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Babe
Young		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: July 1, 1915 in Usa, NY, ASTORIA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1946   
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
1939 23 NYG NL     6 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1940 24 NYG NL     6 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 10 10
1941 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 5 7 6 10 10 10
1942 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 6 6 7 8 7 6 8 7 10 10 10
1943 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 6 6 7 8 8 7 8 7 9 10 10
1944 28 NYG NL $ 2,685,714   7 7 6 5 6 6 7 8 7 6 7 7 9 9 9
1945 29 TAM AL $ 2,685,714   7 7 7 5 6 5 7 8 8 6 7 7 9 9 9
1946 30 TAM AL $ 2,685,714   7 7 6 4 5 4 7 8 7 6 7 6 9 9 9
1947 31 TAM AL $ 2,500,000   7 7 6 4 5 4 7 8 7 5 7 6 9 9 9
1948 32 TAM AL $ 2,500,000   7 7 6 4 5 4 7 8 7 5 6 6 8 9 8
1949 33 CIN NL     6 6 5 2 3 2 5 6 5 4 5 5 6 7 7
1950 34 BSN NL $ 800,000   4 4 3 1 1 1 4 5 4 2 4 3 4 4 4
1951 35 BSN NL $ 450,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,685,714   7 7 7 5 6 6 7 8 8 7 8 7 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
1939 23 AAA   135 502 75 151 29 7 25 87 8 7 64 25 .301 .380 .536 .916 96.4  
1940 24 AAA   137 508 91 151 24 1 36 108 4 6 83 15 .297 .396 .561 .957 107.9  
1941 25 NYG NL 140 472 66 124 28 5 12 63 0 0 49 20 .263 .330 .419 .750 64.0 9.8
1942 26 NYG NL 132 418 58 104 21 0 10 61 0 0 51 13 .249 .329 .371 .700 50.6 5.0
1943 27 NYG NL 125 398 69 121 26 2 13 72 0 0 46 6 .304 .371 .477 .848 67.3 11.9
1944 28 NYG NL 97 171 23 48 8 2 6 42 0 0 21 4 .281 .359 .456 .815 26.0 3.7
1945 29 NYG NL 33 56 10 13 2 0 1 5 0 0 7 6 .232 .313 .321 .634 5.6 0.2
  TAM AL 103 391 64 112 25 1 11 87 0 0 50 21 .286 .365 .440 .805 57.6 9.6
  TOT   136 447 74 125 27 1 12 92 0 0 57 27 .280 .358 .425 .783 63.2 9.8
1946 30 TAM AL 134 470 97 157 31 4 9 102 2 1 69 23 .334 .415 .474 .890 88.7 18.6
1947 31 TAM AL 119 310 46 92 19 0 11 72 0 0 41 18 .297 .379 .465 .843 47.7 9.5
1948 32 TAM AL 142 447 59 120 26 1 7 74 0 0 48 33 .268 .338 .378 .716 57.3 7.6
1949 33 CIN NL 94 115 12 33 9 0 3 11 0 0 11 20 .287 .349 .443 .793 16.0 2.6
1950 34 BSN NL 11 11 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .273 .273 .273 .545 0.8 0.1
10 Years Sim 1130 3259 504 927 195 15 83 591 2 1 393 165 .284 .359 .430 .789 481.6 78.6
2 Years AAA 272 1010 166 302 53 8 61 195 12 13 147 40 .299 .389 .549 .937 204.3  
162 Game Average 467 72 132 27 2 11 84 0 0 56 23 .284 .359 .430 .789 69.0  
Career Highs 142 472 97 157 31 5 13 102 2 1 69 33 .334 .415 .477 .890 88.7  
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   2764 436 801 171 15 75 530 2 1 347 128 .290 .366 .444 .810 446.3
vs LH   495 68 126 24 0 8 61 0 0 46 37 .255 .318 .352 .669 56.0
Home 558 1554 228 449 95 7 41 308 2 0 196 81 .289 .366 .438 .804 248.6
Away 572 1705 276 478 100 8 42 283 0 1 197 84 .280 .353 .422 .775 253.7
RISP   1018 0 310 58 10 23 479 0 0 145 54 .305 .381 .449 .830 176.1
Pinch Hitting   272 35 87 18 2 6 51 0 0 32 20 .320 .389 .467 .856 47.3
Close/Late   418 47 112 26 1 10 71 0 0 55 26 .268 .350 .407 .757 61.0
Mar/Apr 189 479 86 128 26 3 14 91 1 0 70 26 .267 .362 .422 .783 74.8
May 198 540 87 158 31 2 12 94 0 1 52 37 .293 .353 .424 .777 78.9
June 191 568 69 152 41 2 14 110 0 0 66 27 .268 .342 .421 .762 81.8
July 167 531 85 140 34 4 12 92 0 0 66 26 .264 .342 .411 .753 75.8
August 193 558 85 163 27 0 18 100 0 0 70 16 .292 .366 .437 .803 90.2
Sep/Oct 191 583 92 186 36 4 13 104 1 0 69 33 .319 .389 .461 .851 100.8
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
1941 25 NYG NL LF 67 62 551.0 114 6 2 2 .984 1.96   2.3
    RF 59 55 490.0 116 3 1 0 .992 2.19    
    CF 8 2 30.7 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.52    
    1B 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1942 26 NYG NL 1B 67 66 524.0 740 54 7 64 .991 13.64   1.2
    LF 55 45 415.0 77 2 0 1 1.000 1.71   1.2
    RF 7 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    CF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1943 27 NYG NL 1B 104 100 843.7 1165 91 12 103 .991 13.40   2.1
    LF 17 0 35.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.51   0.1
