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Babe Young

Norman Robert Young

Positions: First Baseman and Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 1, 1915 in Astoria, NY
High School: George Washington HS (New York, NY)
School: Fordham University (New York, NY) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1936
Teams (by GP): Giants/Reds/Cardinals 1936-1948

Final Game: October 2, 1948
Died: December 25, 1983 in Everett, MA
Buried: Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Windsor, CT
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1936	20	NYG	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0

1937	21	SFG-min	B	138	554	554		184	39	12	15					.332	.332	.527	.859		292					RMD · PIED
1938	22	SFG-CLE-min	B,A1	130	484	484		165	38	7	17					.341	.341	.554	.895		268					RMD,NOR · PIED,SOUA
1939	23	PIT-min	A1	156	613	613		223	50	13	21					.364	.364	.591	.954		362					KNX · SOUA
1939	23	NYG	NL	22	84	75	8	23	4	0	3	14	0	5	6	.307	.373	.480	.853	127	36	0	3	1	3
1940	24	NYG	NL	149	632	556	75	159	27	4	17	101	4	69	28	.286	.367	.441	.807	121	245	11	2	5	*3	MVP-26
1941	25	NYG	NL	152	649	574	90	152	28	5	25	104	1	66	39	.265	.346	.462	.807	124	265	12	5	4	*3	MVP-21
1942	26	NYG	NL	101	327	287	37	80	17	1	11	59	1	34	22	.279	.365	.460	.825	140	132	4	5	2	8O3

1946	30	NYG	NL	104	321	291	30	81	11	0	7	33	3	30	21	.278	.346	.388	.734	108	113	5	0	0	3O8/9
1947	31	TOT	NL	109	418	378	55	104	22	3	14	79	0	35	27	.275	.340	.460	.800	110	174	8	2	2	3
1947	31	NYG	NL	14	14	14	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.071	.071	.143	.214	-45	2	0	0	0
1947	31	CIN	NL	95	404	364	55	103	21	3	14	79	0	35	26	.283	.349	.473	.822	116	172	8	2	2	3
1948	32	TOT	NL	90	277	241	25	57	12	4	2	25	0	35	18	.237	.333	.344	.678	83	83	3	0	1	3/9
1948	32	CIN	NL	49	150	130	11	30	7	2	1	12	0	19	12	.231	.329	.338	.667	83	44	0	0	1	3/O9
1948	32	STL	NL	41	127	111	14	27	5	2	1	13	0	16	6	.243	.339	.351	.690	82	39	3	0	0	3
8 Yrs				728	2709	2403	320	656	121	17	79	415	9	274	161	.273	.352	.436	.788	117	1048	43	17	15
162 Game Avg.				162	603	535	71	146	27	4	18	92	2	61	36	.273	.352	.436	.788	117	233	10	4	3

NYG (7 yrs)				543	2028	1798	240	496	88	10	63	311	9	204	117	.276	.354	.441	.796	122	793	32	15	12
CIN (2 yrs)				144	554	494	66	133	28	5	15	91	0	54	38	.269	.344	.437	.781	108	216	8	2	3
STL (1 yr)				41	127	111	14	27	5	2	1	13	0	16	6	.243	.339	.351	.690	82	39	3	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1936	20	NYG	NL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.469	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

1939	23	NYG	NL	22	84	3	0	0	-1	-1	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.505	.501	0.4	-0.2	4	$	3
1940	24	NYG	NL	149	632	18	-0	0	2	-7	12	1.2	22	35	3.4	.509	.508	3.2	-0.6	33	$	*3	MVP-26
1941	25	NYG	NL	152	649	18	0	0	-7	-7	5	0.4	23	27	2.6	.503	.503	3.4	-1.6	34	$	*3	MVP-21
1942	26	NYG	NL	101	327	14	0	0	-2	-1	11	1.2	10	21	2.2	.512	.508	2.5	-0.4	23	$	8O3

