Chris Young

Christopher Ryan Young

All-Star Player

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 10", Weight: 250 lb.

Born: May 25, 1979 in Dallas, TX
High School: Highland Park (Dallas, TX)
School: Princeton University
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed September 6, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 24, 2004
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2004 25 TEX AL 3 2 .600 4.71 7 7 0 0 0 0 36.1 36 21 19 7 10 0 27 2 0 1 158 107 1.266 8.9 1.7 2.5 6.7 2.70
2005 26 TEX AL 12 7 .632 4.26 31 31 0 0 0 0 164.2 162 84 78 19 45 2 137 7 0 3 700 108 1.257 8.9 1.0 2.5 7.5 3.04
2006 27 SDP NL 11 5 .688 3.46 31 31 0 0 0 0 179.1 134 72 69 28 69 4 164 6 1 6 735 117 1.132 6.7 1.4 3.5 8.2 2.38
2007 28 SDP NL 9 8 .529 3.12 30 30 0 0 0 0 173.0 118 66 60 10 72 0 167 7 4 7 705 128 1.098 6.1 0.5 3.7 8.7 2.32 AS
2008 29 SDP NL 7 6 .538 3.96 18 18 0 1 0 0 102.1 84 46 45 13 48 4 93 1 1 3 434 96 1.290 7.4 1.1 4.2 8.2 1.94
2009 30 SDP NL 4 6 .400 5.21 14 14 0 0 0 0 76.0 70 47 44 12 40 3 50 2 0 1 336 71 1.447 8.3 1.4 4.7 5.9 1.25
6 Seasons 46 34 .575 3.87 131 131 0 1 0 0 731.2 604 336 315 89 284 13 638 25 6 21 3068 107 1.214 7.4 1.1 3.5 7.8 2.25
162 Game Avg. 12 9 .575 3.87 34 34 0 0 0 0 190 157 87 82 23 74 3 166 6 2 5 796 107 1.214 7.4 1.1 3.5 7.8 2.25
SDP (4 yrs) 31 25 .554 3.70 93 93 0 1 0 0 530.2 406 231 218 63 229 11 474 16 6 17 2210 106 1.197 6.9 1.1 3.9 8.0 2.07
TEX (2 yrs) 15 9 .625 4.34 38 38 0 0 0 0 201.0 198 105 97 26 55 2 164 9 0 4 858 108 1.259 8.9 1.2 2.5 7.3 2.98
NL (4 yrs) 31 25 .554 3.70 93 93 0 1 0 0 530.2 406 231 218 63 229 11 474 16 6 17 2210 106 1.197 6.9 1.1 3.9 8.0 2.07
AL (2 yrs) 15 9 .625 4.34 38 38 0 0 0 0 201.0 198 105 97 26 55 2 164 9 0 4 858 108 1.259 8.9 1.2 2.5 7.3 2.98

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2006 27 SDP NL NLDS L STL 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 4 0 0 0 2 1 9 0 0 0 25 0.900 5.4 0.0 2.7 12.2 4.50
1 NLDS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 4 0 0 0 2 1 9 0 0 0 25 0.900 5.4 0.0 2.7 12.2 4.50

