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

Born: July 1, 1915 in Astoria, NY
Schools: Fordham University (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1936
Final Game: October 2, 1948
Died: December 25, 1983 in Everett, MA
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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
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1939 NYG NL 23 1B 22 227 214 9 4 18 .982 10.14 .989 10.02
1940 NYG NL 24 1B 147 1604 1505 86 13 112 .992 10.82 .990 6.80 MVP-26
1941 NYG NL 25 1B 150 1503 1395 87 21 124 .986 9.88 .989 6.67 MVP-21
1942 NYG NL 26 OF 54 108 101 4 3 2 .972 1.94 .981 2.15 0-54-0
1942 NYG NL 26 1B 18 174 159 12 3 11 .983 9.50 .989 9.66
1946 NYG NL 30 1B 49 482 452 24 6 25 .988 9.71 .991 9.28
1946 NYG NL 30 OF 24 41 40 0 1 0 .976 1.67 .978 2.16 0-17-7
1947 CIN NL 31 1B 93 794 730 56 8 66 .990 8.45 .991 9.24
1948 TOT NL 32 1B 66 559 527 29 3 54 .995 8.42 .990 8.94
1948 CIN NL 32 1B 31 284 261 21 2 31 .993 9.10 .990 8.94
1948 CIN NL 32 OF 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.000 2.20 0-0-1
1948 STL NL 32 1B 35 275 266 8 1 23 .996 7.83 .990 8.94
7 Seasons 1B 545 5343 4982 303 58 410 .989 9.70 .990 7.89
3 Seasons OF 79 151 143 4 4 2 .974 1.86 .981 2.15 0-71-8
8 Seasons TOT 624 5494 5125 307 62 412 .989 8.71 .978 7.16 0-71-8

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 (1085th)

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--22.960--5th
1942 NL--26.091--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 (704), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1359), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1492), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Gordy Coleman (959)
  2. Mike Ivie (956)
  3. Willie Aikens (950)
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  5. Geronimo Berroa (944)
  6. Ben Broussard (942)
  7. Larry Sheets (940)
  8. Ed Bouchee (937)
  9. Nick Johnson (937)
  10. Dick Gernert (936)
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  1. Wally Joyner (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mo Vaughn (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 7, 1947: Traded by the New York Giants to the Cincinnati Reds for Joe Beggs.

July 26, 1948: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ken Burkhart.

October 4, 1948: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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