1946	30	NYG	NL	104	321	3	-0	0	-3	-3	-3	-0.3	11	9	0.8	.497	.498	1.1	-0.6	12	$	3O8/9
1947	31	NYG	NL	14	14	-3	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.479	.498	-0.2	0.0	-2	$
1947	31	CIN	NL	95	404	8	0	0	-4	-4	0	0.1	14	14	1.4	.500	.500	1.9	-0.8	18	$	3
1948	32	CIN	NL	49	150	-2	-0	0	0	-2	-4	-0.4	5	1	0.1	.492	.497	0.1	-0.2	1	$	3/O9
1948	32	STL	NL	41	127	-2	0	-0	-2	-2	-6	-0.6	4	-1	-0.2	.485	.496	0.0	-0.4	1	$	3
8 Seasons				728	2709	56	0	0	-17	-26	14	1.3	93	107	10.4	.502	.501	12.4	-4.7	124	$

NYG (7 yrs)				543	2028	53	0	0	-11	-19	24	2.2	69	93	9.1	.505	.502	10.4	-3.4	104	$
CIN (2 yrs)				144	554	6	0	0	-4	-6	-4	-0.4	19	16	1.5	.497	.499	2.0	-1.0	20	$
STL (1 yr)				41	127	-2	0	-0	-2	-2	-6	-0.6	4	-1	-0.2	.485	.496	0.0	-0.4	1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1936	20	NYG	NL	1	1	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.286	.000	.345	.000	.400	.000	.745	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1939	23	NYG	NL	84	53	13	6.5	104	.303	.307	.281	.373	.347	.480	.402	.853	.750	127	.659	2.8	0.3	.846	.240	.173	.0
1940	24	NYG	NL	632	413	89	5.8	99	.278	.286	.273	.367	.338	.441	.393	.807	.731	121	.627	17.0	1.7	.784	.286	.155	6.5
1941	25	NYG	NL	649	438	90	5.5	96	.249	.265	.268	.346	.339	.462	.378	.807	.717	124	.627	17.3	1.8	.776	.314	.197	1.9
1942	26	NYG	NL	327	213	47	6.0	88	.272	.279	.257	.365	.329	.460	.357	.825	.686	140	.693	14.8	1.6	.815	.303	.181	1.8

1946	30	NYG	NL	321	215	39	4.9	93	.281	.278	.263	.346	.338	.388	.368	.734	.706	108	.584	2.9	0.3	.679	.223	.110	4.2
1947	31	TOT	NL	418	284	59	5.5	106	.267	.275	.274	.340	.349	.460	.406	.800	.756	110	.579	4.6	0.4	.748	.278	.185	.0
1947	31	NYG	NL	14	13	0	0.0	107	.077	.071	.275	.071	.351	.143	.408	.214	.759	-45	.000	-2.9	-0.3	.154	.071	.071
1947	31	CIN	NL	404	271	59	5.8	106	.275	.283	.274	.349	.349	.473	.406	.822	.756	116	.600	7.6	0.7	.777	.286	.190	.0
1948	32	TOT	NL	277	188	27	3.8	103	.249	.237	.270	.333	.345	.344	.400	.678	.745	83	.429	-5.3	-0.5	.631	.253	.108	.0
1948	32	CIN	NL	150	101	14	3.7	99	.248	.231	.265	.329	.339	.338	.393	.667	.732	83	.414	-2.6	-0.3	.630	.254	.108	.0
1948	32	STL	NL	127	87	13	4.0	107	.250	.243	.276	.339	.351	.351	.408	.690	.760	82	.448	-2.6	-0.3	.632	.252	.108	.0
8 Yrs				2709	1805	364	5.4	98	.267	.273	.269	.352	.340	.436	.385	.788	.725	117	.607	53.9	5.6	.753	.281	.163	16.2
162 Game Avg.				603	402	81	5.4	98	.267	.273	.269	.352	.340	.436	.385	.788	.725	117	.607	12	1	.753	.281	.163	4

