Chris Young

Christopher Brandon Young (twitter: @CY24_7)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 5, 1983 in Houston, TX
High School: Bellaire HS (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
Team: Diamondbacks 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 5 yrs/$28M (09-13) & 14 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.045, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Jeff Berry) [*]
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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
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 91 277 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 83 173 3 4 3 2 2 *8
2010 26 ARI NL 156 664 584 94 150 33 0 27 91 28 7 74 145 .257 .341 .452 .793 108 264 10 2 1 3 0 *8 AS
2011 27 ARI NL 156 659 567 89 134 38 3 20 71 22 9 80 139 .236 .331 .420 .751 102 238 3 4 1 7 4 *8
2012 28 ARI NL 21 86 77 9 22 6 0 5 15 2 1 8 15 .286 .360 .558 .919 141 43 3 1 0 0 0 8/D
7 Yrs 805 3311 2925 426 705 180 17 123 382 106 33 332 750 .241 .320 .440 .760 96 1288 34 19 12 23 9
162 Game Avg. 162 666 589 86 142 36 3 25 77 21 7 67 151 .241 .320 .440 .760 96 259 7 4 2 5 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
2006 22 ARI NL 30 78 -3 0 0 2 0 -1 -0.1 2 2 0.2 .498 .500 0.0 0.2 -0 $ 8
2007 23 ARI NL 148 624 -11 1 1 -4 2 -11 -1.1 17 6 0.5 .492 .493 0.9 -0.2 9 $380,000 *8 RoY-4
2008 24 ARI NL 160 699 -12 2 1 1 3 -5 -0.6 19 13 1.2 .497 .497 1.2 0.4 12 $406,000 *8
2009 25 ARI NL 134 501 -12 0 1 -6 2 -15 -1.5 14 -1 -0.2 .488 .490 0.4 -0.4 5 $1,950,000 *8
2010 26 ARI NL 156 664 8 4 1 18 2 32 3.4 18 51 5.2 .522 .521 3.3 2.2 33 $3,450,000 *8 AS
2011 27 ARI NL 156 659 2 0 1 20 2 25 2.8 18 43 4.6 .518 .517 2.3 2.6 23 $5,200,000 *8
2012 28 ARI NL 21 86 5 0 -1 5 0 10 1.1 2 12 1.3 .550 .506 0.7 0.6 7 $ 8/D
7 Seasons 805 3311 -24 8 3 36 12 35 4.0 90 125 12.8 .505 .503 8.8 5.4 89 $11,386,000

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
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 4.8 114 .300 .248 .275 .315 .348 .443 .439 .758 .788 91 .492 -10.3 -1.0 .720 .309 .195 17.1
2009 25 ARI NL 501 353 58 4.4 111 .268 .212 .272 .311 .346 .400 .431 .711 .777 83 .460 -11.9 -1.2 .698 .339 .187 12.7
2010 26 ARI NL 664 455 95 5.6 106 .296 .257 .268 .341 .339 .452 .422 .793 .760 108 .589 6.5 0.6 .800 .358 .195 27.5
2011 27 ARI NL 659 453 86 5.1 102 .275 .236 .264 .331 .332 .420 .410 .751 .742 102 .564 3.2 0.3 .753 .347 .183 21.0
2012 28 ARI NL 86 59 15 6.8 104 .298 .286 .265 .360 .334 .558 .418 .919 .752 141 .678 4.4 0.4 .898 .390 .273 2.9
7 Yrs 3311 2322 434 5.0 110 .280 .241 .272 .320 .343 .440 .431 .760 .773 96 .523 -24.9 -2.3 .749 .338 .199 113.9
162 Game Avg. 666 467 87 5.0 110 .280 .241 .272 .320 .343 .440 .431 .760 .773 96 .523 -24.9 -2.3 .749 .338 .199 23

