Bobby Young
Robert George Young
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 22, 1925 in Granite, MD
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 30, 1948
Final Game: September 28, 1958
Died: January 28, 1985 in Baltimore, MD
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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
1948 23 STL NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /5
1951 26 SLB AL 147 674 611 75 159 13 9 1 31 8 7 44 51 .260 .310 .316 .626 67 193 14 0 19 *4
1952 27 SLB AL 149 636 575 59 142 15 9 4 39 3 3 56 48 .247 .314 .325 .639 76 187 7 0 5 *4 MVP-29
1953 28 SLB AL 148 593 537 48 137 22 2 4 25 2 1 41 40 .255 .309 .326 .635 70 175 12 1 14 *4
1954 29 BAL AL 130 499 432 43 106 13 6 4 24 4 4 54 42 .245 .329 .331 .660 88 143 8 1 9 3 *4
1955 30 TOT AL 77 248 231 12 51 4 1 1 14 1 4 12 25 .221 .259 .260 .519 44 60 3 0 5 0 1 4/5
1955 30 BAL AL 59 201 186 5 37 3 0 1 8 1 4 11 23 .199 .244 .231 .475 33 43 3 0 4 0 1 4
1955 30 CLE AL 18 47 45 7 14 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 2 .311 .326 .378 .704 86 17 0 0 1 0 0 4/5
1956 31 CLE AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 33 PHI NL 32 68 60 7 14 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 5 .233 .246 .333 .579 53 20 5 0 7 0 0 4
8 Seasons 687 2719 2447 244 609 68 28 15 137 18 19 208 212 .249 .308 .318 .626 71 778 49 2 59 3 1
162 Game Avg. 162 641 577 58 144 16 7 4 32 4 49 50 .249 .308 .318 .626 71 183 12 0 14
BAL (5 yrs) 633 2603 2341 230 581 66 26 14 127 18 19 206 204 .248 .309 .317 .626 71 741 44 2 51 3 1
CLE (2 yrs) 19 47 45 7 14 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 2 .311 .326 .378 .704 86 17 0 0 1 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 32 68 60 7 14 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 5 .233 .246 .333 .579 53 20 5 0 7 0 0
STL (1 yr) 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 652 2650 2386 237 595 67 27 14 133 18 19 207 206 .249 .309 .318 .627 72 758 44 2 52 3 1
NL (2 yrs) 35 69 61 7 14 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 6 .230 .242 .328 .570 50 20 5 0 7 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
1948 23 STL NL 1 1 0 0.0 107 .000 .276 .000 .351 .000 .408 .000 .759 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1951 26 SLB AL 674 492 59 3.2 105 .283 .260 .271 .310 .353 .316 .397 .626 .750 67 .351 -30.6 -3.1 .503 .129 .056 1.8
1952 27 SLB AL 636 448 58 3.5 99 .264 .247 .264 .314 .344 .325 .385 .639 .729 76 .421 -20.4 -2.1 .549 .176 .078 3.4
1953 28 SLB AL 593 427 54 3.4 104 .270 .255 .272 .309 .348 .326 .400 .635 .749 70 .377 -23.3 -2.4 .528 .149 .071 2.7
1954 29 BAL AL 499 350 47 3.6 92 .262 .245 .256 .329 .330 .331 .374 .660 .704 88 .424 -5.8 -0.6 .586 .211 .086 4.0
1955 30 TOT AL 248 192 16 2.2 97 .244 .221 .259 .259 .338 .260 .386 .519 .724 44 .211 -18.5 -1.9 .369 .078 .039 1.0
1955 30 BAL AL 201 160 10 1.7 95 .222 .199 .257 .244 .335 .231 .382 .475 .717 33 .136 -17.3 -1.7 .327 .075 .032 1.0
1955 30 CLE AL 47 32 6 5.0 106 .326 .311 .271 .326 .351 .378 .404 .704 .755 86 .542 -1.2 -0.1 .581 .089 .067
1958 33 PHI NL 68 58 4 1.8 105 .241 .233 .268 .246 .336 .333 .419 .579 .755 53 .156 -4.4 -0.4 .412 .117 .100 .0
8 Seasons 2719 1968 238 3.2 100 .267 .249 .266 .308 .344 .318 .390 .626 .734 71 .367 -103.4 -10.5 .518 .154 .069 16.4
162 Game Avg. 641 464 56 3.2 100 .267 .249 .266 .308 .344 .318 .390 .626 .734 71 .367 -103.4 -10.5 .518 .154 .069 4
BAL (5 yrs) 2603 1877 228 3.3 100 .267 .248 .265 .309 .344 .317 .389 .626 .733 71 .370 -97.4 -9.9 .520 .156 .068 15.8
PHI (1 yr) 68 58 4 1.9 105 .241 .233 .268 .246 .336 .333 .419 .579 .755 53 .156 -4.4 -0.4 .412 .117 .100 .0
STL (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 107 .000 .276 .000 .351 .000 .408 .000 .759 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
CLE (2 yrs) 47 32 6 5.0 106 .326 .311 .271 .326 .351 .378 .404 .704 .755 86 .542 -1.2 -0.1 .581 .089 .067
AL (6 yrs) 2650 1909 234 3.3 100 .268 .249 .266 .309 .344 .318 .390 .627 .734 72 .373 -98.6 -10.0 .521 .155 .068 15.8
NL (2 yrs) 69 59 4 1.8 105 .241 .230 .269 .242 .336 .328 .419 .570 .756 50 .152 -4.7 -0.5 .404 .115 .098 .0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1948 23 STL NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1951 26 SLB AL 674 0.2% 7.6% 6.5% 3.4% 15% 1.16 12.0 611.0 19.7 83%
1952 27 SLB AL 636 0.6% 7.6% 8.8% 4.4% 20% 0.86 12.0 143.8 14.7 82%
1953 28 SLB AL 593 0.7% 6.8% 6.9% 4.7% 20% 0.98 13.4 134.3 21.5 83%
1954 29 BAL AL 499 0.8% 8.4% 10.8% 4.6% 22% 0.78 10.3 108.0 18.0 1.04 78%
1955 30 TOT AL 248 0.4% 10.1% 4.8% 2.4% 12% 2.08 9.2 231.0 16.5 1.19 83%
1955 30 BAL AL 201 0.5% 11.4% 5.5% 2.0% 11% 2.09 8.1 186.0 23.3 1.40 81%
1955 30 CLE AL 47 0.0% 4.3% 2.1% 4.3% 14% 2.00 22.5 7.5 0.58 91%
1958 33 PHI NL 68 1.5% 7.4% 1.5% 4.4% 21% 5.00 12.0 60.0 15.0 2.19 79%
8 Seasons 2719 0.6% 7.8% 7.7% 4.1% 18% 1.02 11.5 163.1 17.9 1.17 82%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 29 BAL AL 4 0 25% 211 4 4 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 9 38% 25 17 8 5 3 2 15 8 7
1955 30 TOT AL 2 0 18% 81 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17% 12 11 1 1 1 0 5 2 2
1955 30 BAL AL 2 0 9% 59 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15% 9 8 1 0 0 0 4 2 1
1955 30 CLE AL 0 0 47% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20% 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1958 33 PHI NL 1 0 43% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 71% 4 1 3 2 0 2 1 0 0
8 Seasons 7 0 29% 324 18 19 49% 4 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 10 36% 41 29 12 8 4 4 21 10 9
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 29 BAL AL 478 76% 106 8 1 0 1 1.46 4 0 10 3 1 0 4 0 12 9 75% 83 8 10% 32 14 44% 248 19 8% 16 11 69% 23 7 30% 21
1955 30 TOT AL 248 74% 51 7 2 0 2 1.24 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 5 100% 40 3 8% 25 7 28% 152 15 10% 11 5 45% 10 2 20% 0
1955 30 BAL AL 201 74% 37 1 0 0 0 1.90 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 100% 33 3 9% 19 6 32% 117 9 8% 9 4 44% 6 1 17% 0
1955 30 CLE AL 47 74% 14 6 2 0 2 1.13 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 0 0% 6 1 17% 35 6 17% 2 1 50% 4 1 25% 0
1958 33 PHI NL 68 81% 14 9 2 0 0 1.84 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 7 7 100% 27 5 19% 15 6 40% 47 3 6% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0
8 Seasons 794 76% 609 24 5 0 3 1.54 15 0 16 5 1 1 5 0 24 59 246% 150 49 33% 72 27 38% 447 37 8% 28 16 57% 36 9 25% 21
MLB Averages