NYG (7 yrs)				2028	1346	278	5.5	95	.268	.276	.268	.354	.337	.441	.379	.796	.716	122	.628	51.6	5.3	.765	.284	.165	15.8
CIN (2 yrs)				554	372	73	5.2	104	.268	.269	.272	.344	.347	.437	.403	.781	.749	108	.558	5.0	0.5	.737	.277	.168	.0
STL (1 yr)				127	87	13	4.0	107	.250	.243	.276	.339	.351	.351	.408	.690	.760	82	.448	-2.6	-0.3	.632	.252	.108	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1936	20	NYG	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%

1939	23	NYG	NL	84	3.6%	7.1%	6.0%	8.3%	30%	1.20	12.5	25.0	5.4		79%
1940	24	NYG	NL	632	2.7%	4.4%	10.9%	7.6%	30%	0.41	19.9	32.7	5.5		81%
1941	25	NYG	NL	649	3.9%	6.0%	10.2%	8.9%	38%	0.59	14.7	23.0	5.5		79%
1942	26	NYG	NL	327	3.4%	6.7%	10.4%	8.9%	36%	0.65	13.0	26.1	4.9		78%

1946	30	NYG	NL	321	2.2%	6.5%	9.4%	5.6%	22%	0.70	13.9	41.6	8.8		82%
1947	31	TOT	NL	418	3.4%	6.5%	8.4%	9.3%	38%	0.77	14.0	27.0	4.8		81%
1947	31	NYG	NL	14	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	7.1%	100%		14.0				93%
1947	31	CIN	NL	404	3.5%	6.4%	8.7%	9.4%	37%	0.74	14.0	26.0	4.6		80%
1948	32	TOT	NL	277	0.7%	6.5%	12.6%	6.5%	32%	0.51	13.4	120.5	9.6	0.79	80%
1948	32	CIN	NL	150	0.7%	8.0%	12.7%	6.7%	33%	0.63	10.8	130.0	10.8	0.97	78%
1948	32	STL	NL	127	0.8%	4.7%	12.6%	6.3%	30%	0.38	18.5	111.0	8.5	0.53	82%
8 Yrs				2709	2.9%	5.9%	10.1%	8.0%	33%	0.59	14.9	30.4	5.8	0.79	80%
MLB Averages					1.4%	9.1%	9.0%	6.3%	27%	1.01	9.8	65.2	8.3	0.97	79%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1936	20	NYG	NL	-0.3	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1939	23	NYG	NL	2.8	0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1940	24	NYG	NL	17.0	1.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1941	25	NYG	NL	16.6	1.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1942	26	NYG	NL	14.8	1.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	30	NYG	NL	2.9	0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	31	TOT	NL	4.6	0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	31	NYG	NL	-2.9	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	31	CIN	NL	7.6	0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	32	TOT	NL	-5.3	-0.5	136	-0.2	2.4	-2.6	1.18	-0.3	0.1	-5.0	-0.5	1.06	-4.4	1.54	6
1948	32	CIN	NL	-2.6	-0.3	96	-0.0	1.7	-1.7	1.20	-0.0	0.0	-2.5	-0.3	1.03	-1.8	1.90	3
1948	32	STL	NL	-2.6	-0.3	40	-0.2	0.6	-0.9	1.13	-0.2	0.0	-2.5	-0.2	1.12	-2.6	1.18	3
8 Yrs				53.3	5.5	136	-0.2	2.4	-2.6	1.18	-0.3	0.1	-5.0	-0.5	1.06	-4.4	1.54	6

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	SB	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	32	TOT	NL	26%	48	0	1	3	3	27%	4	4	2	1	5	1	3
1948	32	CIN	NL	21%	37	0	1	3	3	30%	4	4	1	0	5	1	3
1948	32	STL	NL	31%	11	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
8 Yrs				28%	48	9	1	3	3	27%	4	4	2	1	5	1	3