    RF 1 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    CF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1944 28 NYG NL 1B 27 23 195.0 251 22 2 32 .993 12.60   0.3
    RF 12 7 76.7 15 0 1 0 .938 1.76   0.2
    LF 10 1 29.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.24    
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1945 29 NYG NL LF 26 25 117.4 24 0 1 0 .960 1.84   0.2
    RF 1 1 3.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.73   0.0
    CF 1 1 3.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.90   0.0
    1B 0 0 1.1 2 0 0 0 1.000 16.36   0.0
  TAM AL LF 80 79 814.3 164 1 4 1 .976 1.82   1.9
    RF 2 2 22.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.19   0.0
    CF 3 2 21.9 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.0
    1B 1 1 7.9 12 3 0 2 1.000 17.09   0.0
  TOT   LF 106 104 931.7 188 1 5 1 .974 1.83   2.2
      RF 3 3 26.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.38   0.0
      CF 4 3 25.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.16   0.0
      1B 1 1 9.0 14 3 0 2 1.000 17.00   0.0
1946 30 TAM AL LF 121 118 1057.0 199 4 4 1 .981 1.73   0.9
1947 31 TAM AL LF 89 62 599.7 134 1 6 0 .957 2.03   0.7
    CF 4 4 37.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.68    
    RF 3 3 27.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67    
    1B 1 0 7.0 9 3 0 0 1.000 15.43   0.0
1948 32 TAM AL LF 116 105 905.7 183 4 5 0 .974 1.86   0.7
    RF 6 4 39.7 8 1 0 1 1.000 2.04    
    CF 4 2 20.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 1 0 .500 4.50   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1949 33 CIN NL 1B 7 5 45.0 74 7 0 7 1.000 16.20   0.1
    LF 7 3 33.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.55   0.1
    CF 6 0 15.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.45    
    RF 7 0 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
1950 34 BSN NL LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LF 589 500 4559.7 907 18 22 5 .977 1.83   8.2
  1B 209 195 1626.0 2257 180 21 208 .991 13.49   3.8
  RF 98 72 688.3 153 5 2 1 .988 2.07   0.2
  CF 34 11 142.0 38 0 0 0 1.000 2.41   0.0
  2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 1 0 .500 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   931 778 7018.0 3355 204 46 214 .987 4.56   12.1
Career Highs   135 119 1072.0 1171 92 12 103 1.000 12.80    
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
1945 29 TAM AL 8 22 7 8 3 0 1 6 0 0 6 1 .364 .500 .636 1.136
1946 30 TAM AL 4 15 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 .267 .313 .467 .779
1947 31 TAM AL 4 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .800 1.200
Career Post-Season Batting 16 42 11 14 3 1 2 9 0 0 7 4 .333 .429 .595 1.024
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.
Batting Average
1946-4-.334
 On-Base Pct
1946-5-.415
 OPS
1946-6-.890
 RBIs
1946-9-102
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by New York (G) in 1939
Had first career hit on 4/4/1941, off Dizzy Trout (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/4/1941, off Dizzy Trout (BSN)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Montreal on 8/1/1941
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
Drove in 8 runs against Pittsburgh on 4/8/1944
Injured on 6/28/1944 with a Torn Hip Muscle, out for 2 weeks
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (N) to Tampa Bay on 6/1/1945 (Going to NYG: P Tom Ferrick. Going to TAM: RF Babe Young)
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 5/29/1946
7/1/1946: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $2,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1946, hitting .737 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Injured on 8/3/1948 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Tampa Bay to Cincinnati on 3/3/1949 (Going to TAM: C Steve Souchock, C Clyde Mccullough, LF Jeff Heath. Going to CIN: P Jack Hallett, LF Babe Young, CF Guy Curtright)
Released by Cincinnati on 10/3/1949
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/5/1950 to a 1-year deal worth $800,000 per year
7/1/1950: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $450,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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