Chris Young
Christopher Brandon Young
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 5, 1983 in Houston, TX
High School: Bellaire (Bellaire, TX)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 16th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed August 19, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 2006
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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
2006 22 ARI NL 30 78 70 10 17 4 0 2 10 2 1 6 12 .243 .308 .386 .693 73 27 0 1 0 1 0 8
2007 23 ARI NL 148 624 569 85 135 29 3 32 68 27 6 43 141 .237 .295 .467 .763 88 266 5 6 1 5 1 *8 RoY-4
2008 24 ARI NL 160 699 625 85 155 42 7 22 85 14 5 62 165 .248 .315 .443 .758 90 277 10 1 6 5 2 *8
2009 25 ARI NL 134 501 433 54 92 28 4 15 42 11 4 59 133 .212 .311 .400 .711 80 173 3 4 3 2 2 *8
4 Seasons 472 1902 1697 234 399 103 14 71 205 54 16 170 451 .235 .307 .438 .745 86 743 18 12 10 13 5
162 Game Avg. 162 653 582 80 137 35 5 24 70 19 5 58 155 .235 .307 .438 .745 86 255 6 4 3 4 2

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
2006 22 ARI NL 78 55 9 4.4 117 .263 .243 .278 .308 .350 .386 .452 .693 .801 73 .432 -2.9 -0.3 .648 .243 .143 2.0
2007 23 ARI NL 624 451 82 4.9 117 .257 .237 .281 .295 .351 .467 .449 .763 .800 88 .483 -13.8 -1.3 .755 .343 .230 29.3
2008 24 ARI NL 699 496 89 4.8 115 .300 .248 .277 .315 .350 .443 .441 .758 .791 90 .492 -11.1 -1.1 .720 .309 .195 17.1
2009 25 ARI NL 501 353 58 4.4 114 .268 .212 .276 .311 .351 .400 .438 .711 .789 80 .460 -14.2 -1.4 .698 .339 .187 12.7
4 Seasons 1902 1355 238 4.7 115 .276 .235 .278 .307 .350 .438 .443 .745 .794 86 .478 -42.0 -4.0 .723 .325 .203 61.3
162 Game Avg. 653 465 82 4.7 115 .276 .235 .278 .307 .350 .438 .443 .745 .794 86 .478 -42.0 -4.0 .723 .325 .203 21

Postseason Batting

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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
2007 23 ARI NL NLDS CHC W 3 14 11 3 3 0 0 2 4 1 0 3 8 .273 .429 .818 1.247 9 0 0 0 0 0
2007 23 ARI NL NLCS COL L 4 19 14 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 5 .286 .474 .357 .831 5 0 1 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 7 33 25 4 7 1 0 2 5 1 2 7 13 .280 .455 .560 1.015 14 0 1 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 14 11 3 3 0 0 2 4 1 0 3 8 .273 .429 .818 1.247 9 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 4 19 14 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 5 .286 .474 .357 .831 5 0 1 0 0 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
2006 22 ARI NL 78 2.6% 15.4% 7.7% 7.7% 35% 2.00 5.8 35.0 7.0 0.74 0.91 73% 17% 7.1% 18%
2007 23 ARI NL 624 5.1% 22.6% 6.9% 10.3% 47% 3.28 4.0 17.8 8.4 0.59 0.70 64% 15% 14.4% 17%
2008 24 ARI NL 699 3.2% 23.6% 8.9% 10.2% 46% 2.66 3.8 28.4 7.4 0.61 0.85 63% 16% 9.4% 18%
2009 25 ARI NL 501 3.0% 26.6% 11.8% 9.4% 51% 2.25 3.3 28.9 10.3 0.36 0.45 57% 18% 9.5% 28%
4 Seasons 1902 3.7% 23.7% 8.9% 9.9% 47% 2.65 3.8 23.9 8.3 0.54 0.69 62% 16% 11.0% 20%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

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
2006 22 ARI NL 0 0 36% 42 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 36% 5 5 0 0 0 0 6 2 4
2007 23 ARI NL 6 0 35% 180 27 6 82% 18 4 8 2 1 0 6 2 6 14 41% 32 21 10 4 3 1 13 4 9
2008 24 ARI NL 3 0 32% 249 14 5 74% 10 1 4 3 0 1 1 0 8 13 42% 26 21 5 10 5 5 19 4 13
2009 25 ARI NL 2 0 28% 163 11 4 73% 5 3 6 1 0 0 3 2 5 8 49% 17 12 5 9 3 6 11 3 7
4 Seasons 11 0 32% 634 54 16 77% 34 9 19 6 1 1 10 4 19 36 43% 80 59 20 23 11 12 49 13 33
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

