Babe Young
Norman Robert Young
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 1, 1915 in Astoria, NY
High School: George Washington (New York, NY)
School: Fordham University (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1936
Final Game: October 2, 1948
Died: December 25, 1983 in Everett, MA
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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 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
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 101 328 287 37 80 17 1 11 59 1 34 22 .279 .365 .460 .825 140 132 4 5 2 O3
1946 30 NYG NL 104 321 291 30 81 11 0 7 33 3 30 21 .278 .346 .388 .734 107 113 5 0 0 3O
1947 31 TOT NL 109 417 378 55 104 22 3 14 79 0 35 27 .275 .340 .460 .800 111 174 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 95 403 364 55 103 21 3 14 79 0 35 26 .283 .349 .473 .822 117 172 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 4 0 1 3/O
1948 32 CIN NL 49 150 130 11 30 7 2 1 12 0 19 12 .231 .329 .338 .667 83 44 1 0 1 3/O
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 Seasons 728 2709 2403 320 656 121 17 79 415 9 274 161 .273 .352 .436 .788 117 1048 44 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 2029 1798 240 496 88 10 63 311 9 204 117 .276 .354 .441 .796 121 793 32 15 12
CIN (2 yrs) 144 553 494 66 133 28 5 15 91 0 54 38 .269 .344 .437 .781 108 216 9 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

Advanced Batting

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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 0.0 102 .000 .000 .285 .000 .344 .000 .398 .000 .742 -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 .749 127 .659 2.9 0.3 .846 .240 .173 .0
1940 24 NYG NL 632 413 89 5.8 99 .278 .286 .273 .367 .338 .441 .393 .807 .730 121 .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 .626 17.3 1.8 .776 .314 .197 1.9
1942 26 NYG NL 328 213 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 .339 .388 .369 .734 .708 107 .584 2.6 0.3 .679 .223 .110 4.2
1947 31 TOT NL 417 284 59 5.5 105 .267 .275 .273 .340 .348 .460 .405 .800 .752 111 .579 5.2 0.5 .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 403 271 59 5.8 105 .275 .283 .273 .349 .348 .473 .404 .822 .752 117 .600 8.1 0.8 .777 .286 .190 .0
1948 32 TOT NL 277 189 27 3.8 103 .249 .237 .270 .333 .345 .344 .400 .678 .744 83 .427 -5.2 -0.5 .628 .253 .108 .0
1948 32 CIN NL 150 102 14 3.6 99 .248 .231 .265 .329 .339 .338 .393 .667 .732 83 .409 -2.6 -0.3 .624 .254 .108 .0
1948 32 STL NL 127 87 13 4.0 107 .250 .243 .276 .339 .351 .351 .408 .690 .759 82 .448 -2.6 -0.3 .632 .252 .108 .0
8 Seasons 2709 1806 364 5.4 98 .267 .273 .269 .352 .340 .436 .385 .788 .725 117 .607 54.3 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) 2029 1346 278 5.5 95 .268 .276 .268 .354 .337 .441 .379 .796 .716 121 .628 51.4 5.3 .765 .284 .165 15.8
CIN (2 yrs) 553 373 73 5.2 103 .268 .269 .271 .344 .345 .437 .401 .781 .747 108 .557 5.5 0.5 .735 .277 .168 .0
STL (1 yr) 127 87 13 4.0 107 .250 .243 .276 .339 .351 .351 .408 .690 .759 82 .447 -2.6 -0.3 .632 .252 .108 .0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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 1694 1493 210 414 76 10 56 278 6 174 95 .277 .359 .454 .813 126 678 27 15 12
1943 27 425 1694 1493 210 414 76 10 56 278 6 174 95 .277 .359 .454 .813 126 678 27 15 12
1944 28 425 1694 1493 210 414 76 10 56 278 6 174 95 .277 .359 .454 .813 126 678 27 15 12
1945 29 425 1694 1493 210 414 76 10 56 278 6 174 95 .277 .359 .454 .813 126 678 27 15 12
1946 30 529 2015 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 44 17 15

Neutralized Batting

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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 86 78 8 23 4 0 3 14 0 5 6 .295 .360 .462 .822 13 22
1940 24 157 659 585 79 167 28 4 18 106 4 72 29 .285 .366 .439 .805 94 149
1941 25 158 672 598 95 160 29 5 26 110 1 69 40 .268 .348 .463 .811 96 152
1942 26 107 355 310 44 91 19 1 13 71 1 39 23 .294 .383 .487 .870 56 101
1946 30 109 342 309 35 90 12 0 8 38 3 33 22 .291 .360 .408 .767 45 104
1947 31 114 432 394 56 108 23 3 15 80 0 36 28 .274 .338 .462 .800 61 109
1948 32 94 287 251 25 59 12 4 2 25 0 36 19 .235 .331 .339 .670 28 90
8 Seasons 763 2834 2526 342 698 127 17 85 444 9 290 167 .276 .355 .441 .796 393 728
162 Game Avg. 162 602 536 73 148 27 4 18 94 2 62 35 .276 .355 .441 .796 83 728

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 (1094th)

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 InkBatting - 34 (703), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1367), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1568), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Ben Broussard (942)
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  8. Larry Sheets (940)
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  10. Dick Gernert (936)
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  3. Earl Torgeson (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. John Jaha (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Walt Dropo (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Gordy Coleman (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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