Postseason Batting

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
2011 27 ARI NL NLDS MIL L 5 20 18 5 7 1 0 3 4 2 0 2 5 .389 .450 .944 1.394 17 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (3 Series) 12 53 43 9 14 2 0 5 9 3 2 9 18 .326 .453 .721 1.174 31 0 1 0 0 0
2 NLDS 8 34 29 8 10 1 0 5 8 3 0 5 13 .345 .441 .897 1.338 26 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

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
2010 ARI NL 26 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 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
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%
2010 26 ARI NL 664 4.1% 21.8% 11.1% 9.0% 40% 1.96 4.0 21.6 6.4 0.51 0.66 63% 17% 11.0% 15%
2011 27 ARI NL 659 3.0% 21.1% 12.1% 9.3% 46% 1.74 4.1 28.4 8.0 0.47 0.45 63% 16% 9.2% 26%
2012 28 ARI NL 86 5.8% 17.4% 9.3% 12.8% 50% 1.88 5.1 15.4 5.1 0.59 0.75 66% 18% 16.7% 23%
7 Yrs 3311 3.7% 22.7% 10.0% 9.7% 45% 2.26 3.9 23.8 7.7 0.52 0.63 63% 16% 10.8% 20%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 2.09 5.0 34.0 7.8 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2006 22 ARI NL -2.9 -0.3 81 0.1 1.3 -1.3 .97 -0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.91 -1.5 0.52 2
2007 23 ARI NL -13.8 -1.3 666 -0.8 10.6 -11.4 .94 -0.5 -0.3 -9.8 -0.9 0.93 -6.9 0.03 1
2008 24 ARI NL -11.1 -1.1 727 -0.7 12.4 -13.1 1.00 -0.2 -0.5 -3.9 -0.4 0.96 -3.6 0.30 2
2009 25 ARI NL -11.9 -1.2 523 -2.8 6.6 -9.4 .98 -1.2 -1.7 -15.2 -1.4 0.94 -8.4 2.19 9
2010 26 ARI NL 6.5 0.6 708 1.0 13.4 -12.4 1.05 1.6 -0.6 17.0 1.6 0.97 19.7 3.92 1
2011 27 ARI NL 3.9 0.4 702 2.8 14.0 -11.2 1.00 0.9 1.9 16.3 1.6 1.02 13.3 3.77 1
2012 28 ARI NL 4.4 0.4 90 0.8 2.6 -1.8 1.19 0.5 0.2 5.0 0.5 1.09 4.4 0
7 Yrs -24.9 -2.3 3497 0.3 61.0 -60.6 1.00 1.0 -0.6 9.4 1.0 0.97 17.0 1.82 16

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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 4 8 49% 17 12 5 9 3 6 11 3 7
2010 26 ARI NL 5 0 34% 226 28 7 80% 24 6 4 1 0 0 3 2 3 18 50% 19 13 5 14 5 9 15 5 10
2011 27 ARI NL 6 0 35% 194 22 9 71% 19 9 3 0 0 0 7 4 9 14 51% 22 15 6 7 3 4 22 5 16
2012 28 ARI NL 1 0 15% 23 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 75% 5 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 2
7 Yrs 23 0 33% 1077 106 33 76% 78 25 27 7 1 1 20 10 31 71 47% 126 89 34 45 19 26 88 23 61