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
2006 22 ARI NL 78 33% 17 3 0 2 1 0 0 0.53 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 0% 5 3 60% 37 8 22% 5 4 80% 4 2 50% 0
2007 23 ARI NL 624 25% 135 16 4 1 0 0 1 0.03 32 0 13 26 6 14 18 0 4 1 25% 92 5 5% 45 9 20% 308 36 12% 28 12 43% 20 5 25% 0
2008 24 ARI NL 699 26% 155 19 3 2 0 0 0 0.30 22 1 17 16 6 9 13 0 7 6 86% 123 10 8% 72 27 38% 430 69 16% 37 19 51% 44 18 41% 0
2009 25 ARI NL 501 27% 92 8 1 9 2 0 2 2.19 15 0 12 10 5 7 8 0 6 3 50% 90 3 3% 49 12 24% 285 28 10% 23 8 35% 24 10 42% 0
4 Seasons 1902 26% 399 46 8 14 3 0 3 1.53 71 1 46 53 18 31 40 0 17 10 59% 312 18 6% 171 51 30% 1060 141 13% 93 43 46% 92 35 38% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2006 22 ARI NL 78 301 3.86 196 65% 31% 14% 25% 30% 69% 0% 45% 79% 19% 3% 2 0 12% 9 4 5% 4 1 33% 0 0 0
2007 23 ARI NL 624 2391 3.83 1503 63% 32% 16% 23% 29% 68% 0% 42% 76% 23% 5% 32 3 14% 85 26 7% 45 24 25% 0 0 0
2008 24 ARI NL 699 2778 3.97 1683 61% 34% 15% 23% 28% 66% 1% 40% 77% 20% 5% 35 6 16% 112 41 10% 68 33 32% 0 0 0
2009 25 ARI NL 501 2057 4.11 1223 59% 33% 18% 23% 25% 67% 1% 40% 72% 22% 4% 22 1 18% 89 32 11% 56 29 34% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1902 7527 3.96 4605 61% 33% 16% 23% 28% 67% 1% 41% 76% 21% 5% 91 10 16% 295 103 9% 173 87 30% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2006 22 30 78 70 10 17 4 0 2 10 2 1 6 12 .243 .308 .386 .693 73 27 0 1 0 1 0
2007 23 178 702 639 95 152 33 3 34 78 29 7 49 153 .238 .297 .459 .755 87 293 5 7 1 6 1
2008 24 338 1401 1264 180 307 75 10 56 163 43 12 111 318 .243 .306 .451 .757 88 570 15 8 7 11 3
2009 25 472 1902 1697 234 399 103 14 71 205 54 16 170 451 .235 .307 .438 .745 86 743 18 12 10 13 5

Neutralized Batting

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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
2006 22 30 78 70 9 17 4 0 2 9 2 6 12 .243 .308 .386 .693 8 30
2007 23 148 615 563 75 129 28 3 31 60 26 41 141 .229 .286 .455 .741 72 148
2008 24 160 682 617 77 147 40 7 21 77 13 59 165 .238 .304 .428 .731 80 160
2009 25 134 498 433 49 92 28 4 15 38 11 59 133 .212 .311 .400 .711 53 134
4 Seasons 472 1873 1683 210 385 100 14 69 184 52 165 451 .229 .300 .428 .728 213 472
162 Game Avg. 162 643 578 72 132 34 5 24 63 18 57 155 .229 .300 .428 .728 73 472

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
2008 NL  160 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
2008 NL  625 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2008 NL  699 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
2008 NL  42 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
2008 NL  7 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2007 NL  32 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2007 NL  141 (5th)
2008 NL  165 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2007 NL  29.3 (6th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2008 NL  496 (2nd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1625), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Jose Bautista (946)
  2. Karim Garcia (946)
  3. Jody Gerut (943)
  4. Melvin Nieves (942)
  5. Wily Mo Pena (942)
  6. Dick Kokos (941)
  7. Scott Hairston (937)
  8. Ryan Thompson (937)
  9. Nate McLouth (936)
  10. Adolfo Phillips (935)
Similar Batters through 25 
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  1. Dick Kokos (941)
  2. George Hendrick (940)
  3. Oddibe McDowell (938)
  4. Willie Montanez (937)
  5. Pat Seerey (936)
  6. Gary Geiger (936)
  7. Dean Palmer (935)
  8. Jeremy Hermida (935)
  9. Phil Plantier (934)
  10. John Milner (933)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Willie Montanez (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Willie Montanez (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dick Kokos (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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