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Anthony Young

Anthony Wayne Young

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 19, 1966 in Houston, TX
High School: Furr (Houston, TX)
School: University of Houston
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 38th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 5, 1991
Teams (by GP): Mets/Cubs/Astros 1991-1996
Agents: Levinsons [*]
Final Game: June 19, 1996
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1987	21	NYM-min	A-	3	4	.429	4.53	14	9	0	0	0	0	53.2	58	37	27	6	25	1	48	1	0	4			1.547	9.7	1.0	4.2	8.0	1.92	LFA · NYPL
1988	22	NYM-min	A-	3	5	.375	2.20	15	10	2	4	0	0	73.2	51	33	18	1	34	0	75	0	1	9			1.154	6.2	0.1	4.2	9.2	2.21	LFA · NYPL
1989	23	NYM-min	A	9	6	.600	3.49	21	17	2	8	1	0	129.0	115	60	50	5	55	1	127	4	3	7			1.318	8.0	0.3	3.8	8.9	2.31	CLM · SALL
1990	24	NYM-min	AA	15	3	.833	1.65	23	23	0	3	1	0	158.0	116	38	29	3	52	5	95	3	1	7			1.063	6.6	0.2	3.0	5.4	1.83	JAC · TL
1991	25	NYM-min	AAA	7	9	.438	3.73	25	25	0	3	1	0	164.0	172	74	68	13	67	2	93	1	1	6	702		1.457	9.4	0.7	3.7	5.1	1.39	TID · IL
1991	25	NYM	NL	2	5	.286	3.10	10	8	2	0	0	0	49.1	48	20	17	4	12	1	20	1	0	1	202	119	1.216	8.8	0.7	2.2	3.6	1.67
1992	26	NYM	NL	2	14	.125	4.17	52	13	26	1	0	15	121.0	134	66	56	8	31	5	64	1	1	3	517	84	1.364	10.0	0.6	2.3	4.8	2.06
1993	27	NYM-min	AAA	1	1	.500	1.12	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.0	14	2	2	1	5	0	8	0	0	0	60		1.188	7.9	0.6	2.8	4.5	1.60	NFK · IL
1993	27	NYM	NL	1	16	.059	3.77	39	10	19	1	0	3	100.1	103	62	42	8	42	9	62	1	2	0	445	108	1.445	9.2	0.7	3.8	5.6	1.48
1994	28	CHC	NL	4	6	.400	3.92	20	19	0	0	0	0	114.2	103	57	50	12	46	2	65	0	1	4	474	107	1.299	8.1	0.9	3.6	5.1	1.41
1995	29	CHC-min	A+,AA,AAA	0	1	.000	5.29	11	4	3	0	0	0	17.0	20	11	10	0	11	0	14	0	0	0	83		1.824	10.6	0.0	5.8	7.4	1.27	DYT,ORL,IWA · FLOR,SOUL,AA
1995	29	CHC	NL	3	4	.429	3.70	32	1	8	0	0	2	41.1	47	20	17	5	14	2	15	3	0	6	181	112	1.476	10.2	1.1	3.0	3.3	1.07
1996	30	HOU-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	3.86	4	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	3	3	2	1	5	2	3	0	0	0	22		1.714	5.8	1.9	9.6	5.8	0.60	TUC · PCL
1996	30	HOU	NL	3	3	.500	4.59	28	0	10	0	0	0	33.1	36	18	17	4	22	4	19	4	1	2	158	86	1.740	9.7	1.1	5.9	5.1	0.86
1998	32	CLE-min	AAA	2	3	.400	6.34	9	6	1	1	1	0	38.1	39	32	27	2	18	1	12	3	0	1	171		1.487	9.2	0.5	4.2	2.8	0.67	BFL · IL
6 Seasons				15	48	.238	3.89	181	51	65	2	0	20	460.0	471	243	199	41	167	23	245	10	5	16	1977	100	1.387	9.2	0.8	3.3	4.8	1.47
162 Game Avg.				4	14	.238	3.89	53	15	19	1	0	6	135	138	71	58	12	49	7	72	3	1	5	579	100	1.387	9.2	0.8	3.3	4.8	1.47

NYM (3 yrs)				5	35	.125	3.82	101	31	47	2	0	18	270.2	285	148	115	20	85	15	146	3	3	4	1164	98	1.367	9.5	0.7	2.8	4.9	1.72
CHC (2 yrs)				7	10	.412	3.87	52	20	8	0	0	2	156.0	150	77	67	17	60	4	80	3	1	10	655	108	1.346	8.7	1.0	3.5	4.6	1.33
HOU (1 yr)				3	3	.500	4.59	28	0	10	0	0	0	33.1	36	18	17	4	22	4	19	4	1	2	158	86	1.740	9.7	1.1	5.9	5.1	0.86

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1991	25	NYM	NL	49.1	8	20	29	-2	.9	9	0.9	$
1992	26	NYM	NL	121.0	13	66	66	-4	1.2	0	-0.4	$115,000
1993	27	NYM	NL	100.1	10	62	62	-2	1.2	0	-0.3	$205,000
1994	28	CHC	NL	114.2	19	57	68	1	1.0	11	1.1	$230,000
1995	29	CHC	NL	41.1	1	20	25	0	.9	5	0.2	$380,000
1996	30	HOU	NL	33.1	0	18	19	0	.8	1	-0.1	$275,000
6 Seasons				460.0	51	243	269	-7	1.1	26	1.4	$1,205,000

