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Chris Young

Christopher Brandon Young

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 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
Team: Diamondbacks 2006-2011
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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:24AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1226. Shano Collins… #1227. Rich Rollins… #1228. Dick Schofield… #1229. CHRIS YOUNG… #1230. Jay Bruce… #1231. Tony Bernazard… #1232. Gene Moore… 

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
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 * 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 *
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 *
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 * AS
2011 27 ARI NL 156 659 567 89 134 38 3 20 71 22 9 80 139 .236 .331 .420 .751 103 238 3 4 1 7 4 *8
6 Seasons 784 3225 2848 417 683 174 17 118 367 104 32 324 735 .240 .319 .437 .756 94 1245 31 18 12 23 9
162 Game Avg. 162 666 588 86 141 36 4 24 76 21 7 67 152 .240 .319 .437 .756 94 257 6 4 2 5 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 22 ARI NL 78 -2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
2007 23 ARI NL 624 -9 2 2 1 -13 2 17 2 0.2 15 1.5 -1.3 $380,000 * RoY-4
2008 24 ARI NL 699 -11 2 -1 1 -5 3 18 7 0.7 12 1.2 -0.5 $406,000 *
2009 25 ARI NL 501 -14 0 -0 1 -0 2 14 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $1,950,000 *
2010 26 ARI NL 664 8 5 1 1 8 2 18 42 4.1 34 3.4 0.7 $3,450,000 * AS
2011 27 ARI NL 659 4 2 2 1 18 2 18 47 4.8 29 3.0 1.8 $5,200,000 *8
6 Seasons 3225 -25 11 3 5 7 12 88 101 10.1 94 9.4 0.7 $11,386,000

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
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 Seasons (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

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2006 ARI NL 22 OF 24 51 50 1 0 0 1.000 0 2 2.13 .984 2.20
2006 ARI NL 22 CF 24 15 15 149.1 51 50 1 0 0 1.000 0 2 2 16 3.07 2.13 .988 2.59 2.57
2007 ARI NL 23 OF 146 366 354 6 6 2 .984 -13 0 2.47 .984 2.29 RoY-4
2007 ARI NL 23 CF 146 144 138 1263.0 366 354 6 6 2 .984 -13 0 -13 0 2.57 2.47 .987 2.71 2.70 RoY-4
2008 ARI NL 24 OF 159 401 393 5 3 2 .993 -5 9 2.50 .985 2.20
2008 ARI NL 24 CF 159 157 156 1390.0 401 393 5 3 2 .993 -5 9 -4 8 2.58 2.50 .990 2.61 2.59
2009 ARI NL 25 OF 124 292 287 3 2 1 .993 -0 4 2.34 .986 2.18
2009 ARI NL 25 CF 124 117 105 1020.1 292 287 3 2 1 .993 -0 4 -0 5 2.56 2.34 .989 2.60 2.57
2010 ARI NL 26 OF 156 435 418 10 7 6 .984 8 10 2.74 .987 2.15 AS
2010 ARI NL 26 CF 156 153 146 1350.0 435 418 10 7 6 .984 8 10 7 9 2.85 2.74 .989 2.59 2.56 AS
2011 ARI NL 27 CF 155 155 150 1373.1 401 394 4 3 2 .993 18 6 15 5 2.61 2.57 .988 2.55 2.54
2011 ARI NL 27 OF 155 155 150 1373.1 401 394 4 3 2 .993 18 6 15 5 2.61 2.57 .986 2.16 2.15
6 Seasons OF 764 155 150 1373.1 1946 1896 29 21 13 .989 7 31 6 5 2.61 2.52 .986 2.16 2.19
6 Seasons CF 764 741 710 6546.0 1946 1896 29 21 13 .989 7 31 1 5 2.65 2.52 .989 2.61 2.59
6 Seasons TOT 764 155 150 1373.1 1946 1896 29 21 13 .989 7 62 6 54 2.61 2.52 .986 2.16 2.19
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2010 *

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2011 NL  1.8 (3rd)

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)

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

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

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

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

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
2011 NL  18 (3rd)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  764 (15th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  1,896 (14th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  29 (22nd)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  21 (13th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
2008 NL  159 (1st)
2010 NL  156 (2nd)
2011 NL  155 (5th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
2008 NL  393 (3rd)
2010 NL  418 (1st)
2011 NL  394 (2nd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
2010 NL  10 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
2010 NL  7 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2010 NL  2.85 (2nd)
Active  2.65 (11th)
Career  2.65 (73rd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 NL  2.50 (5th)
2010 NL  2.74 (2nd)
2011 NL  2.57 (3rd)
Active  2.52 (9th)
Career  2.52 (98th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 NL  .993 (4th)
2011 NL  .993 (4th)
Active  .989 (15th)
Career  .989 (41st)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
2011 NL  18 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
2010 NL  2.85 (1st)
Active  2.61 (5th)
Career  2.61 (25th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
2008 NL  2.50 (5th)
2010 NL  2.74 (1st)
2011 NL  2.57 (3rd)
Active  2.52 (8th)
Career  2.52 (70th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
Active  .989 (23rd)
Career  .989 (56th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 15 (1179), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 9 (1217), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Don Lock (942)
  2. Dan Pasqua (942)
  3. Craig Monroe (939)
  4. Jimmie Hall (937)
  5. Gary Roenicke (931)
  6. Nick Esasky (931)
  7. Jim King (931)
  8. B.J. Upton (931)
  9. Jonny Gomes (930)
  10. Ryan Ludwick (930)
Similar Batters through 27 
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  1. Pete Incaviglia (941)
  2. Tom Tresh (937)
  3. Dwight Evans (937)
  4. Cory Snyder (932)
  5. Curt Blefary (932)
  6. Ron Gant (932)
  7. Ruppert Jones (930)
  8. Tommie Agee (929)
  9. Ken Harrelson (929)
  10. George Hendrick (925)
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. George Hendrick (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Cory Snyder (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Pete Incaviglia (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200723Arizona Diamondbacks$380,000
200824Arizona Diamondbacks$406,000
200925Arizona Diamondbacks$1,950,000
201026Arizona Diamondbacks$3,450,000
201127Arizona Diamondbacks$5,200,000
201228Arizona Diamondbacks$7,000,000
201329Arizona Diamondbacks$8,500,000
201430Arizona Diamondbacks*$11,000,000$11M Team Option, $1.5M Buyout
Career to date (may be incomplete)$11,386,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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