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 % 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 0.52 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 0% 5 3 60% 37 8 22% 5 4 80% 1 0 0% 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% 10 3 30% 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% 29 17 59% 0
2009 25 ARI NL 501 27% 92 8 1 9 2 0 2 2.19 15 0 12 10 5 7 8 0 7 3 43% 90 3 3% 49 12 24% 285 28 10% 23 8 35% 18 7 39% 0
2010 26 ARI NL 664 26% 150 16 2 1 1 0 1 3.92 27 1 23 21 6 20 7 0 2 1 50% 128 10 8% 58 10 17% 406 64 16% 42 21 50% 15 8 53% 0
2011 27 ARI NL 659 24% 134 21 1 1 1 0 0 3.77 20 0 13 11 9 14 6 0 4 1 25% 114 3 3% 55 13 24% 393 54 14% 33 14 42% 20 5 25% 0
2012 28 ARI NL 86 29% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 26 3 12% 14 3 21% 69 11 16% 5 1 20% 9 3 33% 0
7 Yrs 3311 26% 705 83 11 16 5 0 4 1.82 123 2 84 89 34 67 56 0 24 12 50% 580 34 6% 298 77 26% 1928 270 14% 173 79 46% 102 43 42% 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
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 625 2395 3.83 1505 63% 32% 16% 23% 29% 68% 0% 43% 76% 23% 5% 32 3 14% 85 26 7% 45 24 25% -1 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 502 2059 4.10 1223 59% 33% 18% 23% 25% 67% 1% 40% 72% 22% 4% 22 1 18% 89 32 11% 56 29 34% -1 0 0
2010 26 ARI NL 665 2775 4.17 1653 60% 37% 15% 21% 27% 63% 0% 37% 76% 14% 6% 41 5 20% 130 45 14% 91 51 30% -1 0 0
2011 27 ARI NL 662 2626 3.97 1607 61% 30% 17% 25% 27% 70% 1% 43% 75% 21% 6% 42 4 18% 117 36 11% 71 37 20% -3 0 0
2012 28 ARI NL 86 354 4.12 211 60% 36% 13% 22% 29% 64% 0% 38% 80% 19% 7% 6 0 17% 15 1 15% 13 5 33% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 3317 13288 4.01 8078 61% 33% 16% 23% 27% 67% 0% 40% 76% 20% 5% 180 19 17% 557 185 10% 348 180 28% -6 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 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
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 89 570 15 8 7 11 3
2009 25 472 1902 1697 234 399 103 14 71 205 54 16 170 451 .235 .307 .438 .745 87 743 18 12 10 13 5
2010 26 628 2566 2281 328 549 136 14 98 296 82 23 244 596 .241 .316 .441 .757 93 1007 28 14 11 16 5
2011 27 784 3225 2848 417 683 174 17 118 367 104 32 324 735 .240 .319 .437 .756 94 1245 31 18 12 23 9
2012 28 805 3311 2925 426 705 180 17 123 382 106 33 332 750 .241 .320 .440 .760 96 1288 34 19 12 23 9

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
2006 22 30 77 69 9 16 4 0 2 9 2 6 12 .232 .299 .377 .676 7 30
2007 23 148 611 559 75 125 27 3 30 60 25 40 141 .224 .280 .444 .724 68 148
2008 24 160 688 617 78 147 40 7 21 78 13 59 165 .238 .304 .428 .731 80 160
2009 25 134 496 430 51 89 27 4 15 40 11 57 133 .207 .304 .393 .697 50 134
2010 26 156 660 581 91 147 32 0 26 88 27 73 145 .253 .337 .442 .779 87 156
2011 27 156 662 569 92 136 39 3 20 73 22 81 139 .239 .334 .424 .758 81 156
2012 28 21 87 78 9 23 6 0 5 16 2 8 15 .295 .368 .564 .932 16 21
7 Yrs 805 3281 2903 405 683 175 17 119 364 102 324 750 .235 .314 .430 .744 389 805
162 Game Avg. 162 660 584 82 137 35 3 24 73 21 65 151 .235 .314 .430 .744 78 805

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WARs c a p y
2010 NL  2.2 (5th)
2011 NL  2.6 (1st)

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)
2011 NL  38 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
2008 NL  7 (6th)

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

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2011 NL  80 (6th)

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

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2010 NL  28 (10th)
Active  106 (49th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2011 NL  7 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2011 NL  9 (10th)

SB % s c a p y
Active  76.26 (44th)
Career  76.26 (120th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2007 NL  29.3 (6th)
2010 NL  27.5 (2nd)
2011 NL  21.0 (7th)
Active  113.9 (42nd)

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 15 (1187), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 9 (1221), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1690), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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