NYM (3 yrs)				270.2	31	148	157	-8	1.1	9	0.2	$320,000
CHC (2 yrs)				156.0	20	77	93	1	1.0	16	1.3	$610,000
HOU (1 yr)				33.1	0	18	19	0	.8	1	-0.1	$275,000

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1987	21	NYM-min	A-	14	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.100	.200		1		0	1	0	0	LFA · NYPL
1988	22	NYM-min	A-	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	LFA · NYPL
1989	23	NYM-min	A	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	CLM · SALL
1990	24	NYM-min	AA	23	36	33	4	10	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	13	.303	.303	.394	.697		13		0	3	0	0	JAC · TL
1991	25	NYM-min	AAA	27	23	19	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	10	.211	.250	.263	.513		5		1	3	0	0	TID · IL
1991	25	NYM	NL	10	15	14	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.214	.357	-0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1
1992	26	NYM	NL	52	30	27	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.111	.143	.111	.254	-27	3	0	0	2	0	0	1
1993	27	NYM-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	NFK · IL
1993	27	NYM	NL	39	17	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.143	.200	.143	.343	-6	2	1	0	2	0	0	1
1994	28	CHC	NL	20	39	34	3	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	11	.176	.176	.206	.382	0	7	1	0	5	0	0	1
1995	29	CHC-min	AA,A+,AAA	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	ORL,DYT,IWA · SOUL,FLOR,AA
1995	29	CHC	NL	32	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	257	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	30	HOU-min	AAA	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	TUC · PCL
1996	30	HOU	NL	28	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	32	CLE-min	AAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	BFL · IL
6 Seasons				181	106	94	7	15	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	33	.160	.177	.181	.358	-2	17	2	0	10	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	95	84	6	13	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	30	.160	.177	.181	.358	-2	15	2	0	9	0	0

NYM (3 yrs)				101	62	55	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	20	.127	.158	.145	.303	-14	8	1	0	5	0	0
CHC (2 yrs)				52	42	37	5	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	11	.216	.216	.243	.459	21	9	1	0	5	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				28	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1991	25	NYM	NL	15	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1992	26	NYM	NL	30	-4	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$115,000	1
1993	27	NYM	NL	17	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$205,000	1
1994	28	CHC	NL	39	-5	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$230,000	1
1995	29	CHC	NL	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$380,000	1
1996	30	HOU	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$275,000	1
6 Seasons				106	-13	0	1	0	0	10	2	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$1,205,000

NYM (3 yrs)				62	-8	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$320,000
CHC (2 yrs)				42	-4	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$610,000
HOU (1 yr)				2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$275,000

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1991	NYM	NL	25	P	10	8	0	49.1	9	4	4	1	0	.889	1.46	0.80	.956	1.86	1.85	3	1	25%	0
1992	NYM	NL	26	P	52	13	1	121.0	30	13	15	2	1	.933	2.08	0.54	.954	1.94	1.94	10	6	38%	1
1993	NYM	NL	27	P	39	10	1	100.1	26	9	14	3	1	.885	2.06	0.59	.953	1.84	1.83	15	2	12%	0
1994	CHC	NL	28	P	20	19	0	114.2	33	14	18	1	1	.970	2.51	1.60	.958	1.86	1.85	9	6	40%	0
1995	CHC	NL	29	P	32	1	0	41.1	10	5	3	2	1	.800	1.74	0.25	.956	1.83	1.83	3	2	40%	0
1996	HOU	NL	30	P	28	0	0	33.1	6	1	5	0	1	1.000	1.62	0.21	.953	1.84	1.83	4	4	50%	1
	6 Seasons			P	181	51	2	460.0	114	46	59	9	5	.921	2.05	0.58	.955	1.87	1.87	44	21	32%	2
	6 Seasons			TOT	181	51	2	460.0	114	46	59	9	5	.921	2.05	0.58	.955	1.87	1.87	44	21	32%	2

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1994 NL 8.084 (10th)	Saves s c a p y 1992 NL 15 (10th)	Losses s c a p y 1992 NL 14 (3rd) 1993 NL 16 (4th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1994 NL 8.084 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1992 NL 15 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1992 NL 14 (3rd)
1993 NL 16 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 5 (1863), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Mike Marshall (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Marshall (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Harry Parker (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Wally Whitehurst (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Priddy (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 4, 1984: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 10th round of the 1984 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 2, 1987: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 38th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1987.
March 30, 1994: Traded by the New York Mets with Ottis Smith (minors) to the Chicago Cubs for Jose Vizcaino.
December 20, 1995: Granted Free Agency.
January 5, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.
October 4, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1992	26	New York Mets	$115,000	4/2/92 USA Today
1993	27	New York Mets	$205,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1994	28	Chicago Cubs	$230,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1995	29	Chicago Cubs	$380,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $150,000 earned bonus
1996	30	Houston Astros	$275,000	4/10/96 Baseball Weekly survey

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$1,205,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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