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	32	TOT	NL	277	75%	57			6	1	0	1	1.54	2	0	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	1		34	3	9%	14	7	50%	105	12	11%	11	7	64%	7	3	43%	0
1948	32	CIN	NL	150	64%	30			3	1	0	1	1.90	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1		22	0	0%	11	6	55%	70	7	10%	6	4	67%	5	3	60%	0
1948	32	STL	NL	127	100%	27			3	0	0	0	1.18	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		12	3	25%	3	1	33%	35	5	14%	5	3	60%	2	0	0%	0
8 Yrs				277	75%	656			6	1	0	1	1.54	79	0	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	15		34	43	126%	14	7	50%	105	12	11%	11	7	64%	7	3	43%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			2015%			186%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1936	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1937	21	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1938	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1939	23	23	85	76	8	23	4	0	3	14	0	5	6	.303	.369	.474	.843	124	36	0	3	1
1940	24	172	717	632	83	182	31	4	20	115	4	74	34	.288	.367	.445	.812	121	281	11	5	6
1941	25	324	1366	1206	173	334	59	9	45	219	5	140	73	.277	.357	.453	.810	123	546	23	10	10
1942	26	425	1693	1493	210	414	76	10	56	278	6	174	95	.277	.359	.454	.813	126	678	27	15	12
1943	27	425	1693	1493	210	414	76	10	56	278	6	174	95	.277	.359	.454	.813	126	678	27	15	12
1944	28	425	1693	1493	210	414	76	10	56	278	6	174	95	.277	.359	.454	.813	126	678	27	15	12
1945	29	425	1693	1493	210	414	76	10	56	278	6	174	95	.277	.359	.454	.813	126	678	27	15	12
1946	30	529	2014	1784	240	495	87	10	63	311	9	204	116	.277	.356	.443	.800	123	791	32	15	12
1947	31	638	2432	2162	295	599	109	13	77	390	9	239	143	.277	.354	.446	.800	121	965	40	17	14
1948	32	728	2709	2403	320	656	121	17	79	415	9	274	161	.273	.352	.436	.788	117	1048	43	17	15

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1936	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1

1939	23	23	87	78	8	23	4	0	3	14	0	5	6	.295	.360	.462	.822	13	22
1940	24	157	664	585	79	167	28	4	18	106	4	72	29	.285	.366	.439	.805	94	149
1941	25	158	676	598	95	160	29	5	26	110	1	69	40	.268	.348	.463	.811	96	152
1942	26	107	357	310	44	91	19	1	13	71	1	39	23	.294	.383	.487	.870	56	101

1946	30	109	344	310	35	91	12	0	8	39	3	34	22	.294	.363	.410	.773	46	104
1947	31	114	434	394	56	108	23	3	15	80	0	36	28	.274	.338	.462	.800	61	109
1948	32	94	288	251	25	59	12	4	2	25	0	36	19	.235	.331	.339	.670	28	90
8 Yrs		763	2851	2527	342	699	127	17	85	445	9	291	167	.277	.355	.441	.797	394	728
162 Game Avg.		162	605	537	73	148	27	4	18	94	2	62	35	.277	.355	.441	.797	84	728

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1940 NL (26, 2%) 1941 NL (21, 3%) 0.05 Career Shares (1113th)	Slugging % s c a p y 1941 NL .462 (8th) 1942 NL .460 (9th)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1942 NL .825 (9th)	Games Played s c a p y 1940 NL 149 (7th) 1941 NL 152 (5th)
At Bats s c a p y 1941 NL 574 (7th)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1940 NL 632 (9th) 1941 NL 649 (5th)	Runs Scored s c a p y 1941 NL 90 (7th)	Total Bases s c a p y 1941 NL 265 (5th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1940 NL 17 (8th) 1941 NL 25 (4th) 1942 NL 11 (10th)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1940 NL 101 (5th) 1941 NL 104 (2nd)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1940 NL 69 (9th)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1942 NL 140 (10th)
Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1941 NL 58 (5th)	Times On Base s c a p y 1940 NL 230 (10th) 1941 NL 223 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1941 NL 5 (3rd) 1942 NL 5 (7th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1941 NL 23.0 (5th) 1942 NL 26.1 (4th)
Outs Made s c a p y 1941 NL 438 (7th)	Youngest s c a p y 1936 NL born 1915-07-01 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 34 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 6 (1412), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 11 (1505), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Wally Joyner (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mo Vaughn (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Earl Torgeson (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mitchell Page (947) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Walt Dropo (955) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Gordy Coleman (954) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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