 6 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1956 31 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1957 32 SEM AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1958 33 PIT NL $ 320,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1959 34 PIT NL $ 320,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1960 35 PIT NL $ 320,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 320,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10
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
1948 23 SEM AL 121 377 35 78 16 0 0 27 0 0 36 27 .207 .276 .249 .525 24.7 0.0
1949 24 SEM AL 26 95 18 29 6 4 1 17 0 0 7 3 .305 .353 .484 .837 15.3 3.0
    AAA   134 515 73 135 21 3 13 71 16 8 68 25 .262 .348 .390 .738 72.9  
1950 25 AAA   130 444 77 141 18 8 8 54 10 9 73 22 .318 .414 .448 .862 81.0  
1951 26 AAA   137 504 82 154 23 4 9 65 14 18 82 42 .306 .403 .421 .823 83.7  
1952 27 SEM AL 51 97 23 25 6 1 0 9 0 0 5 14 .258 .291 .340 .631 9.8 1.1
1953 28 SEM AL 31 68 15 19 5 0 0 4 0 0 12 10 .279 .388 .353 .740 9.9 1.9
1954 29 AAA   137 514 72 154 18 2 11 74 13 10 70 73 .300 .384 .407 .790 80.8  
1955 30 AAA   137 506 75 145 30 1 10 78 17 13 78 79 .287 .382 .409 .791 79.8  
1956 31 SEM AL 22 36 8 7 1 2 0 5 0 0 4 12 .194 .268 .333 .602 3.5 0.1
    AAA   106 414 50 123 15 2 8 41 7 6 49 77 .297 .371 .401 .772 61.5  
1957 32 SEM AL 16 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2
    AAA   56 212 24 60 7 1 5 26 6 1 22 26 .283 .350 .396 .747 30.4  
1958 33 AAA   136 512 71 143 19 2 6 55 12 6 68 107 .279 .364 .359 .723 70.3  
1959 34 PIT NL 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
    AA   102 433 64 139 16 3 2 29 15 13 50 73 .321 .391 .386 .777 63.8  
1960 35 AA   136 561 69 167 30 2 2 46 22 15 51 107 .298 .356 .369 .725 71.7  
7 Years Sim 274 682 106 160 34 7 1 62 0 0 64 68 .235 .299 .309 .609 63.5 6.3
8 Years AAA 973 3621 524 1055 151 23 70 464 95 71 510 451 .291 .377 .404 .781 560.4  
2 Years AA 238 994 133 306 46 5 4 75 37 28 101 180 .308 .371 .376 .747 135.6  
10 Years Minors 1211 4615 657 1361 197 28 74 539 132 99 611 631 .295 .376 .398 .774 696.0  
162 Game Average 403 62 94 20 4 0 36 0 0 37 40 .235 .299 .309 .609 37.6  
Career Highs 121 377 35 78 16 4 1 27 0 0 36 27 .333 .388 .484 .837 24.7  
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   471 70 120 29 5 0 46 0 0 43 42 .255 .317 .338 .654 50.0
vs LH   211 35 40 5 2 1 16 0 0 21 26 .190 .262 .246 .508 13.8
Home 137 344 48 80 21 3 0 31 0 0 32 33 .233 .296 .311 .607 31.8
Away 137 338 58 80 13 4 1 31 0 0 32 35 .237 .303 .308 .610 32.1
RISP   162 0 46 5 3 0 57 0 0 17 18 .284 .348 .352 .700 20.4
Pinch Hitting   3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
Close/Late   58 23 19 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 .328 .361 .379 .740 7.4
Mar/Apr 51 120 20 31 6 1 0 17 0 0 6 12 .258 .294 .325 .619 10.9
May 37 121 17 25 4 0 0 9 0 0 13 12 .207 .284 .240 .523 8.6
June 46 106 14 22 8 0 0 5 0 0 10 13 .208 .274 .283 .557 8.1
July 8 12 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .167 .333 .167 .500 1.1
August 53 115 18 26 3 1 0 7 0 0 14 14 .226 .308 .270 .577 10.4
Sep/Oct 70 208 32 54 13 5 1 23 0 0 18 15 .260 .319 .385 .703 24.8
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
1948 23 SEM AL 2B 121 120 991.0 246 432 20 111 .971 6.16   2.5
1949 24 SEM AL 2B 26 26 227.3 46 105 4 24 .974 5.98   0.7
1952 27 SEM AL 2B 19 10 108.7 24 55 0 10 1.000 6.54   0.6
    SS 9 9 78.7 8 35 3 6 .935 4.92   0.2
    3B 4 4 33.0 2 7 3 0 .750 2.45   0.0
    1B 4 0 4.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1953 28 SEM AL 2B 11 11 84.7 27 45 0 7 1.000 7.65   0.6
    3B 13 9 83.0 5 27 1 2 .970 3.47   0.4
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1956 31 SEM AL SS 6 5 48.0 7 18 0 5 1.000 4.69   0.2
    2B 10 3 36.7 10 26 0 5 1.000 8.84   0.3
    3B 3 2 18.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1957 32 SEM AL 2B 5 1 13.0 3 2 1 1 .833 3.46   0.0
    1B 3 0 3.0 3 0 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.0
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1959 34 PIT NL SS 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  2B 193 171 1464.3 357 666 25 158 .976 6.29   4.7
  3B 21 15 135.0 10 38 4 2 .923 3.20   0.5
  SS 18 14 131.7 15 55 3 11 .959 4.79   0.4
  1B 9 0 9.0 9 0 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   241 200 1740.0 391 759 32 173 .973 5.95   5.6
Career Highs   121 120 991.0 246 432 20 111 1.000 6.16    
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 46th overall pick, by Seattle in 1948
Had first career hit on 4/4/1948, off Johnny Rigney (MIN)
Injured on 6/21/1948 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 9/26/1949, off Bobby Shantz (OAK)
3/3/1953: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle
Injured on 7/31/1953 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 5 weeks
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
3/3/1957: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle
Released by Seattle on 9/22/1957
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/8/1958 to a 4-year deal worth $320,000 per year
4/2/1958: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Injured on 8/23/1959 with a Fractured Knee, out for 5 weeks