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Chris Young

Christopher Ryan Young

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 10", Weight: 260 lb.

Born: May 25, 1979 in Dallas, TX
High School: Highland Park HS (Dallas, TX)
School: Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed September 6, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 24, 2004 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Padres/Rangers/Mets 2004-2012
2013 Contract Status: Free Agent (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 7.162, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Lon Babby, previously: Arn Tellem [*]
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
2004 25 TEX AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2005 26 TEX AL 31 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 27 SDP NL 31 62 54 2 7 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 26 .130 .130 .204 .333 -13 11 0 0 8 0 0 1
2007 28 SDP NL 30 58 46 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 15 .130 .231 .152 .383 7 7 1 1 6 0 0 1 AS
2008 29 SDP NL 18 36 28 3 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 11 .107 .133 .250 .383 4 7 3 0 6 1 0 1
2009 30 SDP NL 14 26 23 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 .261 .320 .261 .581 63 6 0 0 1 0 0 1
2010 31 SDP NL 4 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .167 .000 .167 -48 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2011 32 NYM NL 4 11 9 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .333 .667 88 3 0 0 2 0 0 /1
2012 33 NYM NL 20 36 31 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .129 .156 .194 .350 -3 6 0 0 4 0 0 1
9 Yrs 159 240 201 10 29 6 1 1 14 0 0 10 81 .144 .188 .199 .387 6 40 4 1 27 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 245 205 10 30 6 1 1 14 0 0 10 83 .144 .188 .199 .387 6 41 4 1 28 1 0
SDP (5 yrs) 97 188 156 9 22 4 1 1 10 0 0 9 63 .141 .192 .199 .390 7 31 4 1 21 1 0
NYM (2 yrs) 24 47 40 1 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 15 .175 .195 .225 .420 17 9 0 0 6 0 0
TEX (2 yrs) 38 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 121 235 196 10 29 6 1 1 14 0 0 10 78 .148 .192 .204 .396 9 40 4 1 27 1 0
AL (2 yrs) 38 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2004 25 TEX AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
2005 26 TEX AL 31 5 -1 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $400,000 1
2006 27 SDP NL 31 62 -10 -0 1 0 10 -0 -0.0 2 2 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 2 $500,000 1
2007 28 SDP NL 30 58 -6 -0 0 0 9 3 0.2 2 4 0.2 .509 .502 0.2 0.0 4 $600,000 1 AS
2008 29 SDP NL 18 36 -5 -0 -0 0 5 -0 -0.0 1 1 -0.0 .498 .500 -0.0 0.0 1 $2,625,000 1
2009 30 SDP NL 14 26 -1 -0 0 0 4 3 0.3 1 4 0.3 .520 .502 0.3 0.0 4 $4,625,000 1
2010 31 SDP NL 4 6 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 -0.0 .496 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $6,375,000 /1
2011 32 NYM NL 4 11 -0 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .529 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $1,100,000 /1
2012 33 NYM NL 20 36 -5 -0 0 0 5 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 1 1
9 Seasons 159 240 -30 -1 1 0 36 5 0.5 8 13 0.5 .504 .500 0.5 0.1 13 $16,225,000
SDP (5 yrs) 97 188 -23 -1 0 0 28 5 0.5 6 11 0.5 .505 .501 0.5 0.0 11 $14,725,000
NYM (2 yrs) 24 47 -5 -0 0 0 7 1 0.1 1 3 0.1 .506 .500 0.1 0.0 3 $1,100,000
TEX (2 yrs) 38 5 -1 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $400,000