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
1948 23 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1949 24 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1950 25 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1951 26 150 675 612 75 159 13 9 1 31 8 7 44 52 .260 .309 .315 .625 67 193 14 0 19
1952 27 299 1311 1187 134 301 28 18 5 70 11 10 100 100 .254 .312 .320 .632 71 380 21 0 24
1953 28 447 1904 1724 182 438 50 20 9 95 13 11 141 140 .254 .311 .322 .633 71 555 33 1 38
1954 29 577 2403 2156 225 544 63 26 13 119 17 15 195 182 .252 .315 .324 .638 74 698 41 2 47 3
1955 30 654 2651 2387 237 595 67 27 14 133 18 19 207 207 .249 .309 .318 .627 71 758 44 2 52 3 1
1956 31 655 2651 2387 237 595 67 27 14 133 18 19 207 207 .249 .309 .318 .627 71 758 44 2 52 3 1
1957 32 655 2651 2387 237 595 67 27 14 133 18 19 207 207 .249 .309 .318 .627 71 758 44 2 52 3 1
1958 33 687 2719 2447 244 609 68 28 15 137 18 19 208 212 .249 .308 .318 .626 71 778 49 2 59 3 1

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
1948 23 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1951 26 155 678 634 73 159 13 9 1 30 8 44 54 .251 .299 .304 .604 58 147
1952 27 156 662 603 63 150 16 10 4 42 3 59 50 .249 .316 .328 .644 63 149
1953 28 155 601 558 48 140 22 2 4 25 2 42 42 .251 .304 .319 .623 54 148
1954 29 136 525 460 51 119 15 7 4 29 4 61 44 .259 .345 .348 .693 55 130
1955 30 80 255 242 13 54 4 1 1 15 1 13 26 .223 .263 .260 .523 17 77
1958 33 34 62 61 8 13 1 1 1 5 0 1 5 .213 .226 .311 .537 4 32
7 Seasons 719 2784 2559 256 635 71 30 15 146 18 220 222 .248 .308 .317 .625 251 686
162 Game Avg. 162 627 577 58 143 16 7 3 33 4 50 50 .248 .308 .317 .625 57 686

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1952 AL (29, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1469th)

Games Played s c a p y
1951 AL  147 (7th)

At Bats s c a p y
1951 AL  611 (2nd)
1952 AL  575 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1951 AL  674 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1951 AL  9 (4th)
1952 AL  9 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
1951 AL  136 (4th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1951 AL  19 (3rd)
1953 AL  14 (3rd)
1954 AL  9 (10th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1951 AL  7 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1951 AL  492 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 5 (1737), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Similarity Scores

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