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2007 SDP NL 28 0 0 1 .000 18.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.000 9.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 25 TEX AL 7 157 144 21 36 2 0 7 4 1 10 27 .250 .308 .410 .717 .264 59 2 2 1 0 0
2005 26 TEX AL 31 700 642 84 162 36 3 19 13 6 45 137 .252 .307 .407 .713 .292 261 6 7 2 4 2
2006 27 SDP NL 31 735 649 72 134 20 5 28 41 4 69 164 .206 .287 .382 .670 .230 248 8 6 8 3 4
2007 28 SDP NL 30 704 616 66 118 19 8 10 44 0 72 167 .192 .281 .297 .578 .243 183 9 7 3 6 0
2008 29 SDP NL 18 434 380 46 84 21 1 13 15 2 48 93 .221 .309 .384 .694 .258 146 4 1 4 1 4
2009 30 SDP NL 14 336 285 47 70 16 1 12 20 0 40 50 .246 .337 .435 .772 .254 124 2 2 4 5 3
6 Seasons 131 3066 2716 336 604 114 18 89 137 13 284 638 .222 .300 .376 .676 .256 1021 31 25 22 19 13
162 Game Avg. 34 796 705 87 157 30 5 23 36 3 74 166 .222 .300 .376 .676 .256 265 8 6 6 5 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2004 25 TEX AL 7 7 3 2 2 1 0 5 2 .714 0 2 0 0 2 29% 48 66 28 7 0 0 4 5.0 4.1 5.2 95 0 6 1 0 116
2005 26 TEX AL 31 31 12 7 12 7 1 16 15 .516 3 4 0 0 10 32% 51 84 16 18 7 0 14 6.2 6.5 5.3 92 3 18 10 0 112
2006 27 SDP NL 31 31 11 5 15 1 1 18 13 .581 4 7 0 0 18 58% 56 86 18 18 7 0 15 4.2 4.2 5.8 98 4 9 16 2 127
2007 28 SDP NL 30 30 9 8 13 0 0 16 14 .533 1 3 0 0 18 60% 58 84 21 19 4 0 16 3.8 3.6 5.8 96 4 9 17 0 117
2008 29 SDP NL 18 18 7 6 5 2 2 8 10 .444 2 0 1 0 9 50% 54 84 15 10 6 0 12 4.1 5.1 5.7 97 1 10 6 1 121
2009 30 SDP NL 14 14 4 6 4 0 2 6 8 .429 0 3 0 0 9 64% 47 74 11 4 2 0 4 3.5 3.1 5.4 93 2 7 5 0 106
6 Seasons 131 131 46 34 51 11 6 69 62 .527 10 19 1 0 66 50% 54 86 11 76 26 0 65 4.5 4.6 5.6 95 14 59 55 3 127
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2004 25 TEX AL 158 51% 4.5% 17.2% 6.4% 5.7% 25% 0.46 0.53 70% 20% 11.3% 21% 22 2 9%
2005 26 TEX AL 700 52% 2.7% 19.6% 6.4% 8.3% 36% 0.49 0.56 70% 18% 6.5% 13% 130 6 5%
2006 27 SDP NL 735 47% 3.8% 22.3% 9.4% 7.2% 40% 0.34 0.45 63% 18% 9.4% 16% 92 8 9%
2007 28 SDP NL 705 47% 1.4% 23.7% 10.2% 5.3% 31% 0.41 0.52 63% 18% 3.9% 19% 94 9 10%
2008 29 SDP NL 434 47% 3.0% 21.4% 11.1% 8.1% 42% 0.27 0.37 63% 23% 7.4% 20% 66 4 6%
2009 30 SDP NL 336 59% 3.6% 14.9% 11.9% 8.6% 41% 0.44 0.45 68% 17% 9.2% 19% 45 2 4%
6 Seasons 3068 50% 2.9% 20.8% 9.3% 7.2% 37% 0.40 0.48 65% 19% 7.3% 17% 449 31 7%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2004 25 TEX AL 158 668 4.23 438 66% 26% 12% 35% 27% 74% 0% 48% 84% 63% 5% 8 8 27% 42 21 2 37% 3 0 0 0 1
2005 26 TEX AL 700 2854 4.08 1853 65% 25% 15% 33% 28% 75% 1% 49% 81% 62% 4% 30 16 27% 188 98 12 18% 16 12 0 0 0
2006 27 SDP NL 735 3024 4.11 1923 64% 25% 17% 32% 26% 75% 1% 48% 77% 59% 4% 28 17 27% 196 112 5 23% 29 7 0 0 0
2007 28 SDP NL 705 2884 4.09 1844 64% 23% 19% 34% 25% 77% 0% 49% 76% 61% 5% 38 21 32% 223 133 10 22% 28 17 0 0 0
2008 29 SDP NL 434 1740 4.01 1090 63% 25% 17% 32% 27% 75% 2% 47% 78% 60% 6% 24 11 28% 120 80 7 20% 14 9 0 0 0
2009 30 SDP NL 336 1299 3.87 793 61% 25% 14% 30% 31% 75% 2% 46% 81% 57% 6% 19 9 26% 87 47 3 26% 9 7 0 0 0
6 Seasons 3068 12469 4.06 7941 64% 24% 16% 33% 27% 76% 1% 48% 78% 60% 5% 147 82 28% 856 491 39 22% 99 52 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2004 25 TEX AL 158 36 3 1 7 0 4 6 1 7 0 8 7 1 88% 3 1 0 46 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
2005 26 TEX AL 700 162 11 4 19 1 16 11 8 11 8 35 14 7 40% 5 3 1 250 13 6 68% 12 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
2006 27 SDP NL 735 134 9 3 28 0 5 17 11 18 10 27 9 10 33% 5 6 0 222 41 4 91% 34 2 7 2 0 0 1 0 10 0
2007 28 SDP NL 705 118 9 2 10 0 10 4 6 1 9 45 20 7 44% 4 7 1 221 44 0 100% 39 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 22 0
2008 29 SDP NL 434 84 3 1 13 0 8 6 7 3 10 7 3 2 43% 2 3 0 149 15 2 88% 14 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 6 0
2009 30 SDP NL 336 70 11 3 12 0 6 7 5 2 10 18 8 4 44% 1 1 0 117 20 0 100% 16 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
6 Seasons 3068 604 46 14 89 1 49 51 38 42 47 140 61 31 44% 20 21 2 1005 137 13 91% 118 10 19 3 0 0 7 1 58 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2004 25 3 2 .600 4.71 7 7 0 0 0 0 36.1 36 21 19 7 10 0 27 2 0 1 158 107 1.266 8.9 1.7 2.5 6.7 2.70 107
2005 26 15 9 .625 4.34 38 38 0 0 0 0 201.0 198 105 97 26 55 2 164 9 0 4 858 108 1.259 8.9 1.2 2.5 7.3 2.98 108
2006 27 26 14 .650 3.93 69 69 0 0 0 0 380.1 332 177 166 54 124 6 328 15 1 10 1593 112 1.199 7.9 1.3 2.9 7.8 2.65 112
2007 28 35 22 .614 3.68 99 99 0 0 0 0 553.1 450 243 226 64 196 6 495 22 5 17 2298 116 1.167 7.3 1.0 3.2 8.1 2.53 116
2008 29 42 28 .600 3.72 117 117 0 1 0 0 655.2 534 289 271 77 244 10 588 23 6 20 2732 113 1.187 7.3 1.1 3.3 8.1 2.41 113
2009 30 46 34 .575 3.87 131 131 0 1 0 0 731.2 604 336 315 89 284 13 638 25 6 21 3068 107 1.214 7.4 1.1 3.5 7.8 2.25 107