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
2005 26 TEX AL 5 5 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .275 .000 .339 .000 .436 .000 .775 -100 .000 -1.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2006 27 SDP NL 62 55 2 1.0 105 .250 .130 .261 .130 .330 .204 .424 .333 .755 -13 .046 -8.9 -0.8 .234 .074 .074
2007 28 SDP NL 58 47 2 1.1 102 .194 .130 .260 .231 .328 .152 .416 .383 .744 7 .061 -6.0 -0.6 .317 .130 .022
2008 29 SDP NL 36 35 0 0.0 96 .118 .107 .251 .133 .321 .250 .401 .383 .722 4 .000 -3.6 -0.4 .286 .179 .143 .0
2009 30 SDP NL 26 18 2 3.0 98 .375 .261 .254 .320 .325 .261 .403 .581 .728 63 .294 -1.1 -0.1 .471 .087 .000
2010 31 SDP NL 6 5 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .251 .167 .320 .000 .396 .167 .715 -48 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .200 .200 .000
2011 32 NYM NL 11 8 1 3.4 95 .600 .333 .254 .333 .321 .333 .396 .667 .717 88 .376 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
2012 33 NYM NL 36 31 1 0.9 97 .200 .129 .255 .156 .320 .194 .405 .350 .724 -3 .046 -4.4 -0.4 .259 .097 .065
9 Yrs 240 204 8 1.0 100 .233 .144 .258 .188 .326 .199 .412 .387 .738 6 .056 -26.6 -2.6 .290 .104 .055 .0
162 Game Avg. 245 208 8 1.0 100 .233 .144 .258 .188 .326 .199 .412 .387 .738 6 .056 -26.6 -2.6 .290 .104 .055
SDP (5 yrs) 188 160 6 1.0 101 .226 .141 .258 .192 .327 .199 .414 .390 .740 7 .051 -20.6 -2.0 .297 .115 .058 .0
NYM (2 yrs) 47 39 2 1.4 96 .280 .175 .255 .195 .320 .225 .403 .420 .723 17 .103 -4.5 -0.5 .303 .075 .050
TEX (2 yrs) 5 5 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .275 .000 .339 .000 .436 .000 .775 -100 -1.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
NL (7 yrs) 235 199 8 1.1 100 .237 .148 .257 .192 .325 .204 .411 .396 .737 9 .059 -25.2 -2.4 .298 .107 .056 .0
AL (2 yrs) 5 5 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .275 .000 .339 .000 .436 .000 .775 -100 -1.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 27 SDP NL NLDS STL L 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 SDP NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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
2005 26 TEX AL 5 0.0% 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7 1.00 0.50 40% 0% 100%
2006 27 SDP NL 62 0.0% 41.9% 0.0% 4.8% 43% 2.1 13.5 1.45 2.30 45% 17% 0.0% 9%
2007 28 SDP NL 58 0.0% 25.9% 8.6% 1.7% 17% 3.00 3.1 23.0 3.83 5.60 53% 5% 0.0% 17%
2008 29 SDP NL 36 2.8% 30.6% 2.8% 5.6% 67% 11.00 2.5 28.0 14.0 1.67 5.00 47% 4% 20.0% 17%
2009 30 SDP NL 26 0.0% 26.9% 7.7% 0.0% 0% 3.50 3.3 11.5 0.36 0.83 62% 35% 0.0% 0%
2010 31 SDP NL 6 0.0% 66.7% 16.7% 0.0% 4.00 1.3 0.00 0.00 17% 100% 0.0% 0%
2011 32 NYM NL 11 0.0% 36.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.3 4.5 1.50 1.00 45% 14% 0.0% 50%
2012 33 NYM NL 36 0.0% 30.6% 2.8% 5.6% 50% 11.00 2.8 15.5 0.58 1.50 56% 25% 0.0% 8%
9 Yrs 240 0.4% 33.8% 4.2% 3.3% 28% 8.10 2.5 201.0 14.4 1.28 2.39 50% 16% 2.3% 12%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.7% 8.4% 7.9% 34% 2.10 5.0 33.4 7.8 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.7% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2004 25 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
2005 26 TEX AL -1.5 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .64 -0.1 -0.0 -1.2 -0.1 0.85 -1.4 0
2006 27 SDP NL -8.9 -0.8 62 -1.0 0.5 -1.5 1.10 -0.9 -0.0 -12.0 -1.2 1.05 -10.7 0
2007 28 SDP NL -6.0 -0.6 59 -0.8 0.4 -1.2 1.03 -0.6 -0.1 -6.6 -0.7 0.98 -7.1 0
2008 29 SDP NL -3.6 -0.4 36 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 .97 -0.5 -0.2 -8.5 -0.9 1.10 -4.5 0
2009 30 SDP NL -1.1 -0.1 26 -0.3 0.3 -0.7 1.28 -0.2 -0.1 -3.4 -0.4 1.13 -1.9 0
2010 31 SDP NL -1.0 -0.1 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .61 -0.1 -0.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.83 -1.2 0
2011 32 NYM NL -0.2 -0.0 11 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .80 0.0 -0.0 0.3 0.0 0.93 -0.2 0
2012 33 NYM NL -4.4 -0.4 36 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 1.09 -0.5 0.0 -4.2 -0.4 1.02 -5.0 0
9 Yrs -26.7 -2.6 241 -3.4 1.9 -5.3 1.04 -2.9 -0.4 -36.6 -3.7 1.03 -32.0 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2005 26 TEX AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 27 SDP NL 0 0 29% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
2007 28 SDP NL 1 0 17% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
2008 29 SDP NL 0 0 67% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 30 SDP NL 0 0 25% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
2010 31 SDP NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 32 NYM NL 0 0 33% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 33 NYM NL 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 1 0 23% 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 8 6 2 1 1 0 3 2 1

