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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1948 STL NL 23 3B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 2.80
1951 SLB AL 26 2B 147 840 361 462 17 118 .980 5.60 .978 5.35
1952 SLB AL 27 2B 149 800 380 407 13 127 .984 5.28 .978 5.13 MVP-29
1953 SLB AL 28 2B 148 778 397 363 18 120 .977 5.14 .979 5.13
1954 BAL AL 29 2B 127 118 1066.1 624 299 310 15 76 .976 -6.9 -7.8 -4.9 -2.4 -2.5 -2 5.14 4.80 .976 5.37 4.84
1955 TOT AL 30 2B 69 64 548.0 329 145 179 5 56 .985 -0.6 -1.3 -1.6 -0.3 -1.3 1 5.32 4.70 .976 5.37 4.87
1955 BAL AL 30 2B 58 54 460.0 271 121 146 4 42 .985 -1.3 -3.4 -1.3 -1.1 -0.2 0 5.22 4.60 .976 5.37 4.87
1955 CLE AL 30 2B 11 10 88.0 58 24 33 1 14 .983 0.7 9.5 -0.3 0.8 -1.1 1 5.83 5.18 .976 5.37 4.87
1955 CLE AL 30 3B 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -80.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 .900 3.30 2.70
1958 PHI NL 33 2B 21 12 120.0 63 28 33 2 6 .968 -1.7 -17.0 -1.7 -0.5 -1.2 0 4.58 2.90 .975 5.33 4.76
6 Seasons 2B 661 194 1734.1 3434 1610 1754 70 503 .980 -9.2 -6.4 -8.2 -3.2 -5.0 -1 17.46 5.09 .978 5.37 5.08
2 Seasons 3B 2 0 3.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -80.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 9.00 1.50 .933 3.30 2.75
8 Seasons TOT 663 194 1737.1 3437 1612 1755 70 503 .980 -9.4 -6.5 -8.4 -3.4 -5.0 -1 17.44 5.08 .957 5.36 5.08

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1948 STL NL 23 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1951 SLB AL 26 147 147 147 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 SLB AL 27 149 149 149 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 SLB AL 28 148 148 148 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BAL AL 29 130 118 130 130 0 0 0 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1955 BAL AL 30 59 54 59 59 0 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1955 CLE AL 30 18 10 18 18 0 0 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
1956 CLE AL 31 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1958 PHI NL 33 32 12 32 32 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3
8 Seasons 687 194 687 687 0 0 0 661 2 0 0 0 0 0 25 7
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 BAL AL 29 4565 61% 78% 24% 366 93% 1 290 109 127 55 294 251 32 1 4 15 2 7 6 7 73 35 9 12 3 66 18 47 5 5 0
1955 BAL AL 30 2099 63% 80% 24% 173 95% 0 127 39 61 27 147 121 25 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 42 14 5 13 5 39 18 21 1 1 0
1955 CLE AL 30 374 58% 76% 21% 33 94% 0 28 10 15 3 29 22 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 14 5 2 4 1 13 5 7 0 0 0
1958 PHI NL 33 525 57% 77% 24% 42 93% 0 28 10 12 6 34 31 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 6 5 0 1 0 6 1 5 0 0 0
3 Seasons 7563 61% 78% 24% 614 94% 1 473 168 215 91 504 425 66 1 4 22 2 14 6 14 135 59 16 30 9 124 42 80 6 6 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1955 CLE AL 30 14 64% 64% 0% 2 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 14 64% 64% 0% 2 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 89% 61%

* 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.

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