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2004 25 2 2 .500 3.89 37.0 35 18 16 7 10 28 2 1.216 8.5 2.4 6.8 2.80 1.7 7
2005 26 9 9 .500 4.03 163.0 159 81 73 19 44 136 7 1.245 8.8 2.4 7.5 3.09 1.0 31
2006 27 10 9 .526 3.69 173.0 138 79 71 29 71 158 6 1.208 7.2 3.7 8.2 2.23 1.5 31
2007 28 11 7 .611 3.32 168.0 121 69 62 10 74 162 7 1.161 6.5 4.0 8.7 2.19 0.5 30
2008 29 4 6 .400 4.64 97.0 90 56 50 14 51 88 1 1.454 8.4 4.7 8.2 1.73 1.3 18
2009 30 2 6 .250 6.12 72.0 75 54 49 13 43 47 2 1.639 9.4 5.4 5.9 1.09 1.6 14
6 Seasons 38 39 .494 4.07 710.0 618 357 321 92 293 619 25 1.283 7.8 7.8 2.11 1.2 131

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2007 *

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2006 NL  3.46 (6th)
2007 NL  3.12 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2006 NL  1.132 (3rd)
2007 NL  1.098 (2nd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 NL  6.725 (1st)
2007 NL  6.139 (1st)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2005 AL  7.488 (5th)
2006 NL  8.231 (8th)
2007 NL  8.688 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2006 NL  28 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 NL  .520 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2007 NL  128 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 12 (1334), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (541), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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