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2005 26 TEX AL 5 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 27 SDP NL 62 24% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 8 62% 16 0 0% 17 4 24% 55 4 7% 4 2 50% 3 0 0% 0
2007 28 SDP NL 58 33% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 9 1 11% 11 5 45% 44 3 7% 2 2 100% 3 2 67% 0
2008 29 SDP NL 36 25% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 8 6 75% 10 3 30% 12 4 33% 31 1 3% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
2009 30 SDP NL 26 58% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 24 2 8% 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 0
2010 31 SDP NL 6 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2011 32 NYM NL 11 45% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 8 2 25% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
2012 33 NYM NL 36 28% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 6 0 0% 7 2 29% 23 2 9% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
9 Yrs 240 30% 29 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0 1 0 1 0 40 27 68% 47 4 9% 53 16 30% 189 14 7% 13 7 54% 8 3 38% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2005 26 TEX AL 5 23 4.60 16 70% 50% 13% 25% 13% 50% 0% 35% 75% 20% 0% 0 0 20% 1 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
2006 27 SDP NL 62 218 3.52 167 77% 37% 15% 26% 22% 63% 0% 48% 76% 34% 2% 1 0 8% 5 1 3% 2 1 19% 0 0 0
2007 28 SDP NL 58 194 3.34 128 66% 41% 13% 16% 29% 59% 0% 39% 77% 31% 3% 2 0 9% 5 0 10% 6 1 40% 0 0 0
2008 29 SDP NL 36 105 2.92 80 76% 34% 18% 19% 30% 66% 0% 50% 74% 50% 0% 0 0 6% 2 0 3% 1 0 36% 0 0 0
2009 30 SDP NL 27 93 3.44 62 67% 32% 23% 18% 27% 68% 0% 45% 67% 30% 0% 0 0 7% 2 0 0% 0 0 29% -1 0 0
2010 31 SDP NL 6 24 4.00 15 63% 60% 20% 13% 7% 40% 0% 25% 50% 0% 17% 1 0 17% 1 0 17% 1 0 25% 0 0 0
2011 32 NYM NL 11 40 3.64 30 75% 27% 20% 30% 23% 73% 0% 55% 73% 45% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 9% 1 0 25% 0 0 0
2012 33 NYM NL 36 116 3.22 88 76% 39% 14% 20% 27% 61% 0% 47% 78% 31% 3% 1 0 8% 3 1 3% 1 0 45% 0 0 0
8 Yrs 241 813 3.37 586 72% 38% 16% 21% 25% 62% 0% 45% 75% 34% 2% 5 0 8% 19 2 5% 12 2 31% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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
2005 26 38 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 27 69 67 59 2 7 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 29 .119 .119 .186 .305 -20 11 0 0 8 0 0
2007 28 99 125 105 4 13 3 1 0 6 0 0 5 44 .124 .171 .171 .343 -7 18 1 1 14 0 0
2008 29 117 161 133 7 16 4 1 1 8 0 0 6 55 .120 .163 .188 .351 -5 25 4 1 20 1 0
2009 30 131 187 156 9 22 4 1 1 10 0 0 8 62 .141 .187 .199 .385 5 31 4 1 21 1 0
2010 31 135 193 161 9 22 4 1 1 10 0 0 9 66 .137 .186 .193 .379 3 31 4 1 21 1 0
2011 32 139 204 170 10 25 4 1 1 12 0 0 9 70 .147 .193 .200 .393 8 34 4 1 23 1 0
2012 33 159 240 201 10 29 6 1 1 14 0 0 10 81 .144 .188 .199 .387 6 40 4 1 27 1 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
2005 26 31 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 31
2006 27 31 61 53 1 6 2 1 0 3 0 0 26 .113 .113 .189 .302 1 31
2007 28 30 60 47 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 6 15 .149 .259 .170 .429 2 30
2008 29 18 36 28 3 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 11 .107 .133 .250 .383 1 18
2009 30 14 26 23 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 .261 .320 .261 .581 2 14
2010 31 4 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 4
2011 32 4 11 9 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 4
2012 33 20 36 31 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 11 .129 .156 .194 .350 1 20
8 Yrs 152 241 201 10 29 6 1 1 14 0 11 81 .144 .192 .199 .391 8 152
162 Game Avg. 162 257 214 11 31 6 1 1 15 0 12 86 .144 .192 .199 .391 9 152

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
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